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MACAULAY |
John |
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d. 14 Apr 1943 |
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Service Number |
1113286 |
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Date |
A/C |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
Details of
Sortie or Flight |
03-Sep-42 |
P.7057 |
Sgt J. MacAulay |
Scramble |
09:15 |
10:00 |
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 |
21-Sep-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt J. MacAulay |
Scramble |
10:15 |
11:15 |
Vectored
towards two enemy aircraft at 1000 feet 20 miles South of St. Aldhelms Head.
Nothing seen |
26-Nov-42 |
P.7052 |
Sgt J. MacAulay |
Rhubarb |
16:10 |
17:00 |
F/O
Harvey led this operation intending to attack railway objectives S.W. of
Isigny, but found inadequate cloud cover 10 miles S.E. of Barfleur. |
09-Dec-42 |
P.7117 |
Sgt J. MacAulay |
Rhubarb |
11:25 |
12:15 |
Intending
to attack Railway triangle North of La Haye du Puits. But finding only 6/10
thin cloud, they reccoed N. of Cap de la Hague and returned. |
15-Jan-43 |
P.6991 |
Sgt J. MacAulay |
Air Sea Rescue |
12:20 |
13:10 |
F/Lt
Blackshaw and Sgt MacAulay actually sighted the missing pilot in his dinghy
about 20 miles South of Portland. Owing to the failure of R/T communication,
which is normal and well known in this area, this pilot was not picked up. |
15-Jan-43 |
P.6995 |
Sgt J. MacAulay |
Air Sea Rescue |
12:20 |
13:10 |
F/Lt
Blackshaw and Sgt MacAulay actually sighted the missing pilot in his dinghy
about 20 miles South of Portland. Owing to the failure of R/T communication,
which is normal and well known in this area, this pilot was not picked up. |
14-Feb-43 |
P.7013 |
Sgt J. MacAulay |
Rhubarb |
08:00 |
08:45 |
Attack
on Carentan-Valognes Railway abandoned owing to lack of cloud cover. |
18-Feb-43 |
P.7013 |
Sgt J. MacAulay |
Rhubarb |
11:25 |
12:50 |
Lock
gates at Ouistreham bombed. |
19-Feb-43 |
P.7013 |
Sgt J. MacAulay |
Army Co-Op Exercise
"Longford" |
15:20 |
16:15 |
Army
transports attacked North of Wroughton aerodrome on Wroughton-Swindon Road. |
14-Mar-43 |
P.7013 |
Sgt J. MacAulay |
10 Group Circus 18 |
16:15 |
17:15 |
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. |
06-Apr-43 |
P.6974 |
Sgt J. MacAulay |
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. |
13-Apr-43 |
P.7094 |
Sgt J. MacAulay |
10 Group Circus 22 |
17:30 |
19:00 |
Brest/Guipavas
aerodrome was successfully divebombed with 20 x 250lb bombs. |
14-Apr-43 |
P.7010 |
Sgt J. MacAulay |
10 Group Roadstead 57 |
15:30 |
Missing |
Shipping
was reported in the Lannil Is estuaries. By chance, landfall was made too far
south and F/O Harvey inadvertently led into the area off Raie de Brest and
thereby found three ships. Sgt MacAuley MiA |
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