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Flying Officer Z. Lamothe
Call Sign: Zach - with No. 41 Squadron since 2020-07-01
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P/O
Robert Z. Lamothe
R.A.F.
F/O 2020-09-21
5' 7
Medium
Hazel
Brown
1920-07-10
Robert Z. Lamothe
Joe Bloggs
Sgt
2020-07-01
PILOT'S FLYING LOG BOOKJuly, 2020 |
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| Year: | Aircraft. | Pilot, or 1st Pilot. |
2nd Pilot, Pupil, or Passanger. |
DUTY (Including Results And Remarks). |
Single-Engine Aircraft. | Multi-Engine Aircraft. | ||||
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| 2020 | Type. | No. | Pilot, or 1st Pilot. |
2nd Pilot, Pupil, or Passanger. |
Pilot, or 1st Pilot. |
2nd Pilot, Pupil, or Passanger. |
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| Month. | Date. | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Totals Brought Forward | 0h 0 | 0h 0 | 0h 0 | 0h 0 |
| 7 | 1 | Spitfire IX | EB-ZSM249 | Self | Offensive Sweep from Le Culot. Patrol between Venlo and Wassenberg.F144 | 1h 0 | ||||
| 7 | 3 | Spitfire IX | EB-ZSM249 | Self | Ground Attack from B.70. Flight B was tasked with attacking the 21st Panzer division spotted just south of Eindhoven.F145 | 0h 35 | ||||
| 7 | 4 | Spitfire IX | EB-ZSM249 | Self | Defensive Patrol from B.77. Defensive patrol to cover Hertogenbosch Defences.F146 | 0h 35 | ||||
| 7 | 4 | Spitfire IX | EB-ZSM249 | Self | Defensive Patrol from B.77. Another defensive patrol over Hertogenbosch Defences.F147 | 0h 45 | ||||
| 7 | 15 | Spitfire IX | EB-ZSM249 | Self | Defensive Patrol from Y-45 near Aachen. Patrol over bomb line between Cologne and Bonn.F148 | 1h 0 | ||||
| 7 | 19 | Spitfire IX | EB-ZSM249 | Self | Escort from Eindhoven. Escort of Mitchells to Borken. | - | ||||
| F/O Z. Lamothe failed to return and is missing. | ||||||||||
| 7 | 19 | Spitfire IX | EB-ZSM249 | Self | Ground Attack from Gilze. Dive-bombing of a fuel depot. | - | ||||
| F/O Z. Lamothe failed to return and is missing. | ||||||||||
| 7 | 20 | Spitfire IX | EB-ZSM249 | Self | Ground Attack from Gilze. Bombing enemy airfield Kirchhellen.F149 | 1h 0 | ||||
| 7 | 21 | Spitfire IX | EB-ZSM249 | Self | Intercept from Gilze. 'A' Flight up on an intercept mission out east to the patrol line of Veghel to the bombline. Heavy snow conditions with a strong northerly wind and thick overcast from 3000 ft to over 7000 ft. Flight of enemy Junkers Ju-88 intercepted and totally destroyed. F/O Steele is missing in action from the air combat at that time. All pilots returned to Gilze except P/O Z.Lamothe who put down at Nijmegen.F143A23 | 0h 45 | ||||
| This was the first flight where I was accompanied with by younger brother P/O 'Al' A. Lamothe - who just joined the Squadron after being trained on and fitted with a Spitfire Mk. IXe. Although he had only logged about 30 hours of prior flight time in the Tiger Moth, Harvard and Spitfire A/Cs during training, Al did quite well on his first operational mission in the ETO and in 41 Squadron. Impressively, his first flight in a Spit Mk. IXe was only a few days before the mission - and he was able to taxi out to the runway and takeoff without incident in snowy/icy conditions. Embarrassingly, when we approached the enemy bomber group and the time came to give the order to 'engage at will', I was too focused on my own tasks and Al ended up following me to the letter and did not partake in the 'turkey shoot'. I immediately regretted that and vowed that I would not make the same mistake again! After my engine failed and I was forced to disengage, it bothered me not being able to witness the rest of his flight however I was happy to hear that he had returned safely with a 'damaged' under his belt. | ||||||||||
| GRAND TOTAL [ Cols. (1) to (4) ] | Totals Carried Forward | 5h 40 | 0h 0 | 0h 0 | 0h 0 | |||||
| .........5......... Hrs. .........40......... Mins. | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | ||||||