No. 263 Squadron

Ex ungue leonem

Sorties (3,154)

DateAircrewAircraftSortie
17 Nov 1941 Harvey P6991 Rhubarb 64: Attack on Distillery targets - abortive
17 Nov 1941 Warnes P7061 Rhubarb 64: Attack on Distillery targets - abortive
17 Nov 1941 Prior P7089 Rhubarb 64: Attack on Distillery targets - abortive
17 Nov 1941 Morgan-dean P7041 Rhubarb 64: Attack on Distillery targets - abortive
17 Nov 1941 Dimblebee P6990 Rhubarb 64: Attack on Distillery targets - abortive
17 Nov 1941 Holmes P7056 Rhubarb 64: Attack on Distillery targets - abortive
18 Nov 1941 King P7003 Scramble: No incident.
18 Nov 1941 Ridley P6990 Scramble: No incident.
23 Nov 1941 Morgan-dean P7116 Beat up of Home Guard: Three sections of aircraft co-operated in this Home Guard Exercise. The village of …
23 Nov 1941 Walker P7089 Beat up of Home Guard: Three sections of aircraft co-operated in this Home Guard Exercise. The village of …
23 Nov 1941 Blackshaw P7039 Beat up of Home Guard: Three sections of aircraft co-operated in this Home Guard Exercise. The village of …
23 Nov 1941 Rudland P7003 Beat up of Home Guard: Three sections of aircraft co-operated in this Home Guard Exercise. The village of …
23 Nov 1941 Morgan-dean P7116 Beat up of Home Guard: Three sections of aircraft co-operated in this Home Guard Exercise. The village of …
23 Nov 1941 Walker P7114 Beat up of Home Guard: Three sections of aircraft co-operated in this Home Guard Exercise. The village of …
15 Dec 1941 Holmes P7110 Scramble: Ordered to patrol base at 10,000 feet, then vectored after bogey at 21,000 ft as far as …
15 Dec 1941 Kennedy P7056 Scramble: Ordered to patrol base at 10,000 feet, then vectored after bogey at 21,000 ft as far as …
26 Dec 1941 King P7108 Scramble: Ordered to patrol base at 10,000 ft. No incident
26 Dec 1941 Muirhead P6990 Scramble: Ordered to patrol base at 10,000 ft. No incident
30 Dec 1941 Crabtree P7114 Scramble: Patrol was maintained over sea South of Exmouth to protect Halifax bombers returning from their successful operation …
30 Dec 1941 Rudland P7112 Scramble: Patrol was maintained over sea South of Exmouth to protect Halifax bombers returning from their successful operation …
7 Jan 1942 Blackshaw P7011 Scramble: Scramble, patrol base 15000. Two photographic ME.109.Fs were patrolling between Plymouth and Ibsley.
7 Jan 1942 Lovell P7003 Scramble: Scramble, patrol base 15000. Two photographic ME.109.Fs were patrolling between Plymouth and Ibsley.
11 Jan 1942 Gill P7114 Scramble: Pilots were vectored to the Isle of Wight chasing a bogey. The bogey was then identified as …
11 Jan 1942 Holmes P7056 Scramble: Pilots were vectored to the Isle of Wight chasing a bogey. The bogey was then identified as …
11 Jan 1942 Warnes P7061 Scramble: Pilots were vectored to the Isle of Wight chasing a bogey. The bogey was then identified as …
20 Jan 1942 Harvey P7108 Tactical Exercise: An exercise in co-operation with the Army. Dummy Attacks were made on troop concentrations and supply …
20 Jan 1942 Rudland P7112 Tactical Exercise: An exercise in co-operation with the Army. Dummy Attacks were made on troop concentrations and supply …
20 Jan 1942 Crabtree P7114 Tactical Exercise: An exercise in co-operation with the Army. Dummy Attacks were made on troop concentrations and supply …
20 Jan 1942 King P7052 Tactical Exercise: An exercise in co-operation with the Army. Dummy Attacks were made on troop concentrations and supply …
20 Jan 1942 Lovell P6990 Tactical Exercise: An exercise in co-operation with the Army. Dummy Attacks were made on troop concentrations and supply …
20 Jan 1942 Morgan-dean P7116 Tactical Exercise: An exercise in co-operation with the Army. Dummy Attacks were made on troop concentrations and supply …
20 Jan 1942 Morgan-dean P7116 Tactical Exercise: An exercise in co-operation with the Army. Dummy Attacks were made on troop concentrations and supply …
20 Jan 1942 Warnes P7061 Tactical Exercise: An exercise in co-operation with the Army. Dummy Attacks were made on troop concentrations and supply …
12 Feb 1942 Blackshaw P7061 Convoy Patrol: No Incident.
12 Feb 1942 Harvey P7004 Convoy Patrol: No Incident.
12 Feb 1942 Blackshaw P7011 Convoy Recco.: No Incident.
