1974 Personnel

Squadron Command

Commanding Officer

Wing Commander KI Watson

Strength

No. of Commissioned Officers (Air Crew)	Varied between 50 and 56 (11 constituted crews)
No. of Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades):	1

Commissioned Officers (Air Crew)

The following are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron during 1974:

• Gordon Richmond Agnew (Pilot)
• Clive Roger Allkins (Pilot)
• IJ Angus (AEO)
• PM Bidston (Co-Pilot)
• JHNM Blakey (Nav Radar)
• KJ Burgess (Co-Pilot)
• ESR Burke (Nav Radar)
• S Calton (Co-Pilot)
• TW Cooper (Nav Radar)
• FJE Critchley (Nav Radar)
• DJ Daulby (Co-Pilot)
• JL Davies (Nav Plotter)
• CR Dent (Nav Plotter)
• RJ Dunsford (Pilot)
• RC Feast (Nav Radar)
• DW Frost (Co-Pilot)
• A German (Nav Plotter)
• JA Glenton (AEO)
• MJ Grout (Nav Radar)
• DJ Guyatt (Co-Pilot)
• JAM Hamilton (AEO)
• SP Hamilton (Co-Pilot)
• ER Hannaford (AEO)
• DAW Harding (AEO)
• JP Holland (Nav Radar)
• RJ Hounslow (Nav Plotter)
• JB Ince (Pilot)
• M Ingham (Nav Plotter)
• ACR Ingoldby (Pilot)
• WR Kidd (Nav Plotter)
• KJ Lawry (Pilot)
• RE Lawton (AEO)
• IGF Lord (Pilot)
• WD MacGillivray (Pilot)
• PJ Mason (Nav Plotter)
• AJ McIntyre (AEO)
• Ron Morris (AEO)
• EG Needham (Nav Radar)
• T O’Dwyer (AEO)
• KM O’Sullivan (Nav Radar)
• VF O’Sullivan (Pilot)
• JP Pearson (AEO)
• BD Pettit (Pilot)
• GK Pipe (Nav Plotter)
• RP Robinson (AEO)
• M Roe (Co-Pilot)
• BN Rogers (Pilot)
• WA Scragg (Nav Plotter)
• P Spiers (AEO)
• ER Steenson (Co-Pilot)
• P Taylor (Nav Radar)
• CJ Terry (Co-Pilot)
• N Tunley (Nav Radar)
• GP Turfrey (Nav Radar)
• CE Wade (Nav Plotter)
• D Walby (Pilot)
• DB Walsh (Nav Plotter)
• A Ward (AEO)
• KI Watson (Pilot)
• JJ Witts (Co-Pilot)

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

No. 35 Squadron’s Record Books contain little or no information regarding the names, postings and movements of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks that provided essential ground services to (a) the operational station at RAF Akrotiri and (b) the operational squadron(s) that were stationed there (including 35 Squadron),  although listings can be found in the following Movement Orders:

• May 1974 Detachment

More details can be found on the following page

– Ground Trade 1969 to 1974 –

Note: Technical, Non Technical and Administrative Personnel, who were on strength of the station, were attached to the squadron to ensure that it was fully independent and self supporting whenever it was detached.

1933 Personnel

Squadron Command

Commanding Officer

Squadron Leader HMK Brown 08/03/1933: Handed over to Squadron Leader JF Gordon DFC 05/05/1933: Handed over to Squadron Leader V Buxton OBE

Strength

No. of Commissioned Officers (Air Crew)	Not Recorded
No. of Non Commissioned Air Crew	Not Recorded
No. of Commissioned Officers (Ground)	Not Recorded
No. of Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground)	Not Recorded

Commissioned Officers (Air Crew) and Non Commissioned Air Crew

The following are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron in 1933:

• James R Ackers (Accountant Officer)
• Maurice E Atkinson (Equipment / Stores Officer)
• Leonard Shaw Meadows Bailey [Pilot]
• Albert W Bates [Pilot]
• Alfred V Bax [Pilot]
• [-] Bell [Crew]
• John Bennett [Crew]
• AG Boggis [Crew]
• Hugh M K Brown [Pilot]
• Vincent Buxton [Pilot]
• Patrick D Carden [Pilot]
• A Cormack [Crew]
• [-] Craig [Crew]
• [-] Diaper [Crew]
• John Doig [-]
• AC Drew [Pilot]
• Alfred Earle (Photographic Duties)
• John A Elliot [Pilot]
• [-] Fishlock [Crew]
• Noel Foster-Packer [Pilot]
• John F Gordon [Pilot]
• Robert R Greenlaw [Pilot]
• Sidney C Griggs [-]
• William M Hargreaves [Pilot]
• [-] Harris [Pilot]
• Thomas Aelfryn Howells [Pilot]
• LT Jackson [Pilot]
• Augustus A Jones [Pilot]
• DJ Lee [Pilot]
• Alan Creswell Martin [Pilot]
• Reginald H Nash [Pilot]
• Clair F Newcombe [Pilot]
• John Humphrey Ridding Oldfield [Pilot]
• Herbert Leonard Patch [Pilot]
• [-] Phillips [Crew]
• William James Pond [-]
• H Powell [Pilot]
• Edward Pritchard [Crew]
• [-] Reid [Crew]
• [-] Robertson [Crew]
• Rainey Munro Harvey Ross [Crew]
• [-] Scadding [Pilot]
• Thomas Muir Scott [Pilot]
• William Joseph Scott [Pilot]
• Jack Shearsmith [Pilot]
• Eric T Smith [Pilot]
• Donald C Stone [Pilot]
• Leslie Eric Bradley Stonhill [Pilot]
• Albert George Thackray [Pilot]
• Alfred C D Webb [Pilot]
• [-] Wells [Crew]
• [-] West [Crew]
• William Taylor Forest Wightman [Pilot / Air Pilotage Duties]

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

No. 35 Squadron’s Record Books contain little or no information regarding the names, postings and movements of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks that were on strength of the squadron, although listings can be found in the following Movement Orders:

• 1931 Air Defence Exercise
• 1933 Air Defence Exercise

More information can be found on the following page

– Ground Personnel 1929 to April 1940 –

Personnel Losses

Remembering those that lost their life whilst serving with the squadron, either in an aircraft loss, or in other incidents, during 1933:

• None Recorded

1932 Personnel

Squadron Command

Commanding Officer:	HMK Brown
Accountant Officer:	James R Ackers
Equipment / Stores Officer:	Maurice E Atkinson
Adjutant:	– L Watson – William M  Hargreaves

Strength

No. of Commissioned Officers (Air Crew)	Not Recorded
No. of Non Commissioned Air Crew	Not Recorded
No. of Commissioned Officers (Ground)	Not Recorded
No. of Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground)	Not Recorded

Commissioned Officers (Air Crew) and Non Commissioned Air Crew

Commissioned Officers (Air Crew) and Non Commissioned Air Crew consisted of pilots and airman pilots. The following are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron in 1932:

• Leonard Shaw Meadows Bailey [Pilot]
• Alfred V Bax [Pilot]
• [-] Birbeck [Airman Pilot]
• Hugh M K Brown [Pilot / Officer Commanding]
• John Coverdale [Pilot]
• Noah W Creasy [Pilot]
• AC Drew [Pilot]
• Alfred Earle [Pilot]
• John A Elliot [Pilot]
• Noel Foster-Packer [Pilot]
• [-] Fox (Airman Pilot)
• Robert R Greenlow [Pilot]
• Edwin M Gurney [Pilot]
• William M Hargreaves [Pilot]
• [-] Harris [Pilot]
• Thomas Aelfryn Howells (Airman Pilot)
• Michael T M Hyland [Pilot]
• LT Jackson [Airman Pilot]
• Humphrey P Jenkins [Pilot]
• Augustus A Jones [Pilot]
• DJ Lee [Pilot]
• John Thomas Longman [Pilot]
• BS Nicholl [Pilot]
• H Powell (Airman Pilot)
• [-] Ridd (Airman Pilot)
• LJ Scott [Pilot]
• William Joseph Scott (Airman Pilot)
• Donald C Stone [Pilot]
• Leslie Eric Bradley Stonhill [Pilot]
• Leslie Watson [Pilot]
• Alfred C D Webb [Pilot]
• Raymond G Whitehead [Pilot]
• William Taylor Forest Wightman [Pilot]

Note: Ground Crew, normally trained gunners, would act as crew during training and air exercises

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

No. 35 Squadron’s Record Books contain little or no information regarding the names, postings and movements of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks that were on strength of the squadron, although listings can be found in the following Movement Orders:

• 1931 Air Defence Exercise
• 1933 Air Defence Exercise

More information can be found on the following page

– Ground Personnel 1929 to April 1940 –

Personnel Losses

Remembering those that lost their life whilst serving with the squadron, either in an aircraft loss, or in other incidents, during 1932:

• None Recorded

1931 Personnel

Squadron Command

Commanding Officer:	– Squadron Leader Bernard E Harrison – 08/08/1931: Handed over to Squadron Leader HMK Brown
Navigation (Air Pilotage) Officer:	Noah W  Creasy
Photographic Officer:	John  Coverdale
Accountant Officer:	James R Ackers
Equipment / Stores Officer:	Maurice E Atkinson
Adjutant:	L Watson

Strength

No. of Commissioned Officers (Air Crew)	Not Recorded
No. of Non Commissioned Air Crew	Not Recorded
No. of Commissioned Officers (Ground)	Not Recorded
No. of Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground)	Not Recorded

Commissioned Officers (Air Crew) and Non Commissioned Air Crew

Commissioned Officers (Air Crew) and Non Commissioned Air Crew were pilots and airman pilots. The following are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron during 1931:

• Leonard Shaw Meadows Bailey [Pilot]
• Alfred V Bax [Pilot]
• [-] Birbeck [Airman Pilot]
• Hugh M K Brown [Pilot / Officer Commanding]
• John Coverdale [Pilot]
• Noah W Creasy [Pilot]
• Robert Duncanson [Pilot]
• Noel Foster-Packer [Pilot]
• [-] Fox (Airman Pilot)
• Frederick F Garraway [Pilot]
• Robert R Greenlaw [Pilot]
• Edwin M Gurney [Pilot]
• William M Hargreaves [Pilot]
• Bernard E Harrison [Pilot / Officer Commanding]
• Michael T M Hyland [Pilot]
• LT Jackson [Airman Pilot]
• Humphrey P Jenkins [Pilot]
• Augustus A Jones [Pilot]
• John Thomas Longman [Pilot]
• [-] Lugg [Airman Pilot]
• Francis Andrew Joseph Pollock-Gore [Pilot]
• William Joseph Scott (Airman Pilot)
• Leslie Eric Bradley Stonhill [Pilot]
• Leslie Watson [Pilot]
• Alfred C D Webb [Pilot]
• Raymond G Whitehead [Pilot]

Note: Ground Crew, normally trained gunners, would act as crew during training and air exercises

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

No. 35 Squadron’s Record Books contain little or no information regarding the names, postings and movements of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks that were on strength of the squadron, although listings can be found in the following Movement Orders:

• 1931 Air Defence Exercise
• 1933 Air Defence Exercise

More information can be found on the following page

– Ground Personnel 1929 to April 1940 –

Personnel Losses

Remembering those that lost their life whilst serving with the squadron, either in an aircraft loss, or in other incidents, during 1931

• None Recorded

1967 Personnel

Squadron Command

Commanding Officer

Wing Commander DA Arnott DFC 19/07/1967: Handed over to Wing Commander HS Carver MVO

Strength

No. of Commissioned Officers (Air Crew):	Varied between 55 and 59 (x constituted crews)
No. of Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground):	1

Commissioned Officers (Air Crew)

The following are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron in 1967:

• RS Alexander (AEO)
• Donald Aston Arnott (Pilot)
• F Baker (Nav Radar)
• NB Baldwin (Pilot)
• C Barnes (AEO)
• RM Bayne (Nav Plotter)
• GJ Blackburn (Nav Plotter)
• VRD Bussereau (Nav Plotter)
• WD Butterworth (Nav Plotter)
• HS Carver (Pilot)
• Christopher Clive Chacksfield (Co-Pilot)
• PJW Clark (Co-Pilot)
• MCA Clarke (Nav Radar)
• F Collinson (Nav Radar)
• GH Delmege (Co-Pilot)
• D Dinmore (Co-Pilot)
• B Dorrington (Pilot)
• Raymond Dennis Downs (Pilot)
• JR Fennell (Nav Radar)
• PG Franklin (Pilot)
• RA Frith (Co-Pilot)
• PN Fulena (Nav Radar)
• GEC Garrett (Nav Plotter)
• EW Gent (AEO)
• JH Gibbs (AEO)
• C Gilbert (Nav Plotter)
• RB Gilvary (Pilot)
• RK Greenwood (Nav Radar)
• ER Hannaford (AEO)
• NG Hardinge (AEO)
• JC Hutchence (Co-Pilot)
• MB Hutchins (Co-Pilot)
• TEL Jarron (Co-Pilot)
• GA John (AEO)
• RJ Kemmett (AEO)
• Nigel Richard Kirby (Co-Pilot)
• MA Kirk (Co-Pilot)
• JAW Laurenson (Nav Plotter)
• DW Lee (Pilot)
• Frank Henry Lee (Nav Radar)
• BE Lee-Cooper (Nav Radar)
• DJ Loveridge (Pilot)
• BHD Mason (Nav Plotter)
• CB Messenger (Nav Radar)
• DJ Milne (Nav Plotter)
• AM Mitchell (Pilot)
• RT Mooney (Nav Radar)
• P Morgan (Nav Radar)
• TW Nichols (Nav Plotter)
• MJ O’Leary (AEO)
• J Paterson (AEO)
• D Payne (AEO)
• K Penn (Nav Plotter)
• CFS Redmond (Pilot)
• LDA Russell (Pilot)
• MG Saunders (Pilot)
• WA Scragg (Nav Plotter)
• JM Shackleton (AEO)
• DH Skelton (Nav Plotter)
• HH Skinner (Pilot)
• R Smith (Pilot)
• DN Spicer (Nav Plotter)
• DJ Thomas (Co-Pilot)
• Ernie Todd (Nav Plotter)
• MC Ward (Co-Pilot)
• FJH Watson (Nav Plotter)
• DM Wilson (Nav Radar)
• Eric Winter (AEO)
• LA Wisbey (Nav Radar)
• RR Wood (Pilot)
• AJ Wright (Nav Plotter)

35 Squadron 1967 [Courtesy of Marham Aviation Heritage Centre]

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

No. 35 Squadron’s Record Books contain little or no information regarding the names, postings and movements of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks that provided essential ground services to (a) the operational station at RAF Cottesmore and (b) the operational squadron(s) that were stationed there (including 35 Squadron), although listings can be found in the following Movement Orders:

• None available for this period

More details can be found on the following page

– Ground Trades 1962 to 1968 –

Technical, Non Technical and Administrative Personnel, who were on strength of the station, were attached to the squadron to ensure that it was fully independent and self supporting whenever it was detached.

