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RAF Maison Blanc, Algeria 8th Nov 1942 Operation Torch 8th November 1942 Operation Torch 8th November 1942 To Algeria 8th November 1942 Algiers defended from German bombers 9th November 1942 Airfield attacked 11 November 1942 Operation Torch 12th November 1942 Airfield seized 13th November 1942 Attacked on the ground 13th November 1942 To North Africa 13th November 1942 Move ahead of supplies 14th Nov 1942 Defence 14th November 1942 Move to Algeria 14th November 1942 Lost in the Med 15th November 1942 No accommodation 16th November 1942 On the move 17th November 1942 Airfield bombed 18th November 1942 Convoy patrols 20th November 1942 Airfield bombed 21st November 1942 Move forward 21st November 1942 Airfield bombed again 23rd November 1942 Algiers bombed 24th November 1942 Moved air base 29th Nov 1942 On the Move 29th Nov 1942 Report 17th Dec 1942 Move to N Africa 19th December 1942 Move to the Med 22nd December 1942 Arrival in Algeria 23rd December 1942 Passengers 24th December 1942 Plane destroyed in Tunis 25th December 1942 Night patrols 3rd January 1943 Mixed duties 4th January 1943 Missing seaman search 6th January 1943 Airfield bombed 7th January 1943 Detachment 10th January 1943 Patrols 13th January 1943 Attacked by friend and foe 14th January 1943 No action 15th January 1943 Bomb attacks on aerodromes 16th January 1943 Operations 17th January 1943 Squadron Leader missing 18th January 1943 Beaufighter crashed at sea 19th January 1943 Detachment recalled 20th January 1943 Baled out 21st January 1943 Ju88 destroyed 26th January 1943 Two enemy aircraft shot down 27th January 1943 No activity 28th January 1943 Air raid on Algiers 29th January 1943 Three enemy aircraft shot down February 1943 Conversion 7th February 1943 Busy night 10th February 1943 Daylight scramble 11th February 1943 Ju88 shot down 15th February 1943 Patrols over Oran 17th February 1943 Enemy aircraft escaped 27th February 1943 Aircraft Crash 28th February 1943 Monthly report 13th March 1943 On the Move 31st March 1943 No enemy aircraft encountered April 1943 Re-equipped 14th April 1943 Shot down off Sardinia 18th April 1943 Shot down off Tunis 23rd April 1943  Failed to return 30th April 1943 Medical Report 18th May 1943 Crashed in Algeria 19th May 1943 C/O flies sorties to France 31st May 1943 Medical report 20th June 1943 Attack on radio factory 23rd June 1943 Attack on Spezia 23rd June 1943 Missing over the sea 27th June 1943  Failed to return 30th June 1943 Medical report 23rd July 1943 Move to Tunisia 31st July 1943 Medical Report 2nd September 1943 Relocated 15th September 1943 Detachment to North Africa 26th July 1944 Targets 12th August 1944 Ranger over France to Algieria 15th August 1944 Flight to Algiers 20th August 1944 Flight to Algeria If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. 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