The Squadron’s Operations Record Book shows that PH Cribb was the Captain of a 35 Squadron aircraft on the following sorties:
- 15/01/1942 Hamburg
- 12/02/1942 English Channel / North Sea
- 03/03/1942 Billancourt
- 09/03/1942 Essen
- 08/04/1942 Hamburg
- 27/04/1942 Battleship
- 28/04/1942 Battleship
- 30/05/1942 Cologne
- 01/06/1942 Essen
- 03/06/1942 Bremen
- 25/06/1942 Bremen
- 29/06/1942 Bremen
- 08/07/1942 Wilhelmshaven
- 19/07/1942 Vegesack
- 25/07/1942 Duisburg
- 26/07/1942 Hamburg
- 29/07/1942 Saarbrucken
- 31/07/1942 Dusseldorf
- 06/08/1942 Duisburg
- 18/08/1942 Flensburg
- 14/09/1942 Wilhelmshaven
- 05/10/1942 Aachen
- 13/10/1942 Kiel
- 15/10/1942 Cologne
- 20/11/1942 Turin
- 22/11/1942 Stuttgart
- 28/11/1942 Turin
- 02/12/1942 Frankfurt
- 06/12/1942 Mannheim
- 08/12/1942 Turin
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) | Peter Henry Cribb | 30 |
(2nd Pilot) | – Hill | 1 |
Arthur Edward Hammond | 1 | |
Frank Edward Gardiner | 3 | |
Frederick Caldwell | 1 | |
(Navigator) | William Robert Francis Grierson-Jackson | 25 |
– Wilson | 4 | |
Alan James Child | 1 | |
(Air Bomber) | Kenneth Drew Rome | 1 |
Lionel Leonard Thomas | 22 | |
(Wireless Operator) | Glenburne George Galvin | 16 |
Joseph Pierre Gaston Blanchet | 1 | |
Walter Montague Gordon Wing | 29 | |
William Patrick Ryan | 5 | |
William Warren Craig | 1 | |
(Air Gunner) | Charles Fullerton Stewart | 21 |
Gerald Anthony Doman | 1 | |
Luther Martin | 8 | |
Mark Anthony Sachs | 1 | |
Michael Albert Edward Bradford | 1 | |
(Flight Engineer) | Harry Haxby | 1 |
John Ralph Storey | 2 | |
Stanley Langford Conway Watt | 1 | |
William Patrick O’Kane | 26 |
He was posted out of the squadron in January 1943, rejoining in May 1944
The Squadron’s Operations Record Book shows that he was the Captain of a 35 Squadron aircraft on the following sorties:
- 31/05/1944 Trappes
- 05/06/1944 Longues
- 07/06/1944 Foret De Cerisy
- 09/06/1944 Rennes
- 11/06/1944 Tours
- 14/06/1944 Evrecy
- 15/06/1944 Fouillard
- 22/06/1944 Laon
- 25/06/1944 Montorgueil
- 04/07/1944 Villeneuve St.Georges
- 06/07/1944 Siracourt
- 07/07/1944 Caen
- 12/07/1944 Rollez
- 15/07/1944 Nucourt
- 18/07/1944 H2-Manneville (Daylight)
(Pilot) | Peter Henry Cribb | 15 |
(Navigator) | Alfred Carman Strout | 14 |
Reginald Arthur Ward | 1 | |
(Air Bomber) | Lorne Vincent Tyndale | 14 |
Ronald Owen Tudberry | 1 | |
(Wireless Operator) | Henry Silverwood | 14 |
James Bremner | 1 | |
(Air Gunner) | Cedric Alexander Fraser-Petherbridge | 2 |
Charles Fullerton Stewart | 8 | |
Donald Andrew Wager | 7 | |
Douglas Edward John Stevens | 12 | |
Frederick Robert Hayward | 1 | |
(Flight Engineer) | Andrew Jenkinson Dick | 1 |
George Richard Bradley | 14 |
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:
Photo Gallery

Cribb (Source: IMW CH 6477)
Posting Dates
Cribb | Peter Henry | In From: | 22 O.T.U. | 08/12/1941 |
Out to: | B.D.U. (Newmarket) | 17/01/1943 | ||
In From: | B.D.U. (Newmarket) | 09/05/1944 | ||
Out to: | 582 Squadron | 25/07/1944 |