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Date |
A/C |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
Details of
Sortie or Flight |
|
20-Jan-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Sgt C.P. King |
Tactical Exercise |
11:15 |
11:45 |
An exercise in co-operation with the Army. Dummy Attacks were
made on troop concentrations and supply columns in the Marlborough -
Yatesbury area. |
|
|
12-Feb-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Sgt C.P. King |
Convoy Recco. |
10:40 |
11:00 |
No Incident. |
|
12-Feb-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O P. Harvey |
Convoy |
16:50 |
18:13 |
No Incident. |
|
13-Feb-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Sgt C.P. King |
Convoy Patrol |
16:50 |
18:20 |
No Incident. |
|
18-Feb-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Lt C.P. Rudland DFC |
Convoy |
10:20 |
10:50 |
No incident. |
|
22-Feb-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Sgt C.P. King |
Convoy |
16:45 |
17:20 |
No incident. |
|
07-Mar-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Sgt C.P. King |
Scramble |
09:30 |
10:25 |
Nothing seen. Both aircraft were plotted within 4 miles of
bogies off Lundy Island. |
|
08-Mar-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Sgt C.P. King |
Convoy Patrol |
16:45 |
18:10 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
10-Mar-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Sgt C.P. King |
Convoy Patrol |
15:10 |
16:40 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
14-Mar-42 |
P.7052 |
Sgt H.D. Muirhead |
Convoy Patrol |
15:10 |
16:30 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
14-Mar-42 |
P.7052 |
Sgt H.D. Muirhead |
Convoy Patrol |
18:45 |
19:20 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
15-Mar-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O V.L. Currie |
Convoy Patrol |
11:25 |
12:05 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
21-Mar-42 |
P.7052 |
Sgt J.E. Meredith |
Convoy |
08:45 |
09:35 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
22-Mar-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O V.L. Currie |
Sweep of Irish Sea |
11:00 |
12:20 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
24-Mar-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Sgt C.P. King |
Convoy Patrol |
17:00 |
18:20 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
02-Apr-42 |
P.7052 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Convoy |
15:40 |
16:55 |
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05-Apr-42 |
P.7052 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Convoy |
18:50 |
20:10 |
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|
08-Apr-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Sgt C.P. King |
Convoy |
15:30 |
17:00 |
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|
08-Apr-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O H.J Blackshaw |
Convoy |
18:30 |
19:55 |
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|
14-Apr-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O P. Harvey |
Convoy |
16:35 |
17:40 |
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15-Apr-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Sgt H.D. Muirhead |
Salter sweep |
09:25 |
10:40 |
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16-Apr-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Lt C.P. Rudland DFC |
Convoy |
14:40 |
16:10 |
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|
16-Apr-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
18:05 |
19:45 |
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17-Apr-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O V.L. Currie |
Scramble |
07:30 |
08:45 |
|
|
17-Apr-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O V.L. Currie |
Convoy |
10:55 |
12:25 |
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21-Apr-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Sgt C.P. King |
Convoy |
07:00 |
08:05 |
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21-Apr-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Sgt C.P. King |
Convoy |
08:35 |
09:55 |
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21-Apr-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Sgt C.P. King |
Convoy |
10:50 |
12:00 |
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22-Apr-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Sgt C.P. King |
Scramble |
16:45 |
18:00 |
|
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23-Apr-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Sgt C.P. King |
Convoy |
07:15 |
07:40 |
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23-Apr-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Sgt C.P. King |
Convoy |
20:10 |
20:40 |
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23-Apr-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Sgt C.P. King |
Convoy |
11:10 |
12:15 |
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|
30-Apr-42 |
P.7052 |
Sgt K.C. Ridley |
10 Group Ramrod 18 |
18:05 |
19:25 |
Attack on Lannion aerodrome, B Flight to attack Morlaix |
|
03-May-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O W.A. Lovell |
Scramble |
19:40 |
20:30 |
P/Os W Lovell and Coyne followed a bogy from base area towards
St Eval |
|
|
04-May-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O Lovell |
Scramble |
10:15 |
11:15 |
