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COYNE |
James Patrick |
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Service Number |
J/15233 |
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RCAF |
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DFC |
15th June, 1943 (Gazette Issue
36054 published on the 11 June 1943. Page 1 of 8) |
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Date |
A/C |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
Details of
Sortie or Flight |
12-Feb-42 |
P.7018 |
F/Sgt J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
11:10 |
12:35 |
No
Incident. |
13-Feb-42 |
P.7051 |
F/Sgt J.P. Coyne |
Convoy Patrol |
13:16 |
14:10 |
No
Incident. |
13-Feb-42 |
P.7018 |
F/Sgt J.P. Coyne |
Convoy Patrol |
18:25 |
18:55 |
Last
convoy patrol. Sgt Coyne after landing in the half dusk swung off the runway
on to one of the many soft patches. |
09-Mar-42 |
P.7004 |
F/Sgt J.P. Coyne |
Convoy Patrol |
07:35 |
08:55 |
Nothing
Seen. |
10-Mar-42 |
P.7117 |
F/Sgt J.P. Coyne |
Convoy Patrol |
14:15 |
15:40 |
Nothing
Seen. |
10-Mar-42 |
P.7117 |
F/Sgt J.P. Coyne |
Convoy Patrol |
17:15 |
17:40 |
Recalled |
24-Mar-42 |
P.6990 |
F/Sgt J.P. Coyne |
Convoy Patrol |
16:40 |
18:00 |
Nothing
Seen. |
26-Mar-42 |
P.7120 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Sweep of Irish Sea |
15:10 |
16:20 |
Nothing
Seen. |
28-Mar-42 |
P.7051 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy Patrol |
14:00 |
15:35 |
Nothing
Seen. |
28-Mar-42 |
P.7051 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy Patrol |
17:00 |
18:30 |
Nothing
Seen. |
29-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
20:30 |
21:50 |
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02-Apr-42 |
P.7117 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
15:45 |
17:15 |
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02-Apr-42 |
P.7117 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
17:20 |
18:40 |
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08-Apr-42 |
P.7100 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
15:30 |
17:00 |
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08-Apr-42 |
P.7003 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Irish Sea Sweep |
19:45 |
20:55 |
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12-Apr-42 |
P.7120 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Irish Sea Sweep |
10:15 |
11:40 |
This
section was vectored towards “Milk Train” off Carnsore, but plots were
inadequate. |
14-Apr-42 |
P.7051 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
15:35 |
16:45 |
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16-Apr-42 |
P.7051 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
13:45 |
15:00 |
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16-Apr-42 |
P.7051 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
16:40 |
18:10 |
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16-Apr-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
18:05 |
19:45 |
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20-Apr-42 |
P.7051 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
14:40 |
16:00 |
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20-Apr-42 |
P.7051 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
20:45 |
21:40 |
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21-Apr-42 |
P.7051 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
07:45 |
09:00 |
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21-Apr-42 |
P.7051 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
09:40 |
11:10 |
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21-Apr-42 |
P.7051 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
11:50 |
12:55 |
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22-Apr-42 |
P.7035 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
08:50 |
09:55 |
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22-Apr-42 |
P.7051 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Scramble |
16:45 |
18:00 |
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22-Apr-42 |
P.7120 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
21:00 |
22:45 |
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23-Apr-42 |
P.7120 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
07:15 |
07:40 |
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23-Apr-42 |
P.7011 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
20:10 |
20:40 |
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23-Apr-42 |
P.7011 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
11:10 |
12:15 |
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23-Apr-42 |
P.7011 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
12:45 |
13:50 |
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27-Apr-42 |
P.7035 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
16:20 |
17:35 |
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27-Apr-42 |
P.7035 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
18:40 |
19:45 |
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29-Apr-42 |
P.7051 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
15:00 |
15:45 |
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29-Apr-42 |
P.7051 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
18:20 |
19:30 |
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29-Apr-42 |
P.7010 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
20:30 |
21:55 |
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03-May-42 |
P.7051 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Scramble |
19:40 |
20:30 |
P/Os
W Lovell and Coyne followed a bogy from base area towards St Eval |
08-May-42 |
P.7016 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Scramble |
