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OPERATIONS RECORD BOOKDETAIL OF WORK CARRIED OUTBy No. 41 Squadron RAFFor the Month of August, 2020 |
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| Date. | Aircraft Type & Number. |
Crew. | Duty. | Time. | Details of Sortie or Flight. | References. | ||
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| Up. | Down. | |||||||
| 2.8.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-VSM635 EB-MEN231 EB-ESM823 EB-ASM888 | S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/O 'Gunny' Cook F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin P/O 'Bird' Irwin | Ground Attack | 21.15 | 22.00 22.30 22.30 22.30 | From Y-29 Asch. Low-level attack on Köln-Wahn airfield. Flak battery and parked aircraft destroyed. S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort crash landed on a field near Herleen. | F151 F153 F154 F152 |
| 6.8.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-RSM605 EB-ZSM249 EB-XSM226 | F/O 'Mac' Steele F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe P/O 'Al' A. Lamothe | Offensive Sweep | 7.30 | - - - | From B.60 . B flight took off from B.60 to sweep the bombline and defend nearby ground units from enemy. Engaged enemy east of Antwerp but was attacked by a friendly P-51 forcing B flight to disengage. B flight pushed on in their sweep and engaged a low flying aircraft with Mac remaining higher for cover. Shortly thereafter B flight was swarmed by 5 enemy aircraft; was overpowered and shot down. | F164 |
| 7.8.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-VSM635 EB-ZSM249 EB-MEN231 EB-ESM823 EB-ASM888 | S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe F/O 'Gunny' Cook F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin P/O 'Bird' Irwin | Operational | 21.15 | 21.47 21.55 - - - | From Y-29 Asch. Ground attack from Asch Y-29 to Venlo with the objective of destroying a train known to be sitting within the city. Multiple engagements with enemy 109s including when 'A' Flight recovered to base. Three pilots lost, one of them P/O Bird was killed by E/A over the home base. | F155 F156 |
| Spitfire IX | EB-ESM823 EB-VSM635 EB-ASM888 EB-ZSM249 EB-MEN231 | F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort P/O 'Bird' Irwin F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe F/O 'Gunny' Cook | Offensive Sweep | 22.22 | 23.22 - 23.20 23.22 23.25 | From Le Culot. Offensive sweep to clear the skies in front of the B-25s bombing Kelz airfield and industrial areas in Zulpich. Sqn Ldr Merfort lost to FLAK and is missing. | F159 F157 F158 F160A24 | |
| 8.8.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-VSM635 EB-RSM605 EB-ASM888 | S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/O 'Mac' Steele P/O 'Bird' Irwin | Flying Training | 21.20 | 22.30 22.30 22.30 | From B-80. Practiced manoeuvres against 109s. The 'Sandwich' manoeuvre was practiced. | F163 |
| 9.8.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-RSM605 EB-ZSM249 | F/O 'Mac' Steele F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe | Offensive Sweep | 1.30 | 2.00 2.00 | From Y-54. Offensive sweep near Bonn. Engaged several enemies near Bonn and destroyed 1 bandit. | F162 F165 |
| Spitfire IX | EB-RSM605 EB-ZSM249 | F/O 'Mac' Steele F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe | Offensive Sweep | 2.35 | 3.23 - | From Y-54. Offensive sweep over the Rhine river between Koblenz and Unkel. Defended several allied objective's and shot down 4 enemy aircraft over Koblenz and 1 over Strassfeld airfield. Zach was shot down to enemy action but bailed out over friendly lines. | F161 F166 | |
| Spitfire IX | EB-ESM823 EB-ZSM249 EB-ASM888 EB-VSM635 EB-RSM605 | F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe P/O 'Bird' Irwin S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/O 'Mac' Steele | Ground Attack | 21.14 | 22.14 22.14 22.14 21.45 - | From Y-29 Asch. Dive bombing to Kelz airfield with separate flight for flak suppression. One pilot lost to flak, one Me262 destroyed in the air. | F169A25 F167 F168 | |
