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Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
07-Nov-41 P.7110 P/O G.B. Warnes Rhubarb Reconnaissance 13:30 14:50 Reconnaissance of distillery targets in or near the Cherbourg Peninsula
02-Nov-41 P.7110 F/Lt H.St J. Coghlan 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.
15-Dec-41 P.7110 P/O J.W.E. Holmes Scramble 12:00 13:20 Ordered to patrol base at 10,000 feet, then vectored after bogey at 21,000 ft as far as South Coast. Nothing seen.
14-Feb-42 P.7110 F/Sgt J.J. Walker Convoy Patrol 14:10 15:35 No incident.
15-Feb-42 P.7110 S/Ldr R.S. Woodward DFC Convoy 08:20 09:10 No Incident.
22-Feb-42 P.7110 F/Lt C.P. Rudland DFC Convoy 14:00 15:25 No incident.
19-Feb-42 P.7110 P/O J.W.E. Holmes Convoy 14:55 15:25 P/O Holmes was flying at 100 feet near convoy 25 miles south of St Gowan's Head. Without any warning from instruments, his starboard engine exploded, caught fire and disintegrated
15-Mar-42 P.7110 P/O J.W.E. Holmes Scramble 13:20 14:00 Nothing Seen.
15-Mar-42 P.7110 P/O J.W.E. Holmes Scramble 17:50 19:00 Nothing Seen.
16-Mar-42 P.7110 P/O J.W.E. Holmes Scramble 09:15 09:50 Nothing Seen.
19-Mar-42 P.7110 Sgt R.I. Reed Convoy Patrol 14:30 16:00 Nothing Seen.
22-Mar-42 P.7110 Sgt R.I. Reed Sweep of Irish Sea 10:30 12:10 Nothing Seen.
22-Mar-42 P.7110 S/Ldr R.S. Woodward DFC Sweep of Irish Sea 13:10 14:10 Nothing Seen.
22-Mar-42 P.7110 S/Ldr R.S. Woodward DFC Sweep of Irish Sea 15:15 16:50 Nothing Seen.
24-Mar-42 P.7110 Sgt B.C. Abrams Patrol 15:00 16:45 Nothing Seen.
27-Mar-42 P.7110 P/O N.V. Crabtree Patrol 14:35 15:55 Nothing Seen.
27-Mar-42 P.7110 P/O N.V. Crabtree Patrol 17:40 19:00 The Linney-Head, Smalls, Carnsors, Saltee area was thoroughly swept.
29-Mar-42 P.7110 Sgt B.C. Abrams Search for lost pilot 17:15 18:25 A pilot of 402 Spitfire Squadron on convoy patrol pancaked in the sea 12 miles south of Tenby.
05-Apr-42 P.7110 Sgt R.I. Reed Convoy 09:30 10:50 Patrol of Irish Sea
05-Apr-42 P.7110 Sgt R.I. Reed Convoy 10:35 11:50 Patrol of Steward
05-Apr-42 P.7110 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy 12:45 13:45 Patrol of Steward
10-Apr-42 P.7110 Sgt R.I. Reed Patrol 14:30 15:50 Patrol of Irish Sea to Saltees. Very wide echelon
11-Apr-42 P.7110 P/O J.J. Walker 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
14-Apr-42 P.7110 Sgt B.C. Abrams Convoy 11:40 13:10  
15-Apr-42 P.7110 Sgt R.I. Reed Patrol 13:40 14:50 Saltee Patrol
15-Apr-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Convoy 17:10 18:30 Saltee Patrol
20-Apr-42 P.7110 P/O E. Brearley Convoy 15:40 16:55  
21-Apr-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Convoy 17:00 18:20  
21-Apr-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Convoy 19:40 21:00  
22-Apr-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Scramble 07:40 09:10  
22-Apr-42 P.7110 P/O E. Brearley Convoy 10:35 11:35  
23-Apr-42 P.7110 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy 13:40 14:45  
25-Apr-42 P.7110 P/O J.J. Walker Scramble 10:25 11:15  
26-Apr-42 P.7110 Sgt D.F. Small Convoy 14:05 15:15  
26-Apr-42 P.7110 Sgt D.F. Small Convoy 17:30 18:55  
27-Apr-42 P.7110 Sgt D.F. Small Convoy 18:15 18:35  
29-Apr-42 P.7110 P/O Lovell Convoy 17:20 18:35  
29-Apr-42 P.7110 P/O J.P. Coyne Convoy 20:30 21:50  
08-Apr-42 P.7110 Sgt K.C. Ridley Convoy 18:30 19:55  
27-Apr-42 P.7110 Sgt D.F. Small Convoy 18:15 18:35  
29-Apr-42 P.7110 P/O Lovell Convoy 17:20 18:35  
06-May-42 P.7110 Sgt R.I. Reed Patrol Portreath & Falmouth (Royal visit) 08:00 20:20 Patrolled Cornwall for Royal visit
14-May-42 P.7110 Sgt R.I. Reed Scramble 17:50 18:40  
15-May-42 P.7110 Sgt R.I. Reed Scramble 09:25 09:55  
22-May-42 P.7110 Sgt R.I. Reed Scramble 08:00 10:00 Various vectors over Irish Sea in pursuit of e/a
24-May-42 P.7110 Sgt R.I. Reed Scramble 19:30 20:30  
20-Jun-42 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Yates Scramble 13:40 14:20 Plots were off Salters but faded before contact could be made.
