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Date |
A/C |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
Details of
Sortie or Flight |
08-Dec-40 |
P.6972 |
F/O D.A.C. Crooks |
Interception Patrol |
11:15 |
11:45 |
Section patrolled Exmouth, the vectored to Torquay, then
returned to Exmouth. |
08-Dec-40 |
P.6972 |
F/O D.A.C. Crooks |
Interception Patrol |
15:25 |
16:40 |
Section patrolled base at 15000'. Plotted as a hostile raid.
Sirens sounded in Exeter. |
13-Dec-40 |
P.6972 |
F/O D.A.C. Crooks |
Interception Patrol |
15:05 |
15:40 |
Section ordered to intercept Raid 132 in the vicinity of Start
Point. Enemy not sighted. Plotting was irregular and R/T poor. |
17-Dec-40 |
P.6972 |
P/O H.H. Kitchener |
Interception Patrol |
14:45 |
15:15 |
Section patrolled in the vicinity of Start Point & Plymouth. |
21-Dec-40 |
P.6972 |
F/O D.A.C. Crooks |
Interception Patrol |
09:00 |
09:30 |
The section was ordered to intercept Raid 164. This was
intercepted at 0912 off Start Point and identified as a Martin 167. |
12-Jan-41 |
P.6972 |
P/O D. Stein |
Interception Patrol |
09:40 |
11:05 |
P/O Stein intercepted a JU.88 40 miles S.W. of the Scillies |
13-Jan-41 |
P.6972 |
P/O P.G.
Thornton-Brown |
Interception Patrol |
10:20 |
11:35 |
When on patrol 20 miles South of Land's End at 19000 feet they
sighted an HE.111 8 or 10 miles ahead of them at 21000 feet. They gave chase
but when South of the Scillies found themselves short of petrol. They opened
fire at extreme range but observed no effects, and the E/A escaped into
cloud. |
14-Jan-41 |
P.6972 |
P/O D. Stein |
Interception Patrol |
10:50 |
11:40 |
A patrol was carried out, but no interception order was given. |
30-Mar-41 |
P.6972 |
Sgt C.P. Rudland |
Interception Patrol |
14:55 |
15:55 |
The section was detailed to two raids plotted about 60 miles
South of the base. |
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