The Squadron’s Operations Record Book shows that W Surtees was the Captain of a 35 Squadron aircraft on the following sorties:
- 13/07/1943 Aachen
- 15/07/1943 Montbéliard
- 24/07/1943 Hamburg
- 27/07/1943 Hamburg
- 09/08/1943 Mannheim
- 10/08/1943 Nuremberg
- 12/08/1943 Turin
- 16/08/1943 Turin
- 23/08/1943 Berlin
- 27/08/1943 Nuremberg
- 31/08/1943 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). Details of all flights (including training flights) will be recorded in their Flying Log Books:
(Pilot) | Wilfred Surtees | 11 |
(2nd Dickie) | Randall Vincent Jones | 1 |
(Navigator) | George Newsham | 11 |
(Air Bomber) | Henry George Wilfred Wooley | 11 |
(Wireless Operator) | Herbert Arthur Penny | 11 |
(Air Gunner) | Frederick Robert Hayward | 1 |
James Russell Griffin | 11 | |
Thomas Henry Sutton | 10 | |
(Flight Engineer) | Edward James Brown | 11 |
Posting Dates
Surtees | Wilfred | In From: | 77 Squadron | 02/07/1943 |
Out to: | POW | 31/08/1943 |