The Squadron’s Operations Record Book shows that RP Roberts was the Captain of a 35 Squadron aircraft on the following sorties:
- 28/05/1944 Mardick
- 31/05/1944 Mont Couple
- 05/06/1944 Longues
- 07/06/1944 Foret De Cerisy
- 11/06/1944 Tours
- 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
- 06/07/1944 Coquereaux
- 07/07/1944 Caen
- 16/07/1944 St.Philibert-Ferme
- 18/07/1944 M-Cagny (Daylight)
- 20/07/1944 Montcandon
- 22/07/1944 L’Hey
- 23/07/1944 Foret-De-Croc (Daylight)
- 23/07/1944 Kiel
- 25/07/1944 Stuttgart
- 28/07/1944 Hamburg (Incident)
- 30/07/1944 Normandy
- 01/08/1944 Foret De Nieppe
- 04/08/1944 Trossy-St-Maxim (Daylight)
- 05/08/1944 Acquet
- 07/08/1944 Normandy
- 09/08/1944 Prouville
- 12/08/1944 Russelsheim
- 15/08/1944 Volkel air base (Holland)
- 16/08/1944 Stettin
- 18/08/1944 Connantre
- 25/08/1944 Brest
- 26/08/1944 Kiel
- 15/09/1944 Kiel
- 17/09/1944 Boulogne
- 20/09/1944 Calais
- 24/09/1944 Calais (Incident)
- 25/09/1944 Calais (Aborted)
- 27/09/1944 Bottrop
- 06/10/1944 Dortmund
- 14/10/1944 Duisburg (Daylight}
- 15/10/1944 Wilhelmshaven
- 31/10/1944 Cologne
- 02/11/1944 Dusseldorf
- 04/11/1944 Bochum
- 06/11/1944 Gelsenkirchen
- 16/11/1944 Duren
- 18/11/1944 Munster
- 27/11/1944 Freiburg
- 04/12/1944 Urft Dam
- 12/12/1944 Essen
- 17/12/1944 Duisburg
- 21/12/1944 Cologne
- 24/12/1944 Cologne
- 26/12/1944 St.Vith
- 27/12/1944 Rheydt
- 28/12/1944 Bonn
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:
(Pilot) | Roy Patrick Roberts | 57 |
(2nd Dickie) | George Bradburn | 1 |
William George Douglas | 1 | |
(Navigator) | John Francis Marshall | 57 |
(Air Bomber) | Allan John Vial | 55 |
Clayton Hugh Jack | 1 | |
LHP Coleman | 1 | |
(Set Operator) | Charles William Eyles | 1 |
Dennis Thompson | 1 | |
Edward George Meredith | 18 | |
Gilbert Wood | 1 | |
John Duncan Crombie | 5 | |
(Wireless Operator) | Albert Harrison | 57 |
(Air Gunner) | Alfred George Wright | 1 |
CL Carter | 1 | |
Francis George Crowhurst | 1 | |
Geoffrey Arnold Perry | 1 | |
Jack Cecil Black | 1 | |
John Richard Hacker | 1 | |
Leslie Arthur Booth | 51 | |
Lloyd Dennis Nickel | 56 | |
Thomas James Harvey | 1 | |
(Flight Engineer) | Alan John White | 1 |
Alec Marks | 3 | |
Archibald Hunter McCartney | 1 | |
George Brodie Sharpe | 2 | |
George William Hatton | 21 | |
Henry George Smith | 1 | |
Jeffrey Francis Pryce Harper | 1 | |
Louis Donald Pope | 27 |
![Roberts Crew [Lucy Harrison].jpg](https://35squadron.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/roberts-crew-lucy-harrison.jpg?w=788)
AJ Vial, LA Booth, LD Nickel, JF Marshall, A Harrison, RP Roberts, GW Hatton
[Courtesy of Lucy Harrison]

Extract from GW Hatton’s Flying Log Book (May / June 1944)
Posting Dates
Roberts | Roy Patrick | In From: | 41 Base | 07/05/1944 |
Out to: | 46 Squadron | 31/01/1945 |