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Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
03-Aug-43 P.7012 F/Sgt J.I. Simpson 10 Group Circus 19:57 21:15 These 8 Whirlibombers divebombed Brest Guipavas aerodrome
04-Aug-43 P.7012 F/O P.T.R. Mercer 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
12-Aug-43 P.7012 F/Sgt J.I. Simpson Night Shipping Recco 23:10 00:25 These two night shipping reccos were standard types of the August moon period
15-Aug-43 P.7012 Sgt W.W. Heaton 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
25-Aug-43 P.7012 F/O D.W. Sturgeon Convoy 07:50 09:05 Escort of convoy Swanage to Portland
31-Aug-43 P.7012 F/O D.W. Sturgeon Convoy 08:10 09:40 Convoy, West of Portland.
09-Sep-43 P.7012 Sgt W.A. Handley Operation Starkey 08:00 09:05 Divebombing of Naval and Flak heavy guns at Hardelot
11-Sep-43 P.7012 F/Sgt G.H. Smith Convoy Patrols 11:45 13:15 Convoy moving westward from Portland.
18-Sep-43 P.7012 F/Sgt G.H. Smith Night Ranger Operation 01:29 03:05 Chatanooga Choo-Choo. Bombs on or near the line E. of MORLAIX
04-Oct-43 P.7012 F/O D.W. Sturgeon Armed Recco 11:40 12:12 Abortive armed recco for two Hun destroyers reported lurking in Lenardrieux Estuary
07-Oct-43 P.7012 S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC Recco 11:40 12:50 Escorted by Ibsley Wing, uneventful, recco Channel Island area
07-Oct-43 P.7012 F/Sgt F.A. Green Night Recco     Found thick haze to 1000 feet N. of CHERBOURG and abandoned recces.
08-Oct-43 P.7012 F/O P.T.R. Mercer Night Shipping Recco 22:20 23:35 S/Ldr Baker found P/O Heaton's ship off Cap de la Hague and bombed it from mast height without seeing more than indistinct explosions. Remaining aircraft RTB.
14-Oct-43 P.7012 P/O W.W. Heaton Night Recco 21:20 22:34 Night searches (Without bombs) for the Munsterland. Warmwell – Sept Iles – Iles de Batz – Predannack.
18-Oct-43 P.7012 F/Sgt P.F. Cooper 263 Special Night Ops - Chuffa Prang 02:22 03:30 Designed to disorganise railway communications in and near Cherbourg Peninsula and thereafter to take advantage of the tactical situation. It was a great success.
23-Oct-43 P.7012 F/Sgt L.S. Gray 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.
30-Oct-43 P.7012 F/Sgt F.A. Green Ramrod 99 15:00 16:00 The seven Whirlwinds which were serviceable took off to divebomb the Munsterland 
02-Nov-43 P.7012 F/Sgt W.E. Watkins Rhubarb 14:00 14:35 Rhubarb to attack railway targets N. and W. of CARENTAN. They found 4/10 cloud at 4000 feet and RTB
07-Nov-43 P.7012 F/Lt F.D. Snalam Air Sea Reescue Search 14:34 15:56 7 Whirlwinds went on A/S/R Search for F/O Coombe of 257 Squadron. 
10-Nov-43 P.7012 F/O D.E.G. Mogg Night Shipping Recco 00:01 01:20 Williams had uneventful recco Cap de la Hauge Marcouf. 
10-Nov-43 P.7012 F/O D.W. Sturgeon Night Shipping Recco 20:34 22:12 Watkins had uneventful sortie Cap de la Hague – Marcouf. 
11-Nov-43 P.7012 F/O E.J. Holman Night shipping recco 21:55 23:18 Attacked two tugs ½ mile from Cherbourg about to enter the Harbour 
24-Nov-43 P.7012 F/Sgt G.H. Smith Armed shipping recco 14:59 16:06 Turned back owing to bad weather S.W. of Plienmount Point.
25-Nov-43 P.7012 F/Sgt G.H. Smith Armed shipping recco 08:30 09:58 Recco 10 miles N of St Malo. Nothing seen.
25-Nov-43 P.7012 F/Sgt G.H. Smith Ramrod 106 pt 2 15:57 16:45 8 Whirlibombers dive-bombed SS Munsterland again
26-Nov-43 P.7012 F/Sgt G.H. Smith Ramrod 109 15:40 16:50 Attack on a secret target SW of Cherbourg.
29-Nov-43 P.7012 F/O D.E.G. Mogg “Hanwich” Operation 10:04 10:54 This operation was planned to intercept mine-sweepers or mine-destroying JU52's thought likely to be operating off Cherbourg.
29-Nov-43 P.7012 P/O N.P. Blacklock “Hanwich” Operation 10:04 10:54 This operation was planned to intercept mine-sweepers or mine-destroying JU52's thought likely to be operating off Cherbourg.