No. 263 Squadron

Ex ungue leonem

Sorties (3,154)

DateAircrewAircraftSortie
10 Jan 1943 Cotton P7099 Roadstead Operation from Predannack: The channel was swept for minesweepers reported off Ile Vierge.
10 Jan 1943 Ridley P7057 Roadstead Operation from Predannack: The channel was swept for minesweepers reported off Ile Vierge.
15 Jan 1943 Abrams P7007 Air Sea Rescue: F/Lt Blackshaw and Sgt MacAulay actually sighted the missing pilot in his dinghy about 20 …
15 Jan 1943 Blackshaw P7094 Air Sea Rescue: F/Lt Blackshaw and Sgt MacAulay actually sighted the missing pilot in his dinghy about 20 …
15 Jan 1943 Macaulay P6991 Air Sea Rescue: F/Lt Blackshaw and Sgt MacAulay actually sighted the missing pilot in his dinghy about 20 …
15 Jan 1943 Macaulay P6995 Air Sea Rescue: F/Lt Blackshaw and Sgt MacAulay actually sighted the missing pilot in his dinghy about 20 …
15 Jan 1943 Wright P7059 Air Sea Rescue: F/Lt Blackshaw and Sgt MacAulay actually sighted the missing pilot in his dinghy about 20 …
15 Jan 1943 Brearley P7054 Air Sea Rescue: The second sweep was entirely unsuccessful.
15 Jan 1943 Harvey P6986 Air Sea Rescue: The second sweep was entirely unsuccessful.
15 Jan 1943 Lee-white P6971 Air Sea Rescue: The second sweep was entirely unsuccessful.
15 Jan 1943 Ridley P6979 Air Sea Rescue: The second sweep was entirely unsuccessful.
15 Jan 1943 Simpson P7007 Air Sea Rescue: The second sweep was entirely unsuccessful.
15 Jan 1943 Tebbitt P7089 Air Sea Rescue: The second sweep was entirely unsuccessful.
15 Jan 1943 Blackshaw P7094 Night Recco: First 263 Night Operations. These extensive shipping reccos of the Channel Island area were uneventful.
15 Jan 1943 Brearley P7059 Night Rhubarb: F/O E. Brearley penetrated the Cotentin as far as Baupte. Near there he descried a train …
15 Jan 1943 Warnes P7113 Night Recco: First 263 Night Operations. These extensive shipping reccos of the Channel Island area were uneventful.
18 Jan 1943 King P7099 Roadstead Operation from Predannack: The Ile de Batz area was searched for the promised minesweepers. Returning from Ushant …
18 Jan 1943 Lovell P6995 Roadstead Operation from Predannack: The Ile de Batz area was searched for the promised minesweepers. Returning from Ushant …
18 Jan 1943 Yates P7097 Roadstead Operation from Predannack: The Ile de Batz area was searched for the promised minesweepers. Returning from Ushant …
21 Jan 1943 King P7099 Roadstead Operation from Predannack: Escorted by 19 Squadron. Formation recalled when a few minutes out from English coast.
21 Jan 1943 Lovell P6995 Roadstead Operation from Predannack: Escorted by 19 Squadron. Formation recalled when a few minutes out from English coast.
21 Jan 1943 Williams P7097 Roadstead Operation from Predannack: Escorted by 19 Squadron. Formation recalled when a few minutes out from English coast.
7 Feb 1943 Brearley P7095 Army Co-Op: Equipment containers dropped on Netheravon aerodrome at 1600 hours. F/O E. Brearley's containers hung up.
7 Feb 1943 Warnes P7094 Army Co-Op: Equipment containers dropped on Netheravon aerodrome at 1600 hours. F/O E. Brearley's containers hung up.
7 Feb 1943 King P7052 Army Co-Op: Equipment containers dropped on Netheravon aerodrome at 1600 hours. F/O E. Brearley's containers hung up.
12 Feb 1943 Harvey P7094 Rhubarb: Attack on La Haye du Puits. 2 trains attacked with cannon and a siding at Port Bail …
12 Feb 1943 Williams P7052 Rhubarb: Attack on La Haye du Puits. 2 trains attacked with cannon and a siding at Port Bail …
