No. 35 Squadron’s Operations Record Book shows that JH Brown participated in the following operational sorties as captain of a 35 Squadron aircraft.
- 08/09/1942 Frankfurt
- 10/09/1942 Dusseldorf
- 13/09/1942 Bremen
- 14/09/1942 Wilhelmshaven
- 19/09/1942 Saarbrucken
- 05/10/1942 Aachen
- 13/10/1942 Kiel
- 15/10/1942 Cologne
- 24/10/1942 Milan
- 20/11/1942 Turin
- 22/11/1942 Stuttgart
- 02/12/1942 Frankfurt
- 06/12/1942 Mannheim
- 08/12/1942 Turin
- 09/12/1942 Turin
- 30/01/1943 Hamburg
- 04/02/1943 Turin
- 11/02/1943 Wilhelmshaven
- 18/02/1943 Wilhelmshaven
- 19/02/1943 Wilhelmshaven
- 08/03/1943 Nuremberg (Failed to Return)
It is worth noting that JH Brown participated in one 2nd Dickie Flight on 11th August 1942 prior to becoming captain of an aircraft.
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) | John Hilton Brown | 21 |
(Navigator) | Gomer Donald Waterer | 21 |
(Air Bomber) | Albert George Murray Coulam | 21 |
(Set Operator) | Dudley Peter David Archer | 2 |
(Wireless Operator) | David Aitken Sibbald | 21 |
(Air Gunner) | John Napoleon Barry | 2 |
Patrick Flynn | 19 | |
Stanley Seymour Vinicombe | 21 | |
(Flight Engineer) | Alan Tacey | 18 |
Albert Edward Waddicor | 2 | |
John Maurice Mitchell | 1 |
Brown, Tacey, Waterer, Flynn, Sibbald, Vinicombe, Coulam
[Courtesy of Colin Lindsey]