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OPERATIONS RECORD BOOKDETAIL OF WORK CARRIED OUTBy No. 41 Squadron RAFFor the Month of September, 2020 |
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| Date. | Aircraft Type & Number. |
Crew. | Duty. | Time. | Details of Sortie or Flight. | References. | ||
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| Up. | Down. | |||||||
| 2.9.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-NSM207 EB-MEN231 EB-VSM635 EB-WEN615 | F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards F/O 'Gunny' Cook S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort P/O 'Wookie' Kaczmarek | Operational | 21.15 | 22.00 22.00 22.00 - | From Gilze. Patrol sector Charlie (in the vicinity of Gorinchem) as ordered. F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards destroyed 2 bandits. All pilots RTBed with no damage. | F189 F193 F190 |
| 5.9.20 | 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 | Intercept | 2.00 | 2.35 2.35 2.35 2.35 | From Ophoven. BUMPER flight was tasked with intercepting enemy contacts over Venlo. 04 enemies shot down over the area. | F191 F196 F199 |
| 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 | Offensive Sweep | 2.45 | 3.40 3.40 3.40 3.40 | From Ophoven. Fighter sweep over Venlo as order to protect Allied supply train headed to the city. 02 enemies were shot down and another one damaged over the area. F/O 'Mac' Steele forced to bailed out over the city. | F192 F200 | |
| Spitfire IX | EB-NSM207 EB-VSM635 EB-WEN615 | F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort P/O 'Wookie' Kaczmarek | Ground Attack | 21.15 | 22.10 22.10 22.10 | From B.60. Dive-bombing a tank division HQ north-east of Antwerp. In total 3 enemy a/c destroyed. | F195 F194 | |
| 7.9.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-NSM207 EB-ZSM249 | F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe | Armed Recce | 0.00 | 0.25 0.25 | From B.78. BUMPER flight tasked with conducting Rodeo over enemy held sector in the vicinity of Nijmegen. Flight diverted to assist Allied airfield (B.88) in the city of Heesch where F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe destroyed 01 Me-110 and we also damaged 02 additional He-111s. Flight RTBed with moderate damage. | F197 F201 |
| Spitfire IX | EB-MEN231 EB-FSM834 | F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe | Defensive Patrol | 0.30 | 1.30 1.30 | From B.78. BUMPER flight was tasked with pattrolling the city of Nijmegen and to maintain air superiority. Several enemies were encounterd over target. F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe destroyed 02 enemy contacts in the vicinity. F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards was forced to bail out due to damage sustained in the engagement. | F198 F202 | |
| 15.9.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-NSM207 EB-ZSM249 EB-XSM226 | F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe P/O 'Al' A. Lamothe | Defensive Patrol | 1.00 | 1.25 1.25 1.25 | From Tangmere (Zaporo in Game). Unit tasked with protecting munitions supplies over Normandy`s coast line. 01 Ju-88 (probably recon) destroyed by P/O 'Al' A. Lamothe near the area. 01 Spitfire slightly damaged during the operation. | F203 F205 |
| Spitfire IX | EB-NSM207 EB-ZSM249 EB-XSM226 | F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe P/O 'Al' A. Lamothe | Defensive Patrol | 1.30 | 2.00 2.00 2.00 | From Tangmere (Zaporo in Game). Unit tasked with protecting the Munitions supply over Normandy. Unit was unable to reach target area this time due to engagement over the channel. 01 Fw-190 destroyed by P/O 'Al' A. Lamothe and 02 destroyed by F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards. 01 Spitfire lost in action. | F204 F206 | |
| 20.9.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-NSM207 EB-ZSM249 | F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe | Ground Attack | 22.00 | 22.20 22.20 | From B.77. KUDOS tasked with ground attack enemy defensive positions in Zijderveld. Mission had to be aborted after squadron was engaged by a formation of Me-109s. 02 enemy aircraft were destroyed. | F207 F209 |
| Spitfire IX | EB-NSM207 EB-ZSM249 | F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe | Ground Attack | 22.30 | 23.00 23.00 | From B.77. Unit tasked with attacking enemy defenses around Zijderveld. Operation aborted due to heavy enemy presence just south of the target. 05 enemy aircraft destoyed. F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe was KIA. | F208 | |
| 23.9.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-VSM635 EB-WEN615 | S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort P/O 'Wookie' Kaczmarek | Flying Training | 21.00 | 21.30 21.30 | From Tangmere. Dive-bombing exercise. | |
| Spitfire IX | EB-VSM635 EB-WEN615 | S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort P/O 'Wookie' Kaczmarek | Flying Training | 21.45 | 22.10 22.10 | From Tangmere. Strafing exercise. | ||