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OPERATIONS RECORD BOOKDETAIL OF WORK CARRIED OUTBy No. 41 Squadron RAFFor the Month of July, 2020 |
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| Date. | Aircraft Type & Number. |
Crew. | Duty. | Time. | Details of Sortie or Flight. | References. | ||
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| Up. | Down. | |||||||
| 1.7.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-VSM635 EB-ZSM249 EB-ESM823 EB-BSM825 EB-NSM207 EB-RSM605 | S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin F/O 'Beardy' Nikiforov F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards F/O 'Mac' Steele | Offensive Sweep | 21.15 | 22.15 22.15 - - 22.15 22.15 | From Le Culot. Patrol between Venlo and Wassenberg. Huns encountered near Asch.Yellow Section failed to returned. | F114 F144 F111 F113 F112 |
| 3.7.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-NSM207 EB-RSM605 EB-ZSM249 | F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards F/O 'Mac' Steele F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe | Ground Attack | 4.00 | 4.35 4.35 4.35 | From B.70. Flight B was tasked with attacking the 21st Panzer division spotted just south of Eindhoven. Despite the clear weather and no enemy opposition, the bombs missed the targets and caused no significant damage. All pilots RTBed safely. | F115 F116 F145 |
| 4.7.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-NSM207 EB-RSM605 EB-ZSM249 | F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards F/O 'Mac' Steele F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe | Defensive Patrol | 3.00 | 3.35 3.35 3.35 | From B.77. Defensive patrol to cover Hertogenbosch Defences. Flight B engaged a small enemy fighter patrol consisting of Me-109s over target area at 12000ft and was forced to disengage after F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards's plane was damaged. | F117 F119 F146 |
| Spitfire IX | EB-NSM207 EB-RSM605 EB-ZSM249 | F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards F/O 'Mac' Steele F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe | Defensive Patrol | 3.40 | 4.25 4.25 4.25 | From B.77. Another defensive patrol over Hertogenbosch Defences. Flight B engaged multiple enemy fighters of target at 15000 ft and managed to destroy 04 fighters and damage 01 more before RTBing. | F118 F120 F147 | |
| Spitfire IX | EB-VSM635 EB-ESM823 EB-BSM825 | S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin F/O 'Beardy' Nikiforov | Flying Training | 21.30 | 22.30 22.30 22.30 | From Gent. Air fighting excersise. | ||
| 5.7.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-VSM635 EB-RSM605 | S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/O 'Mac' Steele | Defensive Patrol | 21.15 | 22.15 22.15 | From Gilze. Patrol the bombline between Rotterdam and Arnhem. S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort crash landed and was seriously injured. | F121 F122 |
| 15.7.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-VSM635 EB-ESM823 EB-KSM229 EB-RSM605 EB-ZSM249 EB-OSM697 EB-FSM834 | S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin P/O 'Bird' Irwin F/O 'Mac' Steele F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe F/O 'Will' Vale P/O 'Harry' Hopkins | Defensive Patrol | 22.00 | - 22.45 - 23.00 23.00 - - | From Y-45 near Aachen. Patrol over bomb line between Cologne and Bonn. | F123 F124 F148 |
| 17.7.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-VSM635 EB-KSM229 EB-ESM823 | S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/O 'Gunny' Cook F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin | Defensive Patrol | 21.30 | - 22.30 22.30 | From Gilze. Patrol as ordered between Arnhem and Emmerich. | F126 F125 |
| 18.7.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-VSM635 EB-RSM605 | S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/O 'Mac' Steele | Offensive Sweep | 0.15 | 1.00 1.00 | From Eindhoven. Sweep over Geldern. 2 kills. | F127 |
| Spitfire IX | EB-VSM635 EB-KSM229 EB-OSM697 EB-ESM823 EB-FSM834 | S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/O 'Will' Vale P/O 'Harry' Hopkins F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin F/O 'Gunny' Cook | Ground Attack | 22.55 | 23.55 23.55 23.55 23.55 - | From B.58. Dive-bombing dugouts. | F134 F128A17 F129A16 | |
| 19.7.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-RSM605 EB-VSM635 EB-ZSM249 | F/O 'Mac' Steele S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe | Escort | 17.15 | 18.15 18.00 - | From Eindhoven. Escort of Mitchells to Borken. | F130 F131 |
| Spitfire IX | EB-VSM635 EB-ZSM249 EB-ESM823 EB-KSM229 EB-OSM697 EB-BSM825 EB-FSM834 | S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin F/O 'Gunny' Cook P/O 'Bird' Irwin F/O 'Will' Vale P/O 'Harry' Hopkins | Ground Attack | 21.45 | - - 23.00 22.30 23.00 22.45 23.00 | From Gilze. Dive-bombing of a fuel depot. Failed to reach the target. F/O 'Will' Vale and F/O 'Gunny' Cook crash landed near Nijmegen. S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort and F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe are missing. | F136 F133A19 F135 F137A20 F132A18 | |
| 20.7.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-VSM635 EB-ZSM249 EB-KSM229 EB-OSM697 EB-ESM823 EB-FSM834 | S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe F/O 'Will' Vale P/O 'Harry' Hopkins F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin F/O 'Gunny' Cook | Ground Attack | 21.15 | 22.15 22.15 22.00 22.15 22.15 21.16 | From Gilze. Bombing enemy airfield Kirchhellen. F/O 'Gunny' Cook ditched directly after take-off. F/O 'Will' Vale shot down a ME262 and S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort destroyed 2 ME109. | F138 F149 F140 F139 |
| 21.7.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-ESM823 EB-ZSM249 EB-XSM226 EB-NSM207 EB-RSM605 | F/Lt 'Madov' Emblin F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe P/O 'Al' A. Lamothe F/O 'Gunny' Cook F/O 'Mac' Steele | Intercept | 21.45 | 22.30 22.30 22.30 22.30 - | From Gilze. 'A' Flight up on an intercept mission out east to the patrol line of Veghel to the bombline. Heavy snow conditions with a strong northerly wind and thick overcast from 3000 ft to over 7000 ft. Flight of enemy Junkers Ju-88 intercepted and totally destroyed. F/O Steele is missing in action from the air combat at that time. All pilots returned to Gilze except P/O Z.Lamothe who put down at Nijmegen. | F142A21 F143A23 F150 F141A22 |
| 28.7.20 | Spitfire IX | EB-VSM635 EB-MEN231 EB-ASM888 | S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/O 'Gunny' Cook P/O 'Bird' Irwin | Flying Training | 21.30 | 22.30 22.30 22.30 | From Antwerp. Practice defensive tactics. | |