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Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
19-Mar-43 P.7040 F/Lt J.W.E. Holmes 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.7040 F/Lt J.W.E. Holmes 10 Group Night Rhubarb No. 23 (Morlaix Viaduct) 00:10 00:50 Gyro, Artificial Horizon etc; U/S. Returned to base.
23-Mar-43 P.7040 F/Sgt W.R. Wright 10 Group Night Rhubarb No. 25 (Ponthou Viaduct) 01:30 01:40 Artificial Horizon etc. u/s.
04-Apr-43 P.7040 F/O A.H. Lee-White Roadstead Operation 07:40 08:45 Swept the Alderney – Cap de la Hague area at zero feet, in quest for E Boats reported there, but none was found
06-Apr-43 P.7040 F/O A.H. Lee-White 10 Group Circus 20 18:27 20:12 These Whirlibombers were intended to form a second bombing wave to the Typhoon bombers which had bombed Caen/Caupiquet aerodrome an hour before. However they found 9/10 cloud at Ouistreham at 8000 feet and the operation was abandoned.
09-Apr-43 P.7040 F/Lt J.W.E. Holmes 10 Group Roadstead 55 12:50 14:30 Swept the Sept Iles – Ile de Batz area for shipping reported there, as often, ship-like rocks were found.
14-Apr-43 P.7040 F/O C.P. King DFM Armed Shipping Recco 07:20 08:40 First light recco from Warmwell to search for E-Boats
27-Apr-43 P.7040 F/O A.H. Lee-White 10 Group Roadstead 59 16:35 17:50 Attack on convoy of 9 ships S. of Jersey.
30-Apr-43 P.7040 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC       Attack on shipping off Ushant. No shipping sighted
14-May-43 P.7040 F/Lt J.W.E. Holmes 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.7040 F/Lt J.W.E. Holmes 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.7040 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 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.
16-May-43 P.7040 Sgt J.I. Simpson Night Recco 23:20 00:25 Uneventful night recco of Channel Is: area
16-May-43 P.7040 F/O A.H. Lee-White Night Recco 23:35 01:15 Uneventful night recco of Alderney – Pt de la Perces
18-May-43 P.7040 F/Lt J.W.E. Holmes Roadstead 18:50 20:20 No minesweepers were found in their suspected position between Jersey and Brehat.
22-May-43 P.7040 F/Lt J.W.E. Holmes Night Roadstead 2 00:25 01:50 Attack on convoy steaming from Cap de la Hague towards Cherbourg.
23-May-43 P.7040 F/Lt J.W.E. Holmes Roadstead 70 07:45 09:00 Attack on convoy nearing Guernsey from C de la Hague
29-May-43 P.7040 F/O A.H. Lee-White 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.7040 W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt Scramble 19:15 20:15 These sections patrolled base at 5,000ft
30-May-43 P.7040 F/O A.H. Lee-White Ship Recco 18:35 19:50 Recco of Jersey area
06-Jun-43 P.7040 F/Lt J.W.E. Holmes 10 Group Roadstead 72 17:15 18:45 It was intended to dive-bomb Cherbourg Docks. But found 10/10 cloud at 7000-12000 feet over the target
03-Aug-43 P.7040 F/O P.T.R. Mercer 10 Group Circus 19:57 21:15 These 8 Whirlibombers divebombed Brest Guipavas aerodrome
17-Aug-43 P.7040 Sgt F.A. Green 10 Group Ramrod 08:50 10:00 It was intended to divebomb Brest Guipavas. Aborted in 10/10 cloud 
23-Aug-43 P.7040 Sgt W.A. Handley Convoy 10:10 11:10 Escort of convoy Swanage to Needles
25-Aug-43 P.7040 Sgt F.A. Green Convoy 08:40 10:15 Escort of convoy Swanage to Portland
29-Aug-43 P.7040 F/O D.W. Sturgeon Convoy 09:30 10:15 Convoy from Needles to West of Portland.
08-Sep-43 P.7040 F/Sgt W.E. Watkins Operation Starkey 17:07 18:05 Divebombing of Naval and Flak heavy guns at Hardelot
11-Sep-43 P.7040 F/Sgt F.A. Green Convoy Patrols 09:30 10:50 Convoy moving westward from Portland.
11-Sep-43 P.7040 F/Sgt F.A. Green Convoy Patrols 14:10 14:40 Convoy moving westward from Portland.
18-Sep-43 P.7040 F/O P.T.R. Mercer Night Ranger Operation 01:25 03:35 Chatanooga Choo-Choo. Bursts on or very close to line E. of Plouvara
19-Sep-43 P.7040 F/Sgt F.A. Green Night Shipping Recco 00:10 01:40 The Channel Island recco was uneventful except for too much cloud
23-Sep-43 P.7040 F/Sgt F.A. Green   11:30 12:50 This operation consisted in the d/b of MORLAIX a/d.
24-Sep-43 P.7040 F/Sgt F.A. Green Scramble 09:30 10:03 Orbited Portland at 10,000 feet nothing seen
25-Sep-43 P.7040 F/Sgt F.A. Green Ramrod Operation 16:25 17:50 This intended d/b of LANNION a/d was conducted from Predannack. 10/10 cloud prevented bombing
17-Oct-43 P.7040 F/Sgt F.A. Green Night Recco 22:55 00:15 More searches Predannack – PORSPOIER – SEPT Iles – Predannack.
23-Oct-43 P.7040 F/O D.E.G. Mogg Ship Recco 08:00 09:00 The Munsterland was not found between Casquets and Barfleur. It is though that this will be found to be the last time in the history of the world in which twelve Whirlwinds were airborne together.
25-Nov-43 P.7040 F/Lt F.D. Snalam Ramrod 106 pt 2 15:57 16:45 8 Whirlibombers dive-bombed SS Munsterland again
26-Nov-43 P.7040 S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC Ramrod 108 11:57 12:45 Whirlibombers dive-bombed SS Munsterland again
29-Nov-43 P.7040 S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC “Hanwich” Operation 10:04 10:54 This operation was planned to intercept mine-sweepers or mine-destroying JU52's thought likely to be operating off Cherbourg.