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Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
10-May-41 P.7013 P/O D. Stein Convoy Patrol 13:15 14:55 Convoy Patrol
12-May-41 P.7013 Sgt C.P. King Interception Patrol 11:05 12:20 The section was on patrol
16-May-41 P.7013 Sgt H.J. Blackshaw Convoy Patrol 09:40 11:05 Convoy Patrol
16-May-41 P.7013 Sgt H.J. Blackshaw Convoy Patrol 12:25 13:50 Convoy Patrol
26-May-41 P.7013 Sgt D.F.J. Tebbitt Convoy Patrol 20:00 21:15 Convoy Patrol
27-May-41 P.7013 Sgt D.St J. Jowitt Interception Patrol 11:05 12:00 The section was on patrol
28-May-41 P.7013 Sgt D.St J. Jowitt Interception Patrol 09:05 09:25 The section was on patrol
28-May-41 P.7013 Sgt D.St J. Jowitt Convoy Patrol 10:00 11:30 Convoy Patrol
30-May-41 P.7013 Sgt J.J. Walker Interception Patrol 19:35 20:30 The section was on patrol
01-Jun-41 P.7013 P/O D.W. Mason Interception Patrol 18:10 19:00 The section was on patrol in the vicinity of base and the Bristol Channel.
03-Jun-41 P.7013 P/O D.W. Mason Convoy Patrol 12:15 13:40 Convoy Patrol
07-Jun-41 P.7013 Sgt J.J. Walker Convoy Patrol 15:30 15:45 Convoy Patrol
07-Jun-41 P.7013 Sgt D.St J. Jowitt Convoy Patrol 19:30 19:45 Convoy Patrol
11-Jun-41 P.7013 Sgt C.P. King Convoy Patrol 13:50 15:00 Convoy Patrol
11-Jun-41 P.7013 Sgt C.P. King Convoy Patrol 16:25 17:55 Convoy Patrol
11-Jun-41 P.7013 Sgt C.P. King Interception Patrol 18:55 19:55 “A” Flight was put on patrol and after numerous “Vectors” was informed that there was an enemy aircraft ahead of them, with a fighter on its tail. Almost immediately afterwards a twin engine aircraft was sighted with Defiant on its tail, the flight gave chase P/O. Stein was just about to open fire when he recognised the machine as a Blenheim. He broke away, but Sgt King gave it a 2 seconds burst, happily not hitting it.
12-Jun-41 P.7013 Sgt D.St J. Jowitt Convoy Patrol 10:55 12:35 Convoy Patrol
13-Jun-41 P.7013 Sgt D.St J. Jowitt Convoy Patrol 09:45 11:05 Convoy Patrol
13-Jun-41 P.7013 Sgt D.St J. Jowitt Convoy Patrol 12:25 13:35 Convoy Patrol
14-Jun-41 P.7013 P/O D.W. Mason Warhead Operation No. 1 04:46 05:55 “Warhead No.1 Operation” to strafe Maupertus
15-Jun-41 P.7013 Sgt D.St J. Jowitt Convoy Patrol 18:25 19:15 Convoy Patrol
15-Jun-41 P.7013 Sgt H.J. Blackshaw Convoy Patrol 21:50 23:00 Convoy Patrol
17-Jun-41 P.7013 Sgt C.P. King Convoy Patrol 09:10 09:45 Convoy Patrol
23-Jun-41 P.7013 Sgt D.St J. Jowitt Convoy Patrol 14:50 16:30 Convoy patrol
04-Jul-41 P.7013 Sgt D.St J. Jowitt Convoy Patrol 17:30 19:10 Convoy Patrol off the Cornish coast.
05-Jul-41 P.7013 Sgt D.St J. Jowitt Convoy Patrol 16:30 17:55 Convoy Patrol off the Cornish coast.
10-Jul-41 P.7013 Sgt C.P. King Convoy Patrol 13:50 15:30 Convoy Patrol from Exeter.
10-Jul-41 P.7013 Sgt C.P. King Convoy Patrol 17:00 18:10 Convoy Patrol from Exeter.
29-Jul-41 P.7013 Sgt D.St J. Jowitt Convoy Patrol 12:55 14:20 Convoy Patrol in the Bristol Channel.
30-Jul-41 P.7013 Sgt D.St J. Jowitt Convoy Patrol 16:45 18:20 Convoy Patrol in the Bristol Channel.
05-Aug-41 P.7013 Sgt D.St J. Jowitt Warhead No. 3 16:51 17:50 Warhead No. 3 Operation to strafe Maupertus and shipping recco
06-Aug-41 P.7013 Sgt D.St J. Jowitt Interception Patrol 14:05 15:15 The section was on patrol but saw nothing.
11-Aug-41 P.7013 Sgt D.St J. Jowitt Convoy Patrol 14:30 15:55 Convoy patrol off Porthcawl.
