The Squadron’s Operations Record Book shows that E Holmes was the Captain of a 35 Squadron aircraft on the following sorties:
- 22/10/1943 Kassel
- 03/11/1943 Dusseldorf (Returned Incident)
- 11/11/1943 Cannes
- 03/12/1943 Leipzig
- 20/12/1943 Frankfurt
- 29/12/1943 Berlin
- 14/01/1944 Special target
- 21/01/1944 Magdeburg
- 27/01/1944 Heligoland
- 28/01/1944 Berlin
- 30/01/1944 Berlin
- 15/02/1944 Berlin
- 19/02/1944 Leipzig
- 20/02/1944 Stuttgart
- 24/02/1944 Schweinfurt
- 18/03/1944 Frankfurt
- 22/03/1944 Frankfurt
- 24/03/1944 Berlin
- 30/03/1944 Nuremberg
- 10/05/1944 Lens
- 19/05/1944 Boulogne
- 22/05/1944 Dortmund (Failed to Return)
Extract from E Holmes” Flying Log Book [Courtesy of David Holmes]
Target Photo (28/01/1944 Berlin)
[From the Ronald Gayner Collection (Courtesy of Dick Gayner)]
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) | Ernest Holmes | 22 |
| (2nd Dickie) | Edward John Chidgey | 1 |
| James Gray Leslie | 2 | |
| (Navigator) | Charles Ernest Davies | 1 |
| Herbert George Hornsby | 1 | |
| John Hugh Ferguson | 1 | |
| John Kennedy Stewart | 2 | |
| Joseph Victor Kent | 8 | |
| Malcolm George Harris | 9 | |
| (Air Bomber) | Derrick Ernest Coleman | 14 |
| Robert William Pape | 8 | |
| (Set Operator) | Harold Thomas Maskell | 3 |
| (Wireless Operator) | Frank Joseph Tudor | 1 |
| Harold Thomas Maskell | 10 | |
| John Golding | 2 | |
| Rhubean Burns Berwick | 1 | |
| Robert Alexander Brewington | 1 | |
| Thomas Henry Warren | 6 | |
| Wilfred Roland Horner | 1 | |
| (Air Gunner) | Albert William Cox | 2 |
| Alfred Harold Wood | 1 | |
| Alistair Stuart McLaren | 2 | |
| Arthur Henry Weller | 1 | |
| David Sinclair | 1 | |
| Dennis Henry Peter Womar | 1 | |
| James Mursell Colledge | 8 | |
| John Arthur Van-Marle | 4 | |
| Victor Eston Bent | 12 | |
| Walter Allan Hooper | 12 | |
| (Flight Engineer) | Albert Edward Waddicor | 12 |
| Dennis Stanley Male | 1 | |
| Frederick Ronald Harmsworth-Smith | 7 | |
| John Robert Cursiter | 2 |
HOLMES CREW
Posting Dates
| Holmes | Ernest | In From: | 76 Squadron | 15/09/1943 |
| Out to: | POW | 22/05/1944 |
Loss of Aircraft
Crew Information
- Holmes, Kent, Pape, Warren, Van-Marle, Colledge and Harmsworth-Smith were on strength of 76 Squadron prior to being posted to 35 Squadron,
No. 35 Squadron 