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BREARLEY |
Edgar |
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d. 16 Apr 1943 |
CWGC |
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Service Number |
J/15157 |
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RCAF |
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Date |
A/C |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
Details of
Sortie or Flight |
12-Feb-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
11:00 |
13:40 |
No
Incident. |
13-Feb-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Dusk Patrol |
17:30 |
18:05 |
Nothing
seen - These flights are regularly made from Fairwood Common to intercept
bandits which tend to appear off Linney Head at dusk. |
19-Feb-42 |
P.7060 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
14:55 |
16:20 |
No
incident |
07-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy Patrol |
16:10 |
17:35 |
Nothing
Seen. |
08-Mar-42 |
P.7061 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy Patrol |
09:10 |
10:40 |
Nothing
Seen. |
08-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy Patrol |
11:30 |
13:00 |
Nothing
Seen. |
09-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy Patrol |
15:30 |
17:00 |
Nothing
Seen. |
14-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Scramble |
11:45 |
12:50 |
Nothing
Seen. |
15-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy Patrol |
15:55 |
17:10 |
Nothing
Seen. |
19-Mar-42 |
P.7116 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy Patrol |
15:35 |
17:15 |
Nothing
Seen. |
21-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
13:25 |
14:55 |
Nothing
Seen. |
22-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Sweep of Irish Sea |
13:10 |
14:10 |
Nothing
Seen. |
22-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Sweep of Irish Sea |
16:10 |
17:30 |
Nothing
Seen. |
23-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy Patrol |
15:05 |
16:15 |
Nothing
Seen. |
23-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy Patrol |
17:40 |
19:00 |
Nothing
Seen. |
24-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Patrol |
15:15 |
16:55 |
Nothing
Seen. |
28-Mar-42 |
P.7116 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Patrol |
09:20 |
11:00 |
Nothing
Seen. |
05-Apr-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
09:05 |
10:55 |
Patrol
of Skipper |
10-Apr-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Patrol |
14:30 |
15:50 |
Patrol
of Irish Sea to Saltees |
10-Apr-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
19:10 |
20:50 |
Patrol
of Irish Sea to Saltees |
20-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
15:40 |
16:55 |
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21-Apr-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Scramble |
11:10 |
12:00 |
Bogey
was identified as Liberator. |
22-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
10:35 |
11:35 |
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22-Apr-42 |
P.7000 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
18:50 |
20:05 |
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23-Apr-42 |
P.7060 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
11:50 |
13:10 |
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25-Apr-42 |
P.7056 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Scramble |
10:25 |
11:15 |
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26-Apr-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
14:05 |
15:15 |
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03-May-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Scramble |
12:50 |
13:15 |
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06-May-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Patrol Portreath
& Falmouth (Royal visit) |
08:00 |
20:20 |
Patrolled
Cornwall for Royal visit |
20-Jun-42 |
P.7056 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Scramble |
13:40 |
14:20 |
Plots
were off Salters but faded before contact could be made. |
28-Jun-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Scramble |
19:05 |
19:55 |
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 |
28-Jun-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Patrol |
21:20 |
22:05 |
Enemy
patrol to Salter area. |
01-Jul-42 |
P.7087 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Scramble |
08:55 |
09:55 |
Scramble
diverted to convoy staysail. |
14-Jul-42 |
P.6995 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Patrol |
20:35 |
21:35 |
Patrol
South of Eire. The whole area between Angle and Eire and Lundy was swept, but
unsuccessfully. |
18-Jul-42 |
P.7056 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Patrol |
20:15 |
21:20 |
Smalls
Patrol. |
26-Jul-42 |
P.7120 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Scramble |
20:10 |
20:20 |
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26-Jul-42 |
P.6995 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Scramble |
19:45 |
20:00 |
Plots
in Smalls area intermittent and doubtful. Nothing Seen |
26-Jul-42 |
P.7120 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Scramble |
20:10 |
20:25 |
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27-Jul-42 |
P.7117 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Patrol |
21:00 |
21:55 |
Patrol
of Small area. |
28-Jul-42 |
P.7007 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Patrol |
