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ABRAMS |
Basil Courtney |
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d. 17 Apr 1943 |
CWGC |
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Service Number |
133547 (1377968) |
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P/O |
28th Sept. 1942. (Gazette
Issue 35813 published on the 4 December 1942. Page 3 of 6) |
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Date |
A/C |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
Details of Sortie or Flight |
13-Feb-42 |
P.6991 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Dusk Patrol |
17:50 |
18:35 |
Nothing
seen - These flights are regularly made from Fairwood Common to intercept
bandits which tend to appear off Linney Head at dusk. |
15-Feb-42 |
P.7041 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
08:35 |
09:00 |
No
Incident. |
15-Feb-42 |
P.7041 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
10:05 |
11:20 |
No
Incident. |
19-Feb-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
13:30 |
14:35 |
Sgt.
Abrams failed to contact No.1 in poor visibility. |
09-Mar-42 |
P.6991 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy Patrol |
15:30 |
17:00 |
Nothing
Seen. |
14-Mar-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Scramble |
11:45 |
12:25 |
Nothing
Seen. |
15-Mar-42 |
P.7041 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Scramble |
14:15 |
15:00 |
Nothing
Seen. |
21-Mar-42 |
P.7001 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
13:25 |
14:55 |
Nothing
Seen. |
22-Mar-42 |
P.7114 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Sweep of Irish Sea |
10:05 |
11:45 |
Nothing
Seen. |
22-Mar-42 |
P.7041 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Sweep of Irish Sea |
14:00 |
14:30 |
Nothing
Seen. |
23-Mar-42 |
P.7041 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy Patrol |
16:00 |
17:30 |
On
the way back from patrol Sgt Abrams' port engine cut five miles from base. He
made a good landing. |
24-Mar-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Patrol |
15:00 |
16:45 |
Nothing
Seen. |
28-Mar-42 |
P.7060 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Patrol |
09:20 |
11:00 |
Nothing
Seen. |
29-Mar-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Search for lost pilot |
17:15 |
18:25 |
A
pilot of 402 Spitfire Squadron on convoy patrol pancaked in the sea 12 miles
south of Tenby. |
02-Apr-42 |
P.7041 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Patrol |
07:40 |
09:05 |
Patrol
of Irish Sea |
10-Apr-42 |
P.7056 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Patrol |
14:30 |
15:50 |
Patrol
of Irish Sea to Saltees |
14-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
11:40 |
13:10 |
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16-Apr-42 |
P.7114 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
12:55 |
14:05 |
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21-Apr-42 |
P.7089 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
15:20 |
16:30 |
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21-Apr-42 |
P.7061 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
18:00 |
19:15 |
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21-Apr-42 |
P.7061 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
20:35 |
21:45 |
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22-Apr-42 |
P.7089 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
08:10 |
09:10 |
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23-Apr-42 |
P.7056 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
13:40 |
14:45 |
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26-Apr-42 |
P.7090 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
13:05 |
14:15 |
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30-Apr-42 |
P.7090 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
10 Group Ramrod 18 |
18:12 |
19:30 |
Attack
on Morlaix aerodrome, A Flight to attack Lannion. |
15-May-42 |
P.7000 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Scramble |
09:40 |
10:20 |
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16-May-42 |
P.7090 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Scramble |
15:20 |
16:10 |
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16-May-42 |
P.7090 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Scramble |
20:15 |
21:05 |
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22-May-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
A.S.R. |
18:25 |
19:45 |
A
search was made for ten miles around St David's Head. Nothing was seen of the
Blenheim supposed to have gone in there |
23-May-42 |
P.7089 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Scramble |
10:30 |
10:50 |
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24-May-42 |
P.7090 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Scramble |
19:30 |
20:30 |
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19-Jun-42 |
P.7089 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
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08:15 |
08:50 |
Nothing
seen. |
19-Jun-42 |
P.7089 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Scramble |
11:00 |
12:15 |
Scramble
Smalls 8000. Plots faded and Section was ordered to convoy Peroration. |
28-Jun-42 |
P.7090 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
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.7090 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Patrol |
21:20 |
22:05 |
Enemy
patrol to Salter area. |
01-Jul-42 |
P.7090 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Scramble |
20:20 |
21:20 |
Scramble
no incident. |
07-Jul-42 |
P.7056 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Scramble |
22:10 |
22:55 |
No
incident. |
08-Jul-42 |
P.7056 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Scramble |
07:55 |
08:55 |
No
incident. |
10-Jul-42 |
P.7090 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Patrol |
13:35 |
14:25 |
Patrol
Irish Sea. |
23-Jul-42 |
P.7120 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Combined Rhubarb
Operation |
15:28 |
16:30 |
Rhubarb
to St. Tregonnec and Morlaix area. |
25-Jul-42 |
