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| DATE | FLEW WITH |
OPERATION |
HOURS | COUNTRY | COMMENTS |
| 29-4-44 | Blake, V.J. | Stationer 88 | 6:15 | France | No signals received |
| 3-5-44 | Blake, V.J. | Wheelwright 83 | 7:05 | France | Target covered by smoke |
| 11-5-44 | Blake, V.J. | Donkeyman 47 | 2:45 | France | 15 containers, 3 packs dropped |
| 28-5-44 | Blake, V.J. | Wheelwright 154 | 5:35 | France | 10/10ths cloud over target |
| 6-6-44 | Blake, V.J. | Tonga | 3:20 | France | D-Day invasion Horsa drop |
| 6-6-44 | Blake, V.J. | Mallard | 3:30 | France | D-Day invasion Horsa drop |
| 3-7-44 | Blake, V.J. | No Code | 5:00 | France | Proper signal received |
| 13-7-44 | Blake, V.J. | Stationer | 5:00 | France | No signals received |
| 25-7-44 | Blake, V.J. | Peter | 7:10 | France | No sig. received, engine trouble |
| 1-8-44 | Blake, V.J. | Pimento 112 | 6:10 | France | Wrong sig. coned by search lts. |
| 5-8-44 | Blake, V.J. | Dingson 35A | 4:00 | France | Glider dropped safely |
| 12-8-44 | Blake, V.J. | Salesman 20 | 5:30 | France | 15 containers, 2 packs dropped |
| 20-8-44 | Blake, V.J. | Hardy 6 | 5:00 | France | Target found by Rebecca |
| 24-8-44 | Blake, V.J. | Tom 53 | 3:55 | France | No reception appeared |
| 26-5-44 | Blake, V.J. | Houndsworth 59 | 4:50 | France | 15 Containers dropped on target |
| 31-8-44 | Blake, V.J. | Osric 120 | 4:10 | Belgium | 10/10ths cloud over target |
| 5-9-44 | Blake, V.J. | Noah 6 | 3:30 | Belgium | Jeep, Containers & 2 Panns drop |
| 10-9-44 | Blake, V.J. | Osric 139 | 4:25 | Holland | No reception in target area |
| 17-9-44 | Blake, V.J. | Market I | 1:20 | Holland | Tow rope broke over England |
| 17-9-44 | Blake, V.J. | Layton 108/25 | 5:55 | France | Message--Return to base |
| 19-9-44 | Blake, V.J. | Market III | 3:15 | Holland | Tow rope broke near Ghent |
| 1-10-44 | Blake, V.J. | Nico 1 | 3:00 | Holland | After drop, Trouble, see book. |
| 26-12-44 | Blake, V.J. | Bit 1 | 8:45 | Norway | No reception, land-Acklington |
| 28-1-45 | Blake, V.J. | Modrath | 5:10 | Germany | Bombs straddle Railway area |
| 7-2-45 | Blake, V.J. | Weeze | 4:35 | Germany | Bombs dropped thru. cloud |
| 2-3-45 | Blake, V.J. | Crop 18 | 11:20 | Norway | No reception found |
| 24-3-45 | Blake, V.J. | Varsity | 5:30 | Germany | Glider released on target |
| 2-4-45 | Blake, V.J. | Stirrup 4 | 8:30 | Norway | Weather very bad, no enemy |
| 17-4-45 | Blake, V.J. | Crupper 37B | 9:10 | Norway | Primary target found, sig. OK |
| 21-4-45 | Blake, V.J. | Tablejam 337 | 8:20 | Denmark | No reception appeared |
| 23-4-45 | Blake, V.J. | Snaffle 6 | 8:00 | Norway | Perfect recepetion found |
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| 10-5-45 | Blake, V.J. | Doomsday I | Norway | Adverse weather | |
| 11-5-45 | Blake, V.J. | Doomsday II | Norway | Transport Jeep & 4 troops | |
| 12-5-45 | Blake, V.J. | Doomsday III | Norway | Transport Jeep & 4 troops | |
| 18-5-45 | Blake, V.J. | Doomsday IV | Norway | 13 containers & freight | |
| 20-5-45 | Blake, V.J. | Transport | Belgium | 6th Airborne returned 3 trips | |
| 29-5-45 | Blake, V.J. | Transport | Belgium | Troops to Brussels 4 trips | |
| 30-5-45 | Blake, V.J. | Transport | Belgium | Repat, RAF POWs, 2 trips | |
| 2-6-45 | Blake, V.J. | Transport | Belgium | Repat, RAF POWs, 2 trips | |
| 9-6-45 | Blake, V.J. | Transport | Belgium | Repat, RAF POWs, 3 trips | |
