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Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
18-Jan-43 P.7097 F/Sgt J.I. Yates Roadstead Operation from Predannack 14:03 15:29 The Ile de Batz area was searched for the promised minesweepers. Returning from Ushant the formation was attacked by 4 F.W. 190s. There were no Whirlibomber combats or casualties
21-Jan-43 P.7097 Sgt D.J. Williams Roadstead Operation from Predannack 16:40 17:15 Escorted by 19 Squadron. Formation recalled when a few minutes out from English coast.
15-Jun-43 P.7097 F/O A.H. Lee-White DFC Shipping Recco     An armed escorted shipping recco had been ordered for first light. 4 warships found
13-Jul-43 P.7097 Sgt W.E. Watkins Shipping Recco 16:00 17:15 The area searched comprised the Channel Island area and as far as the Ile Brehat.
18-Jul-43 P.7097 Sgt G.A. Wood Shipping Recco 18:57 20:15 Armed escorted shipping recco of Channel Islands area
11-Aug-43 P.7097 Sgt G.A. Wood 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.7097 F/Sgt J.I. Simpson Scramble     The section was variously vectored at 10,000 to 15,000 feet seawards of Swanage and Portland but did not see the enemy.
17-Aug-43 P.7097 Sgt G.A. Wood 10 Group Ramrod 08:50 10:00 It was intended to divebomb Brest Guipavas. Aborted in 10/10 cloud 
29-Aug-43 P.7097 Sgt W.W. Heaton Convoy 11:45 13:10 Convoy from Needles to West of Portland.
08-Sep-43 P.7097 F/Sgt G.A. Wood Operation Starkey 17:07 18:05 Divebombing of Naval and Flak heavy guns at Hardelot
09-Sep-43 P.7097 F/Sgt G.A. Wood Operation Starkey 08:00 09:05 Divebombing of Naval and Flak heavy guns at Hardelot
12-Sep-43 P.7097 Sgt W.A. Handley Convoy 07:55 09:05 Large convoy forming off Needles and moving West.
18-Sep-43 P.7097 F/Sgt W.W. Heaton Night Ranger Operation 01:24 03:15 Chatanooga Choo-Choo. Bursts on or v. close to line in Bois de Manling. He then fired at and secured strikes on a locomotive (Cat B)
04-Oct-43 P.7097 P/O W.W. Heaton Armed Recco 11:40 12:12 Abortive armed recco for two Hun destroyers reported lurking in Lenardrieux Estuary
08-Oct-43 P.7097 P/O W.W. Heaton Night Recco 21:00 22:15 Channel Islands again nil. But P/O HEATON was shot up by a 2,500 ton Flak ship off Cap de la Hague
10-Nov-43 P.7097 F/Sgt P.F. Cooper Roadstead 78 10:35 11:45 Attacked ships moving South 2 to 3 miles off N.W. Coast of Guernsey.
10-Nov-43 P.7097 F/Sgt P.F. Cooper Night shipping strike 10:32 00:07 S/Ldr Baker attacked small trawler 50-75 tons SSE of Hurn
11-Nov-43 P.7097 F/Sgt D.C. Todd Night shipping recco 20:30 22:05 Both sorties uneventful
15-Nov-43 P.7097 F/Sgt F.A. Green Night shipping recco 02:33 23:25 Sortie turned back 10 miles N.E of Ushant. Nothing seen.
16-Nov-43 P.7097 F/Sgt F.A. Green Night shipping recco 02:40 04:10 Two uneventful sorties from Predannack.
24-Nov-43 P.7097 F/O D.E.G. Mogg Armed shipping recco 14:59 16:06 Turned back owing to bad weather S.W. of Plienmount Point.
25-Nov-43 P.7097 F/O D.E.G. Mogg 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.7097 F/O D.E.G. Mogg Ramrod 106 pt 2 15:57 16:45 8 Whirlibombers dive-bombed SS Munsterland again
26-Nov-43 P.7097 F/Lt F.D. Snalam Ramrod 109 15:40 16:50 Attack on a secret target SW of Cherbourg.