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Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
14-Feb-42 P.7099 F/Sgt I.F. Kennedy Convoy Patrol 14:10 15:35 No incident.
05-Aug-42 P.7099 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy 10:00 11:05  
05-Aug-42 P.7099 P/O N.V. Crabtree A/S Rescue Search 12:25 13:15 Search for Blenheim believed ditched off St. Davids Head. No trace seen.
06-Aug-42 P.7099 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy 11:05 12:05  
09-Aug-42 P.7099 Sgt W.R. Wright Convoy 06:30 07:55  
11-Aug-42 P.7099 Sgt B.C. Abrams Convoy 18:00 19:00 Convoy “POKER”
18-Aug-42 P.7099 P/O N.V. Crabtree Scramble 09:15 10:00 Patrol base at 20,000 or enemy aircraft, which turned back
28-Aug-42 P.7099 P/O D.R. Gill Scramble 14:20 15:30 Plots were good from Cherbourg at 20,000-30,000ft. The Whirlwinds which were scrambled struggled to 24,000 but saw nothing.
03-Sep-42 P.7099 P/O N.V. Crabtree Scramble 11:05 11:45 Up from Colerne they were vectored South at 15,000 feet, and finding low cloud at base landed at Middle Wallop. No incident in either patrol
16-Sep-42 P.7099 P/O N.V. Crabtree A/S/R Search 10:15 11:10 Search was carried out in area 15-25 miles North of Cherbourg, often within sight of French coast. Nothing seen.
21-Sep-42 P.7099 P/O N.V. Crabtree Scramble 10:15 11:15 Vectored towards two enemy aircraft at 1000 feet 20 miles South of St. Aldhelms Head. Nothing seen
21-Sep-42 P.7099 Sgt B.C. Abrams Scramble 13:05 14:05 Patrol off Portland. Nothing seen
01-Oct-42 P.7099 Sgt B.C. Abrams Roadstead Operation 17:00 18:15 Roadstead to bomb minesweepers in Trieux estuary. Not found.
10-Oct-42 P.7099 Sgt B.C. Abrams Armed Recco 12:00 13:10 This recco was carried out in the Alderney area and three miles off the coast of the Contentin as far as Cap Barfleur. Nothing seen
31-Oct-42 P.7099 Sgt W.R. Wright Rhubarb Operation 10:40 12:20 Sections were led by F/O Harvey to attack the railway triangle N.W. of the La Haye du Puits.
07-Nov-42 P.7099 F/Sgt B.C. Abrams Rhubarb 10:30 11:45 This operation had as its target the Valognes – Carentan railway.
10-Nov-42 P.7099 F/Sgt B.C. Abrams Convoy 14:00 15:15  
10-Nov-42 P.7099 F/Sgt B.C. Abrams Convoy 17:00 -- cancelled
20-Nov-42 P.7099 F/Lt A.N.W. Johnstone DFC Roadstead Operation 08:45 09:50 F/Lt Warnes led the 4 Whirlibombers on this second all-263 Roadstead Operation. No incident
10-Dec-42 P.7099 P/O B.C. Abrams Rhubarb 11:50 12:15 Intending to bomb the Valognes – Carentan main line, they were recalled by Facta from 15 miles S. of St Aldhelms Head, because “the sea was too rough for Air Sea Rescue.”
14-Dec-42 P.7099 P/O B.C. Abrams Anti-Rhubarb Patrol 11:50 13:00 Routine Anti-Rhubarb Patrol. No incident, although Pilots were vectored about 40 miles South of Portland.
07-Jan-43 P.7099 F/O E. Brearley Roadstead Operation from Predannack 16:00 17:40 The channel was swept for minesweepers reported off Ile Vierge.
10-Jan-43 P.7099 Sgt M.T. Cotton Roadstead Operation from Predannack 09:22 11:05 The channel was swept for minesweepers reported off Ile Vierge.
18-Jan-43 P.7099 P/O C.P. King DFM 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.7099 P/O C.P. King DFM Roadstead Operation from Predannack 16:40 17:15 Escorted by 19 Squadron. Formation recalled when a few minutes out from English coast.
28-Feb-43 P.7099 P/O B.C. Abrams 10 Group Circus 17 14:40 15:40 Attack on Maupertus. This was their first dive-bombing attack. It was observed to have been successful.
01-Mar-43 P.7099 W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt Convoy 08:00 09:20 Patrol off Angle
05-Mar-43 P.7099 F/O E. Brearley Convoy 15:25 17:05 Patrol off St. Davids
12-Mar-43 P.7099 F/Lt J.W.E. Holmes Patrol 19:20 20:10 Dusk Patrol
13-Mar-43 P.7099 W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt Scramble 12:50 13:25 Scrambled over Cardiff at 25,000 feet. Recalled when they reached 18,000
14-Mar-43 P.7099 P/O B.C. Abrams 10 Group Circus 18 15:55 17:00 Attack on Maupertus. They dive-bombed from 15000 - 9000 ft. and saw 2 bursts in S.E. corner and other bursts in the centre. Flak was slight and inaccurate.
23-Mar-43 P.7099 P/O B.C. Abrams 10 Group Night Rhubarb No. 25 (Ponthou Viaduct) 01:17 02:40 Found target but unfortunately misfused bombs.
24-Mar-43 P.7099 P/O B.C. Abrams Rhubarb Operation 13:45 14:45 Ordered to attack railway objectives at La Haye du Puits, they found no cloud cover in the Casquets area and returned to base with their bombs
26-Mar-43 P.7099 P/O B.C. Abrams Rhubarb Operation 12:45 14:20 Attack on the Transformer Station at St. Lo. Making landfall East of Isigny they flew through various patches of light flak, located the target and both scored cannon strikes on it. P/O Abrams bombs apparently disintegrated the whole transformer unit. F/O A. Lee-Whites' exploded among the complex of huts.
06-Apr-43 P.7099 P/O B.C. Abrams 10 Group Circus 20 18:27 20:12 These Whirlibombers were intended to form a second bombing wave to the Typhoon bombers which had bombed Caen/Caupiquet aerodrome an hour before. However they found 9/10 cloud at Ouistreham at 8000 feet and the operation was abandoned.
09-Apr-43 P.7099 F/O S.J. Lovell 10 Group Roadstead 55 12:50 14:30 Swept the Sept Iles – Ile de Batz area for shipping reported there, as often, ship-like rocks were found.
13-Apr-43 P.7099 F/Lt J.W.E. Holmes Roadstead from Exeter 12:45 14:00 A 3,000 ton M/V escorted by “E” Boats had been reported off BREHAT, but this sweeping operation failed to locate them.
13-Apr-43 P.7099 F/Lt J.W.E. Holmes 10 Group Circus 22  17:30 19:00 Brest/Guipavas aerodrome was successfully divebombed with 20 x 250lb bombs.
16-Apr-43 P.7099 P/O B.C. Abrams Bomb Mondeville Industries (Night) 22:37 00:10 Mistaking Isigny for the Caen canal, he pin-pointed too late. He then disintergrated the main line N. of Carentan
17-Apr-43 P.7099 P/O B.C. Abrams Night Armed Shipping Reccos and Rhubarbs 22:48 missing Ordered to recco the Houlgate – St Marcouf area, nothing was heard of him after he left Warmwell. Believed he may have found and attacked an armed trawler off Ouistreham.