08:35 |
09:50 |
Vectored
far out over Irish Sea. Nothing seen. |
09-May-42 |
P.7051 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Scramble |
15:25 |
16:00 |
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13-May-42 |
P.7051 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Irish Sea sweep |
15:50 |
16:50 |
Irish
Sea Sweep. Another determined effort to intercept the elusive 1/123 |
14-May-42 |
P.6990 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Scramble |
12:30 |
13:00 |
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05-Jun-42 |
P.7013 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
10 Group Ramrod 19 |
15:20 |
16:40 |
Attack
on Lannion aerodrome |
15-Jun-42 |
P.6987 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Scramble |
17:55 |
18:50 |
No
incident |
19-Jun-42 |
P.6987 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Scramble |
19:20 |
20:30 |
Enemy
aircraft out of range off Irish South coast. |
21-Jun-42 |
P.7120 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Scramble |
11:05 |
12:05 |
No
incident. |
25-Jun-42 |
P.6990 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Irish Patrol |
09:00 |
09:50 |
Patrol
of Irish Sea. No incident. |
25-Jun-42 |
P.7013 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Scramble |
20:25 |
21:05 |
No
incident |
26-Jun-42 |
P.7013 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Scramble |
12:35 |
13:40 |
Enemy
aircraft between Anglesea and Ireland. A Valley aircraft engaged it, a JU.88
but we obtained no result |
27-Jun-42 |
P.7013 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Irish Sea Sweep |
09:15 |
10:10 |
No
incident |
27-Jun-42 |
P.7013 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Scramble |
21:55 |
22:45 |
No
incident |
29-Jun-42 |
P.7013 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Scramble |
18:35 |
19:30 |
Bogey
identified as Liberator. |
30-Jun-42 |
P.7013 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Scramble |
19:50 |
20:15 |
Bogey
identified as Liberator. |
01-Jul-42 |
P.7013 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Scramble |
20:10 |
20:55 |
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16-Jul-42 |
P.7057 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Scramble |
21:20 |
22:00 |
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23-Jul-42 |
P.7062 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Combined Rhubarb
Operation |
15:30 |
16:45 |
Rhubarb
to attack railway at Landivisiau |
01-Aug-42 |
P.7014 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Scramble |
14:05 |
15:10 |
Plots
40 miles West of Lundy, infrequent and fading. |
05-Aug-42 |
P.7013 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
13:15 |
14:25 |
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05-Aug-42 |
P.7092 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
18:30 |
19:30 |
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10-Aug-42 |
P.6991 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
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No
incident |
12-Aug-42 |
P.7120 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
09:30 |
10:50 |
Convoy
“STEWARD” |
13-Aug-42 |
P.7003 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
13:40 |
14:55 |
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17-Aug-42 |
P.7003 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
12:35 |
14:05 |
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17-Aug-42 |
P.7013 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Scramble |
15:10 |
15:45 |
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10-Sep-42 |
P.7057 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Roadstead Operation |
18:25 |
20:05 |
Searched
the Sept Islands – Brehat Shipping lane. Target not found. |
16-Sep-42 |
P.7057 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
A/S/R Search |
07:20 |
08:15 |
Search
for Typhoon pilot who bailed out about 20 miles North of Cherbourg after
engine failure on the previous day's operation. Nothing seen. |
10-Oct-42 |
P.7057 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Shipping Recco |
14:10 |
15:20 |
Armed
recco, Alderney – Cherbourg area, nothing seen. |
17-Oct-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy Patrol |
08:45 |
10:25 |
Convoy
escorted without incident from Needles to Portland. |
17-Oct-42 |
P.7057 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy Patrol |
12:05 |
13:20 |
Convoy
escorted without incident from Needles to Portland. |
07-Nov-42 |
P.7057 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Rhubarb |
10:30 |
11:40 |
This
operation had as its target the Valognes – Carentan railway. |
10-Nov-42 |
P.7057 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
14:30 |
15:00 |
Convoy
of Floating Dock from Needles, Westward. |
10-Nov-42 |
P.7057 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
16:05 |
17:30 |
Convoy
of Floating Dock from Needles, Westward. |
18-Nov-42 |
P.7013 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
14:25 |
15:45 |
This
convoy of 16-18 ships was escorted without incident from Needles area to
Portland. |
19-Nov-42 |
P.6094 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
Roadstead 40
Whirlwinds Antiflak |
11:20 |
12:15 |
This
was the first all-Whirlwind Roadstead Operation. 4 “B” Flight Whirli-bombers
were escorted by 4 “A” Flight Whirlwinds antiflak. No incident. |
26-Nov-42 |
P.7052 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
Rhubarb |
10:25 |
11:35 |
Pilots
did not reach their objective, the railway N. of La Haye du Puits, owing to
lack of cloud cover. F/O Coyne shot up a pill-box and bombed the harbour
installations at Diellette. P/O Samant bombed camouflaged huts 7 miles S.E.
