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Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
16-Jul-42 P.7057 P/O J.P. Coyne Scramble 21:20 22:00  
21-Jul-42 P.7057 P/O Lovell Scramble 13:55 15:10  
23-Jul-42 P.7057 F/Sgt C.P. King Combined Rhubarb Operation 15:30 16:45 Rhubarb to Morlaix area
28-Jul-42 P.7057 F/Sgt C.P. King Scramble 16:05 17:10 No incident.
01-Aug-42 P.7057 F/Sgt H.D. Muirhead Convoy 14:25 15:15  
24-Aug-42 P.7057 P/O H.J Blackshaw Scramble 17:20 18:15  
28-Aug-42 P.7057 Sgt J.I. Yates Scramble 14:20 15:30 Plots were good from Cherbourg at 20,000-30,000ft. The Whirlwinds which were scrambled struggled to 24,000 but saw nothing.
10-Sep-42 P.7057 P/O J.P. Coyne Roadstead Operation 18:25 20:05 Searched the Sept Islands – Brehat Shipping lane. Target not found. 
16-Sep-42 P.7057 P/O J.P. Coyne A/S/R Search 07:20 08:15 Search for Typhoon pilot who bailed out about 20 miles North of Cherbourg after engine failure on the previous day's operation. Nothing seen.
19-Sep-42 P.7057 F/Sgt H.D. Muirhead Anti-Rhubarb Patrols 18:15 18:55 Sections patrolled between Swanage and Needles. Nothing seen
03-Sep-42 P.7057 Sgt J. MacAulay Scramble 09:15 10:00 Up from Colerne they were vectored South at 15,000 feet, and finding low cloud at base landed at Middle Wallop. No incident in either patrol
08-Oct-42 P.7057 F/O P. Harvey Shipping Recco 10:25 10:40 This was an abortive sortie. S/Ldr Woodward orbitted over the coast and found no cloud cover, and the recco was abandonded.
10-Oct-42 P.7057 P/O J.P. Coyne Shipping Recco 14:10 15:20 Armed recco, Alderney – Cherbourg area, nothing seen.
17-Oct-42 P.7057 P/O J.P. Coyne Convoy Patrol 12:05 13:20 Convoy escorted without incident from Needles to Portland.
31-Oct-42 P.7057 F/Sgt K.C. Ridley Rhubarb Operation 10:40 12:00 Sections were led by F/O Harvey to attack the railway triangle N.W. of the La Haye du Puits.
07-Nov-42 P.7057 P/O J.P. Coyne Rhubarb 10:30 11:40 This operation had as its target the Valognes – Carentan railway.
10-Nov-42 P.7057 F/Sgt K.C. Ridley Convoy 13:00 14:25 Convoy of Floating Dock from Needles, Westward.
10-Nov-42 P.7057 P/O J.P. Coyne Convoy 14:30 15:00 Convoy of Floating Dock from Needles, Westward.
10-Nov-42 P.7057 P/O J.P. Coyne Convoy 16:05 17:30 Convoy of Floating Dock from Needles, Westward.
18-Nov-42 P.7057 F/Sgt K.C. Ridley Convoy 13:20 14:40 This convoy of 16-18 ships was escorted without incident from Needles area to Portland.
07-Dec-42 P.7057 P/O C.P. King DFM 10 Group Roadstead 45 13:10 14:40 West of Guernsey, Enemy convoy was sighted lying off Baie de St. Brelade, South West of Jersey.
14-Dec-42 P.7057 F/O J.P. Coyne 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
15-Dec-42 P.7057 F/Sgt K.C. Ridley Anti-Rhubarb Patrol 12:00 13:10 No incident, in this Needles-Portland routine patrol.
07-Jan-43 P.7057 F/Sgt K.C. Ridley Roadstead Operation from Predannack 16:00 17:40 The channel was swept for minesweepers reported off Ile Vierge.
10-Jan-43 P.7057 F/Sgt K.C. Ridley Roadstead Operation from Predannack 09:22 11:05 The channel was swept for minesweepers reported off Ile Vierge.
15-Feb-43 P.7057 F/O C.P. King DFM Rhubarb 08:25 09:25 Attack on Carentan-Valognes Railway abandoned because of no cloud cover.
15-Feb-43 P.7057 F/Lt H.J Blackshaw Night Off. Ops 20:30 22:10 Abortive Shipping Recco round Channel Islands.
26-Feb-43 P.7057 F/O J.P. Coyne 10 Group Circus 16 16:00 17:00 Attack on Maupertus. Landfall made at Cherbourg. Hits were observed on aerodrome, dispersals and buildings.
27-Feb-43 P.7057 F/O J.P. Coyne Diversion to 10 Group Ramrod 13:30 14:30 Attack on Maupertus. Landfall made at Pointe du Barfleur. Hits were again observed on aerodrome, dispersals and buildings.
28-Feb-43 P.7057 F/O J.P. Coyne 10 Group Circus 17 14:40 15:40 Attack on Maupertus. The veteran dive-bombers of “A” Flight went in for the third time. 
14-Mar-43 P.7057 F/O J.P. Coyne 10 Group Circus 18 16:22 17:30 Attack on Maupertus. They dive-bombed 15000 – 8000 ft. and saw 8 bursts on centre of the airfield, on the S.W. perimeter and in the S.E. dispersal area. Moderate flak. 
19-Mar-43 P.7057 F/O J.P. Coyne 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.7057 P/O B.C. Abrams 10 Group Night Rhubarb No. 23 (Morlaix Viaduct) 00:20 02:10 Bombed 3000-1500 ft. & scored direct hit on top of Viaduct.
22-Mar-43 P.7057 P/O B.C. Abrams 10 Group Night Rhubarb No. 24 00:20 02:05 Landfall at Ile Vieuge. Therefore bombed Pense Bridge.
16-Apr-43 P.7057 F/O J.P. Coyne Escorted Armed Dusk Ship Recco 20:40 22:10 Dusk escorted armed recco in Channel Islands area.
17-Apr-43 P.7057 F/O J.P. Coyne Night Armed Shipping Reccos and Rhubarbs 22:56 00:25 He searched for trains Bayeux – Airel, meeting intense flak at Airel, then disintergrated the line near Carentan.
18-Apr-43 P.7057 F/O J.P. Coyne 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.7057 F/O J.P. Coyne Night Roadstead 01:55 03:15 difficult and unfruitful
28-Apr-43 P.7057 P/O M.T. Cotton 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.7057 P/O M.T. Cotton 10 Group Roadstead 63 13:10   Attack on shipping near Isigny. Found to be fishing vessels
06-May-43 P.7057 F/O J.P. Coyne 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.7057 F/Lt J.W.E. Holmes Ship Recco 13:00 14:20 Uneventful recco south of Jersey