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[Adriano Baumgartner]

Dear all, Thanks to Mike, Andy and John we do have some matches:

1940

28 July 1940. F/O H. Blatchford (on Spitfire P9313) to W25/BREST, from St. Eval. Took off at 17:55hs. Landed at 20:15hs. Sortie H/358

1941

Sortie T.420. F/O Steventon (on Spitfire R7035) from Benson. Took off at 08:45hs, landed at 14:00hs. Objecitves: Kiel/Wilhelmshaven. Results: Photos of Whilhelmshaven/Cuxhaven and Kiel.

1942

Sortie S.591. P/O Alexander Gemmell Pauls (84117) (on Spitfire AB427). Took off at 08:15hs and landed at 09:58hs. Objectives: Channel Islands, Cherbourg and St. Malo. Results: Photos of Lannion A/D, Lezardrieux River.

Sortie C/518. P/O N L Bottome (the rest as informed by Mike)

ANDY

Regarding Sortie N/630 (from RAF Leuchars), I found:
F/O Bailey (pilot)
NAVIGATOR not informed!
Take off time NOT informed! - landing time: 17:55hs
Mosquito W4058
Objectives: Dantzig / Gdynia / Herla (Herdla or Hela or Halle ?)
Results: Photos of Dantzig and Gdynia

Thanks to the help of some of you, I finally managed to identify some 40-50% of the pictures and sorties!

Some other sorties do need to cross check with the ORB...will need to use Google Map to see some Geographical aspects....like on the case of the sorties of 02 January 1941 and 23 October 1941, for instance, where several missions were flown!!! Really a pitty that the sorties were NOT informed...and one needs to read the entries (manuscript) written by the individuals (pilots) who flew the missions! They do even sign EACH photographic report on Form F.540!!!! Amazing.....really amazing.....some lone flights of some 5-6 hours were recorded on Spitfires PR!!!

I still wonder why some of those heroes did not received a full biography, like that written of the maverik of them all Wing Commander WARBURTON!

Wish I could have more time to dedicate my writtings to some of those alone warriors...

Thanks to all who have helped me so far....do have received quite a lot of help, and it seems that the PR boys are not forgotten by some of us....

Most humbly yours
Adriano S. Baumgartner