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OPERATIONS RECORD BOOKDETAIL OF WORK CARRIED OUTBy No. 41 Squadron RAFFor the Month of January, 2021 |
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| Date. | Aircraft Type & Number. |
Crew. | Duty. | Time. | Details of Sortie or Flight. | References. | ||
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| Up. | Down. | |||||||
| 11.1.21 | Spitfire IX | EB-NSM207 | F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards | Reconnaissance | 16.00 | 16.32 | From B.79. Recon flight around the new airbase. | F220 |
| Spitfire IX | EB-NSM207 EB-VSM635 | F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort | Defensive Patrol | 19.00 | 20.14 20.14 | From B.79. Tasked with patrolling the artillery positions over Bree. No enemies encountered. | F219 | |
| Spitfire IX | EB-VSM635 EB-ASM888 | S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort P/O 'Bird' Irwin | Defensive Patrol | 21.45 | 22.45 22.45 | From B.79. Patrol as ordered over the artillery positions near Bree. Uneventful. | ||
| 12.1.21 | Spitfire IX | EB-NSM207 EB-FSM834 | F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards P/O 'Barnacles' Barns | Defensive Patrol | 18.30 | 19.45 19.45 | From B.79. Defensive Patrol over the airfield of Veghel B.80. Cloudy weather made flight difficult and no enemies were encountered. | F221 |
| Spitfire IX | EB-NSM207 EB-ASM888 | F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards P/O 'Bird' Irwin | Defensive Patrol | 19.40 | 20.50 20.50 | From B.79. Intercept enemy fighter near Weeze. Squadron encountered multiple Fw-190s and a few Me-109s and was forced to disengage. P/O 'Bird' Irwin bailed out behind enemy lines. | F223 F224 | |
| Spitfire IX | EB-VSM635 EB-ASM888 | S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort P/O 'Bird' Irwin | Defensive Patrol | 21.00 | - - | From B.78. Defensive Patrol over the airfield of Veghel B.80. S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort is missing. P/O 'Bird' Irwin had to bail. | F222 | |
| 13.1.21 | Spitfire IX | EB-NSM207 EB-VSM635 | F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort | Ground Attack | 23.00 | 0.00 0.00 | From B.79. Unit tasked with attacking enemy armored vehicles approaching De Rips (B-84) air base. Flight inflicted minor damage to the enemy and also shot down 2 enemy aircraft in the vicinity but S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort was KIA. | F225 |
| 15.1.21 | Spitfire IX | EB-VSM635 EB-ASM888 | S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort P/O 'Bird' Irwin | Defensive Patrol | 22.15 | 23.00 23.00 | From B.78. Patrol as ordered over Nijmegen. Uneventful. | |
| 16.1.21 | Spitfire IX | EB-BSM825 EB-NSM207 EB-VSM635 EB-ZSM249 EB-ASM888 | P/O 'Barnacles' Barns F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort F/O 'Zach' Z. Lamothe P/O 'Bird' Irwin | Armed Recce | 1.00 | 2.15 2.15 2.15 2.15 2.15 | From B.79. Unit was tasked with an Armed Recce sortie at a bridgehead over the Wurm river near Herleen. Unit inflicted damage to a formation of Fw-190s. 2 planes were lost in the mission due to engine malfunction. | F226 A26 A27 |
| Spitfire IX | EB-ASM888 EB-ESM823 | P/O 'Bird' Irwin P/O 'Barnacles' Barns | Armed Recce | 21.30 | 22.24 22.24 | From B.79. Unit was tasked with an Armed Recce sortie at a train depot at Arnhem Mid-flight reports of enemy activity over Emmerich was investigated but no enemy a/c were spotted | F227 | |
| 21.1.21 | Spitfire IX | EB-NSM207 EB-VSM635 | F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort | Armed Recce | 0.00 | 1.10 1.10 | From Wesel. Unit tasked with flying an armed recce in the vicinity of German airfield of Paderborn and assess the situation over our armored unit just east of Werl. 2 enemy aircraft were shot down. All pilots RTBed safely. | F228 F229 |
| 24.1.21 | Spitfire IX | EB-NSM207 EB-VSM635 | F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort | Intercept | 0.50 | 2.00 2.00 | From B.79. Unit was tasked with defending a supply train in Antwerp but was diverted to intercept enemy contacts in the vicinity of Brussels. F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards shot down 01 Fw-190 and damaged another. | F230 |
| Spitfire IX | EB-NSM207 EB-VSM635 | F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort | Operational | 3.00 | 3.20 3.20 | From B.61. Transfer back to home base of Antwerp as ordered. | F231 | |
| Spitfire IX | EB-NSM207 EB-VSM635 | F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort | Offensive Sweep | 19.45 | 20.15 20.15 | From B.79. Unit was tasked with a offensive sweep between Tilburg and Eindhoven. Nothing to report. | F232 | |
| Spitfire IX | EB-NSM207 EB-VSM635 | F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards S/Ldr 'Skipper' Merfort | Defensive Patrol | 20.30 | 21.26 21.26 | From B.79. Unit conducted a Defensive Patrol over Turnhout attached to No. 77 RAF Squadron as ordered. 02 enemy Me-109s were damaged. All pilts RTBed safely. | F233 | |