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HUME, William

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rank: F/L
status: survived
airforce: RAF    (no: 117494 )
born: United Kingdom

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32 Squadron

Promoted to F/Lt 7th January 1944.

Posted to Gibraltar 17th May 1944

Squadrons:

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RAF 32 1943-04-01

Aircraft:

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JF566 (La Senia) Anti-recce sweep with F/Lt Bull, no opposition encountered. 1944-01-04
JF566 (La Senia) Anti recce sweep with F/Lt Bull 0805 - 1000 1944-01-04
(Marrakech) Dawn patrol with F/O B.L Hunter, no e/a encountered 0815 - 0925 1944-01-11
Dawn patrol with F/O Hunter 0815 - 0925 1944-01-11
JF566 Dusk patrol with F/O Hunter. 1755 - 1855 1944-01-12
JF566 (Marrakech) Dusk patrol with F/O Hunter 1755 - 1855 1944-01-12
JF662 Scrambled with F/O Hunter, no e/a sighted 1944-01-14
JF662 Scrambled with F/O Hunter, no e/a sighted 1944-01-14
JF566 Dawn patrol with F/O Hunter 1944-01-15
JF662 Dawn patrol with F/O R.H Johnston 0815 - 0920 1944-01-17
JF662 (Marrakesh) Dawn patrol with F/O Johnstone 1944-01-17
JF584 (La Senia) Anti-recce patrol over convoy with F/Sgt R.H Anders, 1205 - 1310 1944-01-24
JF670 3 Spits anti-recce patrol over convoy 1535 - 1700 1944-01-24
JF584 (La Senia) Anti recce patrol over convoy with F/Sgt Anders 1205 - 1310 1944-01-24
JF670 3 Spit patrol convoy 1535 - 1700 1944-01-24
32 Squadron move, 15 Spitfires were flown to Sidi Amor where they spent the night 1944-01-30
Spitfires arrived at their destination Foggia main, Italy. 1944-01-31
JF670 Convoy patrol with F/Sgt L.Simmons 0700 - 0825 1944-02-28
MA708 Airborne with F/Sgt Callaghan to escorted Cant seaplane to Vis & back. 0920 - 1125 1944-02-29
MA693 4 Spit sweep Zaostrog, Kozica & Vrgorac areas. On road to Kozica 5 horse drawn wagons loaded with troops was attacked . S.E of Vrgorac 1 truck flamer & hits scored on car. F/Sgt Bishop crash landed. 1944-03-02
MA631 4 Spits patrolled Vis & Hvar 1540 - 1740 1944-03-22
JG495 4 Spit recce Brač, Šolta & Drivenik, nothing to report. 1944-03-26
JG495 4 Spit dawn recce Vis to south coast of Brač, nothing to report. 0530 - 0715 1944-03-27
JF897 Shipping recce with F/O Raybould 0520 - 0705 1944-03-31
JL254 7 Spit offensive sweep Dalmatian coast. Yellow section (Hume & Callaghan) fired on beached ship at Janjina. F/Lt Callaghan missing after going down to strafe something. 1944-04-02
JL254 3 Spit patrol of Vis 1820 - 2005 1944-04-03
MA532 7 Spit attacked 2 schooners & 3 gun positions on a cliff at Cavtat 0950 - 1140 1944-04-04
4 Spit patrol of Vis, recall owing to ground mist. Landed at Termoli 0550 - 0735 1944-04-05
JL251 4 Spits carried out offensive sweep Cavtat 1025 - 1225 1944-04-06
JG495 4 Spits provided escort Spit-bombers of 73 Squadron to Niksia 1315 - 1515 1944-04-08
JL254 Dusk patrol of Vis with F/Sgt Oates 1730 -1915 1944-04-09
JL254 Patrol Vis with F/Sgt Oates 1730 - 1915 1944-04-10
JL254 5 Spit patrol Vis 1800 - 1940 1944-04-11
Posted to Gibraltar 1944-05-17

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