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Date |
A/C |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
Details of
Sortie or Flight |
|
26-Dec-41 |
P.7108 |
Sgt C.P. King |
Scramble |
15:55 |
16:35 |
Ordered to patrol base at 10,000 ft. No incident |
|
20-Jan-42 |
P.7108 |
P/O P. Harvey |
Tactical Exercise |
10:50 |
11:45 |
An exercise in co-operation with the Army. Dummy Attacks were
made on troop concentrations and supply columns in the Marlborough -
Yatesbury area. |
|
|
28-Feb-43 |
P.7108 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
10 Group Circus 17 |
14:40 |
15:40 |
Attack on Maupertus. This was their first dive-bombing attack.
It was observed to have been successful. |
|
14-Mar-43 |
P.7108 |
P/O M.T. Cotton |
10 Group Circus 18 |
16:22 |
17:30 |
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.7108 |
P/O J.I. Yates |
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.7108 |
F/Lt H.J Blackshaw |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 23 (Morlaix Viaduct) |
00:30 |
01:40 |
Target not found. Jettisoned bombs over sea. |
|
22-Mar-43 |
P.7108 |
F/Lt J.W.E. Holmes |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 24 |
00:10 |
01:25 |
Bombed from 1000 ft. and scored a direct hit. |
|
22-Mar-43 |
P.7108 |
F/Lt H.J Blackshaw |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 24 |
00:35 |
01:50 |
Port engine u/s. |
|
23-Mar-43 |
P.7108 |
F/Lt J.W.E. Holmes |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 25 (Ponthou Viaduct) |
01:00 |
02:10 |
Target not found. Bombed unknown railway track |
|
26-Mar-43 |
P.7108 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
Rhubarb Operation |
10:45 |
12:10 |
Making landfall at LANGRUNE/S/M they scored cannon strikes on a
goods loco there (Cat II) then bombed Ouistreham lock gates |
|
04-Apr-43 |
P.7108 |
P/O M.T. Cotton |
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.7108 |
P/O M.T. Cotton |
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.7108 |
P/O M.T. Cotton |
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. |
|
17-Apr-43 |
P.7108 |
P/O M.T. Cotton |
Night Armed Shipping
Reccos and Rhubarbs |
22:44 |
23:30 |
Ordered to recco the Channel Islands area, he returned from the
Casquet area with port engine trouble. |
|
18-Apr-43 |
P.7108 |
P/O M.T. Cotton |
Night Recco |
22:45 |
00:05 |
Night Recco of Southern Channel Islands area |
|
20-Apr-43 |
P.7108 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
Night Armed Recco |
23:05 |
00:25 |
He found a small convoy of 2 Dutch Coasters a small M/V and 2
Motor barges, steaming N.E. from Guernsey. He bombed the small M/V and
doesn't think he missed. Light flak followed. |
|
21-Apr-43 |
P.7108 |
P/O M.T. Cotton |
Night Roadstead |
02:00 |
03:40 |
The Channel Islands convoy which F/O Coyne had attacked was
sought for, but not found. It had probably berthed in Alderney. |
|
27-Apr-43 |
P.7108 |
P/O M.T. Cotton |
10 Group Roadstead 59 |
16:35 |
17:50 |
Attack on convoy of 9 ships S. of Jersey. |
|
30-Apr-43 |
P.7108 |
P/O M.T. Cotton |
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Attack on shipping off Ushant. No shipping sighted |
|
19-May-43 |
P.7108 |
F/O M T Cotton |
Night Recco |
00:50 |
01:15 |
Repitition of previous nights uneventful ship Reccos. |
|
22-May-43 |
P.7108 |
P/O M.T. Cotton |
Night Roadstead 2 |
00:25 |
01:50 |
Attack on convoy steaming from Cap de la Hague towards
Cherbourg. |
|
23-Oct-43 |
P.7108 |
P/O A. Barr |
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. |
|
28-Oct-43 |
P.7108 |
F/Sgt H.M. Proctor |
Ramrod Operation |
14:30 |
15:25 |
These eight a/c dive-bombed the Munsterland in No 5 dry dock
Cherbourg |
|
30-Oct-43 |
P.7108 |
F/Sgt I.D.M. Dunlop |
Ramrod 99 |
15:00 |
16:00 |
The seven Whirlwinds which were serviceable took off to divebomb
the Munsterland |
|
05-Nov-43 |
P.7108 |
F/Lt D.G. Ross |
Ramrod 100 |
15:15 |
15:45 |
7 Whirlibombers took off to dive bomb M/V Munsterland lying in
No 5 dry dock Cherbourg. They met 10/10 cloud and RTB |
|
06-Nov-43 |
P.7108 |
F/Sgt R.C. Beaumont |
Night Shipping Recco |
18:15 |
19:35 |
Beaumont and Todd to Channel Islands and Cap de la Hague –
Marcouf. |
|
09-Nov-43 |
P.7108 |
F/Sgt H.M. Proctor |
Night Shipping Recco |
19:00 |
20:30 |
Proctor went to Channel Islands but saw no shipping. |
|
09-Nov-43 |
P.7108 |
F/Sgt J.B. Purkis |
Night Shipping Recco |
21:07 |
22:32 |
Both sorties from Predannack and both sorties uneventful. |
|
24-Nov-43 |
P.7108 |
F/O R.B. Tuff |
Armed shipping recco |
14:59 |
16:06 |
Turned back owing to bad weather S.W. of Plienmount Point. |
|
25-Nov-43 |
P.7108 |
F/O K.F.J. Funnell |
Armed shipping recco |
08:30 |
09:58 |
Recco 10 miles N of St Malo. Nothing seen. |
|
25-Nov-43 |
P.7108 |
F/Lt D.G. Ross |
Ramrod 106 pt 1 |
12:00 |
12:32 |
10/10 Cloud with tops 6-7,000 over Cherbourg, so sorties turned
back |
|
25-Nov-43 |
P.7108 |
F/Lt D.G. Ross |
Ramrod 106 pt 2 |
15:57 |
16:45 |
8 Whirlibombers dive-bombed SS Munsterland again |
|
26-Nov-43 |
P.7108 |
F/Lt D.G. Ross |
Ramrod 108 |
11:57 |
12:45 |
Whirlibombers dive-bombed SS Munsterland again |
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