18:10 |
18:40 |
Smalls
patrol |
11-Aug-42 |
P.7059 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
17:10 |
18:15 |
Convoy
“POKER” |
12-Aug-42 |
P.7059 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
13:15 |
14:20 |
Convoy
“STEWARD” |
12-Aug-42 |
P.7059 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Scramble |
15:15 |
16:30 |
Infrequent
plots in Carnsore area faded when our aircraft approached. |
13-Aug-42 |
P.7059 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Scramble |
08:40 |
08:50 |
Doubtful
plots identified as friendly. Aircraft Backing-up at Exeter. |
28-Aug-42 |
P.6991 |
P/O E. Brearley |
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.7090 |
P/O E. Brearley |
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 |
08-Sep-42 |
P.6979 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Roadstead Operation |
07:45 |
09:20 |
Roadstead to attack tanker near Channel Islands. Not found. |
09-Sep-42 |
P.6979 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Roadstead Operation |
14:35 |
15:20 |
Roadstead to attck a large ship reported by a shipping recco
near Cap de la Hague. |
16-Sep-42 |
P.7000 |
P/O E. Brearley |
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. |
01-Oct-42 |
P.7089 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Roadstead Operation |
17:00 |
18:15 |
Roadstead
to bomb minesweepers in Trieux estuary. Not found. |
13-Oct-42 |
P.7009 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Armed Recco |
07:05 |
07:42 |
Intended
armed low recco of Barfleux-Cherbourg area but found too little cloud cover |
21-Oct-42 |
P.6995 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
10:40 |
11:55 |
Convoy
escort between Needles and Portland. |
31-Oct-42 |
P.7043 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Rhubarb Operation |
10:40 |
12:20 |
Sections
were led by F/O Harvey to attack the railway triangle N.W. of the La Haye du
Puits. |
08-Nov-42 |
P.7089 |
F/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
11:20 |
13:00 |
Convoy
of important Floating Dock from Needles area towards Portland |
18-Nov-42 |
P.7059 |
F/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
16:55 |
17:55 |
Convoy
off Portland (going West) |
19-Nov-42 |
P.6995 |
F/O E. Brearley |
10 Group Roadstead 40 |
11:20 |
12:15 |
F/Lt
Warnes led the 4 Whirlibombers on this first all-263 Roadstead Operation. No
incident |
16-Nov-42 |
P.7094 |
F/O E. Brearley |
Rhubarb |
16:05 |
17:30 |
Rhubarb
operation against the Valognes – Carentan railway. |
01-Dec-42 |
P.7013 |
F/O E. Brearley |
Armed Recco |
16:30 |
17:35 |
These
Whirlibombers patrolled Cap Levy, Casquettes, Jersey area. Returning they met
3 Me.109Fs. |
07-Jan-43 |
P.7099 |
F/O E. Brearley |
Roadstead Operation
from Predannack |
16:00 |
17:40 |
The
channel was swept for minesweepers reported off Ile Vierge. |
10-Jan-43 |
P.7013 |
F/O E. Brearley |
Roadstead Operation
from Predannack |
09:22 |
11:05 |
The
channel was swept for minesweepers reported off Ile Vierge. |
15-Jan-43 |
P.7054 |
F/O E. Brearley |
Air Sea Rescue |
16:10 |
17:40 |
The
second sweep was entirely unsuccessful. |
15-Jan-43 |
P.7059 |
F/O E. Brearley |
Night Rhubarb |
22:15 |
23:37 |
F/O
E. Brearley penetrated the Cotentin as far as Baupte. Near there he descried
a train upon which he released his starboard bomb, reserving his port bomb
for the track a mile ahead. |
07-Feb-43 |
P.7095 |
F/O E. Brearley |
Army Co-Op |
15:40 |
16:35 |
Equipment
containers dropped on Netheravon aerodrome at 1600 hours. F/O E. Brearley's
containers hung up. |
28-Feb-43 |
P.7095 |
F/O E. Brearley |
10 Group Circus 17 |
14:40 |
15:40 |
Attack
on Maupertus. This was their first dive-bombing attack. It was observed to
have been successful. |
05-Mar-43 |
P.7099 |
F/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
15:25 |
17:05 |
Patrol
off St. Davids |
07-Mar-43 |
P.7089 |
F/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
15:05 |
16:20 |
Patrol
off St. Davids. Large Convoy. |
19-Mar-43 |
P.7089 |
F/O E. Brearley |
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. |
21-Mar-43 |
P.7059 |
F/O E. Brearley |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 23 (Morlaix Viaduct) |
00:15 |
01:45 |
Bombed
4000-1000 ft. After passing through heavy flak. |
22-Mar-43 |
P.7059 |
F/O E. Brearley |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 24 |
00:15 |
01:55 |
Bombed
from 3000 ft. after dummy run. Two direct hits. |
23-Mar-43 |
P.7059 |
F/O E. Brearley |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 25 (Ponthou Viaduct) |
01:15 |
02:50 |
Target
not found. Bombed main line cutting. |
26-Mar-43 |
P.7059 |
F/O E. Brearley |
Rhubarb Operation |
15:05 |
15:50 |
Intending
to attack targets in the Carentan area they found no cloud cover whatever 20
miles North of Carentan and returned to base. |
04-Apr-43 |
P.7113 |
F/O E. Brearley |
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.7113 |
F/O E. Brearley |
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. |
15-Apr-43 |
P.7110 |
F/O E. Brearley |
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.6995 |
F/O E. Brearley |
Bomb Mondeville
Industries (Night) |
22:35 |
missing |
Nothing
was seen or heard of him after he left Warmwell. |
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See also the Summary Jun-Jul 42 tab |
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