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PURKIS |
John Barrie |
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Service Number |
158700 (1388276) |
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P/O |
24th Sept. 1943. (Gazette
Issue 36248 published on the 12 November 1943. Page 7 of 12) |
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F/O |
24th Mar. 1944. (Gazette
Issue 36467 published on the 11 April 1944. Page 3 of 6) |
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F/Lt |
24th Sept. 1945. (Gazette Issue
37323 published on the 23 October 1945. Page 5 of 8) |
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DFC |
1st September, 1944.
(Gazette Issue 36682 published on the 29 August 1944. Page 2 of 6) |
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Date |
A/C |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
Details of
Sortie or Flight |
03-Aug-43 |
P.6979 |
Sgt J.B. Purkis |
Shipping Recco |
11:25 |
12:35 |
Channel Islands shipping lanes were thoroughly searched from a
height of 20-100 feet. |
04-Aug-43 |
P.6979 |
Sgt J.B. Purkis |
Armed Shipping Recco |
11:38 |
13:05 |
Long shipping recco W. of Ushant and as far as Cap Chevre, 10
miles south of Brest. This time, however, no ships were found |
11-Aug-43 |
P.6979 |
Sgt J.B. Purkis |
10 Group Roadstead 74 |
14:34 |
16:05 |
7 E. Boats reported in the estuary of Aber Vrach. Battle of Aber Vrach |
13-Aug-43 |
P.7111 |
Sgt J.B. Purkis |
Armed Shipping Recco |
06:45 |
07:50 |
The Whirlibombers swept swept the familiar Channel Island
shipping lanes without success |
17-Aug-43 |
P.6971 |
Sgt J.B. Purkis |
10 Group Ramrod |
08:50 |
10:00 |
It was intended to divebomb Brest Guipavas. Aborted in 10/10
cloud |
31-Aug-43 |
P.6979 |
Sgt J.B. Purkis |
Convoy |
10:25 |
11:45 |
Convoy, West of Portland. |
31-Aug-43 |
P.6979 |
Sgt J.B. Purkis |
Convoy |
12:40 |
14:10 |
Convoy, West of Portland. |
08-Sep-43 |
P.6979 |
F/Sgt J.B. Purkis |
Operation Starkey |
17:07 |
17:42 |
Divebombing of Naval and Flak heavy guns at Hardelot |
09-Sep-43 |
P.6979 |
F/Sgt J.B. Purkis |
Operation Starkey |
08:00 |
09:05 |
Divebombing of Naval and Flak heavy guns at Hardelot |
11-Sep-43 |
P.6999 |
F/Sgt J.B. Purkis |
Convoy Patrols |
13:10 |
14:40 |
Convoy moving westward from Portland. |
18-Sep-43 |
P.6990 |
F/Sgt J.B. Purkis |
Night Ranger
Operation |
01:28 |
03:10 |
Chatanooga Choo-Choo. Briefed to bomb Ponthou Viaduct. Bombed
line S.W of Morlaix. |
04-Oct-43 |
P.7111 |
F/Sgt J.B. Purkis |
Armed Recco |
11:40 |
12:12 |
Abortive armed recco for two Hun destroyers reported lurking in
Lenardrieux Estuary |
14-Oct-43 |
P.6979 |
F/Sgt J.B. Purkis |
Night Recco |
21:29 |
23:03 |
Night searches (Without bombs) for the Munsterland. Warmwell –
Sept Iles – Iles de Batz – Predannack. |
23-Oct-43 |
P.6997 |
F/Sgt J.B. Purkis |
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.7111 |
F/Sgt J.B. Purkis |
Ramrod Operation |
14:30 |
15:25 |
These eight a/c dive-bombed the Munsterland in No 5 dry dock
Cherbourg |
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. |
10-Nov-43 |
P.6997 |
F/Sgt J.B. Purkis |
Night shipping strike |
10:32 |
00:07 |
S/Ldr Baker attacked small trawler 50-75 tons SSE of Hurn |
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