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WARNES |
Geoffrey Berrington |
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d. 02 Feb 1944 |
CWGC |
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Service Number |
78429 |
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A/P/O |
2nd Apr. 1940. (Gazette
Issue 34838 published on the 26 April 1940. Page 14 of 76) |
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P/O |
14th May 1940. (Gazette
Issue 34876 published on the 18 June 1940. Page 16 of 70) |
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F/O |
1st Nov. 1941. (Gazette Issue 35650
published on the 28 July 1942. Page 3 of 8) |
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F/Lt |
1st Nov. 1942. (Gazette
Issue 35881 published on the 26 January 1943. Page 4 of 8) |
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S/Ldr |
Not found |
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DFC |
5th March, 1943. (Gazette
Issue 35927 published on the 2 March 1943. Page 1 of 8) |
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DSO |
6th July, 1943. (Gazette
Issue 36079 published on the 2 July 1943. Page 1 of 12) |
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Date |
A/C |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
Details of
Sortie or Flight |
19-Sep-41 |
P.7007 |
P/O G.B. Warnes |
Mandolin Operation |
14:30 |
16:00 |
Attack
on Morlaix aerodrome. |
29-Sep-41 |
P.7061 |
P/O G.B. Warnes |
Mandolin Operation
No.7 |
18:33 |
20:15 |
Attack
JU.88s on Lannion aerodrome. |
07-Nov-41 |
P.7110 |
P/O G.B. Warnes |
Rhubarb
Reconnaissance |
13:30 |
14:50 |
Reconnaissance
of distillery targets in or near the Cherbourg Peninsula |
08-Nov-41 |
P.7061 |
P/O G.B. Warnes |
10 Group Rodeo 5 |
13:45 |
14:55 |
Sweep
of Channel Islands area |
15-Nov-41 |
P.7061 |
P/O G.B. Warnes |
Rhubarb 61 |
12:40 |
14:35 |
Attack
on Distillery targets. Red Section (P/O Warnes and P/O Harvey) Target 207
Brehal. |
17-Nov-41 |
P.7061 |
P/O G.B. Warnes |
Rhubarb 64 |
09:15 |
09:40 |
Attack
on Distillery targets - abortive |
11-Jan-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Scramble |
11:05 |
11:50 |
Pilots
were vectored to the Isle of Wight chasing a bogey. The bogey was then
identified as a Grumman Martlet by pilots of squadron. |
20-Jan-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Tactical Exercise |
12:25 |
12:55 |
An
exercise in co-operation with the Army. Dummy Attacks were made on troop
concentrations and supply columns in the Marlborough - Yatesbury area. |
07-Mar-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Convoy Patrol |
17:00 |
18:05 |
Nothing
Seen. |
08-Mar-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Scramble |
07:20 |
07:55 |
Nothing
Seen. |
08-Mar-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Convoy Patrol |
11:30 |
13:00 |
Nothing
Seen. |
09-Mar-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Convoy Patrol |
16:30 |
18:30 |
Nothing
Seen. |
10-Mar-42 |
P.7060 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Convoy Patrol |
12:15 |
13:45 |
Nothing
Seen. |
14-Mar-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Scramble |
11:45 |
12:50 |
Nothing
Seen. |
16-Mar-42 |
P.7116 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Scramble |
09:15 |
09:50 |
Nothing
Seen. |
19-Mar-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Convoy Patrol |
15:35 |
17:15 |
Nothing
Seen. |
22-Mar-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Sweep of Irish Sea |
10:05 |
11:45 |
Nothing
Seen. |
22-Mar-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Sweep of Irish Sea |
13:35 |
15:00 |
Nothing
Seen. |
22-Mar-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Sweep of Irish Sea |
16:55 |
18:15 |
Nothing
Seen. |
23-Mar-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Convoy Patrol |
14:35 |
15:55 |
Nothing
Seen. |
23-Mar-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Convoy Patrol |
17:05 |
18:35 |
Nothing
Seen. |
24-Mar-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Patrol |
14:25 |
15:45 |
Nothing
Seen. |
25-Mar-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Scramble |
18:30 |
18:35 |
Nothing
Seen. |
26-Mar-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Convoy Patrol |
10:35 |
11:20 |
Blue
section was ordred to escort convoys Steward & Sapper II |
26-Mar-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Convoy Patrol |
14:15 |
15:45 |
Nothing
Seen. |
27-Mar-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Convoy |
13:50 |
15:00 |
Nothing
Seen. |
27-Mar-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Patrol |
17:40 |
19:00 |
The
Linney-Head, Smalls, Carnsors, Saltee area was thoroughly swept. |
28-Mar-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
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.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Convoy |
08:45 |
10:30 |
Nothing
Seen. |
05-Apr-42 |
P.7114 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Convoy |
10:20 |
11:55 |
Patrol
of Steward |
22-Apr-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Convoy |
07:10 |
08:25 |
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22-Apr-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Convoy |
09:40 |
