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Date |
A/C |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
Details of
Sortie or Flight |
11-Aug-42 |
P.7059 |
P/O D.R. Gill |
Convoy |
13:30 |
14:45 |
Convoy “POKER” |
11-Aug-42 |
P.7059 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
17:10 |
18:15 |
Convoy “POKER” |
12-Aug-42 |
P.7059 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
13:15 |
14:20 |
Convoy “STEWARD” |
12-Aug-42 |
P.7059 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Scramble |
15:15 |
16:30 |
Infrequent plots in Carnsore area faded when our aircraft
approached. |
13-Aug-42 |
P.7059 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Scramble |
08:40 |
08:50 |
Doubtful plots identified as friendly. Aircraft Backing-up at
Exeter. |
28-Aug-42 |
P.7059 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Scramble |
09:25 |
10:05 |
Plots were good from Cherbourg at 20,000-30,000ft. The
Whirlwinds which were scrambled struggled to 24,000 but saw nothing. |
01-Oct-42 |
P.7059 |
P/O D.R. Gill |
Roadstead Operation |
17:00 |
18:15 |
Roadstead to bomb minesweepers in Trieux estuary. Not found. |
12-Oct-42 |
P.7059 |
F/O S.J. Lovell |
Armed Recco |
09:55 |
10:55 |
Armed low recco of Alderney, Cap de la Hague, Guernsey
area. |
07-Nov-42 |
P.7059 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
Convoy |
16:00 |
17:20 |
Convoy off Portland. A Hudson was chased and identified. |
08-Nov-42 |
P.7059 |
Sgt J.I. Yates |
Convoy |
11:20 |
13:00 |
Convoy of important Floating Dock from Needles area towards
Portland |
10-Nov-42 |
P.7059 |
Sgt J.I. Yates |
Convoy |
15:00 |
16:35 |
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18-Nov-42 |
P.7059 |
F/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
16:55 |
17:55 |
Convoy off Portland (going West) |
19-Nov-42 |
P.7059 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
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.7059 |
Sgt J.I. Yates |
Roadstead Operation |
08:45 |
09:50 |
F/Lt Warnes led the 4 Whirlibombers on this second all-263
Roadstead Operation. No incident |
01-Dec-42 |
P.7059 |
Sgt Barclay |
Armed Recco |
16:30 |
17:35 |
These Whirlibombers patrolled Cap Levy, Casquettes, Jersey area.
Returning they met 3 Me.109Fs. |
14-Dec-42 |
P.7059 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
Anti-Rhubarb Patrol |
11:50 |
13:00 |
Routine Anti-Rhubarb Patrol. No incident, although Pilots were
vectored about 40 miles South of Portland. |
15-Jan-43 |
P.7059 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
Air Sea Rescue |
12:20 |
13:10 |
F/Lt Blackshaw and Sgt MacAulay actually sighted the missing
pilot in his dinghy about 20 miles South of Portland. Owing to the failure of
R/T communication, which is normal and well known in this area, this pilot
was not picked up. |
15-Jan-43 |
P.7059 |
F/O E. Brearley |
Night Rhubarb |
22:15 |
23:37 |
F/O E. Brearley penetrated the Cotentin as far as Baupte. Near
there he descried a train upon which he released his starboard bomb,
reserving his port bomb for the track a mile ahead. |
14-Mar-43 |
P.7059 |
P/O J.I. Yates |
10 Group Circus 18 |
15:55 |
17:00 |
Attack on Maupertus. They dive-bombed from 15000 - 9000 ft. and
saw 2 bursts in S.E. corner and other bursts in the centre. Flak was slight
and inaccurate. |
21-Mar-43 |
P.7059 |
F/O E. Brearley |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 23 (Morlaix Viaduct) |
00:15 |
01:45 |
Bombed 4000-1000 ft. After passing through heavy flak. |
22-Mar-43 |
P.7059 |
F/O E. Brearley |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 24 |
00:15 |
01:55 |
Bombed from 3000 ft. after dummy run. Two direct hits. |
23-Mar-43 |
P.7059 |
F/O E. Brearley |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 25 (Ponthou Viaduct) |
01:15 |
02:50 |
Target not found. Bombed main line cutting. |
26-Mar-43 |
P.7059 |
F/O E. Brearley |
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. |
06-Apr-43 |
P.7059 |
F/Lt J.W.E. Holmes |
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.7059 |
F/O A.H. Lee-White |
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. |
13-Apr-43 |
P.7059 |
F/O A.H. Lee-White |
10 Group Circus
22 |
17:30 |
19:00 |
Brest/Guipavas aerodrome was successfully divebombed with 20 x
250lb bombs. |
14-Apr-43 |
P.7059 |
F/O A.H. Lee-White |
Armed Ship-Recco |
07:12 |
08:30 |
First light recco from Predannack to search for E-Boats. Found
Lancaster floating and its crew in a dinghy near it, 20 miles S of Start
Point. |
14-Apr-43 |
P.7059 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
10 Group Roadstead 57 |
15:30 |
17:05 |
Shipping was reported in the Lannil Is estuaries. By chance,
landfall was made too far south and F/O Harvey inadvertently led into the
area off Raie de Brest and thereby found three ships. |
15-Apr-43 |
P.7059 |
F/O A.H. Lee-White |
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.7059 |
F/O A.H. Lee-White |
Bomb Mondeville
Industries (Night) |
22:45 |
00:15 |
He made a dummy run through the flak and then attacked primary
target from 800 feet, seeing bursts satisfactorily in the target area. Was
shot up by ship on way out. |
28-Apr-43 |
P.7059 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
10 Group Roadstead 60 |
10:15 |
12:50 |
Attack on convoy of 8 ships N. of Sept Isles |
28-Apr-43 |
P.7059 |
F/O A.H. Lee-White |
10 Group Roadstead 62 |
14:22 |
15:45 |
This operation did not find the depleted convoy in its estimated
position south of Jersey. |
06-May-43 |
P.7059 |
F/Sgt K.C. Ridley |
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. |
14-May-43 |
P.7059 |
F/O A.H. Lee-White |
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.7059 |
F/O A.H. Lee-White |
Night Recco |
23:50 |
01:30 |
Reccod from Alderney to Isigny and was returning from there when
he saw an 8 ship convoy steaming east of Cape Barfleur. He kept out of sight
and sound of it and bombed the rearmost ship |
16-May-43 |
P.7059 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
Escorted Armed Recco |
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Escorted armed recco recalled because of a failure of R/T
reception |
16-May-43 |
P.7059 |
F/O A.H. Lee-White |
Ship Recco |
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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. |
19-May-43 |
P.7059 |
F/Lt J.W.E. Holmes |
Night Recco |
00:50 |
01:15 |
Repitition of previous nights uneventful ship Reccos. |
22-May-43 |
P.7059 |
F/O A.H. Lee-White |
Night Roadstead |
00:50 |
02:05 |
Attack on convoy steaming from Cap de la Hague towards
Cherbourg. |
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