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Date |
A/C |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
Details of
Sortie or Flight |
|
06-Nov-41 |
P.7089 |
Sgt H.J. Blackshaw |
Rhubarb 56 |
10:40 |
11:53 |
Attack on road and railway West of Maupertus. |
|
15-Nov-41 |
P.7089 |
Sgt D.E. Prior |
Rhubarb 61 |
12:40 |
14:10 |
Attack on Distillery targets. Green Section (P/O Holmes and Sgt.
Prior) Target 216. Corseulles. |
|
17-Nov-41 |
P.7089 |
Sgt D.E. Prior |
Rhubarb 64 |
09:38 |
10:40 |
Attack on Distillery targets - abortive |
|
23-Nov-41 |
P.7089 |
Sgt J.J. Walker |
Beat up of Home Guard |
10:25 |
10:55 |
Three sections of aircraft co-operated in this Home Guard
Exercise. The village of Charlton immediately to the West of Filton Aerodrome
was repeatedly attacked from a low level. |
|
12-Feb-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
11:00 |
13:40 |
No Incident. |
|
13-Feb-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Dusk Patrol |
17:30 |
18:05 |
Nothing seen - These flights are regularly made from Fairwood
Common to intercept bandits which tend to appear off Linney Head at dusk. |
|
07-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy Patrol |
13:20 |
15:00 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
07-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy Patrol |
16:10 |
17:35 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
08-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy Patrol |
07:45 |
09:35 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
08-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy Patrol |
11:30 |
13:00 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
09-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy Patrol |
15:30 |
17:00 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
14-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Scramble |
11:45 |
12:50 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
15-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy Patrol |
15:55 |
17:10 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
21-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
13:25 |
14:55 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
22-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Sweep of Irish Sea |
13:10 |
14:10 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
22-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Sweep of Irish Sea |
16:10 |
17:30 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
23-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy Patrol |
15:05 |
16:15 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
23-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy Patrol |
17:40 |
19:00 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
24-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Patrol |
15:15 |
16:55 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
05-Apr-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
09:05 |
10:55 |
Patrol of Skipper |
|
05-Apr-42 |
P.7089 |
Sgt D.F. Small |
Convoy |
11:25 |
13:10 |
Patrol of Steward |
|
10-Apr-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Patrol |
14:30 |
15:50 |
Patrol of Irish Sea to Saltees |
|
10-Apr-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
19:10 |
20:50 |
Patrol of Irish Sea to Saltees |
|
16-Apr-42 |
P.7089 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy |
11:10 |
12:30 |
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|
16-Apr-42 |
P.7089 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy |
14:40 |
16:00 |
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17-Apr-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O J.W.E. Holmes |
Convoy |
16:25 |
17:50 |
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|
21-Apr-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Scramble |
11:10 |
12:00 |
Bogey was identified as Liberator. |
|
21-Apr-42 |
P.7089 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
15:20 |
16:30 |
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|
21-Apr-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O J.J. Walker |
Convoy |
20:35 |
21:45 |
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22-Apr-42 |
P.7089 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
08:10 |
09:10 |
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23-Apr-42 |
P.7089 |
Sgt D.F. Small |
Convoy |
14:30 |
15:40 |
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|
26-Apr-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
14:05 |
15:15 |
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|
30-Apr-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O I.F. Kennedy |
10 Group Ramrod 18 |
18:12 |
19:30 |
Attack on Morlaix aerodrome, A Flight to attack Lannion. |
|
03-May-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O S.J. Lovell |
First Solo |
18:00 |
18:30 |
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03-May-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Scramble |
12:50 |
13:15 |
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06-May-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Patrol Portreath
& Falmouth (Royal visit) |
08:00 |
20:20 |
Patrolled Cornwall for Royal visit |
|
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16-May-42 |
P.7089 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Scramble |
15:20 |
16:10 |
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16-May-42 |
P.7089 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Scramble |
20:15 |
21:05 |
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22-May-42 |
P.7089 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
A.S.R. |
19:40 |
20:25 |
A search was made for ten miles around St David's Head. Nothing
was seen of the Blenheim supposed to have gone in there |
|
|
23-May-42 |
P.7089 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Scramble |
10:30 |
10:50 |
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04-Jun-42 |
P.7089 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Patrol |
05:55 |
06:55 |
Early patrol of Smalls-Carmsore area. |
|
05-Jun-42 |
P.7089 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
10 Group Ramrod 19 |
15:10 |
16:30 |
Attack on Morlaix aerodrome |
|
19-Jun-42 |
P.7089 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
|
08:15 |
08:50 |
Nothing seen. |
|
19-Jun-42 |
P.7089 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Scramble |
11:00 |
12:15 |
Scramble Smalls 8000. Plots faded and Section was ordered to
convoy Peroration. |
|
20-Jun-42 |
P.7089 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Scramble |
13:15 |
13:40 |
Plots were off Salters but faded before contact could be made. |
|
28-Jun-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Scramble |
19:05 |
19:55 |
Black Blue and Green Sections were vectored hard after plots
20-60 miles S.W. of Base. They were also vectored on to each other and
intercepted successfully but fortunately did not engage |
|
28-Jun-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Patrol |
21:20 |
22:05 |
Enemy patrol to Salter area. |
|
30-Jun-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O N.V. Crabtree |
Scramble |
22:50 |
23:10 |
Nothing seen. |
|
04-Jul-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O N.V. Crabtree |
Patrol |
18:15 |
19:40 |
Patrol to S. of Eire. |
|
07-Jul-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O J.J. Walker |
Scramble |
22:10 |
22:55 |
No incident. |
|
01-Oct-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Roadstead Operation |
17:00 |
18:15 |
Roadstead to bomb minesweepers in Trieux estuary. Not found. |
|
07-Nov-42 |
P.7089 |
W/O D.B. McPhail |
Convoy |
16:00 |
17:20 |
Convoy off Portland. A Hudson was chased and identified. |
|
08-Nov-42 |
P.7089 |
F/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
11:20 |
13:00 |
Convoy of important Floating Dock from Needles area towards
Portland |
|
10-Nov-42 |
P.7089 |
W/O D.B. McPhail |
Convoy |
14:10 |
15:20 |
|
|
10-Nov-42 |
P.7089 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Convoy |
16:00 |
17:30 |
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|
15-Jan-43 |
P.7089 |
W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt |
Air Sea Rescue |
16:10 |
17:40 |
The second sweep was entirely unsuccessful. |
|
05-Mar-43 |
P.7089 |
Sgt S.P.D.
