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Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
04-Jan-41 P.6971 P/O G.S. Milligan Interception Patrol 14:30 15:10 The two aircraft were put on patrol, but were not ordered to intercept any raid.
25-Apr-41 P.6971 Sgt C.P. King Convoy Patrol 14:15 15:45 Convoy Patrol
29-Apr-41 P.6971 Sgt D.St J. Jowitt Interception Patrol 14:00 14:50 The section was on patrol.
03-May-41 P.6971 Sgt H.J. Blackshaw Interception Patrol 15:15 15:55 The section was on patrol.
04-May-41 P.6971 Sgt D.F.J. Tebbitt Convoy Patrol 07:35 08:45 Convoy Patrol
04-May-41 P.6971 Sgt D.F.J. Tebbitt Convoy Patrol 11:30 12:45 Convoy Patrol
04-May-41 P.6971 F/Lt J.G. Hughes Convoy Patrol 19:00 20:00 Convoy Patrol
05-May-41 P.6971 Sgt D.F.J. Tebbitt Interception Patrol 14:30 15:10 The section was on patrol
08-May-41 P.6971 Sgt D.St J. Jowitt Convoy Patrol 15:35 17:05 Convoy Patrol
08-May-41 P.6971 P/O C.P. Rudland Convoy Patrol 21:00 22:00 Convoy Patrol
09-May-41 P.6971 Sgt C.P. King Interception Patrol 12:00 12:25 The section was on patrol
13-May-41 P.6971 Sgt D.F.J. Tebbitt Convoy Patrol 17:55 19:25 Convoy Patrol
19-Aug-41 P.6971 Sgt D.St J. Jowitt Convoy Patrol 08:50 10:10 Convoy Patrol in the Bristol Channel.
03-Sep-41 P.6971 Sgt J.E. Meredith Convoy Patrol 12:40 13:25 Convoy patrol in the Bristol Channel.
08-Jan-43 P.6971 F/Sgt W.R. Wright Convoy 13:25 14:10 Convoy South of St. Aldhelms Head, going West.
15-Jan-43 P.6971 P/O A.H. Lee-White Air Sea Rescue 16:10 17:40 The second sweep was entirely unsuccessful.
19-Feb-43 P.6971 F/O C.P. King DFM Army Co-Op Exercise "Longford" 15:20 16:15 Army transports attacked North of Wroughton aerodrome on Wroughton-Swindon Road.
26-Feb-43 P.6971 Sgt M.T. Cotton 10 Group Circus 16 16:00 17:00 Attack on Maupertus. Landfall made at Cherbourg. Hits were observed on aerodrome, dispersals and buildings.
27-Feb-43 P.6971 Sgt M.T. Cotton Diversion to 10 Group Ramrod 13:30 14:30 Attack on Maupertus. Landfall made at Pointe du Barfleur. Hits were again observed on aerodrome, dispersals and buildings.
28-Feb-43 P.6971 Sgt M.T. Cotton 10 Group Circus 17 14:40 15:40 Attack on Maupertus. The veteran dive-bombers of “A” Flight went in for the third time. 
14-Mar-43 P.6971 F/Lt J.W.E. Holmes 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.
19-Mar-43 P.6971 P/O B.C. Abrams 10 Group Roadstead 52 18:10 19:10 The large convoy which had been reported South of Guernsey could not be located in thick black haze in the Channel Island area.
26-Mar-43 P.6971 W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt Rhubarb Operation 10:45 11:55 Ordered to attack target as above but they mistook Cap Flamanville for Cap Carteret and so searched too far North. Finding no other target, they bombed a road at La Mare du Pors.
04-Apr-43 P.6971 F/O S.J. Lovell Roadstead Operation 07:40 08:45 Swept the Alderney – Cap de la Hague area at zero feet, in quest for E Boats reported there, but none was found
06-Apr-43 P.6971 F/O S.J. Lovell 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.
13-Apr-43 P.6971 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 10 Group Circus 22  17:30 19:00 Brest/Guipavas aerodrome was successfully divebombed with 20 x 250lb bombs.
14-Apr-43 P.6971 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Armed Shipping Recco 07:20 08:40 First light recco from Warmwell to search for E-Boats
18-Apr-43 P.6971 F/O S.J. Lovell Escorted Armed Dusk Recco 20:20 21:25 Reccod the Channel Islands area at zero feet in good visibility, but found no shipping there.
11-May-43 P.6971 Sgt H.M. Proctor Ship Recco 13:00 14:20 Uneventful recco south of Jersey
03-Aug-43 P.6971 P/O N.P. Blacklock Shipping Recco 11:25 12:35 Channel Islands shipping lanes were thoroughly searched from a height of 20-100 feet.
15-Aug-43 P.6971 Sgt H.M. Proctor 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.6971 Sgt J.B. Purkis 10 Group Ramrod 08:50 10:00 It was intended to divebomb Brest Guipavas. Aborted in 10/10 cloud 
29-Aug-43 P.6971 Sgt G. Williams Convoy 10:35 12:05 Convoy from Needles to West of Portland.
29-Aug-43 P.6971 Sgt I.D.M. Dunlop Convoy 12:55 14:05 Convoy from Needles to West of Portland.
11-Sep-43 P.6971 Sgt I.D.M. Dunlop Convoy Patrols 10:35 12:15 Convoy moving westward from Portland.
18-Sep-43 P.6971 F/Sgt H.M. Proctor Night Ranger Operation 01:27 01:55 Chatanooga Choo-Choo. Briefed to bomb Ponthou Viaduct. Think they hit cuttings N and S
23-Sep-43 P.6971 Sgt I.D.M. Dunlop   11:30 12:50 This operation consisted in the d/b of MORLAIX a/d.
24-Sep-43 P.6971 Sgt D.C. Todd Scramble 16:40 18:00 Various vectors at 10,000 feet S. of base.
17-Oct-43 P.6971 F/Sgt R.C. Beaumont Night Recco 22:31 23:51 More searches Predannack – PORSPOIER – SEPT Iles – Predannack.
19-Oct-43 P.6971 P/O N.P. Blacklock Rhubarb 14:20 15:45 Repeatedly bombed and cannoned a goods train N of Airel.
25-Nov-43 P.6971 F/Sgt I.D.M. Dunlop Ramrod 106 pt 1 12:00 12:32 10/10 Cloud with tops 6-7,000 over Cherbourg, so sorties turned back
26-Nov-43 P.6971 F/Sgt D.C. Todd Ramrod 108 11:57 12:45 Whirlibombers dive-bombed SS Munsterland again
26-Nov-43 P.6971 F/Sgt I.D.M. Dunlop Ramrod 109 15:40 16:50 Attack on a secret target SW of Cherbourg.