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Summary of Events COMPILING OFFICER__Fg. Off. A. F. Brewer_________ |
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| JEVER |
1.2.57 |
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Bad weather all day prevented any flying from taking place. |
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2.2.57 |
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Stand-down. |
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3.2.57 |
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Stand-down. |
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4.2.57 |
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The aircraft were a little slow in coming up first thing this morning and serviceability
was not too good all day. Therefore only 9 hours were flown, mainly on simulated
flag quarters. |
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5.2.57 |
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A very variable day with regard to weather. The airfield opened only twice today
during which four sorties were flown on "flag" quarters. |
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6.2.57 |
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The Squadron has stopped flying to prepare for the forthcoming Sylt attachment,
therefore no flying was done today. |
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7.2.57 |
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The ground-crew spent these two days preparing the aircraft to fly to Sylt on Monday. |
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9.2.57 |
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The airmen left today by rail for Sylt. |
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10.2.57 |
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Stand-down. |
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11.2.57 |
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The Squadron flew to Sylt today doing two successful close formation flypasts before
landing at Sylt. |
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| SYLT |
12.2.57 |
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The detachment has started off on a rather poor note. Bad weather, rather typical of
Sylt, has completely washed out any thought of flying for the last three days. The
time has been spent with films and lectures. |
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15.2.57 |
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After early morning fog had cleared the programme ran through without a hitch. The day
was spent entirely on cine with the exception of one shoot by Flt. Lt. Goodwin.
He started the detachment off with a reasonable "bang" by getting 28%. A total of
twenty one hours was flown. |
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| JEVER |
16.2.57 |
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The first pair took off but discovered that the weather prevented towing at 10,000ft.,
so flying was scrubbed for the day. |
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17.2.57 |
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Stand-down. |
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| SYLT |
18.2.57 |
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Fog again prevented flying first thing but after 09.30hrs. the programme went through
as planned. It was not a particularly good day for scores, the daily average being 15.5%.
Flt.Lt. D.F. Denison produced the best score with 38%. Twenty One hours were flown again
today. |
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19.2.57 |
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A good day in which the programme went from first to last with only one hitch, an
un-serviceable flag resulting in the loss of two sorties. The firing was much better
today, a final average of 22.7% being attained. Fg.Off. W.B. Maish scored 25 hits out
of 26 rounds fired, which, under the rules of scoring, meant only 50%. |
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20.2.57 |
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Only two effective sorties were flown due to bad weather, for an average of 29.5%. |
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21.2.57 |
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The Squadron lost eight sorties today due to flags being shot away. This is becoming
rather a serious problem and there seems to be a case for an airborne spare flag.
Apart from this the scores were very good today and an average of 25.8% was achieved.
This brought the progressive average to 22.5% which is within reach of the low-level
record for this A.P.S. A total of twenty three hours was flown. |
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22.2.57 |
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After early morning fog, another magnificent days shooting resulted in a daily average
of 26.2%, putting the progressive average to within 0.5% of the record. Fg.Off. D.
Henderson produced a score of 78% late in the afternoon. The Squadron is commencing
firing at 20,000ft. tomorrow but the first three flags will be at 10,000ft. in an
effort to bring the Squadrons average above the record. |
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23.2.57 |
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No flying due to bad weather. |
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24.2.57 |
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Stand-down. |
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25.2.57 |
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The first flag was aborted but the next two flags produced an average of 31.9%
bringing the progressive average up to 24.2%, that is, 0.4% above the previous low-
level record for the A.P.S. Cloud on the range prevented any firing at 20,000ft. today
and therefore flying was restricted to two high level battle fours in the afternoon. |
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26.2.57 |
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No flying due to bad weather. |
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| SYLT |
27.2.57 |
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The first full days firing at 20,000ft. produced average results. The final average for the day
was 20.1%. Fg.Off. S.J. Howard was top scorer with 59%. Most pilots seem to have found
the answer at 20,000ft. fairly early and it seems that we can look forward to some
fairly good scores in the next few days. |
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28.2.57 |
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Quite a good day with a full programme carried out. The final daily average was
23.5% which gives a progressive high level average of 22.0%, well above the previous
record for that altitude. Fg.Off. D. Henderson produce the best score with 68%,
closely followed by Fg.Off. K.B. Gray with 60%.
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Aircraft
Hunter
Hunter
Vampire
Vampire.
\Meteor 8 |
Day
Night
Day
Night
Day |
FLYING HOURS
Hrs. Mins. Sorties
200 55 420
1 50 4
44 20 50
4 20 6
6 05 4
signedNCPBUDDINSqnLdr
(N.C.P. BUDDIN)
Squadron Leader,
Officer Commanding,
No. 118 Squadron.
Royal Air Force.
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