Jagger (JJ)

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

1. 09/07/1943 Gelsenkirchen
2. 13/07/1943 Aachen
3. 15/07/1943 Montbéliard
4. 24/07/1943 Hamburg
5. 25/07/1943 Essen
6. 10/08/1943 Nuremberg
7. 12/08/1943 Turin
8. 16/08/1943 Turin
9. 17/08/1943 Peenemunde
10. 23/08/1943 Berlin
11. 27/08/1943 Nuremberg
12. 30/08/1943 Special target near Calais
13. 31/08/1943 Berlin
14. 05/09/1943 Mannheim
15. 15/09/1943 Montlucon
16. 03/10/1943 Kassel
17. 04/10/1943 Frankfurt
18. 22/10/1943 Kassel
19. 11/11/1943 Cannes
20. 17/11/1943 Mannheim
21. 18/11/1943 Mannheim
22. 22/11/1943 Berlin
23. 23/11/1943 Berlin
24. 02/12/1943 Berlin
25. 03/12/1943 Leipzig
26. 23/12/1943 Berlin
27. 21/01/1944 Magdeburg (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)	John Johnstone Jagger	27
(2nd Dickie)	Leslie Sunley White	1
	Melville Max Victor Lewis Muller	1
	William Cooke Dallin	1
	William McTurk	1
(Navigator)	Dennis Harold Kent	1
	Geoffrey Rhodes Whitten	2
	Harold Leslie Hulme	1
	Horatius Douglas Stewart White	1
	John Baker	2
	John Graham Walters	1
	John Ralph Humberstone	12
	Victor Robert Hobbs	7
(Air Bomber)	Thomas Patrick McGarry	27
(Wireless Operator)	Donald Smedley	27
(Air Gunner)	Dennis Henry Peter Womar	2
	Eric Hie	25
	Leonard Jesse North	1
	Nelson John Rapere	24
(Air Gunner)	George Carpenter	2
(Flight Engineer)	John Stewart Martin	1
	William Percival	26

JR Humberstone

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Posting Dates

Jagger	John Johnstone	In From:	76 Squadron	28/06/1943
		Out to:	War Casualty	21/01/1944

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax HX324

Crew Information

• Jagger, Hobbs, McGarry, Smedley, Hie, Rapere and Percival were on strength of 76 Squadron prior to being posted to 35 Squadron

Hill (TW)

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

1. 03/10/1943 Kassel
2. 04/10/1943 Frankfurt
3. 03/11/1943 Dusseldorf
4. 22/11/1943 Berlin
5. 25/11/1943 Frankfurt
6. 26/11/1943 Stuttgart
7. 02/12/1943 Berlin
8. 03/12/1943 Leipzig
9. 20/12/1943 Frankfurt
10. 22/12/1943 Special Target,France
11. 21/01/1944 Magdeburg (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)	Thomas William Hill	11
(Navigator)	Victor Maurice Hanks	11
(Air Bomber)	William Carl Lawes	11
(Wireless Operator)	George Russell Davidson	1
	Sidney George Murrell	10
(Air Gunner)	Peter Ross Jung	1
	Raymond Valentine Montigue Daniels	10
	Reginald Charles Bailey	11
(Flight Engineer)	William McCulloch	11

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Posting Dates

Hill	Thomas William	In From:	77 Squadron	07/09/1943
		Out to:	War Casualty	21/01/1944

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax HX317

Crew Information

• Hill, Hanks, Lawes, Murrell, Daniels, Bailey and McCulloch were on strength of 77 Squadron prior to being posted to 35 Squadron

Bales (PR)

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

1. 23/09/1943 Mannheim
2. 27/09/1943 Hanover
3. 29/09/1943 Bochum
4. 04/10/1943 Frankfurt
5. 08/10/1943 Bremen
6. 11/11/1943 Cannes
7. 17/11/1943 Mannheim
8. 18/11/1943 Mannheim
9. 20/12/1943 Frankfurt
10. 22/12/1943 Special Target,France
11. 29/12/1943 Berlin
12. 02/01/1944 Berlin (Aborted)
13. 14/01/1944 Special target
14. 21/01/1944 Magdeburg (Failed to Return)

Note: PR Bales also flew 2 operational sorties as 2nd Dickie (DB Everett Crew) on 16th and 22nd September 1943

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)	Peter Richard Bales	14
(Navigator)	Dennis Harold Kent	14
(Air Bomber)	Joseph William Wilkinson	1
	David Alton MacGregor	13
(Wireless Operator)	John Golding	1
	William John Gowdy	13
(Air Gunner)	George Ernest Grigg	14
	Leonard George William Watts	13
(Flight Engineer)	Alan John White	1
	Arthur George Page	1
	Frederick Buchan	7
	George Forman	1
	Joseph Rayton	1
	Richard John Twine	1
	Walter Stanley Mountford	1

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Posting Dates

Bales	Peter Richard	In From:	1658 Conversion Unit	05/09/1943
		Out To:	War Casualty	21/01/1944

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax LV787

Crew Information

It is known that Bales, MacGregor and Kent were posted in from 1658 Conversion Unit on the same date; it is assumed that Gowdy, Grigg, Watts and Buchan were also posted from the same unit on that date.

Brownlie (IMR)

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

1. 14/01/1943 Lorient
2. 15/01/1943 Lorient
3. 16/01/1943 Berlin
4. 17/01/1943 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). 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)	Ian Morgan Rutherford Brownlie	4
(Navigator)	Jack Kenneth Corke	4
(Air Bomber)	Frederick Donald McColl	4
(Wireless Operator)	Frederick Arthur Braybrook	4
(Air Gunner)	Lawrence Rockliffe Adcock	4
	William Austin McMullan	4
(Flight Engineer)	Albert Mark Taylor	4

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Posting Dates

Ian Morgan Rutherford Brownlie	In From:	81 O.T.U.	16/12/1942
	Out To:	POW	17/01/1943

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax W7886

Crew Information

1966 Personnel

Squadron Command

Commanding Officer

DA Arnott

Strength:

Cottesmore

No. of Commissioned Officers (Air Crew)	Varied between 57 and 63
No. of Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground)	1

Rotational Tengah Detachments (January to August)

No. of Commissioned Officers (Air Crew) and Commissioned Officers (Ground)	Varied between 22 and 27
No. of Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground)	Varied between 89 and 100

Commissioned Officers (Air Crew)

The following are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron in 1966:

• Donald Aston Arnott (Pilot)
• NB Baldwin (Pilot)
• C Barnes (AEO)
• JA Bayliss (Co-Pilot)
• RM Bayne (Nav Plotter)
• TR Bindon (AEO)
• GJ Blackburn (Nav Plotter)
• WD Butterworth (Nav Plotter)
• Christopher Clive Chacksfield (Co-Pilot)
• RC Chapple (AEO)
• PJW Clark (Co-Pilot)
• MCA Clarke (Nav Radar)
• P Coulson (Co-Pilot)
• GH Delmege (Co-Pilot)
• B Dorrington (Pilot)
• Raymond Dennis Downs (Pilot)
• JR Fennell (Nav Radar)
• PG Franklin (Pilot)
• RA Frith (Co-Pilot)
• PN Fulena (Nav Radar)
• GEC Garrett (Nav Plotter)
• EW Gent (AEO)
• JH Gibbs (AEO)
• RB Gilvary (Pilot)
• RK Greenwood (Nav Radar)
• SW Grierson (Co-Pilot)
• JE Hainsworth (Pilot)
• ER Hannaford (AEO)
• NG Hardinge (AEO)
• JC Hutchence (Co-Pilot)
• MB Hutchins (Co-Pilot)
• TEL Jarron (Co-Pilot)
• GA John (AEO)
• BE Jones (Co-Pilot)
• RJ Kemmett (AEO)
• Nigel Richard Kirby (Co-Pilot)
• MA Kirk (Co-Pilot)
• JAW Laurenson (Nav Plotter)
• DW Lee (Pilot)
• Frank Henry Lee (Nav Radar)
• BE Lee-Cooper (Nav Radar)
• JD Lloyd (Pilot)
• T Lynn (Nav Radar)
• BHD Mason (Nav Plotter)
• MSJ McKinley (Co-Pilot)
• CB Messenger (Nav Radar)
• DJ Milne (Nav Plotter)
• AM Mitchell (Pilot)
• RT Mooney (Nav Radar)
• JM Morgan (Pilot)
• P Morgan (Nav Radar)
• MJ O’Leary (AEO)
• J Paterson (AEO)
• D Payne (AEO)
• K Penn (Nav Plotter)
• CFS Redmond (Pilot)
• IA Rhodes (Nav Radar)
• LDA Russell (Pilot)
• WA Scragg (Nav Plotter)
• JM Shackleton (AEO)
• HH Skinner (Pilot)
• R Smith (Pilot)
• DN Spicer (Nav Plotter)
• E Stacey (Nav Plotter)
• DJ Thomas (Co-Pilot)
• AB Thompson (Nav Radar)
• DV Tickner (Nav Radar)
• Ernie Todd (Nav Plotter)
• MC Ward (Co-Pilot)
• FJH Watson (Nav Plotter)
• MJ Whelan (AEO)
• AK Wilmshurst (Nav Plotter)
• Eric Winter (AEO)
• LA Wisbey (Nav Radar)
• AJ Wright (Nav Plotter)

No. 35 Squadron FEAF Detachment
[Courtesy of Marham Aviation Heritage Centre]

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

No. 35 Squadron’s Record Books contain little or no information regarding the names, postings and movements of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks that provided essential ground services to (a) the operational station at RAF Cottesmore and (b) the operational squadron(s) that were stationed there (including 35 Squadron), although listings can be found in the following Movement Orders:

• None available for this period

More details can be found on the following page

– Ground Trades 1962 to 1968 –

Technical, Non Technical and Administrative Personnel, who were on strength of the station, were attached to the squadron to ensure that it was fully independent and self supporting whenever it was detached.

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PG Franklin Crew

[Coulson, Whelan, Rhodes, Stacey and Franklin] at Tengah 23rd August 1966

[Courtesy of Marham Aviation Heritage Centre]

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Crews returning from FEAF Detachment

[Courtesy of Marham Aviation Heritage Centre]

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1965 Personnel

Squadron Command

Commanding Officer

Wing Commander DB Craig 01/06/1965: Handed over to Wing Commander DA Arnott DFC

Strength

No. of Commissioned Officers (Air Crew):	Varied between 55 and 61 (11 constituted crews)
No. of Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground)	1

Commissioned Officers (Air Crew)

The following are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron in 1965:

• BM Anderson (Nav Radar)
• Donald Aston Arnott (Pilot)
• NB Baldwin (Pilot)
• C Barnes (AEO)
• PH Batty (AEO)
• JA Bayliss (Co-Pilot)
• RM Bayne (Nav Plotter)
• TR Bindon (AEO)
• AM Bowman (Nav Radar)
• R Bradley (Nav Plotter)
• AJ Campion (AEO)
• Christopher Clive Chacksfield (Co-Pilot)
• RC Chapple (AEO)
• PJW Clark (Co-Pilot)
• MCA Clarke (Nav Radar)
• P Coulson (Co-Pilot)
• AR Court (Nav Plotter)
• DB Craig (Pilot)
• G Davies (Nav Radar)
• B Dorrington (Co-Pilot / Pilot)
• Raymond Dennis Downs (Pilot)
• JR Fennell (Nav Radar)
• PG Franklin (Pilot)
• DB Fryett (AEO)
• ID Gallwey (Pilot)
• GEC Garrett (Nav Plotter)
• EW Gent (AEO)
• RB Gilvary (Pilot)
• RK Greenwood (Nav Radar)
• SW Grierson (Co-Pilot)
• JE Hainsworth (Pilot)
• ER Hannaford (AEO)
• V Hugo (Nav Plotter)
• JC Hutchence (Co-Pilot)
• TEL Jarron (Co-Pilot)
• GA John (AEO)
• BE Jones (Co-Pilot)
• DW Lee (Pilot)
• BE Lee-Cooper (Nav Radar)
• JP L’Estrange (Pilot)
• JD Lloyd (Pilot)
• T Lynn (Nav Radar)
• BHD Mason (Nav Plotter)
• T Mason (Pilot)
• CN McDougall (Co-Pilot)
• MSJ McKinley (Co-Pilot)
• CB Messenger (Nav Radar)
• DJ Milne (Nav Plotter)
• AM Mitchell (Pilot)
• RT Mooney (Nav Radar)
• JM Morgan (Pilot)
• THS Nash (Co-Pilot)
• GG Ness (Pilot)
• MJ O’Leary (AEO)
• J Paterson (AEO)
• D Payne (AEO)
• K Penn (Nav Plotter)
• IA Rhodes (Nav Radar)
• LDA Russell (Co-Pilot)
• WA Scragg (Nav Plotter)
• JM Shackleton (AEO)
• DN Spicer (Nav Plotter)
• E Stacey (Nav Plotter)
• B Tew (Nav Plotter)
• DJ Thomas (Co-Pilot)
• AB Thompson (Nav Radar)
• DV Tickner (Nav Radar)
• RS Tilford (Nav Radar)
• Ernie Todd (Nav Plotter)
• MC Ward (Co-Pilot)
• SMR Webster (Nav Plotter)
• MJ Whelan (AEO)
• AK Wilmshurst (Nav Plotter)
• LA Wisbey (Nav Radar)

[Courtesy of Marham Aviation Heritage Centre]

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

No. 35 Squadron’s Record Books contain little or no information regarding the names, postings and movements of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks that provided essential ground services to (a) the operational station at RAF Cottesmore and (b) the operational squadron(s) that were stationed there (including 35 Squadron), although listings can be found in the following Movement Orders:

• None available for this period

More details can be found on the following page

– Ground Trades 1962 to 1968 –

Technical, Non Technical and Administrative Personnel, who were on strength of the station, were attached to the squadron to ensure that it was fully independent and self supporting whenever it was detached.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Constituted / Reconstituted Crews

1. –
2. Ness / Dorrington / Court / Tilford / Fryett
3. Craig Lee / McDougall / Tew / Anderson / Campion
4. Mason / Nash / Webster/ Davies / Barnes
5. L’Estrange / Jones / Penn / Lee-Cooper / Gent
6. Gallwey / Grierson / Bradley / Bowman / Batty
7. Downs / McKinley / Wilmshurst / Thompson / Hannaford
8. Franklin / Coulson / Milne / Tickner / Bindon
9. Lloyd / Russell / Rhodes / Whelan / Hugo
10. Hainsworth / Bayliss / Mason / Lynn / Chapple
11. Morgan / Chacksfield / Stacey / Clarke / Paterson
12. Gilvary / Thomas / Bayne / Mooney / O’Leary
13. Mitchell / Jarron / Garrett / Messenger / Barnes
14. Baldwin / Clark / Fennell / Scragg / John
15. Arnott / Hutchence / Todd / Greenwood / Payne
16. Dorrington / Ward / Spicer / Wisbey / Shackleton

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JD LLOYD CREW

[Courtesy of Marham Aviation Heritage Centre]

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1964 Personnel

Squadron Command

Commanding Officer

DB Craig

Strength

No. of Commissioned Officers (Air Crew) and Commissioned Officers (Ground)	Varied between 36 and 55 (11 constituted crews)
No. of Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground)	Varied between 150 and 1 (*)

(*) In March 1964, all Engineering Personnel on strength of the squadron were reallocated to the station Technical Wing (Centralised Servicing), leaving only Administration Personnel on strength of the squadron

Commissioned Officers (Air Crew)

The following are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron in 1964:

• BM Anderson (Nav Radar)
• C Barnes (AEO)
• PH Batty (AEO)
• JA Bayliss (Co-Pilot)
• RM Bayne (Nav Plotter)
• TR Bindon (AEO)
• AM Bowman (Nav Radar)
• R Bradley (Nav Plotter)
• JE Bremner-Young (Co-Pilot)
• DM Campbell (AEO)
• AJ Campion (AEO)
• MJ Cawsey (Pilot)
• Christopher Clive Chacksfield (Co-Pilot)
• RC Chapple (AEO)
• MCA Clarke (Nav Radar)
• J Conway (Co-Pilot)
• P Coulson (Co-Pilot)
• AR Court (Nav Plotter)
• DB Craig (Pilot)
• D Davie (Nav Radar)
• G Davies (Nav Radar)
• B Dorrington (Co-Pilot)
• Raymond Dennis Downs (Pilot)
• SJ Dunstan (AEO)
• JA Edwards (Co-Pilot)
• PG Franklin (Pilot)
• DB Fryett (AEO)
• ID Gallwey (Pilot)
• EW Gent (AEO)
• RB Gilvary (Pilot)
• GC Goodyer (Nav Plotter)
• SW Grierson (Co-Pilot)
• JE Hainsworth (Pilot)
• ER Hannaford (AEO)
• V Hugo (Nav Plotter)
• BE Jones (Co-Pilot)
• JD Knapp (Co-Pilot)
• P Langdown (Co-Pilot)
• BE Lee-Cooper (Nav Radar)
• JP L’Estrange (Pilot)
• JD Lloyd (Pilot)
• DR Lowe (Nav Plotter)
• T Lynn (Nav Radar)
• BHD Mason (Nav Plotter)
• T Mason (Pilot)
• CN McDougall (Co-Pilot)
• MSJ McKinley (Co-Pilot)
• DJ Milne (Nav Plotter)
• RT Mooney (Nav Radar)
• JM Morgan (Pilot)
• THS Nash (Co-Pilot)
• GG Ness (Pilot)
• MJ O’Leary (AEO)
• J Paterson (AEO)
• K Penn (Nav Plotter)
• DJ Pownall (Pilot)
• IA Rhodes (Nav Radar)
• LDA Russell (Co-Pilot)
• GW Salmon (AEO)
• IC Scott (Nav Radar)
• J Shaw (Nav Radar)
• E Stacey (Nav Plotter)
• B Tew (Nav Plotter)
• DJ Thomas (Co-Pilot)
• AB Thompson (Nav Radar)
• DV Tickner (Nav Radar)
• RS Tilford (Nav Radar)
• SMR Webster (Nav Plotter)
• MJ Whelan (AEO)
• AK Wilmshurst (Nav Plotter)
• L Wood (AEO)

35 Squadron at Coningsby 26th February 1964 [Courtesy of Roger Langley]

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

No. 35 Squadron’s Record Books contain little or no information regarding the names, postings and movements of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks that provided essential ground services to (a) the operational station(s) at RAF Coningsby and Cottesmore and (b) the operational squadron(s) that were stationed there (including 35 Squadron), although listings can be found in the following Movement Orders:

• None available for this period

More details can be found on the following page

– Ground Trades 1962 to 1968 –

Technical, Non Technical and Administrative Personnel, who were on strength of the station, were attached to the squadron to ensure that it was fully independent and self supporting whenever it was detached.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Constituted / Reconstituted Crews