12-Aug-41 P.7013 Sgt A.V. Albertini Operation No. 77 10:02 11:35 Escort of 54 Blenheims of No.2 Group to Antwerp to attack Knapsack and Quadrath power stations
23-Apr-42 P.7013 Sgt K.C. Ridley Convoy 15:25 16:05  
26-Apr-42 P.7013 F/Lt C.P. Rudland DFC Convoy 11:45 13:00  
27-Apr-42 P.7013 F/Sgt C.P. King Convoy 16:20 17:35  
27-Apr-42 P.7013 F/Sgt C.P. King Convoy 18:40 19:45  
29-Apr-42 P.7013 F/Sgt C.P. King Convoy 15:00 15:45  
29-Apr-42 P.7013 F/Sgt C.P. King Convoy 18:20 19:30  
29-Apr-42 P.7013 F/Sgt C.P. King Convoy 20:30 21:55  
30-Apr-42 P.7013 F/Lt C.P. Rudland DFC Convoy 10:30 11:45  
30-Apr-42 P.7013 F/Lt C.P. Rudland DFC Convoy 09:30 10:00  
30-Apr-42 P.7013 F/Lt C.P. Rudland DFC 10 Group Ramrod 18 18:05 19:25 Attack on Lannion aerodrome, B Flight to attack Morlaix
01-May-42 P.7013 P/O V.L. Currie Scramble 15:00 16:20  
02-May-42 P.7013 P/O V.L. Currie Scramble 09:20 10:10 Pilots were vectored to Hook Head, where plots faded.
02-May-42 P.7013 P/O V.L. Currie Scramble 10:50 11:45 Pilots were vectored to Hook Head, where plots faded.
06-May-42 P.7013 P/O Lovell Scramble 10:05 11:10  
08-May-42 P.7013 P/O Lovell Scramble 08:35 09:50 Vectored far out over Irish Sea. Nothing seen.
09-May-42 P.7013 P/O Lovell Scramble 14:55 16:05  
13-May-42 P.7013 F/Sgt H.D. Muirhead Irish Sea sweep 15:15 16:10 Irish Sea Sweep. Another determined effort to intercept the elusive 1/123
13-May-42 P.7013 F/Sgt H.D. Muirhead Irish Sea sweep 18:05 19:05 Irish Sea Sweep. Another determined effort to intercept the elusive 1/123
21-May-42 P.7013 F/Lt C.P. Rudland DFC Scramble 11:30 12:00  
21-May-42 P.7013 F/Lt C.P. Rudland DFC Scramble 15:05 16:05  
05-Jun-42 P.7013 P/O J.P. Coyne 10 Group Ramrod 19 15:20 16:40 Attack on Lannion aerodrome
06-Jun-42 P.7013 P/O C.P. Van Zeller Scramble 16:15 16:35 No incident
25-Jun-42 P.7013 P/O J.P. Coyne Scramble 20:25 21:05 No incident
26-Jun-42 P.7013 P/O J.P. Coyne Scramble 12:35 13:40 Enemy aircraft between Anglesea and Ireland. A Valley aircraft engaged it, a JU.88 but we obtained no result
27-Jun-42 P.7013 P/O J.P. Coyne Irish Sea Sweep 09:15 10:10 No incident
27-Jun-42 P.7013 P/O J.P. Coyne Scramble 21:55 22:45 No incident
29-Jun-42 P.7013 P/O J.P. Coyne Scramble 18:35 19:30 Bogey identified as Liberator.
30-Jun-42 P.7013 P/O J.P. Coyne Scramble 19:50 20:15 Bogey identified as Liberator.
01-Jul-42 P.7013 P/O J.P. Coyne Scramble 20:10 20:55  
05-Aug-42 P.7013 P/O J.P. Coyne Convoy 13:15 14:25  
05-Aug-42 P.7013 F/Sgt H.D. Muirhead Convoy 17:35 19:00  
05-Aug-42 P.7013 F/Sgt H.D. Muirhead Scramble 22:25 22:40 Doubtful plots identified as friendly
10-Aug-42 P.7013 F/Sgt H.D. Muirhead       No incident
17-Aug-42 P.7013 P/O J.P. Coyne Scramble 15:10 15:45  
03-Oct-42 P.7013 F/Sgt K.C. Ridley 10 Group Roadstead Operation 18:15 19:00 Attack a 3000 ton M/V in Alderney harbour
09-Oct-42 P.7013 F/O P. Harvey Shipping Recco 14:10 15:20 Armed recco of Alderney – Barfleur area. 
14-Oct-42 P.7013 F/Lt A.N.W. Johnstone DFC Shipping Recco 14:15 15:25 This armed low recco was intended to search Guernsey - Alderney – Barfleur but after 25 mins flying to a point S.W. of Guernsey cloud cover failed altogether and the section returned.
17-Oct-42 P.7013 Sgt J. Barclay Convoy Patrol 10:05 11:30 Convoy escorted without incident from Needles to Portland.
10-Nov-42 P.7013 F/Sgt K.C. Ridley Convoy 15:05 16:40 Convoy of Floating Dock from Needles, Westward.