P.7056 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Scramble |
09:25 |
10:15 |
No
incident. |
26-Jul-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Scramble |
19:05 |
19:20 |
Plots
identified as friendly. |
26-Jul-42 |
P.7000 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Scramble |
20:00 |
20:45 |
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27-Jul-42 |
P.7090 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Patrol |
20:20 |
21:15 |
Patrol
of Small area. |
28-Jul-42 |
P.7090 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Scramble |
12:35 |
13:05 |
No
incident. |
05-Aug-42 |
P.7090 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
10:50 |
12:50 |
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05-Aug-42 |
P.7090 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
12:45 |
13:45 |
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09-Aug-42 |
P.7090 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
07:30 |
07:40 |
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11-Aug-42 |
P.7099 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
18:00 |
19:00 |
Convoy
“POKER” |
21-Sep-42 |
P.7099 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Scramble |
13:05 |
14:05 |
Patrol
off Portland. Nothing seen |
01-Oct-42 |
P.7099 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Roadstead Operation |
17:00 |
18:15 |
Roadstead
to bomb minesweepers in Trieux estuary. Not found. |
10-Oct-42 |
P.7099 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
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 |
07-Nov-42 |
P.7099 |
F/Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Rhubarb |
10:30 |
11:45 |
This
operation had as its target the Valognes – Carentan railway. |
08-Nov-42 |
P.7007 |
F/Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
12:30 |
13:55 |
Convoy
of important Floating Dock from Needles area towards Portland |
10-Nov-42 |
P.7099 |
F/Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
14:00 |
15:15 |
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10-Nov-42 |
P.7099 |
F/Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
17:00 |
-- |
cancelled |
26-Nov-42 |
P.7113 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
Rhubarb |
16:05 |
17:05 |
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29-Nov-42 |
P.7113 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
Scramble |
16:50 |
17:40 |
The
section was vectored very fast after a JU. 88 and, according to Ops, were
“right on top of it” at 10,000 feet about 16 miles North of Cherbourg. The
bandit was, however, concealed in 10/10 cloud. |
10-Dec-42 |
P.7099 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
Rhubarb |
11:50 |
12:15 |
Intending
to bomb the Valognes – Carentan main line, they were recalled by Facta from
15 miles S. of St Aldhelms Head, because “the sea was too rough for Air Sea
Rescue.” |
14-Dec-42 |
P.7099 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
Anti-Rhubarb Patrol |
11:50 |
13:00 |
Routine
Anti-Rhubarb Patrol. No incident, although Pilots were vectored about 40
miles South of Portland. |
15-Jan-43 |
P.7007 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
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. |
28-Feb-43 |
P.7099 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
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. |
14-Mar-43 |
P.7099 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
10 Group Circus 18 |
15:55 |
17:00 |
Attack
on Maupertus. They dive-bombed from 15000 - 9000 ft. and saw 2 bursts in S.E.
corner and other bursts in the centre. Flak was slight and inaccurate. |
19-Mar-43 |
P.6971 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
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.7057 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 23 (Morlaix Viaduct) |
00:20 |
02:10 |
Bombed
3000-1500 ft. & scored direct hit on top of Viaduct. |
22-Mar-43 |
P.7057 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 24 |
00:20 |
02:05 |
Landfall
at Ile Vieuge. Therefore bombed Pense Bridge. |
23-Mar-43 |
P.7099 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 25 (Ponthou Viaduct) |
01:17 |
02:40 |
Found
target but unfortunately misfused bombs. |
24-Mar-43 |
P.7099 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
Rhubarb Operation |
13:45 |
14:45 |
Ordered
to attack railway objectives at La Haye du Puits, they found no cloud cover
in the Casquets area and returned to base with their bombs |
26-Mar-43 |
P.7099 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
Rhubarb Operation |
12:45 |
14:20 |
Attack
on the Transformer Station at St. Lo. Making landfall East of Isigny they
flew through various patches of light flak, located the target and both
scored cannon strikes on it. P/O Abrams bombs apparently disintegrated the
whole transformer unit. F/O A. Lee-Whites' exploded among the complex of
huts. |
04-Apr-43 |
P.6995 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
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.7099 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
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.7089 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
10 Group Circus 22 |
17:30 |
19:00 |
Brest/Guipavas
aerodrome was successfully divebombed with 20 x 250lb bombs. |
14-Apr-43 |
P.7089 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
10 Group Roadstead 57 |
15:30 |
17:05 |
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. |
16-Apr-43 |
P.7099 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
Bomb Mondeville
Industries (Night) |
22:37 |
00:10 |
Mistaking
Isigny for the Caen canal, he pin-pointed too late. He then disintergrated
the main line N. of Carentan |
17-Apr-43 |
P.7099 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
Night Armed Shipping
Reccos and Rhubarbs |
22:48 |
missing |
Ordered
to recco the Houlgate – St Marcouf area, nothing was heard of him after he
left Warmwell. Believed he may have found and attacked an armed trawler off
Ouistreham. |
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See also the Summary Jun-Jul 42 tab |
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