Howe (SG)

Administrator

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

  1. 26/07/1942 Hamburg (Captain of a 35 Conversion Flight aircraft [W1006])
  2. 29/07/1942 Saarbrucken
  3. 31/07/1942 Dusseldorf
  4. 05/08/1942 Paris
  5. 06/08/1942 Duisburg
  6. 11/08/1942 Mainz
  7. 18/08/1942 Flensburg
  8. 24/08/1942 Frankfurt
  9. 28/08/1942 Nuremberg
  10. 14/09/1942 Wilhelmshaven
  11. 19/09/1942 Saarbrucken
  12. 05/10/1942 Aachen
  13. 13/10/1942 Kiel
  14. 15/10/1942 Cologne
  15. 09/11/1942 Hamburg
  16. 20/11/1942 Turin
  17. 22/11/1942 Stuttgart
  18. 28/11/1942 Turin
  19. 02/12/1942 Frankfurt
  20. 06/12/1942 Mannheim
  21. 20/12/1942 Duisburg
  22. 11/02/1943 Wilhelmshaven
  23. 14/02/1943 Cologne
  24. 19/02/1943 Wilhelmshaven
  25. 25/02/1943 Nuremberg
  26. 26/02/1943 Cologne
  27. 01/03/1943 Berlin
  28. 03/03/1943 Hamburg
  29. 29/03/1943 Berlin
  30. 04/04/1943 Kiel
  31. 10/04/1943 Frankfurt
  32. 14/04/1943 Stuttgart
  33. 16/04/1943 Pilsen
  34. 12/05/1943 Duisburg
  35. 13/05/1943 Pilsen
  36. 29/05/1943 Wuppertal
  37. 11/06/1943 Munster (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)Stanley George Howe37
(Navigator)Gordon Henry Francis Carter1
Wilfred Henry  Burgess36
(Air Bomber)Arthur Ewart Bloomer1
George Peter Watts34
(Wireless Operator)Edward Roland Turenne1
Hector Alfred Jamieson36
(Air Gunner)Frederick William Barry37
George Buchan32
Walter Edward Dunhill4
(Flight Engineer)Alan Henry Mundy27
George Henry Cross1
J Coote8

HOWE CREW
Barry, Jamieson, Burgess, Howe, Buchan, Mundy, Watts

Posting Dates

HoweHarry William FrederickIn From:405 Squadron 10/07/1942
Out to:War Casualty12/09/1944

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax DT805

Crew Information

  • Howe, Burgess, Watts, Jamieson, Buchan, Barry and Coote were on strength of 405 Squadron prior to being posted to 35 Squadron