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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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 |
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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. |
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