1. Pownall / Edwards Langdown / Webster / Shaw / Dunstan
2. Ness / Dorrington / Court / Stevens Tilford / Campion Salmon Fryett
3. Craig / McDougall / Tew / Anderson / Campbell Campion
4. Mason / Nash / Goodyer Webster/ Davies / Barnes
5. L’Estrange / Jones / Penn / Lee-Cooper / Gent
6. Gallwey / Grierson / Bradley / Bowman / Batty
7. Downs / McKinley / Wilmshurst / Thompson / Hannaford
8. Franklin / Coulson / Milne / Tickner / Bindon
9. Lloyd / Russell / Rhodes / Whelan / Hugo
10. Hainsworth / Bayliss / Mason / Lynn / Chapple
11. Morgan / Chacksfield / Stacey / Clarke / Paterson
12. Gilvary / Thomas / Bayne / Mooney / O’Leary

1963 Personnel

Squadron Command

Commanding Officer

Wing Commander AA Smailes AFC 16/04/1963: Handed over to Wing Commander DB Craig

Strength

No. of Commissioned Officers (Air Crew) and Commissioned Officers (Ground):	Varied between 11 and 37 (7 constituted crews)
No. of Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground)	Varied between 61 and 141

Commissioned Officer (Air Crew)

The following are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron in 1963:

• BM Anderson (Nav Radar)
• C Barnes (AEO)
• PH Batty (AEO)
• AM Bowman (Nav Radar)
• R Bradley (Nav Plotter)
• DM Campbell (AEO)
• AJ Campion (AEO)
• AR Court (Nav Plotter)
• DB Craig (Pilot)
• D Davie (Nav Radar)
• G Davies (Nav Radar)
• B Dorrington (Co-Pilot)
• Raymond Dennis Downs (Pilot)
• SJ Dunstan (AEO)
• JA Edwards (Co-Pilot)
• ID Gallwey (Pilot)
• EW Gent (AEO)
• GC Goodyer (Nav Plotter)
• SW Grierson (Co-Pilot)
• ER Hannaford (AEO)
• BE Jones (Co-Pilot)
• BE Lee-Cooper (Nav Radar)
• JP L’Estrange (Pilot)
• T Mason (Pilot)
• CN McDougall (Co-Pilot)
• MSJ McKinley (Co-Pilot)
• THS Nash (Co-Pilot)
• GG Ness (Pilot)
• K Penn (Nav Plotter)
• DJ Pownall (Pilot)
• J Shaw (Nav Radar)
• AA Smailes (Pilot)
• CF Stevens (Nav Radar)
• B Tew (Nav Plotter)
• AB Thompson (Nav Radar)
• SMR Webster (Nav Plotter)
• AK Wilmshurst (Nav Plotter)

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

No. 35 Squadron’s Record Books contain little or no information regarding the names, postings and movements of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks that provided essential ground services to (a) the operational station at RAF Coningsby and (b) the operational squadron(s) that were stationed there (including 35 Squadron), although listings can be found in the following Movement Orders:

• None available for this period

More details can be found on the following page

– Ground Trades 1962 to 1968 –

Technical, Non Technical and Administrative Personnel, who were on strength of the station, were attached to the squadron to ensure that it was fully independent and self supporting whenever it was detached.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Constituted Crews

1. Smailes Pownall / Edwards / Webster / Shaw / Dunstan
2. Ness / Dorrington / Court / Stevens / Campion
3. Craig / McDougall / Tew / Anderson / Campbell
4. Mason / Nash / Goodyer / Davies / Barnes
5. L’Estrange / Jones / Penn / Lee-Cooper / Gent
6. Gallwey / Grierson / Bradley / Bowman / Batty
7. Downs / McKinley / Wilmshurst / Thompson / Hannaford

Appleby (RRG)

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

1. 11/06/1943 Munster
2. 12/06/1943 Bochum
3. 28/06/1943 Cologne
4. 03/07/1943 Cologne
5. 13/07/1943 Aachen
6. 24/07/1943 Hamburg
7. 25/07/1943 Essen
8. 27/07/1943 Hamburg
9. 29/07/1943 Hamburg
10. 10/08/1943 Nuremberg
11. 12/08/1943 Turin
12. 16/08/1943 Turin
13. 17/08/1943 Peenemunde
14. 23/08/1943 Berlin
15. 27/08/1943 Nuremberg
16. 31/08/1943 Berlin
17. 03/09/1943 Special target NW France
18. 05/09/1943 Mannheim
19. 15/09/1943 Montlucon
20. 16/09/1943 Modane
21. 03/10/1943 Kassel
22. 04/10/1943 Frankfurt
23. 08/10/1943 Bremen
24. 22/10/1943 Kassel
25. 22/11/1943 Berlin
26. 23/11/1943 Berlin
27. 25/11/1943 Frankfurt
28. 26/11/1943 Stuttgart
29. 20/12/1943 Frankfurt
30. 23/12/1943 Berlin
31. 29/12/1943 Berlin
32. 02/01/1944 Berlin
33. 05/01/1944 Stettin (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)	Robert Reginald George Appleby	33
(2nd Dickie)	Colin Elton	1
	Ralph Blakey	1
(Navigator)	Dudley Peter David Archer	13
	Harold Leslie Hulme	3
	Norman George Emery	17
(Air Bomber)	Ernest Charles Nixon	33
(Wireless Operator)	Ivor Charles Redfearn	33
(Air Gunner)	Clifford George Bromham	33
	Donald Seymour James	33
(Flight Engineer)	Bernard Leo Robinson	33

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APPLEBY CREW
Back Row: James, Robinson, Bromham, Appleby, Redfearn / Front Row: Nixon, Emery
[Courtesy of Henry Pederson]

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Posting Dates

Appleby	Robert Reginald George	In From:	158 Squadron	20/05/1943
		Out To:	War Casualty	05/01/1944

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax JP123

Crew Information

• Appleby, Emery, Nixon, Redfearn, Bromham, James and Robinson were on strength of 158 Squadron (as a crew) prior to being posted to 35 Squadron

Hutton (TWA)

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

1. 22/09/1943 Hanover
2. 23/09/1943 Mannheim
3. 27/09/1943 Hanover
4. 29/09/1943 Bochum
5. 03/10/1943 Kassel
6. 04/10/1943 Frankfurt
7. 03/11/1943 Dusseldorf
8. 11/11/1943 Cannes
9. 17/11/1943 Mannheim
10. 18/11/1943 Mannheim
11. 22/11/1943 Berlin
12. 23/11/1943 Berlin
13. 25/11/1943 Frankfurt
14. 26/11/1943 Stuttgart
15. 02/12/1943 Berlin
16. 03/12/1943 Leipzig
17. 29/12/1943 Berlin
18. 02/01/1944 Berlin
19. 05/01/1944 Stettin (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)	Thomas William Albert Hutton	19
(2nd Dickie)	Kenneth Alexander Petch	1
	Kenneth Alfred John Campbell	2
	William McTurk	1
(Navigator)	Eric Harold Bagnald	1
	Joseph Hooson	2
	Paul Barber	17
(Air Bomber)	Eric John Stone	2
	William Henry Lewis Sidney Way	17
(Wireless Operator)	Dennis Roy Perrin	18
(Air Gunner)	William James Simpson	2
	Derek Robinson Tulloch	4
	Joseph Jean Robert Theobald Godin	13
	Paul Berkeley White	2
	William Inverarity	17
(Flight Engineer)	Royston James Child	19

KAJ Campbell

JJRT Godin

RJ Child

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Posting Dates

Hutton	Thomas William Albert	In From:	51 Squadron	05/09/1943
		Out to:	POW	05/01/1944

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax HX160

Crew Information

• Hutton, Barber, Way, Perrin, Godin, Inverarity and Child were on strength of 51 Squadron prior to being posted to 35 Squadron

Potts (K)

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

1. 21/11/1944 Sterkrade
2. 27/11/1944 Neuss
3. 29/11/1944 Dortmund
4. 04/12/1944 Urft Dam
5. 15/12/1944 Ludwigshafen
6. 23/12/1944 Cologne
7. 05/01/1945 Hanover (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)	Kenneth Potts	7
(Navigator)	Murray Allison Mills	7
(Air Bomber)	Arthur Joseph Reeder	7
(Set Operator)	Joseph Omer Dumas	1
(Wireless Operator)	George Alfred Pope	7
(Air Gunner)	Solomon Joseph Harold Andrew	1
	Lloyd Dennis Nickel	1
	Ronald William Bentley	7
	Roy Frederick Arthur Yallop	1
	Squire Nuttall	1
	Stephen Thurston Ashton	1
	Vivian Montague Bailey Halls	1
	Wallace John Stewart	1
(Flight Engineer)	Medley Benjamin Sharp	7

RW Bentley

VMB Halls

AJ Reeder

MA Mills

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Posting Dates

Potts	Kenneth	In From:	51 Squadron	24/09/1944
		Out to:	War Casualty	05/01/1945

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Lancaster PB343

1975 Personnel

Squadron Command

Commanding Officer:

– Wing Commander KI Watson – 06/1975: Handed over to Wing Commander AT Atkinson

Strength (after 16th January 1975)

No. of Commissioned Officers (Air Crew) and Commissioned Officers (Ground)	Varied between 50 and 66 (11 constituted crews)
No. of Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground)	Varied between 47 and 74

Commissioned Officers (Air Crew)

The following are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron during 1975:

• Gordon Richmond Agnew (Pilot)
• Clive Roger Allkins (Pilot)
• IJ Angus (AEO)
• R Ankerson (Nav Plotter)
• AT Atkinson (Pilot)
• DA Barnes (Nav Plotter)
• DH Bennett (Pilot)
• A Bentham (Nav Radar)
• RC Betts (Nav Radar)
• PM Bidston (Co-Pilot)
• JA Boxer (Co-Pilot)
• PJ Brunsden (AEO)
• KJ Burgess (Co-Pilot / Pilot)
• ESR Burke (Nav Radar)
• S Calton (Co-Pilot)
• PJ Chapman (Nav Radar)
• GC Clark (Nav Radar)
• NA Clutton (Pilot)
• AJ Collins (Nav Plotter)
• TW Cooper (Nav Radar)
• FJE Critchley (Nav Radar)
• DJ Daulby (Co-Pilot)
• HM Davies (Pilot)
• JL Davies (Nav Plotter)
• EJ Deas (Nav Plotter)
• PE Donkin (Pilot)
• [-] Doyle-Davidson (Nav Plotter)
• RJ Dunsford (Pilot)
• RJ Fenn (Co-Pilot)
• A German (Nav Plotter)
• BJ Giblin (Nav Plotter)
• JA Glenton (AEO)
• MJ Grout (Nav Radar)
• JAM Hamilton (AEO)
• SP Hamilton (Co-Pilot)
• ER Hannaford (AEO)
• DJT Hickin (Co-Pilot)
• DP Hill (AEO)
• J Hills (Co-Pilot)
• VL Hobbs (Co-Pilot)
• JP Holland (Nav Radar)
• NB Houghton (Nav Radar)
• RJ Hounslow (Nav Plotter)
• JB Ince (Pilot)
• M Ingham (Nav Plotter)
• ACR Ingoldby (Pilot)
• TEL Jarron (Co-Pilot)
• WR Kidd (Nav Plotter)
• KJ Lawry (Pilot)
• RE Lawton (AEO)
• GLC Lewis (Pilot)
• GH Lidbetter (AEO)
• IGF Lord (Pilot)
• WD MacGillivray (Pilot)
• PJ Mason (Nav Plotter)
• MJ McCormick (AEO)
• AJ McIntyre (AEO)
• AD Miller (Nav Radar)
• JP Mochan (Nav Plotter)
• GC Morffew (Nav Plotter)
• EG Needham (Nav Radar)
• T O’Dwyer (AEO)
• KM O’Sullivan (Nav Radar)
• JP Pearson (AEO)
• GK Pipe (Nav Plotter)
• JE Pritchard (AEO)
• WJ Ramsey (Co-Pilot)
• M Roe (Co-Pilot)
• BN Rogers (Pilot)
• WA Scragg (Nav Plotter)
• P Spiers (AEO)
• ER Steenson (Co-Pilot)
• M Stewart (Nav Radar)
• RAA Sudlow (Pilot)
• P Taylor (Nav Radar)
• CJ Terry (Co-Pilot)
• N Tunley (Nav Radar)
• GP Turfrey (Nav Radar)
• CE Wade (Nav Plotter)
• D Walby (Pilot)
• DB Walsh (Nav Plotter)
• A Ward (AEO)
• KI Watson (Pilot)
• JJ Witts (Co-Pilot)

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

No. 35 Squadron’s Record Books contain little or no information regarding the names, postings and movements of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks that provided essential ground services to (a) the operational station at RAF Scampton and (b) the operational squadron(s) that were stationed there (including 35 Squadron), although listings can be found in the following Movement Orders:

• February 1975 [Postings In]

More details can be found on the following page:

– Ground Trades 1975 to 1982 –

Note: Technical, Non Technical and Administrative Personnel, who were on strength of the station, were attached to the squadron to ensure that it was fully independent and self supporting whenever it was detached.

Valters (RW)

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

1. 13/03/1942 Cologne
2. 30/03/1942 Battleship
3. 08/04/1942 Hamburg
4. 12/04/1942 Essen
5. 04/05/1942 Stuttgart
6. 08/05/1942 Warnemunde
7. 19/05/1942 Mannheim (Failed to Return)

RW Valters also flew 6 operational sorties as 2nd Pilot (JH Trethewy Crew) between November 1941 and January 1942

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)	Ronald Walter Valters	7
(2nd Pilot)	(Possibly) Henry Rupert Astbury	2
	James Keatley Watson	1
	Sidney Richard Stickney	2
(Observer)	– Armstrong	2
	Charles Vincent Harvey	2
	Richard Guy Baker	3
(WOP / AG)	George Daft	6
(Air Gunner)	– Russell	1
	Donald George Southwell	6
	Gordon Kennedy	7
(Flight Engineer)	William Richard Hunt	7

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Posting Dates

Valters	Ronald Walter	In From:	19 O.T.U.	13/10/1941
		Out to:	War Casualty	19/05/1942

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax W7658

Crew Information

Ephemera

The following provides examples of squadron related ephemera

Menus

1941 Christmas Menu

1943 Christmas Menu

1943 Christmas Menu (Inside)

1944 Christmas Menu

1945 Officers Mess Menu [Courtesy of Phil Furner]

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Cartoons / Drawings

Charity Cook Book

Caricature of GJ North

The elephant of No 27 Squadron welcomes the winged horse of No 35 Squadron to Scampton

“Joe’s (Petrie-Andrews) return from Sardinia” [Glimlamp -March 2000]

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WWII Photographic Plate

Photographic Plate (with plate box from similar era)
[Courtesy of Dick Gayner]

35 Squadron Photographic Plate
[Courtesy of Dick Gayner]

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Clothing / Equipment

[Courtesy of Ian Nelson]

Sturgeon’s Cap

[Courtesy of Derek Parks]

[Courtesy of Simon – Rebecca Ingram]

KC Gooch’s flying goggles [Courtesy of Paul Lomax]

HAB Brewington’s Dog Tags [Courtesy of Norrie Southam]

Badges belonging to HD Buckley [Courtesy of Sue McLachlan]

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Mugs / Tankards / Lighters

[Courtesy of Gerry Frew]

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Miscellaneous

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Commemorative Covers

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Stone Carving

Squadron Badge carved into a wall in the flight line control hut in the detachment area at RAF Luqa in the 1970’s by an unknown technician. It is understood that it was dug out of the wall and brought back to Scampton, but its current whereabouts is unknown.

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Flamingo Magazine

Whilst the squadron was stationed in Cyprus, it had its own page (Pegasus Page) in the Flamingo Magazine.
The name of the author “Bellepheron” is the name of a hero in Greek mythology who rode a white Pegasus.

