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REED |
Richard Irl |
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d. 20 Feb 1944 |
MACR 2664 |
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Service Number |
R/67827 |
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RCAF (US) |
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Date |
A/C |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
Details of
Sortie or Flight |
07-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy Patrol |
13:20 |
15:00 |
Nothing Seen. |
08-Mar-42 |
P.7117 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy Patrol |
09:10 |
10:40 |
Nothing
Seen. |
15-Mar-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy Patrol |
14:55 |
16:05 |
Nothing
Seen. |
19-Mar-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy Patrol |
14:30 |
16:00 |
Nothing
Seen. |
22-Mar-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Sweep of Irish Sea |
10:30 |
12:10 |
Nothing
Seen. |
22-Mar-42 |
P.6991 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Sweep of Irish Sea |
15:15 |
16:50 |
Nothing
Seen. |
02-Apr-42 |
P.7116 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Patrol |
08:05 |
09:35 |
Patrol
of Irish Sea |
05-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy |
09:30 |
10:50 |
Patrol
of Irish Sea |
05-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy |
10:35 |
11:50 |
Patrol
of Steward |
10-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Patrol |
14:30 |
15:50 |
Patrol
of Irish Sea to Saltees. Very wide echelon |
15-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Patrol |
13:40 |
14:50 |
Saltee
Patrol |
15-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy |
17:10 |
18:30 |
Saltee
Patrol |
16-Apr-42 |
P.7089 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy |
11:10 |
12:30 |
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16-Apr-42 |
P.7089 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy |
14:40 |
16:00 |
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21-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy |
17:00 |
18:20 |
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21-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy |
19:40 |
21:00 |
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22-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Scramble |
07:40 |
09:10 |
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06-May-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Patrol Portreath
& Falmouth (Royal visit) |
08:00 |
20:20 |
Patrolled
Cornwall for Royal visit |
14-May-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Scramble |
17:50 |
18:40 |
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15-May-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Scramble |
09:25 |
09:55 |
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22-May-42 |
P.7090 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Scramble |
21:00 |
21:56 |
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22-May-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Scramble |
08:00 |
10:00 |
Various
vectors over Irish Sea in pursuit of e/a |
24-May-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Scramble |
19:30 |
20:30 |
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20-Jun-42 |
P.7089 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Scramble |
13:15 |
13:40 |
Plots
were off Salters but faded before contact could be made. |
28-Jun-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Scramble |
19:15 |
19:45 |
Black
Blue and Green Sections were vectored hard after plots 20-60 miles S.W. of
Base. They were also vectored on to each other and intercepted successfully
but fortunately did not engage |
30-Jun-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Scramble |
22:50 |
23:10 |
Nothing
seen. |
04-Jul-42 |
P.7000 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Patrol |
18:15 |
19:40 |
Patrol
to S. of Eire. |
06-Jul-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Scramble |
19:50 |
20:50 |
No
incident. |
08-Jul-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Patrol |
09:55 |
11:15 |
Patrol
to Carnsore and South |
08-Jul-42 |
P.7000 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Scramble |
19:45 |
20:50 |
No
incident. |
14-Jul-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Patrol |
20:10 |
21:05 |
Patrol
South of Eire. The whole area between Angle and Eire and Lundy was swept, but
unsuccessfully. |
18-Jul-42 |
P.7000 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Patrol |
20:15 |
21:20 |
Smalls
Patrol. |
18-Jul-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Patrol |
22:26 |
22:55 |
This
was a similar operation to that of the fourteenth. Again no enemy aircraft
were seen. |
05-Aug-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy |
10:00 |
11:05 |
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05-Aug-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
A/S Rescue Search |
12:25 |
13:15 |
Search
for Blenheim believed ditched off St. Davids Head. No trace seen. |
09-Aug-42 |
P.7117 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy |
07:30 |
07:40 |
Sgt
R. Reed on take off struck lorry stationary near runway. He was uninjured by
aircraft Cat “AC”. |
11-Aug-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy |
18:55 |
19:05 |
Recalled
as ships were in Milford Haven. |
17-Aug-42 |
P.7056 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Patrol |
17:00 |
17:30 |
Anti-Enemy
Rhubarb Patrol off Bolt Head. |
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. |
03-Sep-42 |
P.6995 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Scramble |
11:05 |
11:45 |
Up
from Colerne they were vectored South at 15,000 feet, and finding low cloud
at base landed at Middle Wallop. No incident in either patrol |
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See also the Summary Jun-Jul 42 tab |
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