LOOTS, Frederik W
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rank: Ltstatus: survived
airforce: SAAF (no: 328565 )
born: 1923-07-27 Windhoek Namibia
added by: Roelof Loots
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Squadrons:
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| Airforce | Sqdrn | Start | Finish |
| RAF | 94 | 1944-01-04 | 1945-04-16 |
Aircraft:
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| Serial | Note | Date |
| JK435 | Chased recc plane | 1944-03-11 |
| JK327 | Convoy patrol "'SAMPLER" | 1944-03-14 |
| EF537 | Convoy patrol "Raven" | 1944-03-18 |
| MA360 | Convoy patrol "RHYSLAND" | 1944-03-19 |
| JK435 | Scramble to 21000 sighted E/A, could not catch up | 1944-03-20 |
| MA363 | Convoy patrol ''BRILLIANT'' | 1944-03-21 |
| MA363 | Convoy patrol "NEIGHBOUR" | 1944-03-23 |
| ES254 | Convoy patrol "'NURSEMAID" | 1944-03-29 |
| MA363 | Convoy patrol "'VENUS'' | 1944-04-09 |
| JK742 | Convoy patrol "'PANNIER'' | 1944-04-17 |
| MA363 | Convoy patrol ''ÇROSSBENCH'' | 1944-04-23 |
| MA977 | Scramble - fiendly aircraft | 1944-04-26 |
| EF537 | Convoy patrol ''NETTLE'' | 1944-05-01 |
| MH551 | Escort Beaufighters to Crete to attack RDF stations at Leonda | 1944-05-05 |
| MA360 | Convoy patrol "SPRUCE'' | 1944-05-08 |
| EF537 | Convoy patrol ''SOLO'' | 1944-05-17 |
| MA363 | Convoy patrol ''HANKEY'' | 1944-05-24 |
| JK977 | Convoy patrol "'COLUMBIA'' | 1944-06-07 |
| EN152 | Scramble to 3000' - friendly aircraft | 1944-06-09 |
| EF537 | Convoy patrol "BARRYMORE" | 1944-06-14 |
| MA360 | Convoy patrol "'HORN'' | 1944-06-21 |
| MH551 | Scramble to 5000' - friendly aircraft | 1944-06-24 |
| MA363 | Convoy patrol "CRUPPER" | 1944-06-29 |
| MA360 | Convoy patrol "GABBERDINE" | 1944-06-30 |
| MH558 | Bomber escort to Crete. Attack RDF station at Ierapetro | 1944-07-05 |
| MA360 | Convoy patrol "ARMADILLO" | 1944-07-06 |
| MH838 | Scramble to 10000' - friendly aircraft | 1944-07-07 |
| MH508 | Bomber escourt to Crete.Bombed Kastelli aerodrome | 1944-07-10 |
| JK977 | Convoy patrol "CINDERELLA" | 1944-07-13 |
| MJ328 | Squardon moving to Savoia | 1944-07-22 |
| MA363 | Convoy partol "PASTURE" | 1944-07-30 |
| MH838 | Scarmble to 10000' - friendly aircraft | 1944-08-07 |
| MH508 | Convoy patrol "EASTCHEAP". Tyre burst on take off, landed succesfully | 1944-08-08 |
| MH558 | Convoy patrol "JANITOR'' | 1944-08-10 |
| MH558 | Fighter sweep over Crete, no fighter opposition, moderate flak | 1944-08-14 |
| JL365 | Strafing Kalamaki airfield. Lt Dummett killed on Kalamaki airfield. F/LMcLachlan shot down near Lamia - returned | 1944-10-09 |
| JL365 | Strafing vehicles near border. CO's plane get glycol leak, returned with him | 1944-10-12 |
| JL365 | Strafing vehicles near Yugoslav border.Destroyed one engine | 1944-10-13 |
| BR363 | Strafing transport at Kozani area. Destroyed 1x 3T truck, damaged 1 x staff-car. Lt Boshoff shot down on 24th - returned. F/Lt Henderson shot down - returned. | 1944-10-25 |
| MA282 | Train busting west of Salonika.Destroyed 2x engines, damaged 12 railway trucks, 1x signal box.F/O Maxwell killed over Goropi airfield. S/Lr Foshettkilled west of Volos. | 1944-10-29 |
| EE783 | Recce Salonika and railways north | 1944-11-02 |
| BR363 | Train busting between Veles and Skoplje. Destroyed 2x engines, set fire to ammo train, exploding as we left, damaged 10 trucks, destroyed 30 trucks | 1944-11-06 |
| JK731 | Train busting between Veles and Skoplje.Destroyed 4x engines, 7 trucks, damaged 10 trucks. Christie Boshoff's plane JK162 caught fire due to train explosion and was killed. | 1944-11-08 |
| ER525 | Train busting north of Skoplje | 1944-11-12 |
| JK731 | Train busting at Vucitrn | 1944-11-15 |
| JK731 | Recce Crete roads near Selino Kasteli. Destroyed 4x trucks. Heavy but inaccurate flak. | 1944-11-20 |
| JK731 | Starfing near Tatoi.Destroyed one truck damaged two. F/Sgt Andrews and O'Keefe killed. | 1944-12-09 |
| JK731 | Strafing and destroy 6x trucks. | 1944-12-11 |
| EE783 | Escort tanks and relief column. | 1944-12-19 |
| ER871 | Rece for guns shelling Kalamaki | 1944-12-21 |
| ER871 | Strafing buildongs in Riracus | 1944-12-25 |
| ER871 | Strafing building in Piraeus | 1944-12-31 |
| ER871 | Escort to armoured column to Koropi and Markopoulon | 1945-01-06 |
| EE783 | Cover for armoured column from Elevsig to Erithria | 1945-01-08 |
| JK731 | Armed recce northern Peloponese. Destroyed one 3t truck. | 1945-01-13 |
| JK527 | Hostages recce Lamia - Makrakomi | 1945-01-27 |
| ER871 | Demonstration flight over Crete | 1945-02-10 |
| EN461 | Fly to Biferno (italy) | 1945-04-14 |
| EN461 | Fly back from Biferno to Zara (yuguslavia) | 1945-04-16 |
| EN461 | Posting from 94 Squardon back to South Africa. Assesment upon posing: above average pilot | 1945-04-20 |
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