Casey (RF)

The Squadron’s Operations Record Book shows that RF Casey was the Captain of a No. 35 Squadron aircraft on the following sorties:

1. 25/06/1942 Bremen
2. 27/06/1942 Orleans
3. 29/06/1942 Bremen
4. 02/07/1942 Bremen
5. 08/07/1942 Wilhelmshaven
6. 13/07/1942 Duisburg (Crashed on Landing)

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)	Raymond Francis Casey	6
(Navigator)	Peter McGregor Jackson	6
(Air Bomber)	Walter Alfred Elliot	2
	Alfred James Brockway	4
(WOP / AG)	James Henry Janes	6
(Air Gunner)	– Bond	4
	Donald Robert Alexander	6
	Roy Frederick MacDonald	2
(Flight Engineer)	John Cyril Williams	6

PM Jackson

JH Janes

DR Alexander

RF MacDonald

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Posting Dates

Raymond Francis Casey	In From:	58 Squadron?	_
	Out To:	War Casualty	13/07/1942

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax W1154

Crew Information

1917 Summary of Activities

MONTHLY SUMMARY (incl. Losses and Incidents)

Squadron activity throughout 1917 included Travelling Flights, Collecting Machines, Aircraft and Equipment Tests, Ground Training, Flying Training and operational duties as a “Corps Squadron”

The following summarises the squadron’s activities as recorded in the Record Book

January

On 18th January 1917, the squadron mobilised to France, reforming at St André-aux-Bois on 3rd February 1917

February

Training (in conjunction with representatives from the Cavalry Corps) continued at St André-aux-Bois

Flying Training carried out during the month included: Reconnaissance, Formation Flights, Aerial Gunnery Practice, Duration Flights, Artillery Practice, Wireless Practice, Cavalry Co-Operation Practice, Aerial Combat Practice, Message Dropping, Lamp and Panel Reading

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

March

On 28th March 1917, the squadron started its move eastwards towards Savy and the front-line

Flying Training carried out during the month included: Aerial Gunnery Practice, Wireless Practice, Reconnaissance, Photography, Message Dropping, Signalling, Cavalry Scheme, Formation Flights, Lamp and Panel Reading, Contact Patrol, Tank Reconnaissance, Aerodrome Reconnaissance, Line Reconnaissance

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 A2731 (16/03/1917)

April

The squadron reformed at Savy on 5th April 1917, in readiness for operational duties as a “Corps Squadron”

Savy Aerodrome

Flying Training carried out during the month included: Aerial Gunnery, Reconnaissance Practice, Photography Practice, Formation Flights, Aerial Combat Practice,

Operational duties as a “Corps Squadron” included: Learning Lines / Country, Line Patrols, Defensive Patrols, Contact Patrols, Reconnaissance

Extract from the squadron’s Record Book (9th April 1917)

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

May

The squadron moved south to Villers-Bretonneux on 13th May 1917 and then eastwards to Mons-en-Chaussee on 23rd May 1917

Flying Training carried out during the month included: Cavalry Contact Practice, Wireless Practice, Practice Shoots, Artillery Patrol Practice, Reconnaissance Practice

Operational duties as a “Corps Squadron” included: Line Patrols, Signalling, Cavalry Scheme, Photography, Contact Patrols, Learning Lines, Artillery Patrols

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 A2699 (10/05/1917)

June

Flying Training carried out during the month included: Practice Shoots, Photography Practice, Aerial Gunnery, Altitude Test, Reading Penneau, Contact Patrol Practice

Operational duties as a “Corps Squadron” included: Artillery Patrols, Photography, Reconnaissance, Destructive Shoots, Trench Registration, Message Dropping

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 A2685 (25/06/1917)
• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 A2688 (23/06/1917)
• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 A2693 (06/06/1917)
• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 A2715 (23/06/1917)
• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 A2716 (02/06/1917)

July

The squadron moved back to Savy on 13th July 1917

Flying Training carried out during the month included: Practice Formation Flights, Practice Reconnaissance, Practice Contact Patrol, Aerodrome Practice

Operational duties as a “Corps Squadron” included: Special Reconnaissance, Reading Panel, Photography, Trench Registration, Artillery Observation, Artillery Patrol, Cavalry Patrol, Learning Line / Country, Balloon Patrol, Artillery Escort, Photography Escort

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 A2690 (06/07/1917)
• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 A9989 (28/07/1917)

August

On 19th August, the squadron moved northwards to La Gorgue

La Gorgue

Flying Training carried out during the month included: Practice Contact Patrol, Practice Reconnaissance, Signal Practice, Force Landing Practice, Cavalry Practice, Landing Practice

Operational duties as a “Corps Squadron” included: Learning Line, Reading Lamp / Panel, Fighting Duty, Cavalry Patrol, Line Reconnaissance, Message Bag Dropping

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 A2692 (31/08/1917)
• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 A2700 (26/08/1917)
• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 B226 (20/08/1917)

Extract from GB Ash Flying Log Book (August 1917) [Courtesy of Andrew Pentland]

September

Flying Training carried out during the month included: Practice Reconnaissance, Practice Landing, Gunnery Practice, Photography Practice, Practice Contact Patrol

Operational duties as a “Corps Squadron” included: Fighting Duty, Reading Penneau, Learning Line, Contact Patrol, Line Patrol

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 A2704 (25/09/1917)
• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 A2706 (14/09/1917)
• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 A2707 (04/09/1917)
• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 A2719 (12/09/1917)
• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 A9987 (26/09/1917)
• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 B242 (26/09/1917)
• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 B255 (30/09/1917)

October

On 5th October 1917 the squadron once again moved north to La Lovie aerodrome and then back south to Bruay on 17th October 1917

Flying Training carried out during the month included: Practice Landing, Practice Reconnaissance

Operational duties as a “Corps Squadron” included: Photography, Contact Patrol, Reconnaissance, Learning Line, Reading Panel, Bombing

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

November

On 7th November 1917, the squadron moved further south to Estrees-en-Chaussee

One of the messes at Estrees-en-Chaussee

Flying Training carried out during the month included: Practice Reconnaissance, Practice Landing, Photography Practice, Gunnery Practice, Practice Shoot

Operational duties as a “Corps Squadron” included: Reading Panel, Reconnaissance, Line Reconnaissance, Learning Line, Line Patrol, Contact Patrol, Bombing

Extract from the squadron’s Record Book

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 ***** (13/11/1917)
• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 A2701 (11/11/1917)
• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 A2703 (22/11/1917)
• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 A2718 (20/11/1917)
• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 B201 (23/11/1917)
• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 B307 (23/11/1917)
• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 B5767 (23/11/1917)

December

Flying Training carried out during the month included: Practice Shoot, Photography Practice

Operational duties as a “Corps Squadron” included: Contact Patrol, Line Patrol, Photography, Learning Line, Artillery Patrol, Line Reconnaissance, Photo Escort

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 A2708 (10/12/1917)
• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 A2717 (12/12/1917)
• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 A2721 (10/12/1917)
• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 B201 (01/12/1917)
• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 B5777 (01/12/1917)
• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 B5778 (01/12/1917)

Davidson (AJF)

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

1. 22/03/1943 St.Nazaire
2. 26/03/1943 Duisburg
3. 27/03/1943 Berlin
4. 30/04/1943 Bocholt
5. 12/05/1943 Duisburg
6. 13/05/1943 Pilsen
7. 25/05/1943 Dusseldorf
8. 29/05/1943 Wuppertal
9. 11/06/1943 Munster
10. 16/06/1943 Cologne
11. 19/06/1943 Le Creusot & Henri Paul
12. 21/06/1943 Krefeld
13. 24/07/1943 Hamburg
14. 27/07/1943 Hamburg
15. 29/07/1943 Hamburg
16. 02/08/1943 Hamburg
17. 10/08/1943 Nurnberg
18. 12/08/1943 Turin
19. 16/08/1943 Turin
20. 17/08/1943 Peenemunde

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)	Andrew James Fisher  Davidson	20
(Navigator)	Geoffrey Rhodes Whitten	20
(Air Bomber)	Samuel Rene Green	20
(Wireless Operator)	Robert John Bloom	20
(Air Gunner)	Bernard Harry Stanley	20
	William James Simpson	19
(Flight Engineer)	Donald Harrington Craig	7
	George Henry Cross	1
	John Charles Goodson	1
	John Irvine Barrie	2
	Ronald Bound	7
	William McRae Sinclair	2

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Posting Dates

Andrew James Fisher Davidson	In From:	78 Squadron	03/03/1943
	Out To:	PFF NTU	28/09/1943

Crew Information

• Davidson, Whitten, Green, Bloom, Stanley, Simpson and Bound were on strength of 78 Squadron prior to being posted to 35 Squadron

Grigg (GL)

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

1. 11/12/1941 Cologne (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)	Gerald Leonard Grigg	1
(2nd Pilot)	Hubert Donald Buckley	1
(Observer)	Ian Redmayne Bell	1
(WOP / AG)	Frank Wilson Crocker	1
	Maurice Victor Wakeling	1
(Air Gunner)	Laurence William Ketteringham	1
(Flight Engineer)	Robert William George Kent	1

HD Buckley
[Courtesy of Sue McLachlan]

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Posting Dates

Gerald Leonard Grigg	24/10/1941	(P) In From:	77 Squadron
	11/12/1941	(P) Out To:	War Casualty

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax L9600

Crew Information

–

Wright (JH)

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

1. 30/04/1943 Essen
2. 04/05/1943 Dortmund
3. 12/05/1943 Duisburg
4. 13/05/1943 Bochum
5. 23/05/1943 Dortmund
6. 11/06/1943 Munster
7. 16/06/1943 Cologne
8. 19/06/1943 Le Creusot & Henri Paul
9. 21/06/1943 Krefeld
10. 24/06/1943 Elberfeld
11. 13/07/1943 Aachen
12. 15/07/1943 Montbéliard
13. 24/07/1943 Hamburg
14. 27/07/1943 Hamburg
15. 29/07/1943 Hamburg
16. 02/08/1943 Hamburg
17. 09/08/1943 Mannheim
18. 10/08/1943 Nurnberg
19. 12/08/1943 Turin
20. 16/08/1943 Turin
21. 23/08/1943 Berlin
22. 27/08/1943 Nuremberg
23. 30/08/1943 Munchen Gladbach
24. 31/08/1943 Berlin
25. 03/09/1943 Special target NW France
26. 05/09/1943 Mannheim
27. 08/10/1943 Bremen
28. 22/11/1943 Berlin
29. 23/11/1943 Berlin
30. 25/11/1943 Frankfurt
31. 02/12/1943 Berlin
32. 03/12/1943 Leipzig
33. 20/12/1943 Frankfurt (Failed to Return)

Extract from TA Robson’s Flying Log Book showing the crew training at the PFF NTU prior to joining 35 Squadron, along with their first operational sorties to Essen

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)	James Henry Wright	33
(2nd Dickie)	Colin Frazer Blundell	1
(Navigator)	Alfred Arthur Charles Bedward	1
	Sidney Colin Rive Mackie	32
(Air Bomber)	Harold Matthews	33
(Wireless Operator)	William Robert John Dingle	33
(Air Gunner)	Alfred Fred Poynton	1
	Francis Cole McCubbin	1
	James Bernard Anthony Scannell	2
	Kenneth James Rees	1
	Morley Albert Arnott	3
	Nelson John Rapere	1
	Norman Francis Williams	2
	Thomas Andrew Robson	30
	Winston Barrington	25
(Flight Engineer)	Alfred Norman Leslie Moss	1
	Samuel Francis Jackson	7
	Sydney James Butler	9
	William McRae Sinclair	16

SCR Mackie

WRJ Dingle

TA Robson

WM Sinclair

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Posting Dates

Wright	James Henry	In From:	78 Squadron	20/04/1943
		Out to:	War Casualty	20/12/1943

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax HX270

Crew Information

• Wright, Mackie, Matthews, Dingle, Robson, Barrington and Jackson were on strength of 78 Squadron prior to being posted to 35 Squadron

Clarke (RJ)

The Squadron’s Operations Record Book shows that RJ Clarke carried out seven operational sorties as 2nd Pilot (GP Gardiner Crew) during the 1st Quarter 1942. He was then posted out of the squadron, but there is no information regarding when he was posted out (nor where he was posted to).

The Record Book shows that he returned to the squadron in 1944 (from No. 78 Squadron) and was the Captain of a 35 Squadron aircraft on the following sorties:

1. 12/12/1944 Essen
2. 15/12/1944 Ludwigshafen
3. 23/12/1944 Cologne (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)	Richard Joseph Clarke	3
(Navigator)	Donald Russell Currie	3
(Air Bomber)	Joseph William Webb	3
(Wireless Operator)	Robert Keith Norsworthy	3
(Air Gunner)	James McGee	3
	Thomas Eugene Craddock	3
(Flight Engineer)	John Charles Mays	3

DR Currie

J McGee

RK Norsworthy

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Posting Dates

Richard Joseph Clarke	In From:	10 O.T.U.	24/12/1941
	Out To:	–
	In From:	78 Squadron	06/11/1944
	Out To:	War Casualty	23/12/1944

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Lancaster PB678

Crew Information

• Clarke, Currie, Webb, Norsworthy, McGee, Craddock and Mays were on strength of No 78 Squadron prior to being posted to 35 Squadron

Lawson (GS)

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

1. 13/09/1944 Osnabruck
2. 06/11/1944 Gelsenkirchen
3. 18/11/1944 Wanne-Eickel
4. 21/11/1944 Sterkrade
5. 04/12/1944 Urft Dam
6. 05/12/1944 Soest
7. 06/12/1944 Merseburg (Leuna)
8. 23/12/1944 Cologne (Failed to Return)

GS Lawson also flew 2 operational sorties as 2nd Dickie (various crews) on 2nd and 4th November 1944

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)	George Simpson Lawson	8
(Navigator)	John Geoffrey Faulkner	7
	Dyson William Barber  Waddington	1
(Air Bomber)	John MacGregor Fraser	1
	Norman Brown	7
(Wireless Operator)	John Seymore Winter	8
(Air Gunner)	Alexander Stewart Fleming	5
	James Johnston Black	1
	Kenneth Albert Lawrence Mitchell	1
	Lawrence White	8
	Leslie Arthur Booth	1
(Flight Engineer)	Albert Sutcliffe	1
	Douglas Aubrey Cole	5
	Gordon Lindsley	1
	George John Washford	1

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Posting Dates

Lawson	George Simpson	In From:	41 Base	13/08/1944
		Out to:	War Casualty	23/12/1944

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Lancaster PB683

Crew Information

Kenyon (AT)

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

1. 15/12/1944 Ludwigshafen
2. 24/12/1944 Cologne (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)	Arthur Thomas Kenyon	2
(Navigator)	Albert Thomas	2
(Air Bomber)	Alec Henry Cousins	2
(Wireless Operator)	Cecil Leonard Blundell	2
(Air Gunner)	Cyril Arthur Winter	2
	Roy Frederick Arthur Yallop	2
(Flight Engineer)	Leonard Williams	2

KENYON CREW
photo believed to include Blundell, Yallop, Williams, Winter, Kenyon, Thomas

A Thomas

A Cousins

CL Blundell

C Winter

RFA Yallop

L Williams

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Posting Dates

Kenyon	Arthur Thomas	In From:	102 Squadron	12/11/1944
		Out to:	War Casualty	24/12/1944

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Lancaster PB366

Crew Information

• Kenyon, Thomas, Cousins, Blundell, Winter, Yallop and Williams were on strength of 102 Squadron prior to being posted to 35 Squadron

Williams (RC)

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

1. 24/07/1943 Hamburg
2. 25/07/1943 Essen
3. 27/07/1943 Hamburg
4. 29/07/1943 Hamburg
5. 10/08/1943 Nuremberg
6. 12/08/1943 Turin
7. 16/08/1943 Turin
8. 30/08/1943 Special target near Calais
9. 31/08/1943 Berlin
10. 05/09/1943 Mannheim
11. 08/09/1943 Special target 1st phase
12. 15/09/1943 Montlucon
13. 16/09/1943 Modane
14. 03/10/1943 Kassel
15. 04/10/1943 Frankfurt
16. 08/10/1943 Bremen
17. 22/10/1943 Kassel
18. 22/11/1943 Berlin
19. 23/11/1943 Berlin
20. 25/11/1943 Frankfurt
21. 26/11/1943 Stuttgart
22. 20/12/1943 Frankfurt
23. 23/12/1943 Berlin
24. 29/12/1943 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). 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)	Ronald Charles Williams	24
(Navigator)	Joseph Hooson	24
(Air Bomber)	Eric John Stone	24
(Wireless Operator)	Charles Miller	14
	George Russell Davidson	10
(Air Gunner)	Frederick Charles Redman	24
	Jack Smith	21
	John Dixon Atkinson	2
	Wallace Edward Charles Dillow	1
(Flight Engineer)	William Laverick	24

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Posting Dates

Williams	Ronald Charles	In From:	10 Squadron	28/06/1943
		Out to:	War Casualty	29/12/1943

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax HR986

Crew Information

• Williams, Hooson, Stone, Redman, Smith and Laverick were on strength of 10 Squadron prior to being posted to 35 Squadron.
• RJ Wray also flew with this crew and was posted to 35 Squadron with them, but he did not take part in any operational sorties after his posting (reason not known)

Middleton (SA)

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

1. 30/11/1941 Hamburg
2. 11/12/1941 Cologne
3. 18/12/1941 Brest
4. 30/12/1941 Brest (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)	Stuart Auldjo Middleton	4
(2nd Pilot)	Robert Alexander Fisher Frew	3
	John Lawson Tweddle	1
(Observer)	Leslie John Percival Foster	2
	[-] Barker	1
	[-] Williams	1
(WOP / AG)	(Possibly)John Irving Robinson	1
	John Albert Orton	4
	Peter Clement Godwyn Maflin	3
(Air Gunner)	Gordon Kennedy	1
	Mark Anthony Sachs	1
	Matthew George Kipling	2
(Flight Engineer)	Arthur Stanley Greenwood	3
	[-] Gregson	1

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Believed to be Middleton’s Crew 18th December 1941
[Courtesy of Clive Barrington]

LJP Foster [Courtesy of Clive Barrington]

AS Greenwood [Find-a-Grave]

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Posting Dates

Stuart Auldjo Middleton	15/10/1941	In From:	58 Squadron
	30/12/1941	Out To:	War Casualty

