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SIDDLE, Lawrence William

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rank: F/Sgt
status: unknown
airforce: RAF    (no: 1455497 )
born: United Kingdom

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73 squadron

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RAF 73 1944-06-01

Aircraft:

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Sector recce 1405 to 1530 1944-06-11
ER486 Local flying 1944-06-13
Local flying 1944-06-14
JK741 4 Spit sweep of Bihać 1 M.T flamer. S. of Liko 1 M.T flamer 3 damaged. Small pump set on fire. 1944-06-14
JK741 Bihać area. N. of Lapac 1 M.T attacked, flamer. Strafed gun emplacement. 1944-06-15
ES342 Air test 1944-06-16
ER486 A.S.R. but recalled. 1310 - 1330 1944-06-16
JK667 Air test 1700 - 1755 1944-06-16
ES342 Air test 1800 - 1835 1944-06-16
JK667 Base to Vis 1100 - 1140 1944-06-17
JK667 4 Spit sweep, only target found gun emplacement at Doljane which was attacked. 1225 to 1425 1944-06-17
JK667 4 Spit sweep covering groans north of Split to Perković. No targets found. 1525 - 1710 1944-06-17
ES142 Air test 1944-06-18
MA291 Section led by W/O Rumbelow, escort to five D.C.3's to a partisan controller airstrip. 1944-06-21
MA345 To Vis to refuel and bomb up 1944-06-25
MA345 Target pontoon Bridge, no sign of target. Secondary target power station 6 bombs direct hits. 1944-06-25
ER666 To Vis 0555 - 0635 1944-06-27
JK660 4 Spit sweep Sinj area, no targets seen. 1000 - 1120 1944-06-27
JK278 Target Seibel ferry, sighted 3 miles N.W of Lumbarda. Attached,Ed & 1 direct hit 3 near misses. 1944-06-30
JK278 Renew attack on Seibel ferry, all bombs missed. 1944-06-30
JG871 Squadron move Foggia to Canne 1000 - 1045 1944-07-01
JG871 To Vis to refuel 1350 - 1420 1944-07-03
JG781 Escort to DC a/c from Vis to L.G east of Knin. Orbited L.G until relieved by another Squadron. 1445 - 1555 1944-07-03
JG871 To Vis 1944-07-03
JG871 Shipping recce with W/O Rumbelow, nothing seen returned to base. 1705 - 1830 1944-07-03
ER486 To Vis to refuel 1150 - 1230 1944-07-07
ER486 4 Spit sweep, Livno car attacked & damaged. A heavy tank was hit by cannon at Sujica. At Turbe train attacked & engine blew up. Loco destroyed approaching Sarajevo. Butmir aerodrome attacked No.1 (F/O Martin) hit by flak 1400 - 1610 1944-07-07
ER486 Vis to base 1720 - 1800 1944-07-07
To Vis to refuel 0715 - 0755 1944-07-08
MA291 Sweep railways, please read picture above. 1944-07-08
MA345 Base to Vis 0730 - 0815 1944-07-13
MA345 Attacked trench fuel dumps at Donji Lapac. All trenches set on fire. 0930 to 1130 1944-07-13
MA345 Foggia to base 1220 - 1240 1944-07-13
MA345 At Debelo Brdo destroyed 1 ammo M.T & 1 fuel M.T 1720 - 1930 1944-07-13
MA345 Vis to base 2000 - 2040 1944-07-13
EF553 Base to Vis 1215 - 1245 1944-07-14
EF553 Ssweep Medak, Otočac, Ličko, Selce, Bunić only one target seen M.T damaged 1944-07-14
EF553 Vis to base 1855 - 1935 1944-07-14
JK803 A.S.R crossing Italian coast was informed pilot already picked up by Catalina a/c 1944-07-18
Air & Cannon test 1944-07-19
MH607 Air & Cannon test 1944-07-19
JK330 Base to Vis 1045 - 1125 1944-07-23
MA693 Patrolled Vis area with P/O Rumbelow 1430 - 1535 1944-07-23
MA311 From Vis, patrolled area with P/O Rumbelow 0900 - 0945 1944-07-24
MA693 Patrolled Vis with P/O Rumbelow 1930 - 2030 1944-07-24
JF560 Patrolled Biševo island with P/O Rumbelow 1530 - 1635 1944-07-25
JF560 Escort with P/O Rumbelow of 8 light Navel craft from Hvar Channel to Komiža 0600 - 0700 1944-07-26
Ops from Grottaglie. U-Boat patrol with F/O Chumak. No results. 1944-08-06
MH602 U-Boat patrol 1944-08-07
NH271 U-Boat search with F/O Chumak, no results. 1944-08-07
ER718 Grottaglie to base (Foggia) 1944-08-07
JK177 Practice formation 1944-08-13
MA590 Dusk landings 1940 - 2040 1944-08-13
JF898 Base to Vis with F/O G.A.Martin 1850 - 2010 1944-08-14
Patrol of Vis with F/O Martin, one a/c developed glycol leak both returned to Vis 1345 - 1400 1944-08-14
NH297 Returned to Foggia main from Vis with F/O Martin 1445 - 1625 1944-08-17
MH607 Practice formation 1944-08-18
MA383 Airborne on shipping recce with Sgt F.G.Paker. Contacted 1 motor torpedo boat, 1 escort between Lake Lesin & Tremiti 1944-08-18

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