10:55 |
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23-Apr-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Convoy |
14:30 |
15:40 |
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24-Apr-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Convoy |
17:40 |
18:25 |
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26-Apr-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Convoy |
16:40 |
16:50 |
Recalled
as convoy entered Haven. |
26-Apr-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Convoy |
18:25 |
18:50 |
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06-May-42 |
P.7061 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Patrol Portreath
& Falmouth (Royal visit) |
08:00 |
20:20 |
Patrolled
Cornwall for Royal visit |
04-Jun-42 |
P.7089 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Patrol |
05:55 |
06:55 |
Early
patrol of Smalls-Carmsore area. |
05-Jun-42 |
P.7089 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
10 Group Ramrod 19 |
15:10 |
16:30 |
Attack
on Morlaix aerodrome |
20-Jun-42 |
P.7000 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Scramble |
14:30 |
14:55 |
Nothing
seen. |
10-Jul-42 |
P.7117 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Patrol |
13:35 |
14:25 |
Patrol
Irish Sea. |
14-Jul-42 |
P.7117 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Patrol |
21:10 |
22:10 |
Patrol
South of Eire. The whole area between Angle and Eire and Lundy was swept, but
unsuccessfully. |
18-Jul-42 |
P.6995 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Scramble |
19:40 |
20:20 |
No
incident. |
18-Jul-42 |
P.7117 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Patrol |
21:20 |
22:20 |
This
was a similar operation to that of the fourteenth. Again no enemy aircraft
were seen. |
23-Jul-42 |
P.7117 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Combined Rhubarb
Operation |
15:28 |
16:43 |
Rhubarb
to attack wireless station north of Landivisiau |
08-Sep-42 |
P.7043 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Roadstead Operation |
07:45 |
09:20 |
Roadstead to attack tanker near Channel Islands. Not found. |
09-Sep-42 |
P.7043 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
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.7043 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
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. |
29-Sep-42 |
P.7043 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Shipping Recco |
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This
section took off intending to make use of cloud cover in reconnoitring the
Channel Island Shipping Lanes. But finding heavy rain squalls RTB |
01-Oct-42 |
P.7043 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Roadstead Operation |
17:00 |
18:15 |
Roadstead
to bomb minesweepers in Trieux estuary. Not found. |
06-Oct-42 |
P.7043 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Armed Recco |
09:05 |
09:50 |
Recconnaissance
of the Guernsey-Sark area |
10-Oct-42 |
P.7043 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Armed Recco |
12:00 |
13:10 |
This
recco was carried out in the Alderney area and three miles off the coast of
the Contentin as far as Cap Barfleur. Nothing seen |
10-Nov-42 |
P.7089 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Convoy |
16:00 |
17:30 |
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18-Nov-42 |
P.7007 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Convoy |
16:55 |
17:55 |
Convoy
off Portland (going West) |
19-Nov-42 |
P.7113 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
10 Group Roadstead 40 |
11:20 |
12:15 |
F/Lt
Warnes led the 4 Whirlibombers on this first all-263 Roadstead Operation. No
incident |
20-Nov-42 |
P.7113 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Roadstead Operation |
08:45 |
09:50 |
F/Lt
Warnes led the 4 Whirlibombers on this second all-263 Roadstead Operation. No
incident |
15-Jan-43 |
P.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
Night Recco |
22:20 |
23:38 |
First
263 Night Operations. These extensive shipping reccos of the Channel Island
area were uneventful. |
07-Feb-43 |
P.7094 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
Army Co-Op |
15:40 |
16:35 |
Equipment
containers dropped on Netheravon aerodrome at 1600 hours. F/O E. Brearley's
containers hung up. |
15-Feb-43 |
P.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
Night Off. Ops |
20:30 |
22:05 |
Railway
line S.E. of Carentan bombed. |
16-Feb-43 |
P.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
Night Off. Ops |
20:00 |
21:30 |
Train
bombed N of Carentan – train stopped in clouds of steam. |
16-Feb-43 |
P.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
Night Off. Ops |
22:55 |
00:25 |
Returned
to above locality but too dark for accurate observations |
26-Feb-43 |
P.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
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.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
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.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
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. |
19-Mar-43 |
P.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