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax V9979

Crew Information

Thorpe (JH)

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

1. 09/04/1944 Lille
2. 11/04/1944 Aachen
3. 18/04/1944 Rouen
4. 21/05/1944 Duisburg
5. 22/05/1944 Dortmund
6. 24/05/1944 Aachen
7. 27/05/1944 Bourg Leopold
8. 28/05/1944 Mardick
9. 15/06/1944 Lens
10. 16/06/1944 Pas de Calais
11. 23/06/1944 Coubronne
12. 24/06/1944 Middel Straete
13. 27/06/1944 Oisemont/Neuville Au Bois
14. 02/07/1944 Oisemont/Neuville Au Bois
15. 06/07/1944 Coquereaux
16. 07/07/1944 Caen
17. 10/07/1944 Nucourt
18. 12/07/1944 Thiverny
19. 14/07/1944 St.Philibert-Ferme
20. 15/07/1944 Nucourt
21. 16/07/1944 St.Philibert-Ferme
22. 18/07/1944 M-Cagny
23. 20/07/1944 Montcandon
24. 23/07/1944 Kiel
25. 24/07/1944 Stuttgart
26. 12/08/1944 Russelsheim
27. 18/08/1944 Bremen
28. 25/08/1944 Gun Emplacements at Brest
29. 26/08/1944 Kiel
30. 29/08/1944 Stettin
31. 15/09/1944 Kiel
32. 05/10/1944 Saarbrucken
33. 06/10/1944 Dortmund
34. 14/10/1944 Duisburg [1]
35. 15/10/1944 Wilhelmshaven
36. 19/10/1944 Stuttgart
37. 21/10/1944 Hanover
38. 25/10/1944 Essen
39. 01/11/1944 Oberhausen
40. 06/11/1944 Gelsenkirchen
41. 27/11/1944 Freiburg
42. 29/11/1944 Dortmund (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:

(Pilot)	John Herbert Thorpe	42
(Navigator)	Geoffrey Simpson	42
(Air Bomber)	Gilbert Victor Williams	40
	Norman Thomas Adams	1
	Robert Mackay Hilliard	1
(Wireless Operator)	James Alexander Mathison	41
	William Davies	1
(Air Gunner)	James Arthur Wynn	42
	William Turnbull	42
(Flight Engineer)	Douglas Belmont Gerrard	1
	Edward Donald Hughes	1
	John Mitchell Cruickshank	40

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THORPE CREW
[Courtesy of Ian Warner]

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Posting Dates

Thorpe	John Herbert	In From:	51 Squadron	27/02/1944
		Out to:	War Casualty	29/11/1944

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Lancaster PB199

Crew Information

• Thorpe, Simpson, Williams, Mathison, Wynn, Turnbull and Cruickshank were on strength of 51 Squadron prior to being posted to 35 Squadron

Hamilton (JC)

Believed to be JC Hamilton [Courtesy of Tim Longford]

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

1. 31/08/1941 Cologne
2. 02/09/1941 Berlin
3. 07/09/1941 Berlin
4. 10/09/1941 Turin (Force Landed)
5. 15/09/1941 Hamburg
6. 19/09/1941 Stettin
7. 29/09/1941 Stettin
8. 02/10/1941 Brest
9. 22/10/1941 Mannheim
10. 26/10/1941 Hamburg
11. 31/10/1941 Hamburg
12. 09/11/1941 Hamburg
13. 25/11/1941 Brest
14. 30/11/1941 Hamburg (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:

(Pilot)	John Craig Hamilton	14
(2nd Pilot)	Clifford Grove Lythgoe	2
	James David Walls	5
	Thomas Craig Stobie	5
	Henry Anthony  Perks	2
(Observer)	Jeffrey Arnold Longford	14
(WOP / AG)	Albert Edward Connor	1
	Harold Richard Giddens	3
	James Patrick Henderson	13
	John Peter Burton Buckley	10
	Albert Chadwick	1
(Air Gunner)	William John Hampton	3
	John Collins	11
(Flight Engineer)	Walter Roy Stapleford	14

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Hamilton Crew [Courtesy of Tim Longford]
Believed to include: Hamilton, Perks, Longford, Henderson, Buckley, Collins and Stapleford

JA Longford
[Courtesy of Tim Longford]

JPB Buckley

WJ Hampton
[Courtesy of Sarah McRobert]

J Collins [Courtesy of Tim Longford]

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Posting Dates

Hamilton	John Craig	12/08/1941	In From:	58 Squadron
		30/11/1941	Out to:	POW

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax L9582

Crew Information

–

Cheal (DJH)

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

1. 11/11/1943 Cannes
2. 03/12/1943 Leipzig (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)	Bruce James Henry Cheal	2
(Navigator)	Eric Austin Alliston	2
(Air Bomber)	John Cecil Bonet	2
(Wireless Operator)	Peter Harold (Mornington) Smith	2
(Air Gunner)	Francis John Dimond	2
	John Andrew Whitmore McKenzie	2
(Flight Engineer)	Kenneth Holt	2

JAW McKenzie

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Posting Dates

Bruce James Henry Cheal	In From:	51 Squadron	19/10/1943
	Out To:	POW	03/12/1943

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax LW343

Crew Information

• Cheal, Alliston, Bonet, Smith, Dimond, McKenzie and Holt were on strength of 51 Squadron prior to being posted to 35 Squadron

Marks (JH) (Sawbridgeworth)

• To commemorate: JH Marks
• Location: Sawbridgeworth Memorial Hall, Hertfordshire
• Installation Date: –
• Loss Details: – Read More –

[Courtesy of IBCC Memorial Database Project]

1948 Personnel

Strength

No. of Commissioned Officers (Air Crew)	Varied between 6 and 12
No. of Non Commissioned Air Crew	Varied between 24 and 32
No. of Commissioned Officers (Ground) “A Squadron”	Varied between 1 and 3
No. of Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground) “A Squadron”	Varied between 54 and 119

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew

The following are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron during 1948:

• Pilot
  • Kenneth Jonathan Aedy
  • Roger John Eric Boulding
  • BHD Foster
  • [-] Higgins
  • Derek Arthur Perkins
  • VG Roberts
• Navigator
  • [-] Ellis
  • [-] Gladwin
  • RA Johns
  • DK Lynch
  • RBT Sprintall
  • John Garland Stratton
  • [-] Tuckfield
  • JA Wainwright
  • [-] Welch
• Signaller
  • [-] Fuller
  • [-] Messenger
  • [-] Morgan
  • [-] Norton
  • [-] Taylor
• Gunner
  • [-] Black
  • Samuel Gordon Cliffe
  • T Conaghan
  • Donald Charles Dunkley
  • [-] Flood
  • AJ Gallagher
  • [-] Graves
  • [-] Gregory
  • [-] Horishney
  • [-] Kennett
  • DD Piggford
  • [-] Stubbs
• Engineer
  • EN Collington
  • [-] Enright
  • [-] Harvey
  • [-] Quick
  • [-] Smith
  • [-] Warrington
  • [-] Wood

No. 35 and No. 115 Squadron (Shallufa January 1948) [Courtesy of Scott Weeden]

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

No. 35 Squadron’s Record Books contain little or no information regarding the names, postings and movements of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks that provided essential ground services to (a) the operational station at RAF Stradishall and (b) the operational squadron(s) that were stationed there (including 35 Squadron). although listings can be found in the following Movement Orders:

• None available for this period

More details can be found on the following page:
– Ground Trades (1945 [Post War] to 1950) –

1950 Personnel

Command

• Commanding Officer
  • Squadron Leader BHD Foster DSO DFC

Strength

No. of Commissioned Officers (Air Crew and Ground)	Varied between 12 and 13
No. of Non Commissioned Air Crew	Varied between 29 and 32
No. of Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground)	Varied between 35 and 40

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew

The following are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron up until 23rd February 1950 (when the squadron disbanded):

• Pilot
  • GM Baird
  • T Baronowski
  • JS Brown
  • BHD Foster
  • VG Roberts
• Navigator
  • HT Gladwyn
  • A Jordan
  • RH Pick
  • RBT Sprintall
  • JA Wainwright
• Signaller
  • GW Clamp
  • IH Fuller
  • JH Meller
  • IWH Sturdy
• Gunner
  • WC Collett
  • T Conaghan
  • J Dougall
  • RN Dowsett
  • Donald Charles Dunkley
  • WS Fenion
  • AJ Gallagher
  • DL Pearson
  • DD Piggford
  • GW Vines
  • Robert Watson
  • AM Wilson
• Engineer
  • EC Bevis
  • EN Collington
  • RR Ewart
  • RA Wood

Officers and Airmen at Mildenhall [The Tatler]

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

No. 35 Squadron’s Record Books contain little or no information regarding the names, postings and movements of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks that provided essential ground services to (a) the operational station(s) at RAF Mildenhall and Marham and (b) the operational squadron(s) that were stationed there (including 35 Squadron). although listings can be found in the following Movement Orders:

• January 1950 “Sunray” Detachment

More details can be found on the following page

– Ground Trades (1945 [Post War] to 1950) –

1949 Personnel

Squadron Command

Commanding Officer:

Squadron Leader BHD Foster DSO DFC

Strength

No. of Commissioned Officers (Air Crew and Ground)	Varied between 8 and 13
No. of Non Commissioned Air Crew)	Varied between 32 and 42
No. of Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground)	Varied between 40 and 66

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew

The following are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron in 1949:

• Pilot
  • GM Baird
  • T Baronowski
  • [-] Brown
  • BHD Foster
  • [-] Higgins
  • Derek Arthur Perkins
  • VG Roberts
• Navigator
  • HT Gladwyn
  • RA Johns
  • A Jordan
  • RH Pick
  • RBT Sprintall
  • John Garland Stratton
  • [-] Tuckfield
  • JA Wainwright
  • [-] Welch
• Signaller
  • GW Clamp
  • [-] Norton
  • [-] Todman
• Gunner
  • [-] Benstead
  • WC Collett
  • T Conaghan
  • RN Dowsett
  • Donald Charles Dunkley
  • WS Fenion
  • [-] Flood
  • AJ Gallagher
  • [-] Hodgson
  • DL Pearson
  • DD Piggford
  • GW Vines
  • Robert Watson
  • AM Wilson
• Engineer
  • EN Collington
  • RR Ewart

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

No. 35 Squadron’s Record Books contain little or no information regarding the names, postings and movements of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks that provided essential ground services to (a) the operational station(s) at RAF Stradishall and Mildenhall and (b) the operational squadron(s) that were stationed there (including 35 Squadron). although listings can be found in the following Movement Orders:

• None available for this period

More details can be found on the following page:
– Ground Trades (1945 [Post War] to 1950) –

Brief Summary of Path Finder Force Techniques and Roles

In 1942, a number of measures were introduced in an attempt to improve the accuracy of bombing, one of which was the introduction of the Path Finder Force (PFF) to mark the target for the main force bombers.

Over the next few years various techniques and crew roles were introduced as the marking process evolved.

The crews

Each member of the crew was specially trained to operate as part of a “navigation team” and to utilise aircraft equipped with the latest navigation aids to meet the PFF objectives of;

• accurately navigating to the target area (*)
• arriving at the time specified in the briefing
• marking the aiming point with coloured indicators (flares or target indicators) so that the main force bombers could identify where to release their bombs during their bomb run.

(*) For a short while, the PFF crews were required to drop markers along the route to indicate turning points, but this was quickly stopped when it was established that the Germans were using the markers to identify the location of the bomber stream

The various techniques

Various techniques, codenamed Parramatta, Musical Parramatta, Newhaven and Wanganui, were developed to deal with the different target types and the weather conditions over the target at the time of the attack. Crews would be told which technique was to be used during the briefing before the operation.

The various roles

Irrespective of their role, each PFF crew was expected to meet the PFF objective of navigating and reaching the target at the specified time. Once there, each crew had a specific role to perform, based on previous experience.

In principle, a new crew would be given the role of Bomber or Supporter which meant that it had to be ready to start its bombing attack as soon as the aiming point had been marked by the Markers.

As the crew gained experience it would progress to one of the marking roles.

The marking role allocated to each crew typically contained up to three elements (1) the “wave” that the aircraft would be assigned to (2) the method by which the target had to be identified and (3) the marking role to be performed.

1. Due to the sheer numbers of aircraft involved in each operation, the main force had to be broken down into “waves” and it was therefore necessary for PFF aircraft to be assigned to either the first “Primary” wave or the subsequent “Secondary” wave(s) to ensure that indicators were visible to all main force aircraft throughout the raid.
2. There were two methods by which the target / aiming point could be identified “Visual” or “Blind”. If the crew were assigned to visual identification, it could only drop its flares or target indicators (TI) when it had visually identified the target / aiming point using the bombsight. If the crew had been assigned to blind identification, it could only drop its flares or target indicators (TI) when it had identified the target / aiming point using its navigation equipment. (It is worth noting that if a crew was unable to locate the target using its assigned method, it was required to bring the indicators back).
3. Marking in each wave was carried out in a set sequence to ensure accuracy and continuity and crews were assigned to the roles of Illuminators, Markers, Backers-Up or Re-Centrers. Each role dictated which type / colour of flare or target indicators that would be carried. The sequence was as follows:

• Illuminators would identify the target area and then drop their flares so that the Markers could clearly identify the aiming point(s).
• Markers would drop their coloured target indicators on the aiming point(s) so that the Bombers, Supporters and Main Force aircraft knew that this was the point at which they needed to release their bombs.
• Backer-Ups would drop their coloured target indicators on top of those already laid down by the Markers to ensure continuity throughout the attack. Re-Centrers would be used to perform this task when the target indicators being dropped were no longer on the correct aiming point and therefore had to be repositioned.

Examples of allocated roles

Based on the above, roles shown in documents from the period show up to three elements such as:

• Primary Blind Marker
• Primary Visual Marker
• Blind Illuminator
• Visual Illuminator
• Backer-Up

Master Bomber / Deputy Master Bomber

Each raid was co-ordinated by a Master Bomber or a Deputy Master Bomber (who acted as a standby replacement for the Master Bomber).

The Master Bomber would orbit above the target during the raid, advising PFF crews by radio (voice) on where to drop their target indicators (particularly if the attack had gone off target) and advising the main force crews on which colours they should use as their release point.

Briefing

As previously mentioned, the technique to be used was briefed to the crews before the operation. Crews were also advised on which target indicator colours would be used and their meaning.

The following is an example from a briefing:

Beazley (FHV)

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

1. 15/12/1944 Ludwigshafen
2. 17/12/1944 Duisburg (*)
3. 24/12/1944 Cologne
4. 02/01/1945 Nuremberg
5. 06/01/1945 Hanau
6. 13/01/1945 Saarbrucken
7. 14/01/1945 Merseburg/Leuna
8. 01/02/1945 Mainz
9. 02/02/1945 Wanne Eickel

(*) It is worth noting that DFEC Dean flew as the “Captain of the aircraft” on 17th December 1944, with FHV Beazley shown in the record books as “2nd Pilot”

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)	Donald Frederick Edgar Charles Dean	1
	Frederick Henry Verner Beazley	8
(2nd Pilot)	Frederick Henry Verner Beazley	1
(Navigator)	Andrew Dougal Tait	7
	Colin John Alfred Ramsey	2
(Air Bomber)	Charles Doig	6
	Harry Breeze	2
	John Edward Hamblett	1
(Wireless Operator)	Percy Albert Gardner	9
(Air Gunner)	F Bales	1
	Gordon James Etheridge	1
	Leonard Arthur Edlin	8
	Roy William Earl	8
(Flight Engineer)	Charles Douglas Eric Seaton	1
	George Mason Titchmarsh	8

BEAZLEY CREW
Doig, Earl, Edlin, Titchmarsh / Gardner, Beazley, Muntz*
[Courtesy of Paul Beazley]

* Photo taken whilst with 76 Squadron; it is assumed that Muntz replaced Tait at some point in time (or vice versa, depending on the date of the photo)

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Posting Dates

Beazley	Frederick Henry Verner	In From:	76 Squadron	08/11/1944
		Out to:	76 Squadron	21/02/1945

Crew Information

• Beazley, Tait, Doig, Gardner, Earl, Edlin and Titchmarsh were on strength of 76 Squadron prior to being posted to 35 Squadron.
• The same crew members were posted back to 76 Squadron in February 1945

Barnes (WG)

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

1. 14/01/1944 Special target
2. 28/01/1944 Berlin
3. 19/02/1944 Leipzig
4. 20/02/1944 Stuttgart (Crashed on Take-Off)
5. 22/02/1944 Gardening (Aborted)
6. 24/02/1944 Schweinfurt (Incident)

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)	William George Barnes	6
(Navigator)	Herbert George Hornsby	6
(Air Bomber)	Albert Clement Michael Taylor	4
	David Shearer Stodart	2
(Wireless Operator)	Raymond Perkins	6
(Air Gunner)	Alistair Stuart McLaren	6
	Arthur Henry Weller	1
	Harry Roy Lowman	1
	Horace John Walker	4
(Flight Engineer)	Charles Erickson	6