of Piereville. Bombing results not seen. |
30-Nov-42 |
P.7105 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
Diversion from
Practice |
14:30 |
15:30 |
This
section airborne North of base on cine camera gun dogfighting was diverted to
chase a bandit. They were recalled from 20 miles South of Swanage. |
14-Dec-42 |
P.7057 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
Anti-Rhubarb Patrol |
15:00 |
16:25 |
Pilots
flew, or were vectored, five or six times between Portland and St. Aldhelms
Head. Finally vectored to 20 miles North of Barfleur. Returning from there,
they met 2 F.W.190s and had a dogfight from zero to 4000 feet |
26-Feb-43 |
P.7057 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
10 Group Circus 16 |
16:00 |
17:00 |
Attack
on Maupertus. Landfall made at Cherbourg. Hits were observed on aerodrome,
dispersals and buildings. |
27-Feb-43 |
P.7057 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
Diversion to 10 Group
Ramrod |
13:30 |
14:30 |
Attack
on Maupertus. Landfall made at Pointe du Barfleur. Hits were again observed
on aerodrome, dispersals and buildings. |
28-Feb-43 |
P.7057 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
10 Group Circus 17 |
14:40 |
15:40 |
Attack
on Maupertus. The veteran dive-bombers of “A” Flight went in for the third
time. |
14-Mar-43 |
P.7057 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
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.7057 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
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. |
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 |
06-Apr-43 |
P.7090 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
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.7094 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
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.6879 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
Roadstead from Exeter |
12:45 |
14:00 |
A
3,000 ton M/V escorted by “E” Boats had been reported off BREHAT, but this
sweeping operation failed to locate them. |
13-Apr-43 |
P.6979 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
10 Group Circus 22 |
17:30 |
19:00 |
Brest/Guipavas
aerodrome was successfully divebombed with 20 x 250lb bombs. |
15-Apr-43 |
P.6979 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
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.7057 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
Escorted Armed Dusk
Ship Recco |
20:40 |
22:10 |
Dusk
escorted armed recco in Channel Islands area. |
17-Apr-43 |
P.7057 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
Night Armed Shipping
Reccos and Rhubarbs |
22:56 |
00:25 |
He
searched for trains Bayeux – Airel, meeting intense flak at Airel, then
disintergrated the line near Carentan. |
18-Apr-43 |
P.7057 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
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.7057 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
Night Roadstead |
01:55 |
03:15 |
difficult
and unfruitful |
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. |
06-May-43 |
P.7057 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
Roadstead 65 |
17:15 |
18:10 |
Attack
on tanker with 5 small escort vessels reported W.N.W. of Alderney. The
Casquets were indeed found in this position. |
14-May-43 |
P.6979 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
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.7074 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
Night Recco |
23:55 |
01:25 |
He
reccod the Channel Is; area and had an irritating chase after E Boats which
eluded his bombing run. |
16-May-43 |
P.7013 |
F/O J.P. Coyne |
Escorted Armed Recco |
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Escorted
armed recco recalled because of a failure of R/T reception |
16-May-43 |
P.7110 |
F/Lt J.P. Coyne |
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.7008 |
F/Lt J.P. Coyne |
Night Recco |
23:52 |
01:10 |
Uneventful
night recco of Channel Is: area |
19-May-43 |
P.6974 |
F/Lt J.P. Coyne |
Roadstead |
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Repetition
of previous days uneventful search for minesweepers Channel Islands – Brehat |
22-May-43 |
P.7007 |
F/Lt J.P. Coyne |
Night Roadstead 2 |
00:25 |
01:50 |
Attack
on convoy steaming from Cap de la Hague towards Cherbourg. |
23-May-43 |
P.6974 |
F/Lt J.P. Coyne |
Roadstead 70 |
07:45 |
09:00 |
Attack
on convoy nearing Guernsey from C de la Hague |
29-May-43 |
P.6979 |
F/Lt J.P. Coyne |
Roadstead 71 |
14:10 |
15:15 |
The
15 Ship Convoy reported off Barfleur was found without much enthusiasm to be
the French Fishing Fleet. |
30-May-43 |
P.6974 |
F/Lt J.P. Coyne |
Ship Recco |
18:35 |
19:50 |
Recco
of Jersey area |
13-Jul-43 |
P.6974 |
F/Lt J.P. Coyne DFC |
Shipping Recco |
16:00 |
17:15 |
The area searched comprised the Channel Island area and as far
as the Ile Brehat. |
20-Jul-43 |
P.7111 |
F/Lt J.P. Coyne DFC |
Shipping Recco |
10:55 |
12:10 |
Armed escorted shipping recco of Channel Islands area |
03-Aug-43 |
P.6974 |
F/Lt J.P. Coyne DFC |
Shipping Recco |
11:25 |
12:35 |
Channel Islands shipping lanes were thoroughly searched from a
height of 20-100 feet. |
03-Aug-43 |
P.6974 |
F/Lt J.P. Coyne DFC |
10 Group Circus |
19:57 |
21:15 |
These 8 Whirlibombers divebombed Brest Guipavas aerodrome |
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See also the Summary Jun-Jul 42 tab |
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