Back MACAULAY John
d. 14 Apr 1943 CWGC
Service Number 1113286
Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
03-Sep-42 P.7057 Sgt J. MacAulay 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
21-Sep-42 P.7110 Sgt J. MacAulay Scramble 10:15 11:15 Vectored towards two enemy aircraft at 1000 feet 20 miles South of St. Aldhelms Head. Nothing seen
26-Nov-42 P.7052 Sgt J. MacAulay Rhubarb 16:10 17:00 F/O Harvey led this operation intending to attack railway objectives S.W. of Isigny, but found inadequate cloud cover 10 miles S.E. of Barfleur.
09-Dec-42 P.7117 Sgt J. MacAulay Rhubarb 11:25 12:15 Intending to attack Railway triangle North of La Haye du Puits. But finding only 6/10 thin cloud, they reccoed N. of Cap de la Hague and returned.
15-Jan-43 P.6991 Sgt J. MacAulay 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.
15-Jan-43 P.6995 Sgt J. MacAulay 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.
14-Feb-43 P.7013 Sgt J. MacAulay Rhubarb 08:00 08:45 Attack on Carentan-Valognes Railway abandoned owing to lack of cloud cover.
18-Feb-43 P.7013 Sgt J. MacAulay Rhubarb 11:25 12:50 Lock gates at Ouistreham bombed.
19-Feb-43 P.7013 Sgt J. MacAulay Army Co-Op Exercise "Longford" 15:20 16:15 Army transports attacked North of Wroughton aerodrome on Wroughton-Swindon Road.
14-Mar-43 P.7013 Sgt J. MacAulay 10 Group Circus 18 16:15 17:15 Attack on Maupertus. They dive-bombed 15000 – 8000 ft. and saw 8 bursts on centre of the airfield, on the S.W. perimeter and in the S.E. dispersal area. Moderate flak.
06-Apr-43 P.6974 Sgt J. MacAulay 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.7094 Sgt J. MacAulay 10 Group Circus 22 17:30 19:00 Brest/Guipavas aerodrome was successfully divebombed with 20 x 250lb bombs.
14-Apr-43 P.7010 Sgt J. MacAulay 10 Group Roadstead 57 15:30 Missing 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. Sgt MacAuley MiA