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Posting Dates

Barnes	William George	In From:	51 Squadron	19/12/1943
		Out To:	10 Squadron	28/02/1944

Crew Information

• Barnes, Hornsby, Stodart, Perkins, McLaren, Walker and Erickson were on strength of 51 Squadron prior to their posting to 35 Squadron

Bailey (LSM)

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

1. 30/07/1944 Normandy
2. 03/08/1944 Bois de Cassan
3. 04/08/1944 Trossy-St-Maxim
4. 06/08/1944 Foret De Nieppe
5. 07/08/1944 Normandy
6. 09/08/1944 Foret De Nieppe
7. 14/08/1944 Falaise
8. 15/08/1944 Le Culot
9. 16/08/1944 Stettin
10. 25/08/1944 Brest
11. 27/08/1944 Homberg
12. 11/09/1944 Gelsenkirchen
13. 13/09/1944 Osnabruck
14. 15/09/1944 Kiel
15. 27/09/1944 Bottrop
16. 05/10/1944 Saarbrucken
17. 06/10/1944 Sterkrade
18. 19/10/1944 Stuttgart
19. 21/10/1944 Hanover
20. 23/10/1944 Essen
21. 25/10/1944 Essen
22. 28/10/1944 Cologne
23. 31/10/1944 Cologne
24. 02/11/1944 Dusseldorf
25. 04/11/1944 Bochum
26. 16/11/1944 Duren
27. 20/11/1944 Koblenz
28. 21/11/1944 Aschaffenburg
29. 05/12/1944 Soest
30. 06/12/1944 Merseburg (Leuna)

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)	Leonard Shaw Meadows Bailey	30
(Navigator)	Robert Thomas Johns	30
(Air Bomber)	Kenneth Allerston	30
(Wireless Operator)	Allan Raymond Marriott	29
	William McDonald	1
(Air Gunner)	Geoffrey Alwin Knapp	28
	George Paterson Thomson	29
	Raymond Terence Salvoni	1
	Reginald Martin Weller	2
(Flight Engineer)	Michael William Hanham	30

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Posting Dates

Bailey	Leonard Shaw Meadows	In From:	PFF NTU	14/07/1944
		Out To:	HQ Transport Command	05/05/1945

Crew Information

• It is known that Bailey, Marriott and Allerston were posted from the PFFNTU on the same date. It is not clear whether Johns, Knapp, Thomson and Hanham were posted to the squadron via the same route

Cheshire (F)

The Squadron’s Operations Record Book shows that F Cheshire was the Captain of a 35 Squadron aircraft on the following sorties, prior to cessation of hostilities in Europe:

1. 28/01/1945 Stuttgart
2. 01/02/1945 Mainz
3. 04/02/1945 Bonn
4. 07/02/1945 Goch
5. 13/02/1945 Dresden
6. 14/02/1945 Chemnitz
7. 23/02/1945 Pforzheim
8. 07/03/1945 Hemmingstedt
9. 08/03/1945 Hamburg
10. 20/03/1945 Heide
11. 03/04/1945 Nordhausen
12. 04/04/1945 Leuna
13. 09/04/1945 Kiel
14. 10/04/1945 Plauen
15. 14/04/1945 Potsdam
16. 16/04/1945 Schwandorf
17. 01/05/1945 Ypenburg (Operation Manna)

Note: F Cheshire also flew one sortie as 2nd Dickie (DFEC Dean Crew) on 22nd January 1945

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)	Francis Cheshire	17
(Navigator)	John Anthony Gardner	1
	Ralph Kirk Raper	16
(Air Bomber)	Kevin Juckes	17
(Set Operator)	J Akers	1
(Wireless Operator)	Donald Joseph Lawrence	17
(Air Gunner)	David McMillan	17
	SJ Smith	17
(Flight Engineer)	David Perkin Adamson	17

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F Cheshire’s Crew [Courtesy of Joe McGinn]

F Cheshire’s Crew [Courtesy of Janet Thomson]

It is known that some (or all) of these airmen continued to fly operationally with the squadron during the post war clean up, which included repatriation of POW and service personnel, Cooks Tours, testing of German radar and disposal of surplus incendiaries. However, the squadron’s record book only provides a summary of these activities and does not list the individual captains and crews that took part in these sorties.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Posting Dates

Francis Cheshire	17/12/1944	In From:	158 Squadron
	–	Out To:

Crew Information

• Cheshire, Raper, Juckes, Lawrence, Smith, McMillan and Adamson were on strength of 158 Squadron prior to being posted to 35 Squadron

1944 Personnel

Squadron Command

Commanding Officer:	Wing Commander SP Daniels DSO DFC 25/07/1944: Handed over to Group Captain DFEC Dean DSO DFC
Adjutant:	GCL Brigham / R Baker
Navigation Officer:	EH Bagnald / SR Green / HJ Backhouse / MG Harris / BC Brooker / HC Wright
Bombing Leader:	KD Rome / SR Green
Gunnery Leader:	PB White / CA Fraser-Petheridge
Signals Leader:	LS Thorpe / S Turner
Flight Engineer Leader:	EE Stocker / DH Craig
Signals (Radar) Officer:	S Hedgeland / RH Offerhaus
A Flight Commander:	J Sale / JR Wood / EK Creswell / CW Bromley / DB Everett
B Flight Commander:	JK Christie / LMS Whetham / SP Coulson
C Flight Commander:	EW Deacon (*)

(*) Note: C Flight formed the basis of No 635 Squadron in March 1945

Strength (HQ and 2 Flights)

• Air Crew
  • Commissioned Officers
  • Non Commissioned Air Crew
• Ground Personnel
  • Commissioned Officers
  • Non Commissioned Other Ranks

Possibly 35 Squadron 1944 [Courtesy of Paul Beazley]

The following are known to have been on strength of the squadron during 1944.

• Gordon Acklam
• Norman Thomas Adams
• Robert Lawson Alexander
• Kenneth Allerston
• John Allinson
• Donald Kenneth Allport
• Solomon Joseph Harold Andrew
• William Andrew
• Robert Reginald George Appleby
• Dudley Peter David Archer
• John Wright Armitage
• Morley Albert Arnott
• Stephen Thurston Ashton
• Archibald Clarence Aston
• John Dixon Atkinson
• James Martin Aylieff
• Horace John Backhouse
• Eric Harold Bagnald
• George Bagnall
• Leonard Shaw Meadows Bailey
• Reginald Charles Bailey
• Ronald Baker
• Bernard Oliver Baldwin
• Peter Richard Bales
• David Poole Balmer
• Paul Barber
• William George Barnes
• Norman Wilken Barnett
• Edward Herbert Barry
• Murray Thomas Bartle
• Robert Baxendale
• D Beaumont
• Frederick Henry Verner Beazley
• Albert Walter Bennett
• Harry Bennett
• Reginald William Elton Bennett
• Bruce Bennetts
• Victor Eston Bent
• Ronald William Bentley
• William John Bentley
• Mauritz Bernard Berndsson
• FL Bertram
• Rhubean Burns Berwick
• Robert Walter Beveridge
• Arthur Bevin
• Alfred Edward Ralph Bexton
• George Binns
• Jack Cecil Black
• James Johnston Black
• Robert Black
• Norman Charles Blackband
• Gordon Blake
• Ralph Blakey
• John Edwin Bloomer
• Cecil Leonard Blundell
• Colin Frazer Blundell
• Alfred George Boam
• Boris Oleh Bodnar
• Richard Bruce Bolt
• DR Bolton
• Leslie Arthur Booth
• Ronald Booth
• Francis George Boothby
• Ronald John Bordiss
• Bernhorst Hermanus Botha
• Stanley Harvey Boulton
• John Maurice Bourassa
• James Arthur Bowen
• Henry Robert Bowerman
• A Bowie
• George Bradburn
• George Richard Bradley
• Thomas Scullion Brady
• Harry Breeze
• James Bremner
• John Brennan
• Alfred Stewart Brereton
• Robert Alexander Brewington
• Geoffrey Crossingham Loftus Brigham
• Reginald Francis Jack Bright
• Arthur Thomas Britchford
• Clifford George Bromham
• Curwen William Bromley
• Stanley Brook
• Bernard Chapman Brooker
• Norman Brown
• Robert William Brown
• Philip John Bryant
• Frederick Buchan
• Wilfred Marshall Buck
• Ronald Bull
• Raymond William Bullen
• Kenneth John Bullock
• C Bungay
• Joseph William Samuel Burden
• Philip Richmond Burt
• Cecil Arthur Butler
• George William Buttrick
• S Caddle
• Donald Campbell
• Kenneth Alfred John Campbell
• William Charles Campbell
• Alan John Card
• Bernard John Bedford Carr
• John Carr
• Gerald Carrell
• Donald Carruthers
• CL Carter
• Gordon Henry Francis Carter
• Leonard Charles Carter
• Philip Edward Cawthorne
• Ryszard Cederbaum
• Charles Chadwick
• George Frank Chance
• Leslie Chant
• Robert Chapman
• Philip Douglas Cherry
• Edward John Chidgey
• Royston James Child
• Johan Koren Christie
• Robert Charles Clark
• John Anthony Creemer Clarke
• Richard Joseph Clarke
• GH Cleaver
• RW Coates
• Matthew Cochrane
• Peter Coggan
• M Cohen
• Douglas Aubrey Cole
• Derrick Ernest Coleman
• LHP Coleman
• RW Coleman
• EJ Colledge
• James Mursell Colledge
• Reginald Noah Collins
• David Birkbeck Coltman
• Donald Howard Connors
• William Norman Cook
• John Grant Cooke
• Ernest Clifford Leslie Coombs
• Roy Frank Cooper
• Thomas Bruce Cooper
• William Galway Copp
• Stafford Pulleine Coulson
• Harry Coulton
• Raymond Steve Courtnay
• Alec Henry Cousins
• Albert William Cox
• RH or AW Cox
• Ronald Hubert Samuel Cox
• Ronald William Cozens
• Douglas Aubrey Cracknell
• Thomas Eugene Craddock
• Donald Harrington Craig
• Thomas James Crane
• Alec Panton Cranswick
• Walter Edmond Crawford
• Edmund Keith Creswell
• Peter Henry Cribb
• John Duncan Crombie
• Frederick William Tynus Cross
• George Cross
• George Henry Cross
• Francis George Crowhurst
• John Mitchell Cruickshank
• Albert Sidney Cubberley
• Ronald Walter Cumbers
• Thomas John Cunningham
• William Henry Curness
• Donald Russell Currie
• John Robert Cursiter
• Arthur Bryan Curtis
• Neil William Curtis
• George Dale
• Henry Dale
• Ernest Daley
• Raymond Valentine Montigue Daniels
• Sidney Patrick Daniels
• Francis Henry Davidson
• Charles Ernest Davies
• Eric McHugh Davies
• Kenneth Thomas Davies
• William Davies
• Noel Charles William Davis
• Raymond Cecil Davis
• Geoffrey Pell Dawson
• Edward William Deacon
• Donald Frederick Edgar Charles Dean
• Edward Dent
• JJ Deuchars
• Edward Oliver Deveson
• Andrew Jenkinson Dick
• F / RF Dickinson
• Cecil John Dineen
• Ronald Joseph Dobson
• Charles Doig
• William George Douglas
• William Mungo Douglas
• Lawrence Edward Dovey
• Alan James Dowling
• Ronald Drury
• Joseph Omer Dumas
• William Reginald Eady
• Roy William Earl
• Herbert William Mercy Ebdon
• Robert Alexander Edie
• Leonard Arthur Edlin
• Frederick Worsley Edmondson
• William Scott Minto Edmondston
• James Bartholomew Edwards
• Peter George Robert Edwards
• JH Egan
• Colin Elton
• Norman George Emery
• Charles Erickson
• Harold Evans
• Raymond George Everest
• Daniel Bulmer Everett
• Charles William Eyles
• Neville Arthur Farley
• John Geoffrey Faulkner
• Frederick John Feakins
• John Thomas Fenton
• John Elliott Fenwick
• Charles Melville Fenwick
• John Hugh Ferguson
• William George Ferguson
• Edwin Gordon Fidler
• Henry Edward Douglas Figgis
• Peter Frederick Fischer
• Richard Thomas Fitzgerald
• Othmar Lorentz Flaaten
• Alexander Stewart Fleming
• John Burgess Fletcher
• Jack Richard Floyde
• Joseph Lucien Jean Fontaine
• John Forde
• George Forman
• Alan Robert Clark Forrester
• Douglas Arthur Foster
• J Foulds
• Geoffrey Grant Foulkes
• John MacGregor Fraser
• Cedric Alexander Fraser-Petherbridge
• Kenneth Burdett Freer
• Percy Froud
• Harry John William Furner
• Douglas Ferguson Fyfe
• Stanley Rudolph Gale
• Arthur Ganderton
• John Anthony Gardner
• Percy Albert Gardner
• Robert William Garrard
• Douglas Belmont Gerrard
• Colin Oswald Gibbons
• Cuthbert Gorham Gifford
• Robert Henry James Gill
• Joseph Jean Robert Theobald Godin
• Bert William Golden
• John Golding
• Kenneth Chambers Gooch
• Robert James Goode
• Geoffrey Alfred Goom
• Philip Gough
• William John Gowdy
• Irvine Graham
• James Percy Graham
• Peter Coram Granger
• Alexander Grant
• Kenneth Percy Bellew  Grantham
• Harry Gray
• Ronald Henry Rudyard Grayson
• Samuel Rene Green
• Alfred Henry Green
• Eric Charles Gregory
• George Ernest Grigg
• Eric Henry Grimwade
• Finn Haagensen
• John Richard Hacker
• Douglas Farrant Hadland
• Fred Haigh
• George Bell Halbert
• Arthur Richard Hall
• David Rotely Hall
• FW Hall
• John Thomas Hall
• Raymond Marcel Hallett
• Vivian Montague Bailey Halls
• Martin Albert Hampe
• Michael William Hanham
• Victor Maurice Hanks
• Archie Vernon Hardy
• Frederick Ronald Harmsworth-Smith
• Jeffrey Francis Pryce Harper
