The Squadron’s Operations Record Book shows that F Watson was the Captain of a 35 Squadron aircraft on the following sorties:
- 12/10/1944 Wanne-Eickel
- 14/10/1944 Duisburg
- 15/10/1944 Wilhelmshaven
- 02/11/1944 Dusseldorf
- 04/11/1944 Bochum
- 06/11/1944 Gelsenkirchen
- 27/11/1944 Freiburg
- 29/11/1944 Dortmund
- 04/12/1944 Urft Dam
- 05/12/1944 Soest
- 06/12/1944 Merseburg (Leuna)
- 15/12/1944 Ludwigshafen
- 17/12/1944 Ulm
- 22/12/1944 Koblenz
- 28/12/1944 Bonn
- 29/12/1944 Gelsenkirchen
- 02/01/1945 Ludwigshafen
- 05/01/1945 Hanover
- 06/01/1945 Hanau
- 07/01/1945 Munich
- 13/01/1945 Saarbrucken
- 14/01/1945 Merseburg/Leuna
- 16/01/1945 Zeitz
- 28/01/1945 Stuttgart
- 01/02/1945 Mainz
- 04/02/1945 Bonn
- 07/02/1945 Goch
- 08/02/1945 Politz
- 13/02/1945 Dresden
- 14/02/1945 Chemnitz (2)
- 20/02/1945 Dortmund
- 21/02/1945 Duisburg
- 23/02/1945 Essen
- 27/02/1945 Mainz
- 01/03/1945 Mannheim
- 05/03/1945 Chemnitz (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) | Fred Watson | 36 |
(Navigator) | Kenneth Samuel Smith | 33 |
Raymond William Bullen | 3 | |
(Air Bomber) | John Lloyd George Marshall | 3 |
Stanley Owen Scott | 32 | |
Victor Hugh Horner | 1 | |
(Wireless Operator) | Leslie George Holland | 33 |
Neil William Curtis | 3 | |
(Air Gunner) | Solomon Joseph Harold Andrew | 2 |
Geoffrey Arnold Perry | 1 | |
Jack Lloyd Stevens | 3 | |
John Richard Hacker | 22 | |
Maxwell Edwin Ladyman | 3 | |
Phillip James Pentelow | 6 | |
Peter Noel Howdle | 1 | |
Ronald Henry Rudyard Grayson | 1 | |
Victor Arthur Roe | 33 | |
(Flight Engineer) | George Cross | 33 |
Ian Keith McGregor | 3 |
Posting Dates
Watson | Fred | In From: | 20 O.T.U. | 15/09/1944 |
Out to: | War Casualty | 05/03/1945 |