The Squadron’s Operations Record Book shows that RGW Plutte was the Captain of a 35 Squadron aircraft on the following sorties:
- 10/09/1942 Dusseldorf
- 14/09/1942 Wilhelmshaven
- 19/09/1942 Saarbrucken
- 05/10/1942 Aachen
- 13/10/1942 Kiel
- 15/10/1942 Cologne
- 24/10/1942 Milan
- 02/12/1942 Frankfurt
- 08/12/1942 Turin
- 14/01/1943 Lorient
- 15/01/1943 Lorient
- 16/01/1943 Berlin
- 23/01/1943 Lorient
- 26/01/1943 Lorient
- 03/02/1943 Hamburg
- 19/02/1943 Wilhelmshaven
- 21/02/1943 Bremen
- 25/02/1943 Nuremberg
- 26/02/1943 Cologne
- 28/02/1943 St.Nazaire
- 08/03/1943 Nuremberg
- 02/04/1943 St.Nazaire
- 04/04/1943 Kiel
- 08/04/1943 Duisburg
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) | Robert George Walker Plutte | 24 |
(2nd Dickie) | James Copeland Thomas | 2 |
(Navigator) | Gordon Henry Francis Carter | 1 |
Jack Kenneth Corke | 1 | |
John Baker | 1 | |
Elmer Harold Anthony | 1 | |
Nathaniel Halliday | 6 | |
William Robert Francis Grierson-Jackson | 14 | |
(Air Bomber) | [-] Anderson | 1 |
Donald Kenneth Allport | 1 | |
Frederick Donald McColl | 1 | |
Joseph Gilbert Middlemass | 7 | |
Lionel Leonard Thomas | 6 | |
Richard Martin | 1 | |
Robert Irwin Trickett | 2 | |
(Wireless Operator) | Edward Roland Turenne | 2 |
Frederick Arthur Braybrook | 1 | |
Glenburne George Galvin | 15 | |
Francis Edward Solway | 7 | |
Frederick Hay | 1 | |
(Air Gunner) | Charles Frederick Andrew | 1 |
Charles Fullerton Stewart | 15 | |
Edwin Francis Butler | 3 | |
Jack Edward Stuart Matthews | 12 | |
James Bernard Anthony Scannell | 1 | |
John Napoleon Barry | 1 | |
John Patrick Van Kiekebelt | 2 | |
Lloyd George Lawson | 1 | |
Thomas Musselbrook Bruce | 7 | |
William Austin McMullan | 1 | |
William Joseph Freeman | 1 | |
(Flight Engineer) | Albert Edward Waddicor | 1 |
Daniel Christie Young | 1 | |
John Charles Goodson | 3 | |
William Patrick O’Kane | 12 | |
William Potter | 7 |
Posting Dates
Plutte | Robert George Walker | In From: | 78 Squadron | 07/09/1942 |
Out to: | NTU Gransden Lodge | 28/04/1943 |