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WHITTINGHAM, Richard Tiley

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rank: Lt
status: unknown
airforce: SAAF    (no: 328957V )
born: South Africa

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249 Squadron

1944-10-17 DFC

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RAF 249 1944-04-01

Aircraft:

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JG793 Local flying 0955 - 1105 1944-04-12
JK546 Local flying 1944-04-14
JK101 4 Spits flew to Sarandë & along road to Delvinë. At Greece/Albania border attacked 20/25 covered 3 ton lorries. 2 flamers, 2 disintegrated & 5/7 damaged. 1944-04-16
JK447 Air test 1944-04-16
ER490 Airborne with W/O Fox search for C.47 crew that crashed between Brindisi & Lucca. Crew already picked up by the Italians. 1944-04-20
BR380 Weather recce with F/L MacBain Corfu area 1030 - 1140 1944-04-22
JK447 6 Spits with bombs & 2 top cover bombed bridge at Delvinë. 1 direct hit, later strafed M.T's 2 flamers, 2 damaged. 1020 - 1135 1944-04-24
JK447 4 Spits bombing sweep of shipping. Found no ships. Bombed railway shed at Bar, scoring 1 hit. 1505 - 1710 1944-04-24
ER874 Bombing sweep with R.G.F.Chase. Bombs jettisoned on sighting two ME.109's, gave chase but were out distanced. 1944-04-28
Armed recce with W/O J.G.Bowman, to Korites nothing seen on airfield. Qafzez strafed 3 M.T's & 1 staff car moving north. 1 smoker & 2 damaged. 1944-06-04
JK878 4 Spits 8x250lbs to Argyrokastro area see 15+ MT's moving west spaced out 100 yards apart. Bombed from 6/10,000ft 2 bombs hit roadway the other 6 missed. Strafed 1 flamer 2 damaged. Strafing on the way to base. 1944-06-04
JK214 Temp duties with S/L Te Kloots, to Vis 1530 - 1610 1944-08-01
JK214 From Vis to base 1645 - 1730 1944-08-01
ER718 5 Spits to Vis 1915 - 1955 1944-08-01
ER718 4 Spits with 8x250 lbs attacked the gun positions at Ohrid from 2/5000ft. No flak 1944-08-02
ER718 Returned to base from Vis 1145 -1225 1944-08-02
ER718 To Leverano 0815 - 0925 1944-08-03
JL328 Bombing sweep with Sgt Pallett south of Valona Bay. Bombed 7 M.T's entirely destroying 3. Attacked 4 camouflaged M.T's under cliff at Sarandon, 1 flamer 3 damaged. 1944-08-04
JK725 Return from Leverano 1335 - 1445 1944-08-05
JK447 Air test 1944-08-07
JG877 Air test 1944-08-08
JK447 4 spit-bombers attacked bomb dump S.E of Vrgorac. 4 bombs falling in target area, no results claimed. Staff car flamer at Prolog. 1944-08-11
ER718 Returned to base from Vis 1145 -1225 1944-09-02

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