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Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
30-Dec-41 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Scramble 14:05 14:50 Patrol was maintained over sea South of Exmouth to protect Halifax bombers returning from their successful operation against Brest.
20-Jan-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Tactical Exercise 11:15 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.
15-Feb-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy 08:20 09:10 No Incident.
15-Feb-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Scramble 14:35 15:30 Section patrolled Angle at 15000. Several short vectors given by F'Wood Humbug. Nothing seen.
07-Mar-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy Patrol 13:45 14:25 Nothing Seen.
07-Mar-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy Patrol 17:00 18:05 Nothing Seen.
08-Mar-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Scramble 07:20 07:55 Nothing Seen.
08-Mar-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy Patrol 10:20 11:45 Nothing Seen.
09-Mar-42 P.7116 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy Patrol 16:30 18:30 Nothing Seen.
10-Mar-42 P.7007 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy Patrol 12:15 13:45 Nothing Seen.
15-Mar-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy Patrol 14:55 16:05 Nothing Seen.
21-Mar-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy 14:30 16:00 Nothing Seen.
22-Mar-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Sweep of Irish Sea 13:35 15:00 Nothing Seen.
22-Mar-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Sweep of Irish Sea 16:55 18:15 Nothing Seen.
23-Mar-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy Patrol 14:35 15:55 Nothing Seen.
23-Mar-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy Patrol 17:05 18:35 Nothing Seen.
24-Mar-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Patrol 14:25 15:45 Nothing Seen.
26-Mar-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy Patrol 13:50 15:45 Nothing Seen.
27-Mar-42 P.7110 P/O N.V. Crabtree Patrol 14:35 15:55 Nothing Seen.
27-Mar-42 P.7110 P/O N.V. Crabtree Patrol 17:40 19:00 The Linney-Head, Smalls, Carnsors, Saltee area was thoroughly swept.
28-Mar-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Search for lost pilot 15:05 16:15 A pilot of 402 Spitfire Squadron on convoy patrol pancaked in the sea 12 miles south of Tenby.
29-Mar-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy 08:45 10:30 Nothing Seen.
05-Apr-42 P.7110 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy 12:45 13:45 Patrol of Steward
10-Apr-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Patrol 14:30 15:50 Patrol of Irish Sea to Saltees. Very wide echelon
11-Apr-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Scramble 13:00 14:00 Three sections after raid 159. Although Blue section plots were coincident for 5 minutes, e/a escaped unseen in cloud
14-Apr-42 P.7056 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy 10:35 12:05  
15-Apr-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Patrol 13:40 14:50 Saltee Patrol
15-Apr-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy 17:10 18:30 Saltee Patrol
16-Apr-42 P.7061 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy 11:10 12:30  
21-Apr-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy 16:10 17:35  
21-Apr-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy 18:50 20:05  
22-Apr-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy 07:10 08:25  
22-Apr-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy 09:40 10:55  
23-Apr-42 P.7000 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy 11:50 13:10  
23-Apr-42 P.7110 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy 13:40 14:45  
24-Apr-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy 17:40 18:25  
26-Apr-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy 16:40 16:50 Recalled as convoy entered Haven.
26-Apr-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy 18:25 18:50  
14-May-42 P.7061 P/O N.V. Crabtree Scramble 17:50 18:40  
15-May-42 P.7061 P/O N.V. Crabtree Scramble 09:25 09:55  
24-May-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Scramble 19:30 20:30  
05-Jun-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree 10 Group Ramrod 19 15:10 16:30 Attack on Morlaix aerodrome
30-Jun-42 P.7089 P/O N.V. Crabtree Scramble 22:50 23:10 Nothing seen.
04-Jul-42 P.7089 P/O N.V. Crabtree Patrol 18:15 19:40 Patrol to S. of Eire.
06-Jul-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Scramble 19:50 20:50 No incident.
08-Jul-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Patrol 09:55 11:15 Patrol to Carnsore and South
08-Jul-42 P.7060 P/O N.V. Crabtree Scramble 19:45 20:50 No incident.
14-Jul-42 P.7114 P/O N.V. Crabtree Patrol 20:10 21:05 Patrol South of Eire. The whole area between Angle and Eire and Lundy was swept, but unsuccessfully.
05-Aug-42 P.7099 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy 10:00 11:05  
05-Aug-42 P.7099 P/O N.V. Crabtree A/S Rescue Search 12:25 13:15 Search for Blenheim believed ditched off St. Davids Head. No trace seen.
06-Aug-42 P.7099 P/O N.V. Crabtree Convoy 11:05 12:05  
17-Aug-42 P.7090 P/O N.V. Crabtree Patrol 17:00 17:30 Anti-Enemy Rhubarb Patrol off Bolt Head.
18-Aug-42 P.7099 P/O N.V. Crabtree Scramble 09:15 10:00 Patrol base at 20,000 or enemy aircraft, which turned back
03-Sep-42 P.7099 P/O N.V. Crabtree 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
16-Sep-42 P.7099 P/O N.V. Crabtree A/S/R Search 10:15 11:10 Search was carried out in area 15-25 miles North of Cherbourg, often within sight of French coast. Nothing seen.
21-Sep-42 P.7099 P/O N.V. Crabtree Scramble 10:15 11:15 Vectored towards two enemy aircraft at 1000 feet 20 miles South of St. Aldhelms Head. Nothing seen
 See also the Summary Jun-Jul 42 tab