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BISHOP, Gerald Frank

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rank: F/Sgt
status: pow
airforce: RAF    (no: 1217938 )
born: 1921-01-22 Millhouses United Kingdom

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Join 32 Squadron 13th August 1943

(15-11-44)
News of the squadrons return to Africa is received. A party of ground crews proceeds to return by air.

(18-11-43)
Two more DC.3s arrive and take the rest of the advanced party to Reghaia African.

(22-11-43)
Remainder of the squadron move back by sea to Reghaia.

(28-01-44)
Slightly over 50 personal detailed for the advanced party forthcoming squadron move. (There is much speculation at to their destination)

(30-01-44)
15 Spitfires left today at 1030 flying to Montecorvino (near Naples) via Sidi Amor where they remanded the night. 3 DC.3 flew to Montecorvino via Catalina at 1100 hours.

(02-03-44)
F/Sgt Gerald (Gerry) Bishop after being hit by flak Crashed landed (Spitfire MA802) at 03 road in Vina village, near Vrgorac, Yugoslavia.

Hit by AAA ( selfpropelled ) from Prolog ( Vrgorac, Yugoslavia, now Croatia, captured by quisling Ustashas, transfered to Germans, playing a star, smoking a pipe or a cigar was driven into the village of Prolog in a german jeep, not a sign of a bad mood. Later saying he spent summer hoildays in Podgora. According to eyewitness Mgr. Milivoj Franić , my ex. colegue, and friend, inhabitant of Prolog , at that time was about 10 years old. At that time a small river Matica was a border between Partisans and Germans. The pilot crashlanded on the wrong side of the river, a couple of hundred meters short.

P.O.W No.3265 Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.

Squadrons:

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RAF 32 1943-08-01

Aircraft:

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F/Sgt Bishop joined 32 squadron 1943-08-13
JK342 Patrol Bizerte 1943-08-23
JK548 Scrambled, no contact made. 1943-08-24
JK548 Patrol Bizerte with F/Sgt R.H.Anders. 0720 - 0850 1943-08-25
JK342 Patrol 20 miles north of Bizerte with F/Lt I.E.Bull. 1943-08-28
JK532 Patrol Bizerte area with W/O G.B.Munro 1943-08-29
JK927 Patrol Bizerte area with F/Sgt J.M.Hamilton. 1943-08-30
JK342 Air cover for air sea rescue launch. 1943-09-02
JK447 Patrolled Bizerte 1425 to 1545 1943-09-04
JK168 Patrolled Bizerte 1943-09-06
ER500 Scrambled, no E/A encountered. 1943-09-06
No flying from the the 16-09-43 to 19-10-43 squadron moving to Montecorvino, Italy. 1943-09-16
JK447 Escort trawlers, nothing to report. 1943-10-31
JK447 Patrol Naples 1500 to 1635 1943-11-01
JK792 Patrol convoys Naples area. 1943-11-03
JK342 Patrolled Naples 0610 to 0740 1943-11-04
JK808 Patrolled Naples 1305 to 1420 1943-11-07
JL218 Shipping recce 0630 to 0725. More of the squadron visits Naples. 1943-11-12
Remainder of squadron move back to Reghaia. 1943-11-22
MA736 Scrambled but contact proved to be friendly. 1943-12-02
Instructions were received to send a detachment 'A' flight to Tafaraoui. 1943-12-05
Six Spitfires left for Tafaraoui 1943-12-11
Tafaraoui rain & bad visibility prevented flying until the 21st 1943-12-17
JF566 From Réghaia dusk patrol. 1810 to 1910 1944-01-14
JF584 Dusk patrol 1750 to 1905 1944-01-16
Squadron move. 15 Spitfires left today for Foggia. 1944-01-30
MA693 Escort convoy, no E/A sighted. 1944-02-02
MA802 Sweep Dalmatian coast. Some flak from Vis. At Korcula island searched for fuel dump & M.T's none seen. Recce as far as Solta island. 1944-02-08
JF662 Shipping recce 0720 to 0840 1944-02-14
MA736 Operating "WELTER" 14 aircraft provided escort for 2 destroyers, from dawn to midday. 0700 to 0840 1944-02-16
JF670 12 aircraft recce of the Dalmatian Islands, no opposition was encountered. 1005 to 1145 1944-02-18
MA708 Scrambled to intercept E/A no contact. 0825 to 0920 1944-02-23
MA802 Recce but returned early No.2 (F/Sgt Bishop) R/T trouble. 0900 to 0950 1944-02-26
10 aircraft armed recce of Yugoslavian mailand. 1944-02-28
MA802 Hit by flak F/Sgt Bishop makes a forced landing at Vina-Vrgorac 1944-03-02

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