16-Nov-42 P.7013 Sgt J.I. Yates Rhubarb 16:05 17:30 Rhubarb operation against the Valognes – Carentan railway.
18-Nov-42 P.7013 F/O J.P. Coyne Convoy 14:25 15:45 This convoy of 16-18 ships was escorted without incident from Needles area to Portland.
18-Nov-42 P.7013 Sgt M.T. Cotton Convoy 16:15 17:30 This convoy of 16-18 ships was escorted without incident from Needles area to Portland.
19-Nov-42 P.7013 Sgt M.T. Cotton 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.
26-Nov-42 P.7013 P/O Samant Rhubarb 10:25 11:35 Pilots did not reach their objective, the railway N. of La Haye du Puits, owing to lack of cloud cover. F/O Coyne shot up a pill-box and bombed the harbour installations at Diellette. P/O Samant bombed camouflaged huts 7 miles S.E. of Piereville. Bombing results not seen.
20-Nov-42 P.7013 F/O P. Harvey 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.
01-Dec-42 P.7013 F/O E. Brearley Armed Recco 16:30 17:35 These Whirlibombers patrolled Cap Levy, Casquettes, Jersey area. Returning they met 3 Me.109Fs.
07-Jan-43 P.7013 P/O A.H. Lee-White Roadstead Operation from Predannack 16:00 17:40 The channel was swept for minesweepers reported off Ile Vierge.
10-Jan-43 P.7013 F/O E. Brearley Roadstead Operation from Predannack 09:22 11:05 The channel was swept for minesweepers reported off Ile Vierge.
14-Feb-43 P.7013 Sgt J. MacAulay Rhubarb 08:00 08:45 Attack on Carentan-Valognes Railway abandoned owing to lack of cloud cover.
18-Feb-43 P.7013 Sgt M.T. Cotton Rhubarb 08:25 09:35 Bombed railway junction at La Haye du Puits Triangle.
18-Feb-43 P.7013 Sgt J. MacAulay Rhubarb 11:25 12:50 Lock gates at Ouistreham bombed.
19-Feb-43 P.7013 Sgt J. MacAulay Army Co-Op Exercise "Longford" 15:20 16:15 Army transports attacked North of Wroughton aerodrome on Wroughton-Swindon Road.
14-Mar-43 P.7013 Sgt J. MacAulay 10 Group Circus 18 16:15 17:15 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.7013 F/Sgt W.R. Wright 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.7013 F/Sgt W.R. Wright 10 Group Night Rhubarb No. 23 (Morlaix Viaduct) 00:35 02:00 Target not found. Jettisoned bombs in sea.
22-Mar-43 P.7013 F/Sgt W.R. Wright 10 Group Night Rhubarb No. 24 00:40 02:05 Unable to evade S/Ls and flak, jettisoned bombs.
13-Apr-43 P.7013 P/O M.T. Cotton Roadstead from Exeter 12:45 14:00 A 3,000 ton M/V escorted by “E” Boats had been reported off BREHAT, but this sweeping operation failed to locate them.
13-Apr-43 P.7013 P/O M.T. Cotton 10 Group Circus 22  17:30 19:00 Brest/Guipavas aerodrome was successfully divebombed with 20 x 250lb bombs.
02-May-43 P.7013 W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt Roadstead 64 12:10 13:15 Roadstead to Channel Island area. Mistaken report of tanker at Casquets
03-May-43 P.7013 F/Sgt K.C. Ridley Armed Ship Recco 14:25 16:15 Swept Guernsey, Sept Iles, Ile de Batz, where W/Cdr Dolezal and 310 Squadron became involved in combats with 6 F.W.190s.
06-May-43 P.7013 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 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. 
16-May-43 P.7013 F/O J.P. Coyne Escorted Armed Recco     Escorted armed recco recalled because of a failure of R/T reception
29-May-43 P.7013 F/Sgt K.C. Ridley Roadstead 71 14:10 15:15 The 15 Ship Convoy reported off Barfleur was found without much enthusiasm to be the French Fishing Fleet.
29-May-43 P.7013 Sgt W.E. Watkins Scramble 17:15 18:45 These sections patrolled base at 5,000ft
15-Aug-43 P.7013 F/Lt D.G. Ross 10 Group Circus 15:00 16:20 This operation to dive-bomb Guipavas aerodrome. S/Ldr Baker returned with exactor trouble. F/Lt McClure found 10/10 cloud and operation abandoned
15-Aug-43 P.7013 F/O R.B. Tuff Recco 23:40 01:00 F/O Tuff's Channel Island recco was uneventful
08-Sep-43 P.7013 Sgt G. Williams Operation Starkey 17:07 18:05 Divebombing of Naval and Flak heavy guns at Hardelot
09-Sep-43 P.7013 Sgt D.C. Todd Operation Starkey 08:00 09:05 Divebombing of Naval and Flak heavy guns at Hardelot
12-Sep-43 P.7013 F/O E.J. Holman Convoy 06:55 08:05 Large convoy forming off Needles and moving West.