Thyagarajan |
Convoy |
15:25 |
17:05 |
Patrol off St. Davids |
|
07-Mar-43 |
P.7089 |
F/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
15:05 |
16:20 |
Patrol off St. Davids. Large Convoy. |
|
12-Mar-43 |
P.7089 |
P/O J.I. Yates |
Convoy |
18:10 |
19:40 |
Escort Convoy “Dinner”. |
|
14-Mar-43 |
P.7089 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
10 Group Circus 18 |
15:55 |
17:00 |
Attack on Maupertus. They dive-bombed from 15000 - 9000 ft. and
saw 2 bursts in S.E. corner and other bursts in the centre. Flak was slight
and inaccurate. |
|
19-Mar-43 |
P.7089 |
F/O E. Brearley |
10 Group Roadstead 52 |
18:10 |
19:10 |
The large convoy which had been reported South of Guernsey could
not be located in thick black haze in the Channel Island area. |
|
24-Mar-43 |
P.7089 |
F/O A.H. Lee-White |
Rhubarb Operation |
13:45 |
14:45 |
Ordered to attack railway objectives at La Haye du Puits, they
found no cloud cover in the Casquets area and returned to base with their
bombs |
|
26-Mar-43 |
P.7089 |
F/O A.H. Lee-White |
Rhubarb Operation |
12:45 |
14:20 |
Attack on the Transformer Station at St. Lo. Making landfall
East of Isigny they flew through various patches of light flak, located the
target and both scored cannon strikes on it. P/O Abrams bombs apparently
disintegrated the whole transformer unit. F/O A. Lee-Whites' exploded among
the complex of huts. |
|
13-Apr-43 |
P.7089 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
10 Group Circus
22 |
17:30 |
19:00 |
Brest/Guipavas aerodrome was successfully divebombed with 20 x
250lb bombs. |
|
14-Apr-43 |
P.7089 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
10 Group Roadstead 57 |
15:30 |
17:05 |
Shipping was reported in the Lannil Is estuaries. By chance,
landfall was made too far south and F/O Harvey inadvertently led into the
area off Raie de Brest and thereby found three ships. |
|
17-Apr-43 |
P.7089 |
F/O A.H. Lee-White |
Night Armed Shipping
Reccos and Rhubarbs |
22:51 |
00:15 |
He reccod Alderney – Marcouf and finding no shipping, bombed
Fort St. Marcouf. He landed at Exeter. |
|
21-Apr-43 |
P.7089 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
Night Roadstead |
02:00 |
03:40 |
The Channel Islands convoy which F/O Coyne had attacked was
sought for, but not found. It had probably berthed in Alderney. |
|
28-Apr-43 |
P.7089 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
10 Group Roadstead 60 |
10:15 |
12:50 |
Attack on convoy of 8 ships N. of Sept Isles |
|
28-Apr-43 |
P.7089 |
W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt |
10 Group Roadstead 62 |
14:22 |
15:45 |
This operation did not find the depleted convoy in its estimated
position south of Jersey. |
|
29-Apr-43 |
P.7089 |
W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt |
10 Group Roadstead 63 |
13:10 |
|
Attack on shipping near Isigny. Found to be fishing vessels |
|
14-May-43 |
P.7089 |
P/O P.T.R. Mercer |
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 |
|
18-May-43 |
P.7089 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
Roadstead |
18:50 |
20:20 |
No minesweepers were found in their suspected position between
Jersey and Brehat. |
|
19-May-43 |
P.7089 |
Sgt W.E. Watkins |
Roadstead |
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Repetition of previous days uneventful search for minesweepers
Channel Islands – Brehat |
|
23-May-43 |
P.7089 |
F/O M T Cotton |
Roadstead 70 |
07:45 |
09:00 |
Attack on convoy nearing Guernsey from C de la Hague |
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