Back YATES Jocelyn Ivan
Service Number 137257 (1381800)
P/O 25th Nov. 1942. (Gazette Issue 35904 published on the 12 February 1943. Page 6 of 12)
F/O 25th May 1943. (Gazette Issue 36104 published on the 20 July 1943. Page 7 of 12)
to A & SD branch as F/O 30th May 1944. (Gazette Issue 36612 published on the 14 July 1944. Page 6 of 12)
Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
04-Jun-42 P.7007 Sgt J.I. Yates Patrol 05:55 06:55 Early patrol of Smalls-Carmsore area.
20-Jun-42 P.7056 Sgt J.I. Yates Scramble 13:40 14:30 Plots were off Salters but faded before contact could be made.
20-Jun-42 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Yates Scramble 13:40 14:20 Plots were off Salters but faded before contact could be made.
26-Jul-42 P.7056 Sgt J.I. Yates Scramble 19:45 20:00 Plots in Smalls area intermittent and doubtful. Nothing Seen
27-Jul-42 P.6995 Sgt J.I. Yates Patrol 21:00 21:55 Patrol of Small area.
05-Aug-42 P.7056 Sgt J.I. Yates Convoy 10:50 12:50  
05-Aug-42 P.7056 Sgt J.I. Yates Convoy 12:45 13:45  
09-Aug-42 P.7056 Sgt J.I. Yates Convoy 05:45 06:55 Convoy “YOUNG”
18-Aug-42 P.7090 Sgt J.I. Yates Scramble 09:15 10:00 Patrol base at 20,000 or enemy aircraft, which turned back
28-Aug-42 P.7057 Sgt J.I. Yates Scramble 14:20 15:30 Plots were good from Cherbourg at 20,000-30,000ft. The Whirlwinds which were scrambled struggled to 24,000 but saw nothing.
21-Sep-42 P.7110 Sgt J.I. Yates Scramble 13:05 14:05 Patrol off Portland. Nothing seen
08-Nov-42 P.7059 Sgt J.I. Yates Convoy 11:20 13:00 Convoy of important Floating Dock from Needles area towards Portland
10-Nov-42 P.7059 Sgt J.I. Yates Convoy 15:00 16:35  
16-Nov-42 P.7013 Sgt J.I. Yates Rhubarb 16:05 17:30 Rhubarb operation against the Valognes – Carentan railway.
20-Nov-42 P.7059 Sgt J.I. Yates Roadstead Operation 08:45 09:50 F/Lt Warnes led the 4 Whirlibombers on this second all-263 Roadstead Operation. No incident
07-Dec-42 P.6986 Sgt J.I. Yates 10 Group Roadstead 45 13:10 14:40 West of Guernsey, Enemy convoy was sighted lying off Baie de St. Brelade, South West of Jersey.
18-Jan-43 P.7097 F/Sgt J.I. Yates Roadstead Operation from Predannack 14:03 15:29 The Ile de Batz area was searched for the promised minesweepers. Returning from Ushant the formation was attacked by 4 F.W. 190s. There were no Whirlibomber combats or casualties
05-Mar-43 P.7117 P/O J.I. Yates Convoy 17:40 18:55 Patrol off St. Davids
12-Mar-43 P.7089 P/O J.I. Yates Convoy 18:10 19:40 Escort Convoy “Dinner”.
14-Mar-43 P.7059 P/O J.I. Yates 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.7108 P/O J.I. Yates 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.
26-Mar-43 P.6974 P/O J.I. Yates Rhubarb Operation 10:45 12:10 Making landfall at LANGRUNE/S/M they scored cannon strikes on a goods loco there (Cat II) then bombed Ouistreham lock gates
 See also the Summary Jun-Jul 42 tab