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Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
15-Jan-41 P.6987 P/O P.G. Thornton-Brown Interception Patrol 10:20 11:15 An interception order was given by no enemy was sighted
16-Jan-41 P.6987 P/O D. Stein Interception Patrol 11:40 12:00 The two aircraft were on patrol.
17-Jan-41 P.6987 P/O P.G. Thornton-Brown Interception Patrol 14:45 15:30 Our aircraft attempted to intercept a raider South of Manacle Point but without success.
17-Feb-41 P.6987 Sgt C.P. Rudland Interception Patrol 16:15 17:35 The section was on patrol in vicinity of Start Pt.
11-Mar-41 P.6987 F/Lt D.A.C. Crooks Interception Patrol 14:30 14:40 F/Lt Crooks patrolled Lizard Point.
14-Mar-41 P.6987 Sgt W.D. Waddington Convoy Patrol 17:26 18:33 Convoy patrol off Falmouth.
11-Jun-41 P.6987 Sgt D.St J. Jowitt 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.6987 F/Lt J.G. Hughes Convoy Patrol 10:00 11:25 Convoy Patrol
12-Jun-41 P.6987 Sgt J.J. Walker Convoy Patrol 12:20 13:25 Convoy Patrol
13-Jun-41 P.6987 Sgt D.F.J. Tebbitt Convoy Patrol 08:55 10:15 Convoy Patrol
13-Jun-41 P.6987 Sgt D.F.J. Tebbitt Convoy Patrol 11:30 12:50 Convoy Patrol
17-Jun-41 P.6987 F/Lt J.G. Hughes Convoy Patrol 09:10 09:45 Convoy Patrol
19-Jun-41 P.6987 Sgt C.P. King Convoy Patrol 17:45 19:10 Convoy patrol
19-Jun-41 P.6987 Sgt C.P. King Convoy Patrol 19:45 21:10 Convoy Patrol
04-Jul-41 P.6987 F/Lt J.G. Hughes Interception Patrol 15:00 15:35 The section was put on patrol from Portreath, There was an enemy aircraft in the vicinity, and the section was sent 20 miles South of the Lizard, but saw nothing.
04-Jul-41 P.6987 F/Lt J.G. Hughes Convoy Patrol 17:30 19:10 Convoy Patrol off the Cornish coast.
29-Sep-41 P.6987 Sgt J. Maddocks Mandolin Operation No.7 18:33 20:05 Attack JU.88s on Lannion aerodrome.
02-Nov-41 P.6987 Sgt D.E. Prior Scramble 11:40 12:10 No incident
08-Nov-41 P.6987 Sgt D.E. Prior 10 Group Rodeo 5 13:45 14:55 Sweep of Channel Islands area
15-Jun-42 P.6987 P/O J.P. Coyne Scramble 17:55 18:50 No incident
19-Jun-42 P.6987 P/O J.P. Coyne Scramble 19:20 20:30 Enemy aircraft out of range off Irish South coast.
22-Jun-42 P.6987 P/O C.P. Van Zeller Scramble 10:40 11:15 No incident.
21-Sep-42 P.6987 P/O Lovell Scramble 11:20 11:30 Section recalled to base
08-Nov-42 P.6987 Sgt J.I. Simpson Convoy 10:20 11:40 Convoy of important Floating Dock from Needles area towards Portland
10-Nov-42 P.6987 F/Sgt W.R. Wright Convoy 15:00 16:35  
19-Nov-42 P.6987 W/O D.B. McPhail 10 Group Roadstead 40 11:20 12:15 F/Lt Warnes led the 4 Whirlibombers on this first all-263 Roadstead Operation. No incident
20-Nov-42 P.6987 Sgt J.I. Simpson Roadstead Operation 08:45 09:50 F/Lt Warnes led the 4 Whirlibombers on this second all-263 Roadstead Operation. No incident
20-Nov-42 P.6987 Sgt J.I. Simpson Convoy 15:20 15:45 Finding cloud at 100 feet the section returned to base.
26-Nov-42 P.6987 Sgt J.I. Simpson Rhubarb 16:05 17:05  
07-Dec-42 P.6987 W/O D.B. McPhail 10 Group Roadstead 45 13:10 missing West of Guernsey, Enemy convoy was sighted lying off Baie de St. Brelade, South West of Jersey. W/O McPhail KiA