14 Feb 1943 Blackshaw P7117 Rhubarb: Attack on Carentan-Valognes Railway abandoned owing to lack of cloud cover.
14 Feb 1943 Macaulay P7013 Rhubarb: Attack on Carentan-Valognes Railway abandoned owing to lack of cloud cover.
15 Feb 1943 Cotton P7117 Rhubarb: Attack on Carentan-Valognes Railway abandoned because of no cloud cover.
15 Feb 1943 King P7057 Rhubarb: Attack on Carentan-Valognes Railway abandoned because of no cloud cover.
15 Feb 1943 Blackshaw P7057 Night Off. Ops: Abortive Shipping Recco round Channel Islands.
15 Feb 1943 Warnes P7113 Night Off. Ops: Railway line S.E. of Carentan bombed.
16 Feb 1943 Warnes P7113 Night Off. Ops: Train bombed N of Carentan – train stopped in clouds of steam.
16 Feb 1943 Blackshaw P7094 Night Off. Ops: F/Lt Blackshaw, DFC, bombed a bridge S.E. of Carentan.
16 Feb 1943 Blackshaw P7094 Night Off. Ops: Returned to above locality but too dark for accurate observations
16 Feb 1943 Warnes P7113 Night Off. Ops: Returned to above locality but too dark for accurate observations
18 Feb 1943 Cotton P7013 Rhubarb: Bombed railway junction at La Haye du Puits Triangle.
18 Feb 1943 Ridley P7094 Rhubarb: Bombed railway junction at La Haye du Puits Triangle.
18 Feb 1943 King P7094 Rhubarb: Lock gates at Ouistreham bombed.
18 Feb 1943 Macaulay P7013 Rhubarb: Lock gates at Ouistreham bombed.
19 Feb 1943 Harvey P7094 Army Co-Op Exercise "Longford": Army transports attacked North of Wroughton aerodrome on Wroughton-Swindon Road.
19 Feb 1943 Hicks P7062 Army Co-Op Exercise "Longford": Army transports attacked North of Wroughton aerodrome on Wroughton-Swindon Road. F/Sgt F. Hicks hit …
19 Feb 1943 King P6971 Army Co-Op Exercise "Longford": Army transports attacked North of Wroughton aerodrome on Wroughton-Swindon Road.
19 Feb 1943 Macaulay P7013 Army Co-Op Exercise "Longford": Army transports attacked North of Wroughton aerodrome on Wroughton-Swindon Road.
26 Feb 1943 Blackshaw P7094 10 Group Circus 16: Attack on Maupertus. Landfall made at Cherbourg. Hits were observed on aerodrome, dispersals and …
26 Feb 1943 Cotton P6971 10 Group Circus 16: Attack on Maupertus. Landfall made at Cherbourg. Hits were observed on aerodrome, dispersals and …
26 Feb 1943 Coyne P7057 10 Group Circus 16: Attack on Maupertus. Landfall made at Cherbourg. Hits were observed on aerodrome, dispersals and …
26 Feb 1943 King P7117 10 Group Circus 16: Attack on Maupertus. Landfall made at Cherbourg. Hits were observed on aerodrome, dispersals and …
26 Feb 1943 Ridley P7010 10 Group Circus 16: Attack on Maupertus. Landfall made at Cherbourg. Hits were observed on aerodrome, dispersals and …
26 Feb 1943 Warnes P7113 10 Group Circus 16: Attack on Maupertus. Landfall made at Cherbourg. Hits were observed on aerodrome, dispersals and …
27 Feb 1943 Blackshaw P7094 Diversion to 10 Group Ramrod: Attack on Maupertus. Landfall made at Pointe du Barfleur. Hits were again observed …
27 Feb 1943 Cotton P6971 Diversion to 10 Group Ramrod: Attack on Maupertus. Landfall made at Pointe du Barfleur. Hits were again observed …
27 Feb 1943 Coyne P7057 Diversion to 10 Group Ramrod: Attack on Maupertus. Landfall made at Pointe du Barfleur. Hits were again observed …
27 Feb 1943 King P7117 Diversion to 10 Group Ramrod: Attack on Maupertus. Landfall made at Pointe du Barfleur. Hits were again observed …
27 Feb 1943 Warnes P7113 Diversion to 10 Group Ramrod: Attack on Maupertus. Landfall made at Pointe du Barfleur. Hits were again observed …
28 Feb 1943 Abrams P7099 10 Group Circus 17: Attack on Maupertus. This was their first dive-bombing attack. It was observed to have …
28 Feb 1943 Blackshaw P7094 10 Group Circus 17: Attack on Maupertus. The veteran dive-bombers of “A” Flight went in for the third …
28 Feb 1943 Brearley P7095 10 Group Circus 17: Attack on Maupertus. This was their first dive-bombing attack. It was observed to have …
28 Feb 1943 Cotton P6971 10 Group Circus 17: Attack on Maupertus. The veteran dive-bombers of “A” Flight went in for the third …
28 Feb 1943 Coyne P7057 10 Group Circus 17: Attack on Maupertus. The veteran dive-bombers of “A” Flight went in for the third …
28 Feb 1943 Holmes P7110 10 Group Circus 17: Attack on Maupertus. This was their first dive-bombing attack. It was observed to have …
28 Feb 1943 King P7117 10 Group Circus 17: Attack on Maupertus. The veteran dive-bombers of “A” Flight went in for the third …
28 Feb 1943 Ridley P7010 10 Group Circus 17: Attack on Maupertus. The veteran dive-bombers of “A” Flight went in for the third …
28 Feb 1943 Simpson P7115 10 Group Circus 17: Attack on Maupertus. The veteran dive-bombers of “A” Flight went in for the third …
28 Feb 1943 Tebbitt P7086 10 Group Circus 17: Attack on Maupertus. This was their first dive-bombing attack. It was observed to have …
28 Feb 1943 Warnes P7113 10 Group Circus 17: Attack on Maupertus. This was their first dive-bombing attack. It was observed to have …
28 Feb 1943 Wright P7108 10 Group Circus 17: Attack on Maupertus. This was their first dive-bombing attack. It was observed to have …
