Year by Year › 1944
1944
The Tirpitz and a Bar to the DSC
After the Fighter Leaders' course, Bill takes 880 Squadron aboard HMS Furious for strikes off Norway, flying cover for the attacks on the battleship Tirpitz in April and July. In August he leaves the squadron to become Commander Flying of HMS Ruler, and he is awarded a Bar to his Distinguished Service Cross.
8 letters · 129 flights, 84 hours 15 minutes · 1 newspaper cutting · 2 books
January
Flew
10 flights, 10 hours 20 minutes: Spitfire 10
February
Flew
16 flights, 9 hours 50 minutes: Seafire 16
March
Places named
Flew
25 flights, 15 hours 50 minutes: Seafire 22, Master 2, Whitney Straight 1
April
Places named
Flew
7 flights, 6 hours 55 minutes: Seafire 7
May
Places named
Flew
26 flights, 15 hours 30 minutes: Seafire 26
June
Places named
Flew
18 flights, 12 hours 10 minutes: Seafire 18
July
Places named
Flew
14 flights, 6 hours 55 minutes: Seafire 10, DH89 4
August
Places named
Flew
8 flights, 3 hours 20 minutes: Seafire 6, Hornet Moth 2
September
Places named
Flew
2 flights, 1 hours 45 minutes: Seafire 1, Reliant 1
November
Places named
Flew
2 flights, 1 hours 20 minutes: Seafire 1, Hellcat 1
December
Places named
Flew
1 flight, 0 hours 20 minutes: Hellcat 1
In the books
- They Gave Me a Seafire Commander R. ‘Mike’ Crosley, DSC, RN, 1986
- Wings over the Waves Graham Drucker, 2011