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Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
04-Jan-41 P.6979 S/Ldr J.G. Munro Chameleon Patrol 16:00 16:45 This was a special operation the object of which was to attack German “E” boats coming from Cherbourg. Nothing seen
14-Mar-41 P.6979 Sgt D.St J. Jowitt Interception Patrol 09:40 10:25 The section was ordered to Raid 111. This was JU.88 and passed over St.Eval at 0950. It was not, however, intercepted.
04-May-41 P.6979 Sgt J.W.E. Holmes Convoy Patrol 17:45 19:15 Convoy Patrol
04-May-41 P.6979 Sgt J.W.E. Holmes Convoy Patrol 20:00 21:40 Convoy Patrol
22-May-41 P.6979 P/O C.P. Rudland Convoy Patrol 11:30 12:30 Convoy Patrol
26-May-41 P.6979 Sgt A.V. Albertini Convoy Patrol 11:55 13:30 Convoy Patrol
06-Jul-42 P.6979 P/O H.J Blackshaw Scramble 13:20 14:00 No incident.
12-Jul-42 P.6979 P/O H.J Blackshaw Scramble 14:00 14:10  
23-Jul-42 P.6979 P/O P. Harvey Combined Rhubarb Operation 15:30 16:45 Rhubarb to attack railway at St. Pol de Leon & distillery at Landivisiau
01-Aug-42 P.6979 P/O H.J Blackshaw Scramble 14:05 15:10 Plots 40 miles West of Lundy, infrequent and fading.
04-Aug-42 P.6979 P/O H.J Blackshaw Convoy 12:10 13:15  
13-Aug-42 P.6979 P/O H.J Blackshaw Convoy 14:25 15:50  
17-Aug-42 P.6979 P/O H.J Blackshaw Convoy 12:35 14:05  
17-Aug-42 P.6979 P/O H.J Blackshaw Scramble 15:10 15:45  
08-Sep-42 P.6979 P/O E. Brearley Roadstead Operation 07:45 09:20 Roadstead to attack tanker near Channel Islands. Not found.
09-Sep-42 P.6979 P/O E. Brearley Roadstead Operation 14:35 15:20 Roadstead to attck a large ship reported by a shipping recco near Cap de la Hague.
09-Oct-42 P.6979 P/O C.P. King DFM Shipping Recco 14:10 15:20 Armed recco of Alderney – Barfleur area. 
17-Oct-42 P.6979 Sgt D.J. Williams Convoy Patrol 10:05 11:30 Convoy escorted without incident from Needles to Portland.
21-Oct-42 P.6979 Sgt K.C. Ridley Convoy Patrol 12:50 13:15 This convoy was found to be tucked up in Portland.
21-Oct-42 P.6979 Sgt K.C. Ridley Convoy Patrol 13:45 14:45 Another convoy escorted from Portland towards St Aldhelm's Head.
08-Nov-42 P.6979 F/Sgt K.C. Ridley Convoy 13:30 15:00 Large convoy escorted without incident from Isle of Wight towards Portland.
18-Nov-42 P.6979 P/O D. Samant Convoy 14:25 15:45 This convoy of 16-18 ships was escorted without incident from Needles area to Portland.
19-Nov-42 P.6979 F/O P. Harvey Roadstead 40 Whirlwinds Antiflak 11:20 12:15 This was the first all-Whirlwind Roadstead Operation. 4 “B” Flight Whirli-bombers were escorted by 4 “A” Flight Whirlwinds antiflak. No incident.
20-Nov-42 P.6979 F/Sgt K.C. Ridley Roadstead Operation Whirlibombers 08:45 09:50 This was the first all-Whirlwind Roadstead Operation. 4 “A” Flight Whirli-bombers were escorted by 4 “B” Flight Whirlwinds antiflak. No incident.
15-Jan-43 P.6979 F/Sgt K.C. Ridley Air Sea Rescue 16:10 17:40 The second sweep was entirely unsuccessful.
09-Apr-43 P.6979 Sgt J.I. Simpson 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.6979 F/O J.P. Coyne 10 Group Circus 22  17:30 19:00 Brest/Guipavas aerodrome was successfully divebombed with 20 x 250lb bombs.
15-Apr-43 P.6979 F/O J.P. Coyne 10 Group Roadstead 58 12:10 13:20 Searched Guernsey – Jersey area at zero feet in good visibility. The ships which had been reported there seemed evarescent
16-Apr-43 P.6979 Sgt S.P.D. Thyagarajan Escorted Armed Dusk Ship Recco 20:40 22:10 Dusk escorted armed recco in Channel Islands area.