• Douglas Harris
• Kenneth Ephraim Harris
• Malcolm George Harris
• Walter Hargrave Harris
• Albert Harrison
• Thomas James Harvey
• George William Hatton
• James William Hatton
• Svein Johannes Hausvik
• Ivor Brian Hayes
• J Hayton
• Frederick Robert Hayward
• Leslie Albert Hazell
• Harold Edward Hewitt Healas
• Francis William Healey
• William Henry Heane
• Eric Thome Heard
• Ivor Collin Heath
• William George Heatley
• Arthur Hobhouse Hebblethwaite
• Thomas Donald Henderson
• George Edward Herod
• William Claude Herrick
• JT Hew
• Roy Douglas Hewlett
• Eric Hie
• Clifford Alan Hill
• Thomas William Hill
• WLH Hill
• Robert Mackay Hilliard
• Walter Aubyn Hines
• E Hislop
• Charles Hogg
• James Douglas Hogg
• Thomas Malcolm Holder
• Leslie George Holland
• Ernest Holmes
• Jack Norman Holmwood
• George Sidney Bertie Honey
• Walter Allan Hooper
• Harold Clifford Hoover
• Harold Leslie Horne
• Victor Hugh Horner
• Wilfred Roland Horner
• Herbert George Hornsby
• Ivor Lewis John Howard
• Harry William Frederick Howe
• M Howell
• Richard Harold Howell
• John William Hoyle
• Edward Donald Hughes
• James Bernard Hughes
• [-] Hughes
• John Ralph Humberstone
• Malcolm Ross Hunter
• Ivor Edward Hurley
• Arthur Edwin John Hutley
• Thomas William Albert Hutton
• George Francis Henry Ingram
• William Inverarity
• Gordon Ireland
• John Gordon Irwin
• Ronald Isherwood
• Clayton Hugh Jack
• Charles William Jackson
• Leslie Jackson
• Sidney Jackson
• Stephen Jackson
• John Johnstone Jagger
• Donald Seymour James
• Frederick Brynmor James
• Peter Frank Jarvis
• Wilfred Arthur Jeffries
• Roy Maurice Jenkins
• Garnett Cyril John
• Robert Thomas Johns
• Allan Edward Johnson
• Colin Johnson
• George Walter Johnson
• Herbert Oxley Johnson
• REL Johnson
• Frederick Edward Johnston
• Herbert Alfred William Jolly
• Dennis Stanley Jones
• James Ellis Jones
• Randall Vincent Jones
• Reginald Charles William Jones
• Kenneth Frederick Judd
• Peter Ross Jung
• Joseph Charles Kemp
• Dennis Harold Kent
• Joseph Victor Kent
• Ernest Kenwright
• Arthur Thomas Kenyon
• Ernest Kerkin
• Douglas William Kermode
• Thomas Calistus Kerr
• John Kenneth Kershaw
• Edmond Joseph Kiely
• Reginald Herbert Kille
• George King
• GT King
• Geoffrey Alwin Knapp
• Kenneth Knight
• Douglas Lawrence Knobloch
• Edward Dawson Kornegay
• Maxwell Edwin Ladyman
• Robert Lionel Lamb
• Deryck Michael Denys Lambert
• George Frank Lambert
• John Lancaster
• Harold Patrick Laskoski
• William Carl Lawes
• Lumley Charles Lawless-Pyne
• William G Lawrie
• George Simpson Lawson
• Louis Basil Lawson
• Peter James Leeves
• Lewis David Leicester
• Arthur John Owen Leo
• James Gray Leslie
• John Ernest Levett
• A Lewis
• Leslie Albert Lewis
• James Patrick Leydon
• George Edward Lille
• George Dennis Linacre
• Gordon Lindsley
• Adam Linton
• Edward John Lisle
• Alexander Watson Lister
• Gordon William Albert Lloyd
• Roy Phillips Lloyd
• Gordon Melville Lockie
• Roy Ronald Long
• Harry Roy Lowman
• John Lawson MacDonald
• David Alton MacGregor
• Douglas Charles MacKay
• Donald McInnes MacLeod
• Dennis Stanley Male
• CP Mallan
• Hubert John Mardell
• Gerard Patrick Markham
• Leslie Arthur Markham
• Alec Marks
• Allan Raymond Marriott
• Frederick James Marriott
• Geoffrey Ansdell Marsden
• George Leonard Marsh
• John Francis Marshall
• John Lloyd George Marshall
• John Stewart Martin
• Maxwell James Martin
• William Frederick Martin
• Harold Thomas Maskell
• Michael Ingoldsby Massy
• James John Mather
• James Alexander Mathison
• Raymond Reginald Dennis  Matthews
• John Maule
• John Charles Mays
• Keith George McAlpine
• Charles Bernard McBrearty
• Archibald Hunter McCartney
• William Hugo McCormick
• William James McCourt
• Alexander Gartshore Stirling McCulloch
• William McCulloch
• William McDonald
• (Possibly) Hugh Bernard McFadden
• Thomas Patrick McGarry
• James McGee
• [-] McGowan
• Ian Keith McGregor
• Philip Patrick  McGuinness
• John James McKenzie
• Alistair Stuart McLaren
• Douglas John McLeod
• Matthew McMath
• Norman Sidney Raymond McMinn
• Francis Herbert Thomas McNally
• William McTurk
• Malcolm Harry McVey
• Edward George Meredith
• Albert Abraham John Meyers
• Harry Denis Michell
• David Micklethwaite
• Herbert Alan Millar
• Charles Miller
• Joseph Mactavish Miller
• Leslie Frank Miller
• Maurice William Mills
• Murray Allison Mills
• Norman Stanley Mingard
• William Jack Mintjens
• Charles George Mitchell
• Kenneth Albert Lawrence Mitchell
• Norman Moffatt
• John Herbert Monk
• Herbert Ambrose Moore
• Jack Robert Moore
• Valentine Stuart Moore
• Patrick Moorhead
• Reginald Moreton
• John Henry Morgan
• Arthur Samuel Morton
• Thomas Edgar Moser
• Alfred Norman Leslie Moss
• John Mossop
• Walter Stanley Mountford
• William Scott Muego
• Kelvin Gordon Munro
• Jack Murgatroyd
• Francis Gerald Murphy
• Vincent John Murphy
• Douglas Gray Murray
• George Francis Denis Murray
• Jack Alfred Murrell
• Sidney George Murrell
• John Francis Myers
• Thomas Nainby
• Martyn Eric Nairn
• John Napier
• Raymond Neale
• John Neville
• JT New
• Lawrence Nicholson
• Robert Nicholson
• Lloyd Dennis Nickel
• Allan Douglas Nightingale
• Ernest Charles Nixon
• Howard James Norman
• Robert Keith Norsworthy
• Geoffrey John North
• Leonard Jesse North
• Leslie Valentine Norton
• Squire Nuttall
• Peter Alfred O’Brien
• Francis Emanuel O’Connell
• John Roderick O’Donnell
• Thomas Ogden
• Jack Norman Oliver
• Walter Thomas Olyott
• John James Osmond
• Kenneth Anthony Oswald
• Arthur George Page
• Ronald George Pain
• Francis Norman Paisley
• JC Palen
• Maurice Palmer
• Walter George Palmer
• Robert William Pape
• George Henry Parsons
• George Stuart Patchet
• George Alfred Patrick
• George Douglas Payne
• Cyril George Peak
• Charles Edward Peake
• Robert Pegg
• William Percival
• Raymond Perkins
• Ronald Bowen Perkins
• Dennis Roy Perrin
• Geoffrey Arnold Perry
• Kenneth Alexander Petch
• Robert Graham Peter
• John Rushbrooke Petrie-Andrews
• Harry Pettifer
• Charles Henry Pettit
• Frank David Thomas Phillips
• William John Phillips
• Robert Pickles
• Hector John Plank
• Jeffrey Eugene Pogonowski
• Ronald William Clifford Poley
• George Alfred Pope
• Louis Donald Pope
• Charles Louis Potter
• Kenneth Potts
• Alfred Fred Poynton
• Charles Cleveland Price
• Howard Monckton Pringle
• Dennis Charles Prior
• Howard Pritchard
• Charles Alexander Prosser
• James Puver
• William Thomas Quirke
• John Griffith Ramsden
• Colin John Alfred Ramsey
• Patrick Baring Oates Ranalow
• Nelson John Rapere
• Joseph Rayton
• Ivor Charles Redfearn
• George Hossack Redford
• Arthur Joseph Reeder
• Kenneth James Rees
• Marcus Rees
• GJ Reid
• David Charles Rhodes
• Randolph Rhodes
• Edgell Jason Rigby
• AT Riley
• Thomas Arthur Rippon
• Rodney Bernard Roache
• James Little Robb
• Leslie Roberts
• Owen Letchworth Roberts
• Roy Patrick Roberts
• William Fredrick Roberts
• John Robertson
• Bernard Leo Robinson
• Joseph William Robinson
• Victor Arthur Roe
• Harold John Rogers
• John Henry Rollins
• Harry Rolls
• Kenneth Drew Rome
• Wallace Rose
• Alan Michil Ross
• John Radford Rosser
• William Henry Rosser
• Frank Desmond Round
• Thomas Rowe
• George William Rushbrook
• Clifford Owen Russell
• Reginald George Samuel Russell
• Robert Henry Sadler
• Douglas Julian Sale
• Frank Salt
• Raymond Terence Salvoni
• William James Sander
• Horace Arthur  Satterthwaite
• John Francis Savage
• Malcolm Scholes
• Stanley Owen Scott
• Charles Douglas Eric Seaton
• William Severs
• Medley Benjamin Sharp
• George Brodie Sharpe
• Athol William Scott Shillaker
• Frederick Shippam
• Stephen Joseph Shippen
• Richard HA Shirley
• Frederick Cameron Shortts
• James Eric Sidnell
• Henry Silverwood
• William James Simpson
• Abel Simpson
• Alan James Simpson
• Geoffrey Simpson
• David Sinclair
• Malcolm Dick Singleton
• Harold Robert Sinton
• Donald Smedley
• Albert Edward Smith
• Frederick Kenneth Smith
• George Smith
• Henry George Smith
• Jack Smith
• John David Smith
• Kenneth Samuel Smith
• William McKenna Smith
• James Keith Spedding
• R Speight
• Maurice John  Spencer
• Richard Hibbert Spratt
• Alec Arthur Stanbridge
• W Stanne
• Kaare Stenwig
• Frederick Iredale Stephens
• Douglas Edward John Stevens
• Jack Lloyd Stevens
• Charles Fullerton Stewart
• John Kennedy Stewart
• Wallace John Stewart
• Wilfred Still
• Frederick Arthur Stock
• Edmund Ernest Stocker
• Gordon Arthur Stocks
• David Shearer Stodart
• Brian Arnold Stoker
• JF Storms
• James William Street
• Henry Randolph McMahon Stroud
• Alfred Carman Strout
• Albert Sutcliffe
• (Possibly) Frederick Sydney Symes
• Andrew Dougal Tait
• Lionel Moore Talbot
• Cyril Talby
• Albert Clement Michael Taylor
• Clarence John Taylor
• Douglas William Taylor
• William Francis Taylor
• Thomas Mercer Telford
• D Therault
• Albert Thomas
• Edwin George Thomas
• Frank Vaughan Thomas
• Gerald Basil Thomas
• Arthur Thompson
• Dennis Thompson
• Philip Berwick Thompson
• Reginald Lawrence Thompson
• George Paterson Thomson
• Albert Edward John Thorne
• Leonard Stewart Thorpe
• John Herbert Thorpe
• John Lane Tillam
• George Mason Titchmarsh
• Douglas Tomlin
• HW Tomlinson
• Ronald Toomer
• Malcolm Leonard Toynton
• Albert Royden Tranter
• Gerald Walter Traylor
• Edward John Trickey
• Francis William Gordon Tropman
• Cyril Thomas John Trott
• P Tuck
• Ronald Owen Tudberry
• Frank Joseph Tudor
• Derek Robinson Tulloch
• William Turnbull
• Norman Turner
• Stanley Turner
• Richard John Twine
• Lorne Vincent Tyndale
• Douglas John Varney
• Peter Varty
• John Verney
• Allan John Vial
• John Leslie Vickery
• Robert Lloyd Vines
• Albert Edward Waddicor
• Dyson William Barber  Waddington
• Donald Andrew Wager
• Horace John Walker
• John Graham Walters
• Michael Henry Walters
• Anton Torvald Wang
• Reginald Arthur  Ward
• Herbert William Warner
• James Walter Warren
• Thomas Henry Warren
• George John Washford
• Dugald John Watson
• Fred Watson
• Leonard George William Watts
• Stanley George Watts
• William Henry Lewis Sidney Way
• Douglas Alfred Weatherill
• Jack Weaver
• John Cameron Keith Webb
• Joseph William Webb
• Hugh Julian Langdon Webb
• John Webster
• Anthony Harold Ernest Welch
• Arthur Henry Weller
• Reginald Martin Weller
• Jack Clinton Wells
• George Westmoreland
• Stanley Wharton
• Leonard Mountstephen Whetham
• Claude Geoffrey Whitaker
• Alan John White
• Horatius Douglas Stewart White
• James White
• Lawrence White
• Leslie Sunley White
• Paul Berkeley White
• Stanley Arthur White
• [-] White
• Jack Whitehouse
• Geoffrey Rhodes Whitten
• Herbert William Wilcox
• Joseph William Wilkinson
• Bernard Wilkinson
• Archibald Ernest Williams
• Edmund Howard Williams
• George Alfred Thomas Williams
• Gilbert Victor Williams
• Lawrence Earl Williams
• Leonard Williams
• Maldwyn George Williams
• Norman Francis Williams
• Robert Lorimer Williams
• Thomas Charles Williamson
• Peter Collinson Wilson
• Cyril Arthur Winter
• John Seymore Winter
• Albert Western Wolk
• Dennis Henry Peter Womar
• Alfred Harold Wood
• Gilbert Wood
• Joseph Richard Wood
• Graham David Woodrow
• Richard Percival William Woodward
• Alan Robertson Young Wooler
• Harry Cecil Wright
• Alfred George Wright
• Noel Henry Wright
• Ronald Wright
• James Arthur Wynn
• Roy Frederick Arthur Yallop
• Cecil Keith Young
• George Ambrose Young
• Wilfred George Young

