The Squadron’s Operations Record Book shows that BV Robinson (Commanding Officer, No 35 Squadron) was the Captain of a 35 Squadron aircraft on the following sorties:
- 16/08/1941 Cologne
- 28/08/1941 Duisburg
- 19/09/1941 Stettin
- 26/10/1941 Hamburg
- 18/12/1941 Brest (Ditched in Sea)
- 30/12/1941 Brest
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) | Basil Vernon Robinson | 6 |
| (2nd Pilot) | Cecil Edgar Robertson Parsons | 2 |
| Cyril Charles Spencer | 1 | |
| Glenn Powell Gardiner | 1 | |
| Harry R Larson | 2 | |
| (Observer) | William Abbotson Tetley | 1 |
| Alfred Abels | 4 | |
| (Possibly) Jack Dunthorne Laurie Hall | 1 | |
| (WOP / AG) | – Elcoate | 1 |
| Albert Edward Connor | 1 | |
| Herbert Reginald Higgins | 1 | |
| JI Robinson | 2 | |
| Moses Lewis Usher | 1 | |
| Norman Henry Hood | 3 | |
| RW Long | 1 | |
| Walter Harold Mennell | 2 | |
| (Air Gunner) | – Hill | 1 |
| Mark Anthony Sachs | 2 | |
| Richard Charles Rivaz | 2 | |
| William Russell Parr | 1 | |
| (Flight Engineer) | – Burtonshaw | 1 |
| John Norman Hindle | 1 | |
| (Possibly) Noel Grimoldby | 2 | |
| Stanley Langford Conway Watt | 2 |
BV Robinson (September 1941)
He was posted out of the squadron (to 19 OTU) in January 1942, returning as Commanding Officer in September 1942
The Squadron’s Operations Record Book shows that he was the Captain of a 35 Squadron aircraft on the following sorties:
- 24/10/1942 Milan
- 09/11/1942 Hamburg
- 18/11/1942 Turin (Incident)
- 02/12/1942 Frankfurt
- 03/02/1943 Hamburg
- 04/02/1943 Turin
- 22/03/1943 St.Nazaire
- 29/03/1943 Berlin
- 10/04/1943 Frankfurt
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) | Basil Vernon Robinson | 9 |
| (2nd Dickie) | William Henry Hickson | 1 |
| (Navigator) | Dudley Peter David Archer | 2 |
| Elmer Harold Anthony | 3 | |
| Gordon Henry Francis Carter | 1 | |
| John Baker | 1 | |
| Nathaniel Halliday | 1 | |
| Terence Gordon O’Shaughnessy | 1 | |
| (Air Bomber) | Kenneth Drew Rome | 1 |
| Alfred Edward Ralph Bexton | 2 | |
| Carl Edward Sorsdahl | 1 | |
| Joseph Gilbert Middlemass | 1 | |
| Richard Martin | 1 | |
| Stanley Alfred Miller | 3 | |
| (Wireless Operator) | Harry James Leonard Peto | 1 |
| Allan Roland Ball | 2 | |
| Edward Roland Turenne | 1 | |
| Edward Whitter | 1 | |
| Francis Edward Solway | 1 | |
| Herbert Alfred William Jolly | 1 | |
| (Air Gunner) | Edwin Francis Butler | 1 |
| George Carpenter | 1 | |
| Jack Reginald Ely | 1 | |
| James Russell Griffin | 3 | |
| John Meredith Fryer | 1 | |
| John Napoleon Barry | 1 | |
| John Thomas Stanton | 1 | |
| Joseph Francis Dowsing | 1 | |
| Lloyd George Lawson | 3 | |
| Thomas Musselbrook Bruce | 1 | |
| William Joseph Freeman | 1 | |
| William Scott Minto Edmondston | 3 | |
| (Flight Engineer) | Edmund Ernest Stocker | 2 |
| Daniel Christie Young | 1 | |
| Donald Harrington Craig | 2 | |
| George Richard Bradley | 2 | |
| James Ellis Jones | 1 | |
| William Potter | 1 |
In May 1943, he was posted out to RAF Graveley but flew with the squadron in his capacity as Station Commander (RAF Graveley) on 15/07/1943 and on 23/08/1943, when he failed to return (*)
Posting Dates
| Robinson | Basil Vernon | In From: | 78 Squadron | 03/07/1941 |
| Out To: | 19 O.T.U. | 26/01/1942 | ||
| In From: | 19 O.T.U. | 28/09/1942 | ||
| Out to: | RAF Graveley | 01/05/1943 |
