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Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
04-Aug-43 P.7098 W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt Armed Shipping Recco 11:38 13:05 Long shipping recco W. of Ushant and as far as Cap Chevre, 10 miles south of Brest. This time, however, no ships were found
11-Aug-43 P.7098 W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt 10 Group Roadstead 74 14:34 16:05 7 E. Boats reported in the estuary of Aber Vrach.  Battle of Aber Vrach
15-Aug-43 P.7098 Sgt F.A. Green 10 Group Circus 15:00 16:20 This operation to dive-bomb Guipavas aerodrome. S/Ldr Baker returned with exactor trouble. F/Lt McClure found 10/10 cloud and operation abandoned
17-Aug-43 P.7098 W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt 10 Group Ramrod 08:50 10:00 It was intended to divebomb Brest Guipavas. Aborted in 10/10 cloud 
17-Aug-43 P.7098 F/Sgt G.H. Smith Night Recco 23:10 00:15 The pilots found nothing remarkable other than more mysterious flares N. of BARFLEUR
23-Aug-43 P.7098 F/Sgt J.I. Simpson Convoy 09:10 10:40 Escort of convoy Swanage to Needles
25-Aug-43 P.7098 W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt Convoy 08:40 10:15 Escort of convoy Swanage to Portland
31-Aug-43 P.7098 F/O E.J. Holman Convoy 08:10 09:40 Convoy, West of Portland.
16-Sep-43 P.7098 F/Sgt J.I. Simpson Night Armed Ship Recco 22:15 23:15 These pilots took off in pairs to recco the Cap de la Hague – Isigny and Channel Islands shipping lanes.
18-Sep-43 P.7098 F/Sgt J.I. Simpson Night Ranger Operation 01:26 03:20 Chatanooga Choo-Choo. Bombed line W. of Plouaret
24-Sep-43 P.7098 W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt Scramble 11:35 12:05 Vectored towards I.O.W and recalled
25-Sep-43 P.7098 W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt Ramrod Operation 16:25 17:50 This intended d/b of LANNION a/d was conducted from Predannack. 10/10 cloud prevented bombing
04-Oct-43 P.7098 F/Lt J.E. McClure DFC Armed Recco 11:40 12:12 Abortive armed recco for two Hun destroyers reported lurking in Lenardrieux Estuary
21-Oct-43 P.7098 P/O D.F.J. Tebbitt Rhubarb 17:20 18:30 Insufficient cloud cover off Barfleur
22-Oct-43 P.7098 P/O D.F.J. Tebbitt Rhubarb 16:03 17:15 They bombed the large railway bridge over the R. VIRE S. of Isigny
23-Oct-43 P.7098 F/O E.J. Holman Ship Recco 08:00 09:00 The Munsterland was not found between Casquets and Barfleur. It is though that this will be found to be the last time in the history of the world in which twelve Whirlwinds were airborne together.
05-Nov-43 P.7098 F/Sgt R.C. Beaumont Ramrod 100 15:15 15:45 7 Whirlibombers took off to dive bomb M/V Munsterland lying in No 5 dry dock Cherbourg. They met 10/10 cloud and RTB
07-Nov-43 P.7098 F/Lt D.G. Ross Air Sea Reescue Search 14:34 15:56 7 Whirlwinds went on A/S/R Search for F/O Coombe of 257 Squadron. 
09-Nov-43 P.7098 F/Sgt I.D.M. Dunlop Night Shipping Recco 19:00 20:30 Dunlop had to abandon recco over base owing to exactor trouble.
09-Nov-43 P.7098 F/O R.B. Tuff Night Shipping Recco 20:03 21:35 Cap de la Hague – Marcouf recco abandoned owing to lack of moonlight as a result of 10/10 cloud at 2500 feet
10-Nov-43 P.7098 F/Lt D.G. Ross Roadstead 78 10:35 11:45 Attacked ships moving South 2 to 3 miles off N.W. Coast of Guernsey.
25-Nov-43 P.7098 P/O D.F.J. Tebbitt Ramrod 106 pt 1 12:00 12:32 10/10 Cloud with tops 6-7,000 over Cherbourg, so sorties turned back
25-Nov-43 P.7098 P/O D.F.J. Tebbitt Ramrod 106 pt 2 15:57 16:45 8 Whirlibombers dive-bombed SS Munsterland again