Back LEE-WHITE ARTHUR
Service Number 121791
P/O 2nd May 1942. (Gazette Issue 35598 published on the 16 June 1942. Page 7 of 46)
F/O 22nd Nov. 1942. (Gazette Issue 35827 published on the 15 December 1942. Page 9 of 12)
F/Lt 2nd May 1944. (Gazette Issue 36554 published on the 6 June 1944. Page 5 of 8)
DFC 6th July, 1943. (Gazette Issue 36079 published on the 2 July 1943. Page 2 of 12)
Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
10-Nov-42 P.6995 P/O A.H. Lee/White Convoy 14:10 15:20  
10-Nov-42 P.6995 P/O A.H. Lee/White Convoy 16:00 17:30  
07-Jan-43 P.7013 P/O A.H. Lee/White Roadstead Operation from Predannack 16:00 17:40 The channel was swept for minesweepers reported off Ile Vierge.
15-Jan-43 P.6971 P/O A.H. Lee/White Air Sea Rescue 16:10 17:40 The second sweep was entirely unsuccessful.
24-Mar-43 P.7089 F/O A.H. Lee/White Rhubarb Operation 13:45 14:45 Ordered to attack railway objectives at La Haye du Puits, they found no cloud cover in the Casquets area and returned to base with their bombs
26-Mar-43 P.7089 F/O A.H. Lee/White Rhubarb Operation 12:45 14:20 Attack on the Transformer Station at St. Lo. Making landfall East of Isigny they flew through various patches of light flak, located the target and both scored cannon strikes on it. P/O Abrams bombs apparently disintegrated the whole transformer unit. F/O A. Lee-Whites' exploded among the complex of huts.
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.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.
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.
17-Apr-43 P.7089 F/O A.H. Lee/White Night Armed Shipping Reccos and Rhubarbs 22:51 00:15 He reccod Alderney – Marcouf and finding no shipping, bombed Fort St. Marcouf. He landed at Exeter.
18-Apr-43 P.7007 F/O A.H. Lee/White Escorted Armed Dusk Recco 20:20 21:25 Reccod the Channel Islands area at zero feet in good visibility, but found no shipping there.
19-Apr-43 P.7007 F/O A.H. Lee/White Night Roadstead 01:55 03:15 It was searched for but cloud 9/10 at 500 feet made observation
20-Apr-43 P.7007 F/O A.H. Lee/White Night Armed Recco 23:20 00:50 He found two armed trawlers steaming South about 2 miles S.E. of St Marcouf. He made a beam attack on the nearer of them and doesn't think his bombs missed. Mod. Flak.
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.
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.
30-Apr-43 P.7110 F/O A.H. Lee/White       Attack on shipping off Ushant. No shipping sighted
02-May-43 P.6979 F/O A.H. Lee/White Roadstead 64 12:10 13:15 Roadstead to Channel Island area. Mistaken report of tanker at Casquets
03-May-43 P.7079 F/O A.H. Lee/White Armed Ship Recco 14:25 16:15 Swept Guernsey, Sept Iles, Ile de Batz, where W/Cdr Dolezal and 310 Squadron became involved in combats with 6 F.W.190s.
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.7069 F/O A.H. Lee/White Escorted Armed Recco     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     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 F/O A.H. Lee/White Night Recco 23:35 01:15 Uneventful night recco of Alderney – Pt de la Perces
19-May-43 P.7050 F/O A.H. Lee/White Roadstead     Repetition of previous days uneventful search for minesweepers Channel Islands – Brehat
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.
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.7113 F/O A.H. Lee/White Scramble 18:10 19:40 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.6997 F/O A.H. Lee/White DFC 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
15-Jun-43 P.7097 F/O A.H. Lee/White DFC Shipping Recco     An armed escorted shipping recco had been ordered for first light. 4 warships found