12 Feb 1942 Holmes P7100 Convoy: No Incident.
12 Feb 1942 King P7052 Convoy Recco.: No Incident.
12 Feb 1942 Brearley P7089 Convoy: No Incident.
12 Feb 1942 Blackshaw P7011 Convoy: No Incident.
12 Feb 1942 Coyne P7018 Convoy: No Incident.
12 Feb 1942 Harvey P7007 Convoy: No Incident.
12 Feb 1942 Lovell P7017 Convoy: Port Engine cut at 2000 over convoy, Sgt Lovell returned to base at 1500 & made a …
12 Feb 1942 Ridley P6990 Convoy: No Incident.
12 Feb 1942 Currie P7004 Convoy: No Incident.
12 Feb 1942 Harvey P7052 Convoy: No Incident.
13 Feb 1942 Coyne P7051 Convoy Patrol: No Incident.
13 Feb 1942 Ridley P6990 Convoy Patrol: No Incident.
13 Feb 1942 Muirhead P7061 Convoy Patrol: No Incident.
13 Feb 1942 Rudland P7008 Convoy Patrol: No Incident.
13 Feb 1942 Currie P7051 Convoy Patrol: No Incident.
13 Feb 1942 King P7052 Convoy Patrol: No Incident.
13 Feb 1942 Lovell P7116 Convoy Patrol: Nothing Seen
13 Feb 1942 Blackshaw P6990 Dusk Patrol: Ordered to patrol Linney Head – Sincalls.
13 Feb 1942 Lovell P7016 Dusk Patrol: Ordered to patrol Linney Head – Sincalls.
13 Feb 1942 Brearley P7089 Dusk Patrol: Nothing seen - These flights are regularly made from Fairwood Common to intercept bandits which tend …
13 Feb 1942 Holmes P7100 Dusk Patrol: Nothing seen - These flights are regularly made from Fairwood Common to intercept bandits which tend …
13 Feb 1942 Abrams P6991 Dusk Patrol: Nothing seen - These flights are regularly made from Fairwood Common to intercept bandits which tend …
13 Feb 1942 Walker P7061 Dusk Patrol: Nothing seen - These flights are regularly made from Fairwood Common to intercept bandits which tend …
13 Feb 1942 Kennedy P7114 Convoy Patrol: Nothing Seen
13 Feb 1942 Small P7060 Convoy Patrol: Nothing Seen
13 Feb 1942 Coyne P7018 Convoy Patrol: Last convoy patrol. Sgt Coyne after landing in the half dusk swung off the runway on …
13 Feb 1942 Ridley P7011 Convoy Patrol: Last convoy patrol. Sgt Coyne after landing in the half dusk swung off the runway on …
14 Feb 1942 Kennedy P7099 Convoy Patrol: No incident.
14 Feb 1942 Walker P7110 Convoy Patrol: No incident.
15 Feb 1942 Crabtree P7114 Convoy: No Incident.
15 Feb 1942 Woodward P7110 Convoy: No Incident.
15 Feb 1942 Abrams P7041 Convoy: No Incident.
15 Feb 1942 Walker P6991 Convoy: No Incident.
15 Feb 1942 Abrams P7041 Convoy: No Incident.
15 Feb 1942 Walker P6991 Convoy: No Incident.
15 Feb 1942 Holmes P7116 Convoy: No Incident.
15 Feb 1942 Crabtree P7114 Scramble: Section patrolled Angle at 15000. Several short vectors given by F'Wood Humbug. Nothing seen.
15 Feb 1942 Wright P7007 Scramble: Section patrolled Angle at 15000. Several short vectors given by F'Wood Humbug. Nothing seen.
15 Feb 1942 Holmes P7100 Enemy patrol: Nothing seen.
15 Feb 1942 Small P7069 Enemy patrol: Nothing seen.
16 Feb 1942 Blackshaw P7004 Convoy: No incident.
16 Feb 1942 Meredith P7051 Convoy: No incident.
16 Feb 1942 Muirhead P7011 Convoy: No incident.
16 Feb 1942 Rudland P7039 Convoy: No incident.
16 Feb 1942 King P7004 Convoy: No incident.
16 Feb 1942 Meredith P7056 Convoy: No incident.
16 Feb 1942 Blackshaw P7039 Convoy: No incident.
16 Feb 1942 Lovell P7011 Convoy: No incident.
18 Feb 1942 Meredith P7004 Convoy: No incident.
18 Feb 1942 Rudland P7052 Convoy: No incident.
18 Feb 1942 Small P7060 Convoy: No incident.
18 Feb 1942 Woodward P7116 Convoy: No incident.
19 Feb 1942 Woodward P7116 Convoy: Very bad visibility, but convoy found & patrolled.
19 Feb 1942 Abrams P7007 Convoy: Sgt. Abrams failed to contact No.1 in poor visibility.
19 Feb 1942 Brearley P7060 Convoy: No incident
19 Feb 1942 Holmes P7110 Convoy: P/O Holmes was flying at 100 feet near convoy 25 miles south of St Gowan's Head. Without …
22 Feb 1942 Currie P7004 Convoy: No incident.
22 Feb 1942 Rudland P7110 Convoy: No incident.
22 Feb 1942 Blackshaw P7011 Convoy: No incident.
22 Feb 1942 Meredith P7051 Convoy: No incident.
22 Feb 1942 King P7052 Convoy: No incident.
22 Feb 1942 Muirhead P7004 Convoy: No incident.
7 Mar 1942 King P7052 Scramble: Nothing seen. Both aircraft were plotted within 4 miles of bogies off Lundy Island.
7 Mar 1942 Rudland P7003 Scramble: Nothing seen. Both aircraft were plotted within 4 miles of bogies off Lundy Island.