1 Mar 1943 Tebbitt P7099 Convoy: Patrol off Angle
1 Mar 1943 Wright P7110 Convoy: Patrol off Angle
5 Mar 1943 Brearley P7099 Convoy: Patrol off St. Davids
5 Mar 1943 Thyagarajan P7089 Convoy: Patrol off St. Davids
5 Mar 1943 Wright P7110 Convoy: Patrol off St. Davids
5 Mar 1943 Yates P7117 Convoy: Patrol off St. Davids
7 Mar 1943 Brearley P7089 Convoy: Patrol off St. Davids. Large Convoy.
7 Mar 1943 Simpson P7110 Convoy: Patrol off St. Davids. Large Convoy.
12 Mar 1943 Thyagarajan P6995 Convoy: Escort Convoy “Dinner”.
12 Mar 1943 Yates P7089 Convoy: Escort Convoy “Dinner”.
12 Mar 1943 Holmes P7099 Patrol: Dusk Patrol
12 Mar 1943 Simpson P7117 Patrol: Dusk Patrol
13 Mar 1943 Tebbitt P7099 Scramble: Scrambled over Cardiff at 25,000 feet. Recalled when they reached 18,000
13 Mar 1943 Thyagarajan P7110 Scramble: Scrambled over Cardiff at 25,000 feet. Recalled when they reached 18,000
14 Mar 1943 Abrams P7099 10 Group Circus 18: Attack on Maupertus. They dive-bombed from 15000 - 9000 ft. and saw 2 bursts …
14 Mar 1943 Holmes P6971 10 Group Circus 18: Attack on Maupertus. They dive-bombed from 15000 - 9000 ft. and saw 2 bursts …
14 Mar 1943 Lovell P7117 10 Group Circus 18: Attack on Maupertus. They dive-bombed from 15000 - 9000 ft. and saw 2 bursts …
14 Mar 1943 Wright P7089 10 Group Circus 18: Attack on Maupertus. They dive-bombed from 15000 - 9000 ft. and saw 2 bursts …
14 Mar 1943 Yates P7059 10 Group Circus 18: Attack on Maupertus. They dive-bombed from 15000 - 9000 ft. and saw 2 bursts …
14 Mar 1943 Harvey P7094 10 Group Circus 18: Attack on Maupertus. They dive-bombed 15000 – 8000 ft. and saw 8 bursts on …
14 Mar 1943 Macaulay P7013 10 Group Circus 18: Attack on Maupertus. They dive-bombed 15000 – 8000 ft. and saw 8 bursts on …
14 Mar 1943 Cotton P7108 10 Group Circus 18: Attack on Maupertus. They dive-bombed 15000 – 8000 ft. and saw 8 bursts on …
14 Mar 1943 Coyne P7057 10 Group Circus 18: Attack on Maupertus. They dive-bombed 15000 – 8000 ft. and saw 8 bursts on …
14 Mar 1943 King P7113 10 Group Circus 18: Attack on Maupertus. They dive-bombed 15000 – 8000 ft. and saw 8 bursts on …
14 Mar 1943 Ridley P7010 10 Group Circus 18: Attack on Maupertus. They dive-bombed 15000 – 8000 ft. and saw 8 bursts on …
19 Mar 1943 Abrams P6971 10 Group Roadstead 52: The large convoy which had been reported South of Guernsey could not be located …
19 Mar 1943 Blackshaw P7094 10 Group Roadstead 52: The large convoy which had been reported South of Guernsey could not be located …
19 Mar 1943 Brearley P7089 10 Group Roadstead 52: The large convoy which had been reported South of Guernsey could not be located …
19 Mar 1943 Coyne P7057 10 Group Roadstead 52: The large convoy which had been reported South of Guernsey could not be located …
19 Mar 1943 Harvey P7010 10 Group Roadstead 52: The large convoy which had been reported South of Guernsey could not be located …
19 Mar 1943 Holmes P7040 10 Group Roadstead 52: The large convoy which had been reported South of Guernsey could not be located …
19 Mar 1943 King P7117 10 Group Roadstead 52: The large convoy which had been reported South of Guernsey could not be located …