28-Jun-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Scramble 19:15 19:45 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
30-Jun-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Scramble 22:50 23:10 Nothing seen.
06-Jul-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Scramble 19:50 20:50 No incident.
08-Jul-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Patrol 09:55 11:15 Patrol to Carnsore and South
14-Jul-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Patrol 20:10 21:05 Patrol South of Eire. The whole area between Angle and Eire and Lundy was swept, but unsuccessfully.
18-Jul-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Patrol 22:26 22:55 This was a similar operation to that of the fourteenth. Again no enemy aircraft were seen.
25-Jul-42 P.7110 Sgt W.R. Wright Scramble 09:25 10:15 No incident.
26-Jul-42 P.7110 Sgt B.C. Abrams Scramble 19:05 19:20 Plots identified as friendly.
26-Jul-42 P.7110 Sgt W.R. Wright Scramble 20:00 20:45  
27-Jul-42 P.7110 P/O Lovell Patrol 20:20 21:15 Patrol of Small area.
28-Jul-42 P.7110 S/Ldr R.S. Woodward DFC Patrol 18:10 18:40 Smalls patrol
05-Aug-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Convoy 10:00 11:05  
05-Aug-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed A/S Rescue Search 12:25 13:15 Search for Blenheim believed ditched off St. Davids Head. No trace seen.
11-Aug-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Convoy 18:55 19:05 Recalled as ships were in Milford Haven.
21-Sep-42 P.7110 Sgt J. MacAulay Scramble 10:15 11:15 Vectored towards two enemy aircraft at 1000 feet 20 miles South of St. Aldhelms Head. Nothing seen
21-Sep-42 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Yates Scramble 13:05 14:05 Patrol off Portland. Nothing seen
28-Feb-43 P.7110 F/Lt J.W.E. Holmes 10 Group Circus 17 14:40 15:40 Attack on Maupertus. This was their first dive-bombing attack. It was observed to have been successful.
01-Mar-43 P.7110 F/Sgt W.R. Wright Convoy 08:00 09:20 Patrol off Angle
05-Mar-43 P.7110 F/Sgt W.R. Wright Convoy 17:40 18:55 Patrol off St. Davids
07-Mar-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson Convoy 15:05 16:20 Patrol off St. Davids. Large Convoy.
13-Mar-43 P.7110 Sgt S.P.D. Thyagarajan Scramble 12:50 13:25 Scrambled over Cardiff at 25,000 feet. Recalled when they reached 18,000
19-Mar-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson 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.
21-Mar-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson 10 Group Night Rhubarb No. 23 (Morlaix Viaduct) 00:05 01:30 Bombed from 1200 ft. through moderate flak.
22-Mar-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson 10 Group Night Rhubarb No. 24 00:05 01:30 Bombed from 3000-1000ft. Accurate flak all calibres.
23-Mar-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson 10 Group Night Rhubarb No. 25 (Ponthou Viaduct) 01:05 02:20 Target not found. Bombs jettisoned in sea.
26-Mar-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson Rhubarb Operation 15:05 15:50 Intending to attack targets in the Carentan area they found no cloud cover whatever 20 miles North of Carentan and returned to base.
15-Apr-43 P.7110 F/O E. Brearley 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.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson Bomb Mondeville Industries (Night) 22:41 00:14 Attacking the primary target from 2,000 feet in a 30º dive, he saw bursts in the target area. Mod. flak. 
17-Apr-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson Night Armed Shipping Reccos and Rhubarbs 23:04 00:15 He reccod the La Haye du Puits area, but finding no target, returned with bombs.
18-Apr-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson Escorted Armed Dusk Recco 20:20 21:25 Reccod the Channel Islands area at zero feet in good visibility, but found no shipping there.
19-Apr-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson Night Roadstead 01:55 03:15  
28-Apr-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson 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.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson 10 Group Roadstead 63 13:10   Attack on shipping near Isigny. Found to be fishing vessels
30-Apr-43 P.7110 F/O A.H. Lee-White       Attack on shipping off Ushant. No shipping sighted
06-May-43 P.7110 W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt Roadstead 65 17:15 18:10 Attack on tanker with 5 small escort vessels reported W.N.W. of Alderney. The Casquets were indeed found in this position. 
11-May-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson Ship Recco 13:00 14:20 Uneventful recco south of Jersey
14-May-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson 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
15-May-43 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Simpson Night Roadstead 2 02:05 04:30 Attack on convoy off Barfleur. S/L Warnes and Sgt Simpson couldn't find it. F/Lt Holmes bombed one ship of it but did not see whether he hit it (Cat 4). F/Lt Blackshaw returned to orbit Exeter, Harrowbeer and Exeter again, without lights or R/T and then crashed fatally near Exeter.
16-May-43 P.7110 F/Lt J.P. Coyne 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.
15-Jun-43 P.7110 Sgt G.A. Wood Shipping Recco     An armed escorted shipping recco had been ordered for first light. 4 warships found