Elliott (PC)

The Squadron’s Operations Record Book shows that PC Elliott was the Captain of a 35 Squadron aircraft on the following sorties:

  1. 13/10/1942 Kiel
  2. 15/10/1942 Cologne
  3. 18/11/1942 Turin
  4. 22/11/1942 Stuttgart
  5. 28/11/1942 Turin
  6. 02/12/1942 Frankfurt
  7. 06/12/1942 Mannheim
  8. 08/12/1942 Turin
  9. 09/12/1942 Turin
  10. 11/02/1943 Wilhelmshaven
  11. 14/02/1943 Cologne
  12. 18/02/1943 Wilhelmshaven
  13. 19/02/1943 Wilhelmshaven
  14. 26/02/1943 Cologne
  15. 01/03/1943 Berlin (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). It should be noted that some of these sorties may have been aborted and therefore would not have counted for the purposes of their “Operational Tour”. Details of all flights (including training flights) will be recorded in their Flying Log Books:

(Pilot)Peter Campbell Elliott15
(2nd Dickie)Ronald Edward Wilkes1
(Navigator)George Christopher Harvey Chandler14
Peter Geoffrey Powell1
(Air Bomber)– Crisp1
 Kenneth Drew Rome2
E Brant6
Roy Victor Ledger6
(Wireless Operator)George Sarsfield Sloman14
Herbert John Ross1
(Air Gunner)Denis Kelly14
JA Newbold9
Thomas Neville Sankey6
(Flight Engineer)Stanley Langford Conway Watt15

Chandler, Sloman, Ledger, Sankey
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Posting Dates

Peter Campbell Elliott09/09/1942In From:142 Squadron
01/03/1943Out To:War Casualty

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax W7877

Crew Information