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| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 1 | 2 lifts, T.P. 45 mins. 295 Squadron. 1 lift 25 mins 570 Squadron. | |
| 2 Night lifts 295 Squadron T.F. 40 mins. | |||
| " | 2 | Normal Routine | |
| " | 3 | 3 lifts 295 Squadron. 4 Night lifts 295 Squadron. | |
| " | 4 | Crews returned from Sleap. 4 lifts 570 Squadron 3 hrs. | |
| " | 5 | 6 crews returned from H.G.C.U.. 14 Exercise "NEPTUNE" crews proceeded to Holiday Camp, Watchet. 5 | |
| day lifts by 295 Squadron - 1 hr 30 mins. 17 Night lifts - 11 hrs 25 mins. | |||
| " | 6 | 295 Squadron 9 lifts - 1 hr. 30 mins. | |
| " | 7 | Normal Routine. 11 lifts - 2 hrs 10 mins. 4 night lifts - 1 hr. 40 mins. | |
| " | 8 | Normal Routine 8 day lifts 1 hr 25 mins. 12 night lifts - 7 hrs 30 mins. | |
| 18 Reinforcement Pilots arrived from Depot. | |||
| " | 10 | Normal Routine 570 Squadron - 5 lifts, 2 hrs 30 mins. | |
| " | 11 | No flying. | |
| " | 12 | 14 Exercise "NEPTUNE" crews returned from Holiday Camp. All Crews recalled from leave. | |
| " | 13 | Squadron Commanders briefed by Commander Glider Pilots for Operation "TRANSFIGURE". | |
| 1 lift by 295 Squadron. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 15 | 22 crews from 18 Flight, under Captain H.T. Bartlett proceeded to U.S.A.A.F. Station, Ramsbury, for | |
| Exercsie "TRANSFIGURE". 1 lift by 295 Squadron. - Glider flown by Colonel G.J.S. Chatterton, D.S.O. | |||
| 570 Squadron 3 lifts - 1 hr. 55 mins. 14 crews attached from "F" Squadron and three crews from Depot | |||
| for Exercise "TRANSFIGURE". | |||
| " | 16 | 1400 | Briefing commenced for Exercise "TRANSFIGURE" |
| Operation "TRANSFIGURE" postponed for 24 hours. | |||
| " | 17 | 1200 | " " " " " " |
| 1900 | Operation "TRANSFIGURE" cancelled. | ||
| " | 18 | Normal Routine 295 Squadron, 2 lifts - 20 mins. | |
| " | 19 | Normal Routine. No Flying. | |
| " | 20 | " " 295 Squadron 16 lifts - 2 hrs. 40 mins. | |
| " | 21 | " " No Flying. 14 Crows returned to 'F' Squadron. | |
| " | 22 | " " " " 22 Crews returned from USAAF Stn., Ramsbury. | |
| " | 23 | " " " " Privilege leave re-commenced for Pilots. | |
| " | 24 | " " 295 Squadron, 2 lifts. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 25 | Normal Routine. No Flying. | |
| " | 26 | " " " " 2 Flight proceeded on 5-day exercise. | |
| " | 27 | " " 295 Squadron, 7 lifts. 570 Squadron, 14 lifts. Total: | |
| 6 hours. 2 Flight supplied by 4 containers carried by 1 Stirling of | |||
| 295 Squadron. S/Sjt. Harman undershot and damaged glider. | |||
| " | 28 | Normal Routine. No Flying. | |
| " | 29 | Normal Routine. No Flying. 2 Flight supplied by 1 stirling of 295 Sqn. | |
| " | 30 | 295 Squadrian, 2 day lifts. 570 Squadron, 2 day lifts. 4 night lifts. | |
| Total : 2 hrs. 30 mins. 2 Flight returned from Exercise. | |||
| " | 31 | 4 lifts and 10 gliders ferried from Netheravon. Squadron Commander | |
| briefed for operation. |
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