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SHEARER, John Morton

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rank: F/Sgt
status: unknown
airforce: RAF    (no: 1564160 )
born: Scotland

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73 Squadron

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RAF 73 1944-06-01

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Armistice of Cassibile (Italians surrender) 1943-09-03
ES342 Practice flying 1944-06-19
ES342 Practice flying (2) 1944-06-19
JK805 Practice flying 1944-06-20
JK805 Practice flying (2) 1944-06-20
ES342 Practice flying 1944-06-21
JK519 Practice battle formation 1944-06-21
ES347 Circuits & bumps 1944-06-25
ES342 To Vis from base 0735 - 0815 1944-06-26
ES342 4 Spit sweep Niksic area & all major roads, no targets seen returned to Vis 0905 - 1055 1944-06-26
EP579 Sweep with F/Lt Kirker & to a/c from A flight, Sasaki area. Attack & destroyed 3 loco's 1 damaged. 3 oiler tankers destroyed. 1944-07-01
ES192 To Vis to refuel 0815 - 0905 1944-07-02
MA345 4 Spit sweep Sarajevo, Travnik, Vakuf, Livno & Sinj. No targets seen, returned to base 0950 - 1150 1944-07-02
JK278 Air test 1944-07-02
MA345 To Vis 1305 - 1345 1944-07-05
MA345 4 Spit sweep Imotski, Jablanica, Bugojno & Koceria, unable to penetrate further owing to 10/10 cloud. Attacked 1 large M.T & 3 ton lorry both flames. 1944-07-05
JK660 Air test 1944-07-07
JL235 To Vis to refuel 0715 - 0755 1944-07-08
JL235 Sweep with W/O Rowe & 2 a/c of A flight. Destroyed 29 loco's, 3 wagons & 3 M.T's damaged. 0855 - 1205 1944-07-08
JL235 Base to Vis 0935 - 1015 1944-07-11
JL235 Sweep with P/O Hampton, at Vinkovci & surrounding area destroyed 2 staff cars & 8 loco's, 1 M.T, damaged & 5 loco's. 1130 - 1430 1944-07-11
MA311 Local flying & formation practice 1944-07-19
MH650 Scrambled with Sgt Pratt, then told to return to base plot faded. 1944-07-21
ER178 Amendola to base 1620 - 1640 1944-07-23
ER178 Search for dingy18 miles N.E of Vieste, nothing seen. 1944-07-24
MH607 Base to Vis 1105 - 1145 1944-07-31
MA708 Airborne with F/O McKay patrol of Logosta from Vis 1915 - 2025 1944-08-01
MA708 Patrol of Korcula with F/O McKay, to cover a small British party raiding the island. 0530 - 0650 1944-08-02
EN199 Patrol Lagosta from Vis 1915 - 2025 1944-08-03
EN199 Patrol Lagosta 1355 - 1555 1944-08-04
EN199 Air test 1944-08-10
EP309 Base to Vis 1030 - 1130 1944-08-11
ML425 Patrol Vis with P/O Ritchie 1430 - 1600 1944-08-11
ML425 Patrol Vis with P/O Ritchie 1500 - 1700 1944-08-12
MA514 Patrol Vis 0535 - 0635 1944-08-13
NH271 Patrol Vis 1430 - 1615 1944-08-13
NH271 Patrol Vis 1915 - 2015 1944-08-13
ML425 Patrol Vis 1330 - 1510 1944-08-15
JK803 Vis to base 1835 - 1920 1944-08-15
JG878 Air test 1944-09-01
MA507 Practice battle formation 1944-09-09
EP617 Air test 1944-09-09
JK803 To Foggia main with a/c for wing pool 1800 - 1830 1944-09-15
MK406 Patrol of Zagreb, Noviska area. Sibenik area accurate flak encountered. Sgt Shearer hit and forced to bale out east of Žirje. Pilot safe in Dinghy, later picked up. 1944-10-05
EN359 Air test 1944-10-13
PT618 4 Spit sweep of Jablanica, Sgt Shearer returned early 1040 - 1100 1944-10-17
MK444 4 Spit sweep Jablanica & Kaonth area. Weather conditions forced section to return early. 1330 - 1355 1944-10-19
PT671 4 Spit sweep Senj, Karlovac area, bad weather (returned) 1944-10-25
PT668 4 Spit sweep Zagreb area, weather forced a return 1944-10-29
PT617 Air test 1944-11-03
PT618 6 Spit patrol of Zagreb aerodrome 1300 - 1610 1944-11-04
PT671 4 Spit sweep Senj , Karlovy area. Destroyed three 3000 gallon patrol browsers. Also strafed 30 carts & a loco shed. 1944-11-06
PV120 Weather recce with W/O Rowe, report to 254 MET. 1944-11-08
PT671 Air test 1944-11-12
PT671 From base to Vis 1130 - 1420 1944-11-19
PT671 Bomber escort to Visegrd area. Dobrun looked heavily damaged. Orbited fo 30 minutes then returned to base. 1944-11-19
PT671 Base to Bari 0900 - 0935 1944-11-21
PT671 From Bari escort with F/Sgt Osman to DC.3's to Yugoslavia 1150 - 1210 1944-11-21
PT671 Bari to base 1400 - 1500 1944-11-21
News recived today to prepare a detachment of 12 a/c, spare pilots & ground crew to proceed to Greece. 1944-12-07
This morning 13 of our Spits left for Athens. 1944-12-08
PT671 To Brindisi 1000 - 1100 1944-12-08
PT671 Brindisi to Athens 1300 - 1500 1944-12-08
PT671 Recce of roads in the Athens area 1225 - 1255 1944-12-10
PT671 Airborne with Lt Westbrook, strafed Lykabettus hill in Athens area 1650 - 1715 1944-12-11
MJ629 Airborne with F/Lt Martin, shadowed captured RAF personnel still marching north. 1600 - 1740 1944-12-19
PT671 Gun spotting, nothing seen 1435 - 1555 1944-12-28

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