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Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
29-Sep-41 P.7061 P/O G.B. Warnes Mandolin Operation No.7 18:33 20:15 Attack JU.88s on Lannion aerodrome.
02-Nov-41 P.7061 F/Sgt A.V. Albertini Scramble 11:40 12:10 No incident
08-Nov-41 P.7061 P/O G.B. Warnes 10 Group Rodeo 5 13:45 14:55 Sweep of Channel Islands area
15-Nov-41 P.7061 P/O G.B. Warnes Rhubarb 61 12:40 14:35 Attack on Distillery targets. Red Section (P/O Warnes and P/O Harvey) Target 207 Brehal.
17-Nov-41 P.7061 P/O G.B. Warnes Rhubarb 64 09:15 09:40 Attack on Distillery targets - abortive
02-Nov-41 P.7061 F/Sgt A.V. Albertini Attack on Whitchurch Aerodrome 08:00 08:25 Ten Whirlwinds co-operated in this large scale Home Guard Tactical Exercise. In the first phase Whitchurch aerodrome and the three Avon bridges on the South side of Bristol were beaten-up in low level attacks by four sections of aircraft. In the second phase the Southern approaches of Bristol were again attacked by three sections of aircraft.
02-Nov-41 P.7061 F/Sgt A.V. Albertini Attack on Whitchurch Aerodrome 09:10 09:45 Ten Whirlwinds co-operated in this large scale Home Guard Tactical Exercise. In the first phase Whitchurch aerodrome and the three Avon bridges on the South side of Bristol were beaten-up in low level attacks by four sections of aircraft. In the second phase the Southern approaches of Bristol were again attacked by three sections of aircraft.
11-Jan-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Scramble 11:05 11:50 Pilots were vectored to the Isle of Wight chasing a bogey. The bogey was then identified as a Grumman Martlet by pilots of squadron.
20-Jan-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Tactical Exercise 12:25 12:55 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.7061 P/O H.J Blackshaw Convoy Patrol 08:20 09:10 No Incident.
13-Feb-42 P.7061 F/Sgt J.J. Walker Dusk Patrol 17:50 18:35 Nothing seen - These flights are regularly made from Fairwood Common to intercept bandits which tend to appear off Linney Head at dusk.
13-Feb-42 P.7061 Sgt H.D. Muirhead Convoy Patrol 15:45 17:25 No Incident.
07-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Sgt I.F. Kennedy Convoy Patrol 15:05 16:40 Nothing Seen.
07-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy Patrol 17:00 18:05 Nothing Seen.
08-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Scramble 07:20 07:55 Nothing Seen.
08-Mar-42 P.7061 P/O E. Brearley Convoy Patrol 09:10 10:40 Nothing Seen.
08-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy Patrol 11:30 13:00 Nothing Seen.
09-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy Patrol 16:30 18:30 Nothing Seen.
14-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Scramble 11:45 12:50 Nothing Seen.
19-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy Patrol 15:35 17:15 Nothing Seen.
22-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Sweep of Irish Sea 10:05 11:45 Nothing Seen.
22-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Sweep of Irish Sea 13:35 15:00 Nothing Seen.
22-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Sweep of Irish Sea 16:55 18:15 Nothing Seen.
23-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy Patrol 14:35 15:55 Nothing Seen.
23-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy Patrol 17:05 18:35 Nothing Seen.
24-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Patrol 14:25 15:45 Nothing Seen.
25-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Scramble 18:30 18:35 Nothing Seen.
26-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy Patrol 10:35 11:20 Blue section was ordred to escort convoys Steward & Sapper II
26-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy Patrol 14:15 15:45 Nothing Seen.
27-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy 13:50 15:00 Nothing Seen.
27-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Patrol 17:40 19:00 The Linney-Head, Smalls, Carnsors, Saltee area was thoroughly swept.
28-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Search for lost pilot 15:05 16:15 A pilot of 402 Spitfire Squadron on convoy patrol pancaked in the sea 12 miles south of Tenby.
29-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy 08:45 10:30 Nothing Seen.
10-Apr-42 P.7061 P/O D.R. Gill Patrol 14:00 15:25 Patrol of Irish Sea to Saltees
10-Apr-42 P.7061 P/O D.R. Gill Convoy 17:45 18:50 Patrol of Irish Sea to Saltees
10-Apr-42 P.7061 P/O D.R. Gill Convoy 20:05 21:20 Patrol of Irish Sea to Saltees
11-Apr-42 P.7061 P/O D.R. Gill Scramble 13:05 14:15 Three sections after raid 159. Although Blue section plots were coincident for 5 minutes, e/a escaped unseen in cloud
12-Apr-42 P.7061 P/O D.R. Gill Convoy 12:15 13:25  
15-Apr-42 P.7061 Sgt D.F. Small Scramble 15:35 16:25  
16-Apr-42 P.7061 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy 11:10 12:30  
16-Apr-42 P.7061 Sgt W.R. Wright Convoy 17:10 18:45  
21-Apr-42 P.7061 Sgt B.C. Abrams Convoy 18:00 19:15  
21-Apr-42 P.7061 Sgt B.C. Abrams Convoy 20:35 21:45  
22-Apr-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy 07:10 08:25  
22-Apr-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy 09:40 10:55  
23-Apr-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy 14:30 15:40  
24-Apr-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy 17:40 18:25  
26-Apr-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy 16:40 16:50 Recalled as convoy entered Haven.
26-Apr-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy 18:25 18:50  
06-May-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Patrol Portreath & Falmouth (Royal visit) 08:00 20:20 Patrolled Cornwall for Royal visit
14-May-42 P.7061 P/O N.V. Crabtree Scramble 17:50 18:40  
15-May-42 P.7061 P/O N.V. Crabtree Scramble 09:25 09:55  
22-May-42 P.7061 P/O J.J. Walker A.S.R. 18:25 19:45 A search was made for ten miles around St David's Head. Nothing was seen of the Blenheim supposed to have gone in there
22-May-42 P.7061 P/O J.J. Walker Scramble 21:00 21:56