The Squadron’s Operations Record Book shows that DL Knobloch was the Captain of a 35 Squadron aircraft on the following sorties:
- 07/06/1944 Foret De Cerisy
- 08/06/1944 Fougeres
- 09/06/1944 Rennes
- 15/06/1944 Lens
- 16/06/1944 Pas de Calais
- 23/06/1944 Coubronne
- 24/06/1944 Middel Straete
- 27/06/1944 Oisemont/Neuville Au Bois
- 02/07/1944 Oisemont/Neuville Au Bois
- 12/07/1944 Thiverby
- 15/07/1944 Nucourt
- 16/07/1944 St.Philibert-Ferme
- 24/07/1944 Stuttgart (Incident)
- 28/07/1944 Hamburg
- 30/07/1944 Normandy
- 31/07/1944 Foret De Nieppe
- 03/08/1944 Bois de Cassan
- 04/08/1944 Bec-d’Ambes (Daylight 2)
- 05/08/1944 Acquet
- 07/08/1944 Normandy
- 09/08/1944 La Neuville
- 11/08/1944 Douai
- 12/08/1944 Falaise
- 14/08/1944 Falaise
- 15/08/1944 Volkel air base (Holland)
- 16/08/1944 Stettin
- 25/08/1944 Watton
- 26/08/1944 Kiel (Failed to Return)
The following shows the composition of his crew on these sorties, along with the number of sorties undertaken by each airman as part of his crew (as recorded in the squadron’s Operations Record Book). Details of all flights (including training flights) will be recorded in their Flying Log Books:
(Pilot) | Douglas Lawrence Knobloch | 28 |
(2nd Dickie) | George Bradburn | 1 |
(Navigator) | John Maule | 28 |
(Air Bomber) | Francis Herbert Thomas McNally | 28 |
(Set Operator) | Albert Edward John Thorne | 9 |
(Wireless Operator) | Ronald George Pain | 28 |
(Air Gunner) | James Arthur Bowen | 28 |
Reginald Noah Collins | 28 | |
(Flight Engineer) | James William Street | 28 |

Target Photo Bois de Cassan 03/08/1944
Posting Dates
Knobloch | Douglas Lawrence | In From: | 41 Base | 10/05/1944 |
Out to: | War Casualty | 26/08/1944 |