29-Apr-43 P.6979 F/Sgt K.C. Ridley 10 Group Roadstead 63 13:10   Attack on shipping near Isigny. Found to be fishing vessels
02-May-43 P.6979 F/O A.H. Lee-White Roadstead 64 12:10 13:15 Roadstead to Channel Island area. Mistaken report of tanker at Casquets
05-May-43 P.6979 F/Sgt K.C. Ridley Roadstead 17:15 19:00 Search for a minelayer reported steaming East from Brehat. Between Sept Iles and Ile de Batz. They found fishing vessels, probably misreported 
14-May-43 P.6979 F/O J.P. Coyne Roadstead 67 21:00 21:45 Attack on two destroyers alongside the Quai Maritime alternatively a medium M/V in the Basin Napoleon in Cherbourg docks
16-May-43 P.6979 F/Sgt K.C. Ridley Ship Recco     Search for two destroyers and a medium M/V suspected in the Channel Islands area. 7 miles west of Casquets our formation which was in loose line abreast at zero feet was attacked by two F.W.190's. Both damaged.
16-May-43 P.6979 F/Sgt K.C. Ridley Night Recco 23:35 00:40 Uneventful night recco of Barfleur – Isigny
18-May-43 P.6979 F/Sgt K.C. Ridley Roadstead 18:50 20:20 No minesweepers were found in their suspected position between Jersey and Brehat.
19-May-43 P.6979 F/Sgt K.C. Ridley Roadstead     Repetition of previous days uneventful search for minesweepers Channel Islands – Brehat
29-May-43 P.6979 F/Lt J.P. Coyne Roadstead 71 14:10 15:15 The 15 Ship Convoy reported off Barfleur was found without much enthusiasm to be the French Fishing Fleet.
03-Aug-43 P.6979 Sgt J.B. Purkis Shipping Recco 11:25 12:35 Channel Islands shipping lanes were thoroughly searched from a height of 20-100 feet.
03-Aug-43 P.6979 Sgt L.S. Gray 10 Group Circus 19:57 21:15 These 8 Whirlibombers divebombed Brest Guipavas aerodrome
04-Aug-43 P.6979 Sgt J.B. Purkis 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
11-Aug-43 P.6979 Sgt J.B. Purkis 10 Group Roadstead 74 14:34 16:05 7 E. Boats reported in the estuary of Aber Vrach.  Battle of Aber Vrach
29-Aug-43 P.6979 Sgt L.S. Gray Convoy 10:35 12:05 Convoy from Needles to West of Portland.
29-Aug-43 P.6979 P/O N.P. Blacklock Convoy 12:55 14:05 Convoy from Needles to West of Portland.
31-Aug-43 P.6979 Sgt G. Williams Convoy 06:55 08:30 Convoy, West of Portland.
31-Aug-43 P.6979 Sgt J.B. Purkis Convoy 10:25 11:45 Convoy, West of Portland.
31-Aug-43 P.6979 Sgt J.B. Purkis Convoy 12:40 14:10 Convoy, West of Portland.
08-Sep-43 P.6979 F/Sgt J.B. Purkis Operation Starkey 17:07 17:42 Divebombing of Naval and Flak heavy guns at Hardelot
09-Sep-43 P.6979 F/Sgt J.B. Purkis Operation Starkey 08:00 09:05 Divebombing of Naval and Flak heavy guns at Hardelot
11-Sep-43 P.6979 F/Sgt L.S. Gray Convoy Patrols 10:35 12:15 Convoy moving westward from Portland.
14-Oct-43 P.6979 F/Sgt J.B. Purkis Night Recco 21:29 23:03 Night searches (Without bombs) for the Munsterland. Warmwell – Sept Iles – Iles de Batz – Predannack.
19-Oct-43 P.6979 F/Sgt H.M. Proctor Rhubarb Op 12:20 13:35 Between them they badly damaged two locos with cannon and bombs
21-Oct-43 P.6979 F/Sgt L.S. Gray Rhubarb 17:20 18:30 Insufficient cloud cover off Barfleur
22-Oct-43 P.6979 F/Sgt L.S. Gray Rhubarb 16:03 17:15 They bombed the large railway bridge over the R. VIRE S. of Isigny
23-Oct-43 P.6979 F/Sgt H.M. Proctor 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.
07-Nov-43 P.6979 F/Sgt W.E. Watkins Air Sea Rescue Search 14:34 15:56 7 Whirlwinds went on A/S/R Search for F/O Coombe of 257 Squadron.