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.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 23 (Morlaix Viaduct) |
00:00 |
01:20 |
Held
by S/Ls and accurate flak 2000-200ft. Bombs jettisoned |
22-Mar-43 |
P.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 24 |
00:01 |
01:20 |
Bombed
from 300 ft. after dummy run. Accurate flak all calibres. |
23-Mar-43 |
P.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 25 (Ponthou Viaduct) |
01:00 |
02:30 |
Bombed
target after 2 dummy runs in thick haze. |
13-Apr-43 |
P.6974 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
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.6971 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
10 Group Circus 22 |
17:30 |
19:00 |
Brest/Guipavas
aerodrome was successfully divebombed with 20 x 250lb bombs. |
14-Apr-43 |
P.6971 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
Armed Shipping Recco |
07:20 |
08:40 |
First
light recco from Warmwell to search for E-Boats |
15-Apr-43 |
P.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
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.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
Bomb Mondeville
Industries (Night) |
22:33 |
00:01 |
Compass
temporarily jammed u/s entailed a landfall at C. de la Hague. He therefore
reccod for ships and trains, Isigny – Carentan. |
17-Apr-43 |
P.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
Night Armed Shipping
Reccos and Rhubarbs |
23:15 |
00:35 |
Finding
no trains he bombed the Carentan Valogues line. He saw an intense barrage of
flak at Airel at 2348. |
18-Apr-43 |
P.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
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.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
Night Roadstead |
01:55 |
03:15 |
Shipping
was reported between Jersey and Cap de la Hague. |
21-Apr-43 |
P.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
Night Roadstead |
02:00 |
03:40 |
The
Channel Islands convoy which F/O Coyne had attacked was sought for, but not
found. It had probably berthed in Alderney. |
27-Apr-43 |
P.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
10 Group Roadstead 59 |
16:35 |
17:50 |
Attack
on convoy of 9 ships S. of Jersey. |
28-Apr-43 |
P.7089 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
10 Group Roadstead 60 |
10:15 |
12:50 |
Attack
on convoy of 8 ships N. of Sept Isles |
28-Apr-43 |
P.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
10 Group Roadstead 62 |
14:22 |
15:45 |
This
operation did not find the depleted convoy in its estimated position south of
Jersey. |
29-Apr-43 |
P.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
10 Group Roadstead 63 |
13:10 |
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Attack
on shipping near Isigny. Found to be fishing vessels |
30-Apr-43 |
P.7040 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
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Attack
on shipping off Ushant. No shipping sighted |
03-May-43 |
P.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
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. |
05-May-43 |
P.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
Roadstead |
17:15 |
19:00 |
Search
for a minelayer reported steaming East from Brehat. Between Sept Iles and Ile
de Batz. They found fishing vessels, probably misreported |
06-May-43 |
P.7013 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
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.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
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.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
Night Roadstead 2 |
01:00 |
02:20 |
Attack
on convoy off Barfleur. S/L Warnes and Sgt Simpson couldn't find it. F/Lt
Holmes bombed one ship of it but did not see whether he hit it (Cat 4). F/Lt
Blackshaw returned to orbit Exeter, Harrowbeer and Exeter again, without
lights or R/T and then crashed fatally near Exeter. |
16-May-43 |
P.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
Escorted Armed Recco |
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Escorted
armed recco recalled because of a failure of R/T reception |
16-May-43 |
P.7040 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
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. |
18-May-43 |
P.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
Roadstead |
18:50 |
20:20 |
No
minesweepers were found in their suspected position between Jersey and
Brehat. |
19-May-43 |
P.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
Roadstead |
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Repetition
of previous days uneventful search for minesweepers Channel Islands – Brehat |
22-May-43 |
P.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
Night Roadstead 2 |
00:25 |
01:50 |
Attack
on convoy steaming from Cap de la Hague towards Cherbourg. |
29-May-43 |
P.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
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.7113 |
S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC |
Ship Recco |
18:35 |
19:50 |
Recco
of Jersey area |
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See also the Summary Jun-Jul 42 tab |
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