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HEATON |
William Whitaker |
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d. 9 Jul 1944 |
CWGC |
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Service Number |
156653 (1576532) |
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P/O |
28th Aug. 1943. (Gazette Issue 36207
published on the 8 October 1943. Page 5 of 10) |
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F/O |
28th Feb. 1944. (Gazette Issue 36428
published on the 14 March 1944. Page 3 of 6) |
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Date |
A/C |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
Details of
Sortie or Flight |
23-Jul-43 |
P.6990 |
Sgt W.W. Heaton |
Shipping Recco |
12:30 |
13:16 |
This armed escorted shipping recco was abandoned near the
Casquets in thick sea haze |
04-Aug-43 |
P.6990 |
Sgt W.W. Heaton |
Armed Shipping Recco |
11:38 |
13:05 |
Long shipping recco W. of Ushant and as far as Cap Chevre, 10
miles south of Brest. This time, however, no ships were found |
15-Aug-43 |
P.7012 |
Sgt W.W. Heaton |
10 Group Circus |
15:00 |
16:20 |
This operation to dive-bomb Guipavas aerodrome. S/Ldr Baker
returned with exactor trouble. F/Lt McClure found 10/10 cloud and operation
abandoned |
16-Aug-43 |
P.7047 |
Sgt W.W. Heaton |
Night Recco |
22:12 |
23:35 |
Sgt Heaton had a long chase of a doubtful a/c, possibly
Wellington |
17-Aug-43 |
P.7047 |
Sgt W.W. Heaton |
Night Recco |
22:05 |
23:35 |
The pilots found nothing remarkable other than more mysterious
flares N. of BARFLEUR |
29-Aug-43 |
P.7097 |
Sgt W.W. Heaton |
Convoy |
11:45 |
13:10 |
Convoy from Needles to West of Portland. |
31-Aug-43 |
P.6990 |
Sgt W.W. Heaton |
Convoy |
13:45 |
15:15 |
Convoy, West of Portland. |
08-Sep-43 |
P.6997 |
F/Sgt W.W. Heaton |
Operation Starkey |
17:07 |
18:05 |
Divebombing of Naval and Flak heavy guns at Hardelot |
18-Sep-43 |
P.7097 |
F/Sgt W.W. Heaton |
Night Ranger
Operation |
01:24 |
03:15 |
Chatanooga Choo-Choo. Bursts on or v. close to line in Bois de
Manling. He then fired at and secured strikes on a locomotive (Cat B) |
23-Sep-43 |
P.6990 |
F/Sgt W.W. Heaton |
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11:30 |
12:50 |
This operation consisted in the d/b of MORLAIX a/d. |
24-Sep-43 |
P.7047 |
F/Sgt W.W. Heaton |
Scramble |
11:35 |
12:05 |
Vectored towards I.O.W and recalled |
04-Oct-43 |
P.7097 |
P/O W.W. Heaton |
Armed Recco |
11:40 |
12:12 |
Abortive armed recco for two Hun destroyers reported lurking in
Lenardrieux Estuary |
08-Oct-43 |
P.7097 |
P/O W.W. Heaton |
Night Recco |
21:00 |
22:15 |
Channel Islands again nil. But P/O HEATON was shot up by a
2,500 ton Flak ship off Cap de la Hague |
14-Oct-43 |
P.7012 |
P/O W.W. Heaton |
Night Recco |
21:20 |
22:34 |
Night searches (Without bombs) for the Munsterland. Warmwell –
Sept Iles – Iles de Batz – Predannack. |
30-Oct-43 |
P.6997 |
P/O W.W. Heaton |
Ramrod 99 |
15:00 |
16:00 |
The seven Whirlwinds which were serviceable took off to
divebomb the Munsterland |
02-Nov-43 |
P.7037 |
P/O W.W. Heaton |
Rhubarb |
14:00 |
14:35 |
Rhubarb to attack railway targets N. and W. of CARENTAN. They
found 4/10 cloud at 4000 feet and RTB |
06-Nov-43 |
P.7037 |
P/O W.W. Heaton |
Night Shipping Recco |
20:15 |
21:45 |
Uneventful recco to Channel Islands. |
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