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Hi Mark,

AIR 27/147 are the Appendices referenced for P5001.

The Op was orginally schedued for 2/11/40 with take off at 14:00 hrs

PTB 234 P/O Jones P5001 "S"

It has the pencil notation - Postponed. Carried out 5/11/40. Forcelanded in the sea after completing mission.

The next page confirms MSI and crew and adds Time Up at 14:03 from Leeming.

The five man crew that Chorley gives is the same crew listed for B flight roster on 29th Oct (3 alternative crewmembers are listed in the roster to cover illness etc)

So lots in the No.10 ORBs and appendices to confirm PTB234 as P5001.

No.77 Sqn Appendices AIR27/659A confirms Miller crew as MSI MYD431.

On balance it looks like your reference attaching Miller crew to MSI PTB234 is incorrect and it should be Jones crew. This is also confirmed by the suggestion that only Jones crew had a functioning w/t and hence the only crew of the two able to send an SOS at 06:10 hrs.

Regards
Ross