Cloudy all morning with
a fairly strong breeze becoming milder in the afternoon with
scattered cloud. An operation was carried out on a Radar
Installation at St. Peter's Port on the Island of Guernsey in
the early morning. Eight of our aircraft loaded with 500 lb.
bombs participated. All bombs appear to have burst in or near
the target area.
We had the misfortune to
loose J8146 F/L Johnny
Saville on this operation. In spite of the ASR
search that was made very shortly after, no trace of him was
found. A signal was received posting in J9078 F/L Ken Fiset to
fill the vacant Flight Commander's post.
The news which every
man of the Squadron was anxiously awaiting has been received
today with the greatest enthusiasm . The pilots were briefed at Hurn Intelligence on the particulars of the invasion and the
groundcrews were given the information by the Station Commander,
W/C Hillock late at night. The spirit of the lads on hearing the
address knew no bounds and they had the greatest difficulty
suppressing their joy throughout the speech.
Webmaster's Note: The
541 Form for the month of June 1944 is extremely illegible, and
difficult to read, and may entail a trip to Ottawa to get a
better copy out of the Directorate of History. Hopefully theirs
will more legible.
In the meantime, illegible text is indicated by a
series of question " ? " marks.
Tiger
Squadron