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OPERATIONS RECORD BOOK

DETAIL OF WORK CARRIED OUT

By No. 41 Squadron RAF

For the Month of May, 2020

Date.	Aircraft Type & Number.		Crew.	Duty.	Time.		Details of Sortie or Flight.	References.
Date.	Aircraft Type & Number.		Crew.	Duty.	Up.	Down.	Details of Sortie or Flight.	References.
11.5.20	Spitfire IX	EB-VSM635 EB-ESM823	S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin	Flying Training	21.00	21.30 21.30	From Gent. Dive-bombing practice at shallow angle.
	Spitfire IX	EB-VSM635 EB-ESM823	S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin	Flying Training	21.30	22.00 22.00	From Gent. Dive-bombing practice at steep angle.
	Spitfire IX	EB-ESM823 EB-VSM635	F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort	Flying Training	22.00	22.30 22.30	From Gent. Air gunnery practice against a towed target drone.
12.5.20	Spitfire IX	EB-ESM823 EB-VSM635	F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort	Flying Training	21.30	22.15 22.15	From Gent. Dive-bombing practice in two-ship formation and steep dive angle.
	Spitfire IX	EB-ESM823 EB-VSM635	F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort	Flying Training	22.15	23.00 23.00	From Gent. Same as above.
17.5.20	Spitfire IX	EB-VSM635 EB-ESM823	S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin	Flying Training	21.00	22.00 22.00	From Gent. Dive-bombing practice in two-ship formation using leading edge approach.
19.5.20	Spitfire IX	EB-VSM635 EB-NSM207 EB-ESM823	S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin	Offensive Sweep	17.00	17.40 17.40 17.40	From B.79. Advanced fighter sweep over Breda to protect the 2nd Canadian Division. Flight was led by 41Sqn_Skipper and 02 enemy aircraft were destroyed. 41Sqn_MADOV was KIA.	F107
20.5.20	Spitfire IX	EB-VSM635 EB-ESM823 EB-NSM207	S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards	Flying Training	22.00	22.30 22.30 22.30	From Gent. Practice of R/T, take-off, formation flying and landing procedures.
21.5.20	Spitfire IX	EB-VSM635 EB-ESM823	S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin	Flying Training	22.00	23.00 23.00	From Gent. Fighter sweep exercise.
22.5.20	Spitfire IX	EB-VSM635 EB-ESM823	S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin	Flying Training	22.00	22.05 22.05	From Gent. Shallow glide bombing practice. 41Sqn_Skipper reported a rough running engine and the section returned directly after take-off.
	Spitfire IX	EB-VSM635 EB-ESM823	S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin	Flying Training	22.30	23.15 23.15	From Gent. Shallow glide-bombing practice and mock-up dogfight.
25.5.20	Spitfire IX	EB-VSM635 EB-ESM823	S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin	Flying Training	21.00	21.45 21.45	From Gent. Tree-point take-off practice with bombs followed by dive-bombing practice and a mock-up dogfight on the way back to base.
	Spitfire IX	EB-VSM635 EB-ESM823	S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin	Ground Attack	22.00	22.45 22.30	From Eindhoven. Dive-bombing troop concentration near Geldern. 41Sqn_MADOV was first believed to have been killed, but fortunately he was able to bail. One E/A destroyed by 41Sqn_Skipper.	F91 F92
	Spitfire IX	EB-ESM823 EB-VSM635	F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort	Defensive Patrol	23.15	23.45 23.45	From Eindhoven. Patrol to Venlo. Both a/c were destroyed, but both pilots survived.	F94 F93
26.5.20	Spitfire IX	EB-VSM635 EB-ESM823	S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin	Ground Attack	22.15	23.00 23.00	From St. Trond. Dive-bombing Kelz airfield. One E/A destroyed.	F100 F95
28.5.20	Spitfire IX	EB-VSM635 EB-ESM823	S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin	Defensive Patrol	20.38	21.29 21.29	From Volkel. Patrol Oss to Nijmegen. Three E/A destroyed by 41Sqn_MADOV.	F99 F96 A11