| 11.8.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-RSM605 EB-ZSM249 EB-XSM226 | F/O 'Mac' Steele F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe P/O 'Al' A. Lamothe | Ground Attack | 8.05 7.55 | 8.48 20.46 - | From A-89. Conducted an attack on a train transporting munitions and troops to the front. Locomotive and all cars were destroyed southeast of Wassenburg. One enemy aircraft shot down at the loss of one. | F170 F172 |
| Spitfire IX | EB-RSM605 EB-ZSM249 EB-XSM226 | F/O 'Mac' Steele F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe P/O 'Al' A. Lamothe | Ground Attack | 8.54 | 9.26 9.12 - | From B-70. Conducted ground attack on a German tank convoy moving to the front. Negligible damage done with only one dugout confirmed to have been destroyed and several AA positions wiped out. Minimal damage was dealt to other enemy positions. Lost one to enemy action. | F171 F173 | |
| 13.8.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-RSM605 EB-ZSM249 | F/O 'Mac' Steele F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe | Offensive Sweep | 3.32 | 4.37 4.37 | From B.77. Offensive sweep between Rotterdam and Nijmegen, One FW-190 destroyed northeast of Hortegenbosch. | F174 F175 |
| 22.8.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-VSM635 EB-NSM207 EB-RSM605 EB-ASM888 EB-KSM229 EB-OSM697 | S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort P/O 'Wookie' Kaczmarek F/O 'Mac' Steele P/O 'Bird' Irwin F/O 'Will' Vale P/O 'Harry' Hopkins | Defensive Patrol | 21.15 | 22.00 22.00 - - - - | From Köln-Ostheim. Patrol along the frontline east of Engelskirchen and Hachenburg. | F176 F181 |
| 25.8.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-NSM207 EB-RSM605 EB-ZSM249 EB-XSM226 | F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards F/O 'Mac' Steele F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe P/O 'Al' A. Lamothe | Operational | 4.34 | 5.11 5.11 5.11 5.11 | From Köln-Ostheim. Callsign, 'Bumper', comprised of blue flight and red flight, conducted a ground attack on ground troops in Plettenberg. One enemy bandit shot down over the objective and another near by. | F178 F177 F179 |
| 29.8.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-NSM207 EB-RSM605 EB-ZSM249 | F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards F/O 'Mac' Steele F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe | Offensive Sweep | 2.00 | 4.00 4.00 4.00 | From Ophoven. Unit operated under the callsign BUMPER and was tasked with protecting the American supply column headed to the city of Venlo. BUMPER flight was led by F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards with F/O 'Mac' Steele and F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe as wingman. Pilots F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards and F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe destroyed 01 Me-109 each over Venlo and all pilots RTBed safely. | F180 F185 F187 |
| Spitfire IX | EB-NSM207 EB-RSM605 EB-ZSM249 | F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards F/O 'Mac' Steele F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe | Offensive Sweep | 3.00 | 4.00 4.00 4.00 | From Ophoven. Unit operated as GROWLER and was joined by Tempests to continue air support operation over Venlo. During the mission, a Me-110 formation was encountered and 01 enemy Me-110 was heavily damaged by F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe . Unfortunately, F/O 'Mac' Steele was KIA in action soon after when the unit was engaged by Me-109s near Deurne. The rest of the unit RTBed safely. | F182 F188 | |
| Spitfire IX | EB-NSM207 EB-RSM605 EB-ZSM249 | F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards F/O 'Mac' Steele F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe | Offensive Sweep | 4.00 | 5.00 5.00 5.00 | From Ophoven. In the last fight of the day, GROWLER, led by F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards was again tasked to support the supply column moving to Venlo. A total of 3 enemy planes were shot down near Venlo (1 Me-109 and 1 Fw-190 by F/O 'Mac' Steele and 1 Bf-109 by F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards). Pilot F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe got separated from the formation and failed to return to base at the end of operations. | F183 F186 | |