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Summary of Events COMPILING OFFICER__Fg. Off. W. Dodds_________ |
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| Jever |
1.7.56 |
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Stand -down.
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2.7.56 |
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Not a very good start to the months flying. Due to bad weather factor being 'Amber'.
Only one pair of aircraft was airborne at one time. A total of 11 sorties were flown,
giving 8.00 hours flying time. Except for one solo trip, all the sorties were made up
of Cine exercises. |
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3.7.56 |
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A better flying day after a rather poor start in the morning, the programme was more
varied today. Several P.I.'s were made on Canberras, the general emphasis being on
High Level Battle Formation throughout the day. Four
TXI sorties were flown, making
a total of 24 sorties for the day. |
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4.7.56 |
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The airfield closed at 12.30 hours today. Eleven sorties were flown. |
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5.7.56 |
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Poor weather conditions was the main factor in a poor days flying. Again only one pair
of aircraft from the Squadron were airborne at a time. All Hunter sorties flown
carried out Cine exercises at 40,000 feet. |
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6.7.56 |
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Aircraft serviceability limited the days flying to 14.30 hours on Hunter. Several
syllabus sorties were flown the remainder being Cine exercises. Flt. Lt. Goodwin flew
flown to Furstenfeldbruck in the American Zone to take part in an Air Display at
Nuremberg. |
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7.7.56 |
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Station Commander's Parade was held this morning. No flying taking place after it. |
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8.7.56 |
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Stand-down. |
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| JEVER |
9.7.56 |
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Flying took part all day today, no weather restrictions being in force. 32 sorties
were flown, including 3
TXI sorties. Flt. Lt. Goodwin returned from Furstenfeldbruck. |
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| JEVER |
10.7.56 |
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Only one sortie was flown today due to bad weather conditions. The day was generally
spent preparing aircraft and Hangar for the A.O.C.'s inspection. |
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11.7.56 |
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No flying today before stand-down at 12.30 hours. |
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12.7.56 |
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Unpredictable weather again limited the number of aircraft airborne at certain times
during the day. Altogether 18 sorties were flown giving 14.10 hours flying time. Again
the exercises were all Cine quarter-attacks and a new type of Cine exercise at high levels. |
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| JEVER |
13.7.56 |
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A change in the weather permitted full flying to be carried out during the day, the
only restriction being aircraft serviceability. The training programme was more balanced
today, a large number of individual sorties being flown on general syllabus and High
Level Navigation. |
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14.7.56 |
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Another parade was held this morning and only three sorties were flown before
stand-down. |
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15.7.56 |
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Stand-down. |
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16.7.56 |
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A below the average flying day was achieved only 18.50 hours including night-flying.
8 sorties were flown at night and only 16 during the day, half on Cine exercises and
the remainder on general syllabus training. |
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17.7.56 |
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The Squadron flew a total of 27 day sorties and 8 night sorties producing 27.50 hours
flying time. One double re-arm exercise was carried out by four aircraft. |
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18.7.56 |
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Full flying today. 21.30 hours on Hunter and 3.30 hours on
Vampire were flown during
the day. |
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19.7.56 |
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No flying today. |
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20.7.56 |
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A.O.C.'s inspection. 8 sorties flown on double re-arming exercise for the A.O.C. |
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21.7.56 |
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Stand-down. |
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22.7.56 |
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Stand-down. |
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23.7.56 |
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Poor serviceability limited day flying to 10.15 hours. 8.30 hours were flown on local
night sorties, two aircraft landing away at Bruggen for refuelling before returning to
Jever. |
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24.7.56 |
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Again the number of aircraft available limited the amount of flying to produce a low
average number of sorties. 17.25 hours were flown through the day. |
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25.7.56 |
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13 sorties were flown before mid-day stand-down, producing 9.35 hours. |
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26.7.56 |
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A large proportion of the sorties flown today were individual. Altogether 24 sorties
were flown for 19.35 hours. A formation of four flew in the afternoon for some air to
air photography. (Click to see photos.) |
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| JEVER |
27.7.56 |
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An above the average day for flying hours. Hard work by the ground-crews kept
turn-round times to a minimum and a total of 33.45 hours were flown, putting the monthly
target well within reach. Most sorties were flown on High Level Battle Formation and
some P.I.'s were carried out under G.C.I. control. One P.I. was carried out on a
Valiant flying at 45,000 feet. |
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28.7.56 |
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Good serviceability and between flight servicing were mainly responsible for the
comparatively large number of sorties flown before mid-day stand-down. 28 sorties were
flown for a total of 20.55 hours. In all cases the exercise took the form of High Level
Battle Formation of six or eight aircraft. |
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29.7.56 |
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Stand-down. |
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30.7.56 |
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A very strong cross wind. Conditions prevented flying for about three hours during
the day, with seven and sometimes eight aircraft available , a total of 22.20 hours were
flown, most sorties being Cine exercises. |
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31.7.56 |
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Twenty five sorties were flown today for a total of 24.20 hours bringing the total for
the month to just above the target. |
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6.7.56
10.7.56
20.7.56
18.7.56 |
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PERSONNEL
Flt.Lt. Goodwin flew to Furstenfeldbruck to give an aerobatic display at Nuremberg.
Fg. Off. Faulkes left the squadron for demobilisation..
Fg. Off. C.W. Powell posted from squadron on completion of tour.
Fg.Off. Howard and Plt.Off. King joined the squadron.
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Aircraft
Hunter
Hunter
Vampire
Vampire |
Day
Night
Day
Night |
FLYING HOURS
Hrs. Mins. Sorties
327 45 409
21 55 27
26 20 31
3 00 4 |
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signed NCPBuddin Sqn Ldr
(N.C.P.BUDDIN)
Squadron Leader,
Officer Commanding,
No. 118 Squadron.
Royal Air Force. |
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