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GRANT, Lawrence

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rank: W/O
status: survived
airforce: RNZAF    (no: 414276 )
born: 1922-01-30 New Zealand

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Squadrons:

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RAF 32 1944-02-01

Aircraft:

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JF364 Patrol over convoy with W/O W.J.Smith 0720 - 0900 1944-02-29
MA796 3 Spits (F/Sgt Callaghan returning early u/s r/t) offensive recce Dubrovik. Flew up coastal railway attacked stationary train that appeared to be previously attacked. 1944-03-03
Nil flying until th 22nd owing to bad weather.. 1944-03-06
JF897 Patrol of Vis & Hvar 1944-03-22
JF404 4 Spits patrol of Vis 1610 - 1740 1944-03-24
MA693 4 Spits recce Dalmatian coast & islands, nothing to report 1605 - 1750 1944-03-25
JF584 4 Spits patrol of Dalmatian islands, 10/10 clouds at 500ft with rain. No sightings. 1944-04-01
JF584 7 spits offensive recce, Dalmatian coast. Yellow 3 & 4 F/Sgt Grant & F/Sgt Callaghan fired on beached ship at Janjina. No.4 went down & stafed something and had to bale. 1944-04-02
MH359 Search for F/Sgt Callaghan's machine with F/Sgt L.B.Simmons, found nothing. 1944-04-02
MA311 Scrambled with L.B.Simmons. no e/a sighted. 1944-04-02
MA311 4 Spits patrol of Vis 0555 - 0800 1944-04-04
MA532 Recce 1025 -1225 1944-04-06
MA693 4 Spits, patrol Vis 0615 - 0815 1944-04-09
MA790 Shipping recce with W/O R.H.Anders 0615 - 0800 1944-04-12
MA693 Sweep of Dalmatian Islands. 1944-04-13
MA693 Patrolled Vieste at 10,000ft wit F/Lt I.E.Bull 1700 - 1815 1944-04-15
MA693 Shipping recce of Dalmatian coastal Islands with F/Sgt V.Hopper 0600 - 0745 1944-04-17
MA311 A.S.R search with F/Sgt V.Hopper. Found empty dinghy. 1944-04-19
JF584 Patrol of Vis & recce of Brač with F/Sgt V.Hopper 0545 - 0745 1944-04-20
JF584 Patrol of Vis with W/O R.H.Anders 0530 - 0730 1944-04-25
MA311 Patrolled Vis with F/O J.D.Cox 1825 - 2000 1944-04-29
JL226 Patrol of Vis 1835 - 2015 1944-05-01
JF898 Escort 6 Squadron (R.P Hurricanes) on raid over Yugoslavia. 0955 - 1145 1944-05-03
MA708 Patrol of Vis with F/Sgt Hooper 1815 -2005 1944-05-06
MA736 Ordered on interception with F/O Johnston, plot faded. 1200 - 1245 1944-05-07
MA708 Patrol of Vis with W/O Hopper 1830 - 2005 1944-05-08
MA708 3 spits scrambled, turned out to be a Liberator. 0840 - 0915 1944-05-09
MA532 Vis patrol with F/Sgt Callaghan 0600 - 0730 1944-05-11
JL226 Patrol of Tremiti with F/Sgt Callaghan 1815 - 1930 1944-05-12
MA693 Airborne with W/O Hopper, ordered to intercept e/a. No e/a encountered. 1944-05-14
JL254 Patrol of Tremiti with W/O Hopper 1944-05-14
MA693 Took off for Vis patrol, returned early R/T trouble. 0525 - 0535 1944-05-16
MA693 patrol of Vis 0545 - 0635 1944-05-16
JK759 Scrambled without results 1944-05-17

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