A Flight scrambles produced plots coincidental with e/a off
Carnsore. Nothing seen. |
|
|
05-May-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O Lovell |
Scramble |
16:15 |
17:25 |
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08-May-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O V.L. Currie |
Scramble |
08:45 |
09:55 |
Vectored far out over Irish Sea. Nothing seen. |
|
|
13-May-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Sgt C.P. King |
Irish Sea sweep |
16:30 |
17:40 |
Irish Sea Sweep. Another determined effort to intercept the
elusive 1/123 |
|
|
13-May-42 |
P.7052 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Irish Sea sweep |
19:10 |
20:05 |
Irish Sea Sweep. Another determined effort to intercept the
elusive 1/123 |
|
|
20-May-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Sgt C.P. King |
Scramble |
12:35 |
14:00 |
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21-May-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Sgt C.P. King |
Scramble |
11:30 |
12:00 |
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|
04-Jun-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O V.L. Currie |
Scramble |
20:40 |
21:05 |
No incident |
|
05-Jun-42 |
P.7052 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
10 Group Ramrod 19 |
15:20 |
16:40 |
Attack on Lannion aerodrome |
|
19-Jun-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Sgt C.P. King |
Scramble |
20:35 |
21:35 |
Enemy aircraft out of range off Irish South coast. |
|
20-Jun-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O C.P. Van Zeller |
Scramble |
08:05 |
09:00 |
No incident. |
|
25-Jun-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Sgt H.D. Muirhead |
Scramble |
20:10 |
21:05 |
No incident |
|
26-Jun-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Sgt H.D. Muirhead |
Scramble |
12:35 |
13:40 |
Enemy aircraft between Anglesea and Ireland. A Valley aircraft
engaged it, a JU.88 but we obtained no result |
|
29-Jun-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O Lovell |
Scramble |
18:35 |
19:30 |
Bogey identified as Liberator. |
|
30-Jun-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O Lovell |
Scramble |
19:50 |
20:15 |
Bogey identified as Liberator. |
|
01-Jul-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O Lovell |
Scramble |
20:10 |
20:55 |
|
|
04-Jul-42 |
P.7052 |
Sgt K.C. Ridley |
Scramble |
17:20 |
17:40 |
|
|
05-Jul-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O Lovell |
Scramble |
21:40 |
23:00 |
|
|
06-Jul-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O P. Harvey |
Scramble |
13:20 |
14:00 |
No incident. |
|
08-Jul-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O P. Harvey |
Scramble |
07:50 |
08:55 |
No incident. |
|
28-Jul-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Sgt C.P. King |
Scramble |
19:50 |
20:15 |
No incident. |
|
17-Aug-42 |
P.7052 |
Sgt K.C. Ridley |
Convoy |
13:35 |
15:05 |
|
|
17-Aug-42 |
P.7052 |
Sgt K.C. Ridley |
Scramble |
17:55 |
18:25 |
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|
15-Sep-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Sgt H.D. Muirhead |
Escort A/S/R launch |
18:55 |
19:25 |
H.S. Launch escorted to 20 miles South of Warmwell |
|
19-Sep-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O C.P. King |
Anti-Rhubarb Patrols |
18:45 |
19:25 |
Sections patrolled between Swanage and Needles. Nothing seen |
|
03-Oct-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O C.P. King |
10 Group Roadstead
Operation |
18:15 |
19:00 |
Attack a 3000 ton M/V in Alderney harbour |
|
17-Oct-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy Patrol |
08:45 |
10:25 |
Convoy escorted without incident from Needles to Portland. |
|
17-Oct-42 |
P.7052 |
F/Lt A.N.W. Johnstone
DFC |
Convoy Patrol |
11:00 |
12:35 |
Convoy escorted without incident from Needles to Portland. |
|
10-Nov-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O C.P. King DFM |
Convoy |
15:05 |
16:40 |
Convoy of Floating Dock from Needles, Westward. |
|
26-Nov-42 |
P.7052 |
Sgt J. MacAulay |
Rhubarb |
16:10 |
17:00 |
F/O Harvey led this operation intending to attack railway
objectives S.W. of Isigny, but found inadequate cloud cover 10 miles S.E. of
Barfleur. |
|
26-Nov-42 |
P.7052 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
Rhubarb |
10:25 |
11:35 |
Pilots did not reach their objective, the railway N. of La Haye
du Puits, owing to lack of cloud cover. F/O Coyne shot up a pill-box and
bombed the harbour installations at Diellette. P/O Samant bombed camouflaged
huts 7 miles S.E. of Piereville. Bombing results not seen. |
|
14-Dec-42 |
P.7052 |
Sgt M.T. Cotton |
Anti-Rhubarb Patrol |
15:00 |
16:25 |
Pilots flew, or were vectored, five or six times between
Portland and St. Aldhelms Head. Finally vectored to 20 miles North of
Barfleur. Returning from there, they met 2 F.W.190s and had a dogfight from
zero to 4000 feet |
|
07-Feb-43 |
P.7052 |
F/O C.P. King DFM |
Army Co-Op |
15:45 |
16:25 |
Equipment containers dropped on Netheravon aerodrome at 1600
hours. F/O E. Brearley's containers hung up. |
|
12-Feb-43 |
P.7052 |
Sgt D.J. Williams |
Rhubarb |
08:30 |
missing |
Attack on La Haye du Puits. 2 trains attacked with cannon and a
siding at Port Bail bombed. Sgt. D. Williams hit by flak from train and
ditched 4 miles off Cap de Carteret. Last seen organising dinghy. |
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