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MORRIS, Alan Ralph

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rank: P/O
status: kifa
airforce: RAF    (no: 125702 )
born: United Kingdom

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Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

P/O A.R Morris arrived at Foggia main, 73 Squadron December 17th 1943.

Died 23 March 1944.

Buried or commemorated at
BARI WAR CEMETERY

XIII. G. 8.

Italy

Squadrons:

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RAF 73 1943-12-01

Aircraft:

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SerialNoteDate
P/O Morris arrived at Foggia main to join 73 Squadron from A.F.U near Algiers. 1943-12-17
JK437 Local flying practice 1943-12-18
JK767 Local flying practice 1943-12-19
MA311 Local flying practice 1943-12-21
JK970 Local flying practice 1943-12-23
JK970 Local flying practice 1943-12-24
JK970 Dinghy search in the Barletta area, found nothing. 1943-12-31
JK991 Local flying practice 1944-01-03
EN252 Scrambled with W/O Lawson to intercept e/a approaching from the E. nothing seen. 1944-01-04
JK527 Airborne with F/Sgt Williams, practice flying. 1944-01-08
MA565 5 spits scrambled to investigate bogeys, intercepted five P.40's. 1944-01-09
EN252 Scrambled with P/O P.D.Jones to intercept e/a that proved friendly. 1944-01-19
JK546 Scrambled with F/Sgt Horn various vectors then ordered to pancake. 1944-01-25
JK546 Patrolled convoy with W/O Lawson from Barletta to Manfredonia. 1944-01-26
JK464 Five a/c Patrolled Vis at 4-6000ft light flak encountered over Vis town. 1944-01-28
MA532 Four a/c sweep Sweep Vis S. Brac & Hvar then returned base. 1944-01-30
JK546 Airborne with F/O Martin in search of parachute N.W of Vieste, failed to find. 0800 - 0850 1944-02-01
ER178 Airborne with P/O Hewitt, special mission top cover for two destroyers that were engaged in shelling positions on the Dalmatian islands. Weather bad could not continue. 0740 - 0810 1944-02-09
JK970 Army co-ops 1944-02-15
JG783 Airborne with P/O Martin, patrolled over convoy (2 destroyers) returning to Manfredonia from their daily mission to the Dalmatian islands. 1944-02-17
ER178 Airborne with P/O Hewitt on A.S.R but recalled owing to bad weather. 1135 - 1210 1944-02-19
MA311 Air test 1944-02-29
JK991 Airborne with P/O Chenitch escorted convoy from N.W of Jabuka island to N of Vieste. 0700 - 0825 1944-03-02
MA311 Airborne with P/O Cenitch, recce Dalmatian coast. Bad weather prevented penetration inland. 1944-03-04
ER178 Army co-operations 1944-03-06
MA532 Scrambled with P/O Cenitch various vectors and intercepted a P38 Lighting 1944-03-07
MA712 Air test 1944-03-08
JK426 Practice flying 1944-03-20
MA630 Airborne with P/O Cenitch patrolled six L.C.T's west of Šćedro. 1944-03-22
LZ838 Scrambled to 12,000ft with No.1 F/O Bemner to intercept E/A. No.1 lost contact with No.2. Aircraft found later with pilot buried deep in the earth near Palata. 1944-03-23

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