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

No. 35 Squadron’s record book contains little or no information regarding Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks who provided ground support to the squadron’s air operations;. However, a few listings can be found (eg on squadron movement orders).

Personnel on strength of the squadron during the year included:

• Engineering Personnel (undertaking daily inspection, servicing and preparation of squadron aircraft, in readiness for air operations)
• Administrative Personnel

More details on roles etc can be found on the following page:

– Ground Trades (WWII) –

War Casualties 

ALWAYS REMEMBERED

Remembering those that lost their life whilst serving with the squadron, either in an aircraft loss, or in other incidents, during 1944:

1. Robert Reginald George Appleby JP123 05/01/1944
2. George Bagnall ND708 15/03/1944
3. Reginald Charles Bailey HX317 21/01/1944
4. Peter Richard Bales LV787 21/01/1944
5. Arthur Bevin PB612 28/10/1944
6. Norman Charles Blackband PB197 18/11/1944
7. Cecil Leonard Blundell PB366 24/12/1944
8. Colin Frazer Blundell LV861 15/02/1944
9. Alfred George Boam ME620 08/05/1944
10. Ronald Booth LV834 19/02/1944
11. Ronald John Bordiss ND701 09/04/1944
12. James Arthur Bowen PA971 26/08/1944
13. George Bradburn ND702 11/09/1944
14. Robert Alexander Brewington ND597 24/03/1944
15. Reginald Francis Jack Bright ND755 19/10/1944
16. Arthur Thomas Britchford ND702 11/09/1944
17. Clifford George Bromham JP123 05/01/1944
18. Stanley Brook NE175 24/07/1944
19. Norman Brown PB683 23/12/1944
20. Robert William Brown ND755 19/10/1944
21. Frederick Buchan LV787 21/01/1944
22. Joseph William Samuel Burden ND708 15/03/1944
23. Philip Richmond Burt ND846 04/07/1944
24. Donald Campbell PB308 12/09/1944
25. Kenneth Alfred John Campbell HX160 05/01/1944
26. Gerald Carrell LV834 19/02/1944
27. Leslie Chant Died POW 02/12/1944
28. Royston James Child HX160 05/01/1944
29. Robert Charles Clark ME620 08/05/1944
30. John Anthony Creemer Clarke ND755 19/10/1944
31. Richard Joseph Clarke PB678 23/12/1944
32. Reginald Noah Collins PA971 26/08/1944
33. John Grant Cooke ND731 04/07/1944
34. Alec Henry Cousins PB366 24/12/1944
35. Albert William Cox ND762 22/05/1944
36. Thomas Eugene Craddock PB678 23/12/1944
37. Alec Panton Cranswick ND846 04/07/1944
38. Walter Edmond Crawford ND734 26/04/1944
39. John Mitchell Cruickshank PB199 29/11/1944
40. Donald Russell Currie PB678 23/12/1944
41. John Robert Cursiter ND762 22/05/1944
42. Henry Dale ME620 08/05/1944
43. Ernest Daley PB612 28/10/1944
44. Raymond Valentine Montigue Daniels LV861 15/02/1944
45. Francis Henry Davidson PB308 12/09/1944
46. Eric McHugh Davies ND846 04/07/1944
47. Cecil John Dineen ND597 24/03/1944
48. Colin Elton ND643 03/05/1944
49. Charles Erickson ND846 04/07/1944
50. John Geoffrey Faulkner PB683 23/12/1944
51. Frederick John Feakins ND702 11/09/1944
52. John Thomas Fenton ND643 03/05/1944
53. John Hugh Ferguson ND643 03/05/1944
54. Edwin Gordon Fidler ND649 22/03/1944
55. Richard Thomas Fitzgerald ND597 24/03/1944
56. Othmar Lorentz Flaaten PB612 28/10/1944
57. Alexander Stewart Fleming PB683 23/12/1944
58. George Forman LV793 19/02/1944
59. Douglas Arthur Foster ND691 12/09/1944
60. Geoffrey Grant Foulkes ND759 27/04/1944
61. Kenneth Burdett Freer ND691 12/09/1944
62. Percy Froud ND691 12/09/1944
63. Joseph Jean Robert Theobald Godin HX160 05/01/1944
64. William John Gowdy LV787 21/01/1944
65. James Percy Graham NE175 24/07/1944
66. Peter Coram Granger ND691 12/09/1944
67. Harry Gray ND645 22/03/1944
68. George Ernest Grigg LV787 21/01/1944
69. Finn Haagensen PB612 28/10/1944
70. Fred Haigh ND645 22/03/1944
71. Frederick Ronald Harmsworth-Smith PB308 12/09/1944
72. Jeffrey Francis Pryce Harper PB612 28/10/1944
73. Kenneth Ephraim Harris ND649 22/03/1944
74. Svein Johannes Hausvik PB612 28/10/1944
75. Leslie Albert Hazell LV861 15/02/1944
76. Harold Edward Hewitt Healas ND691 12/09/1944
77. William George Heatley PB197 18/11/1944
78. Thomas Donald Henderson LV834 19/02/1944
79. Eric Hie HX324 21/01/1944
80. Thomas William Hill HX317 21/01/1944
81. Harry William Frederick Howe ND691 12/09/1944
82. Malcolm Ross Hunter ND645 22/03/1944
83. Ivor Edward Hurley NE175 24/07/1944
84. George Francis Henry Ingram ND734 23/06/1944
85. Leslie Jackson PB612 28/10/1944
86. John Johnstone Jagger HX324 21/01/1944
87. Donald Seymour James JP123 05/01/1944
88. Colin Johnson ND755 19/10/1944
89. Herbert Alfred William Jolly (@ to PFFNTU 25/01/1944)
90. Dennis Stanley Jones NE175 24/07/1944
91. James Ellis Jones Died POW 02/04/1944
92. Randall Vincent Jones LV834 19/02/1944
93. Joseph Charles Kemp ME620 08/05/1944
94. Dennis Harold Kent LV787 21/01/1944
95. Arthur Thomas Kenyon PB366 24/12/1944
96. Edmond Joseph Kiely ND755 19/10/1944
97. Reginald Herbert Kille ND846 04/07/1944
98. Kenneth Knight HX325 19/02/1944
99. Douglas Lawrence Knobloch PA971 26/08/1944
100. George Frank Lambert ND731 04/07/1944
101. George Simpson Lawson PB683 23/12/1944
102. Arthur John Owen Leo Died POW 20/08/1944
103. Leslie Albert Lewis ME620 08/05/1944
104. Adam Linton ND755 19/10/1944
105. David Alton MacGregor LV787 21/01/1944
106. Frederick James Marriott ND649 22/03/1944
107. William Frederick Martin ND649 22/03/1944
108. Harold Thomas Maskell ND762 22/05/1944
109. James Alexander Mathison PB199 29/11/1944
110. John Maule PA971 26/08/1944
111. John Charles Mays PB678 23/12/1944
112. Keith George McAlpine LV864 19/02/1944
113. William Hugo McCormick LV793 19/02/1944
114. William McCulloch Died POW 07/03/1944
115. James McGee PB678 23/12/1944
116. Alistair Stuart McLaren ND762 22/05/1944
117. Francis Herbert Thomas McNally PA971 26/08/1944
118. Joseph Mactavish Miller NE175 24/07/1944
119. William Jack Mintjens PB308 12/09/1944
120. Arthur Samuel Morton NE175 24/07/1944
121. Jack Murgatroyd ND691 12/09/1944
122. Thomas Nainby ND734 06/05/1944
123. Ernest Charles Nixon JP123 05/01/1944
124. Howard James Norman ND643 03/05/1944
125. Robert Keith Norsworthy PB678 23/12/1944
126. Francis Emanuel O’Connell ND731 04/07/1944
127. Kenneth Anthony Oswald ND643 03/05/1944
128. Ronald George Pain PA971 26/08/1944
129. Robert Pegg DOAS 02/02/1944
130. William Percival HX324 21/01/1944
131. Frank David Thomas Phillips ND755 19/10/1944
132. Jeffrey Eugene Pogonowski LV861 15/02/1944
133. Alfred Fred Poynton LV793 19/02/1944
134. Dennis Charles Prior ND702 11/09/1944
135. Nelson John Rapere HX324 21/01/1944
136. Ivor Charles Redfearn JP123 05/01/1944
137. George Hossack Redford PB197 18/11/1944
138. David Charles Rhodes ME620 08/05/1944
139. Leslie Roberts PB612 28/10/1944
140. Bernard Leo Robinson JP123 05/01/1944
141. Joseph William Robinson PB308 12/09/1944
142. Wallace Rose ND649 22/03/1944
143. John Radford Rosser PB308 12/09/1944
144. Frank Desmond Round ND731 04/07/1944
145. Reginald George Samuel Russell ND643 03/05/1944
146. Douglas Julian Sale Died POW 20/02/1944
147. John Francis Savage ND597 24/03/1944
148. Abel Simpson ND645 22/03/1944
149. Geoffrey Simpson PB199 29/11/1944
150. David Sinclair LV864 19/02/1944
151. Malcolm Dick Singleton PB197 18/11/1944
152. Frederick Kenneth Smith ND597 24/03/1944
153. William McKenna Smith ND649 22/03/1944
154. John Kennedy Stewart ND762 22/05/1944
155. James William Street PA971 26/08/1944
156. Albert Sutcliffe PB683 23/12/1944
157. Lionel Moore Talbot ND701 09/04/1944
158. Albert Clement Michael Taylor ND846 04/07/1944
159. Albert Thomas PB366 24/12/1944
160. Dennis Thompson ND755 19/10/1944
161. Albert Edward John Thorne PA971 26/08/1944
162. John Herbert Thorpe PB199 29/11/1944
163. Ronald Toomer PB308 12/09/1944
164. Albert Royden Tranter ND643 03/05/1944
165. Gerald Walter Traylor LV864 19/02/1944
166. William Turnbull PB199 29/11/1944
167. James Walter Warren LV834 19/02/1944
168. Leonard George William Watts LV787 21/01/1944
169. Stanley George Watts PB197 18/11/1944
170. William Henry Lewis Sidney Way HX160 05/01/1944
171. Douglas Alfred Weatherill ND734 23/06/1944
172. John Cameron Keith Webb ND649 22/03/1944
173. Joseph William Webb PB678 23/12/1944
174. John Webster NE175 24/07/1944
175. Arthur Henry Weller ND708 15/03/1944
176. James White ND702 11/09/1944
177. Lawrence White PB683 23/12/1944
178. Edmund Howard Williams ND645 22/03/1944
179. Gilbert Victor Williams PB199 29/11/1944
180. Leonard Williams PB366 24/12/1944
181. Cyril Arthur Winter PB366 24/12/1944
182. John Seymore Winter PB683 23/12/1944
183. Alfred Harold Wood ND846 04/07/1944
184. Ronald Wright LV793 19/02/1944
185. James Arthur Wynn PB199 29/11/1944
186. Roy Frederick Arthur Yallop PB366 24/12/1944

Prisoners of War / Internees 

The following lists the names of those who were captured and imprisoned (or interned) whilst on strength of the squadron in 1944. (The aircraft serial number and take-off date are also shown)

POW (Imprisoned in German POW Camps)

1. Paul Barber HX160 05/01/1944
2. Boris Oleh Bodnar HX325 19/02/1944
3. Stanley Harvey Boulton ND597 24/03/1944
4. Alfred Stewart Brereton ND759 27/04/1944
5. Gordon Henry Francis Carter HX325 19/02/1944
6. Leslie Chant LV864 19/02/1944
7. Derrick Ernest Coleman ND762 22/05/1944
8. George Henry Cross HX325 19/02/1944
9. Raymond Cecil Davis JP121 20/02/1944
10. Norman George Emery JP123 05/01/1944
11. Arthur Ganderton ND708 15/03/1944
12. Douglas Belmont Gerrard ND734 23/06/1944
13. Colin Oswald Gibbons ND708 15/03/1944
14. Robert Henry James Gill ND734 23/06/1944
15. Robert James Goode ND731 04/07/1944
16. Alexander Grant ND645 22/03/1944
17. David Rotely Hall ND731 04/07/1944
18. Victor Maurice Hanks HX317 21/01/1944
19. Thomas Malcolm Holder ND701 09/04/1944
20. Ernest Holmes ND762 22/05/1944
21. Wilfred Roland Horner ND846 04/07/1944
22. John Ralph Humberstone HX324 21/01/1944
23. Thomas William Albert Hutton HX160 05/01/1944
24. William Inverarity HX160 05/01/1944
25. Stephen Jackson ND734 23/06/1944
26. Frederick Brynmor James ND701 09/04/1944
27. Wilfred Arthur Jeffries LV834 19/02/1944
28. Peter Ross Jung HX317 21/01/1944
29. Thomas Calistus Kerr LV793 19/02/1944
30. Robert Lionel Lamb HX325 19/02/1944
31. Deryck Michael Denys Lambert ND702 11/09/1944
32. William Carl Lawes HX317 21/01/1944
33. James Gray Leslie JP121 20/02/1944
34. Harry Roy Lowman ND708 15/03/1944
35. Dennis Stanley Male JP121 20/02/1944
36. John Stewart Martin ND708 15/03/1944
37. Alexander Gartshore Stirling McCulloch LV864 19/02/1944
38. William McCulloch HX317 21/01/1944
39. Thomas Patrick McGarry HX324 21/01/1944
40. William McTurk LV793 19/02/1944
41. Albert Abraham John Meyers LV864 19/02/1944
42. William Scott Muego ND597 24/03/1944
43. Vincent John Murphy ND734 23/06/1944
44. Sidney George Murrell HX317 21/01/1944
45. Francis Norman Paisley JP121 20/02/1944
46. Dennis Roy Perrin HX160 05/01/1944
47. Randolph Rhodes ND702 11/09/1944
48. Owen Letchworth Roberts JP121 20/02/1944
49. John Robertson ND701 09/04/1944
50. Harold John Rogers HX325 19/02/1944
51. Thomas Rowe ND645 22/03/1944
52. George William Rushbrook ND734 23/06/1944
53. Douglas Julian Sale HX325 19/02/1944
54. Frank Salt ND731 04/07/1944
55. William Severs ND701 09/04/1944
56. Donald Smedley HX324 21/01/1944
57. Maurice John  Spencer ND734 23/06/1944
58. Frederick Iredale Stephens JP121 20/02/1944
59. Edward John Trickey LV793 19/02/1944
60. Frank Joseph Tudor ND762 22/05/1944
61. Richard John Twine LV864 19/02/1944
62. Horatius Douglas Stewart White LV834 19/02/1944
63. Jack Whitehouse JP121 20/02/1944

Internees (Interned in Sweden)

• David Poole Balmer ND759 27/04/1944
• Murray Thomas Bartle ND759 27/04/1944
• Noel Charles William Davis ND759 27/04/1944
• Irvine Graham ND759 27/04/1944
• Robert Graham Peter ND759 27/04/1944

Evaders 

The following lists the names of those who evaded capture whilst on strength of the squadron in 1944. (The aircraft serial number and take-off date are also shown)

1. Albert Walter Bennett LV861 15/02/1944
2. William G Lawrie ME620 08/05/1944
3. Patrick Moorhead ND731 04/07/1944
4. Reginald Moreton LV861 15/02/1944
5. Peter Alfred O’Brien ND701 09/04/1944
6. Patrick Baring Oates Ranalow LV861 15/02/1944

Operational Summary (1944)

January 1944

The 28^th January 1944 directive issued to Bomber Command stated that until a further ruling has been given by the Combined Chief of Staffs, RAF Bomber Command, in so far as is practicable, is to direct its effort to the attack of selected towns associated with the production of German fighter aircraft and ball-bearings.

Targets included Schweinfurt, Leipzig, Brunswick, Regensburg, Augsburg and Gotha.

The squadron’s monthly summary shows: “The New Year opened with the continuation of the Battle of Berlin and out of ten operations during the month, four were made on the German capital, one on Stettin, one on Brunswick, one on Magdeburg, one on Heligoland, one on a special target in France and on the night of 28th, four aircraft took part in and did the marking for a sea mining raid. All four attacks on Berlin were made under conditions of 10 / 10ths cloud but in spite of this skymarking was successful and some good concentrations were achieved. The attack on Heligoland served two other purposes apart from the actual bombing of the island itself (1) a diversion for the main attack which was on Berlin (2) for Stirlings to lay mines nearby under cover of the attack. Four Halifax aircraft also carried out an Air Sea Rescue search but this proved unsuccessful”

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 02/01/1944 Berlin
• 05/01/1944 Stettin
• 14/01/1944 Brunswick
• 14/01/1944 Special target
• 20/01/1944 Berlin
• 21/01/1944 Magdeburg
• 27/01/1944 Heligoland
• 28/01/1944 Berlin
• 28/01/1944 Forget-me-not
• 30/01/1944 Berlin

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax HX160 (05/01/1944)
• Halifax HX169 (19/01/1944 [Non Op.])
• Halifax HX317 (21/01/1944)
• Halifax HX324 (21/01/1944)
• Halifax JP123 (05/01/1944)
• Halifax LV787 (21/01/1944)
• Halifax LW323 (21/01/1944)

February 1944

The 17th February 1944 directive issued to Bomber Command reaffirmed that the overall mission was “the progressive destruction and dislocation of the German military, industrial and economic system, the disruption of vital elements of lines of communication and material reduction of German air combat strength”

Targets listed in the January 1944 directive remained of the highest priority for Bomber Command along with Berlin and other important industrial areas.

The squadron’s monthly summary shows: “The squadron operated on eight nights during the month which included three sea mining raids”.

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 15/02/1944 Berlin
• 15/02/1944 Gardening
• 19/02/1944 Gardening
• 19/02/1944 Leipzig
• 20/02/1944 Stuttgart
• 22/02/1944 Gardening
• 24/02/1944 Schweinfurt
• 25/02/1944 Augsburg

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax ????? (20/02/1944)
• Halifax HR984 (15/02/1944)
• Halifax HX323 (24/02/1944)
• Halifax HX325 (19/02/1944)
• Halifax JP121 (20/02/1944)
• Halifax LV782 (03/02/1944)
• Halifax LV793 (19/02/1944)
• Halifax LV834 (19/02/1944)
• Halifax LV857 (28/02/1944)
• Halifax LV860 (24/02/1944)
• Halifax LV861 (15/02/1944)
• Halifax LV864 (19/02/1944)
• Halifax LV866 (24/02/1944)

Extract from WR Horner’s Flying Log Book [Courtesy of Roger Ward]

March 1944

The 4th March 1944 directive issued to Bomber Command set out targets for the moonlight period prior to Operation Overlord.

Targets included Friedrichshafen, various railway installations (Trappe, Aulnoye, Le Mans, Amiens / Longeau, Courtrai and Laon), the airfield at Montdidier and ammunition dumps at Maintenon, near Chartres.

The squadron’s monthly summary shows: “During the month the squadron effected a change over from Halifax aircraft to Lancasters. The last operation with Halifax aircraft was on the night of 1st March on Stuttgart, and the first with Lancasters on 15th March, also on Stuttgart. Up to the end of March, five more operations were carried out making a total of 7 in all for March”.

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 01/03/1944 Stuttgart
• 15/03/1944 Stuttgart (*)
• 18/03/1944 Frankfurt
• 22/03/1944 Frankfurt
• 24/03/1944 Berlin
• 26/03/1944 Essen
• 30/03/1944 Nuremberg

(*) Lancaster aircraft were first used by the squadron

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Lancaster ND597 (24/03/1944)
• Lancaster ND645 (22/03/1944)
• Lancaster ND646 (30/03/1944)
• Lancaster ND649 (22/03/1944)
• Lancaster ND697 (24/03/1994)
• Lancaster ND703 (24/03/1944)
• Lancaster ND708 (15/03/1944)

Extract from WJ Simpson’s Log Book [Courtesy of John Rogers]

April 1944

The 17th April directive issued to Bomber Command restated that the overall mission was “the progressive destruction and dislocation of the German military, industrial and economic system and the disruption of vital elements of lines of communication”.

It added that prior to Overlord the aim was:

• To deplete the German air force and particularly the German fighter forces and to destroy and disorganise the facilities supporting them
• To destroy and disrupt the enemy’s rail communications, particularly those affecting the enemy’s movement towards the Overlord area

The squadron’s monthly summary shows: “The squadron operated on ten nights during the month. The bulk of their effort was devoted to bombing transportation centres and marshalling yards in Northern France. During the month they operated in strength on attacks on Laon, Lille, Rouen, Villeneuve-St-George and Acheres. In addition, they participated on major attacks on Aachen, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Karlsruhe, Essen and Friedrichshafen. On five occasions, when precision bombing was required, the squadron provided the Master Bomber whose function it was to direct the bombing of the main force”

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 09/04/1944 Lille
• 10/04/1944 Laon
• 11/04/1944 Aachen
• 18/04/1944 Rouen
• 20/04/1944 Cologne
• 22/04/1944 Laon
• 24/04/1944 Karlsruhe
• 26/04/1944 Essen
• 26/04/1944 Villeneuve St.Georges
• 27/04/1944 Friedrichshafen
• 30/04/1944 Acheres

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Lancaster ND694 (27/04/1944)
• Lancaster ND696 (24/04/1944)
• Lancaster ND697 (29/04/1944)
• Lancaster ND701 (09/04/1944)
• Lancaster ND702 (28/04/1944)
• Lancaster ND734 (26/04/1944)
• Lancaster ND759 (27/04/1944)

Extract from JC Black’s Flying Log Book [Courtesy of Geoff Black]

May 1944

The squadron’s monthly summary shows: “The squadron operated on fourteen nights during the month, most of the attacks being directed against marshalling yards and communications in northern France. Further “shaking up” attacks were carried out against Ruhr targets which were badly damaged last year”

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 03/05/1944 Montdidier
• 07/05/1944 Nantes
• 08/05/1944 Haine-St.Pierre
• 10/05/1944 Lens
• 11/05/1944 Boulogne
• 11/05/1944 Hasselt
• 11/05/1944 Louvain
• 19/05/1944 Boulogne
• 21/05/1944 Duisburg
• 22/05/1944 Dortmund
• 24/05/1944 Aachen
• 27/05/1944 Bourg Leopold
• 27/05/1944 Rennes
• 28/05/1944 Mardick
• 31/05/1944 Mont Couple
• 31/05/1944 Trappes

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Lancaster ME620 (08/05/1944)
• Lancaster ND643 (03/05/1944)
• Lancaster ND703 (21/05/1944)
• Lancaster ND762 (22/05/1944)
• Lancaster ND929 (08/05/1944)

Extract from DR Hall’s Flying Log Book [Courtesy of Stephen Cooke]

June 1944

The squadron’s monthly summary shows: The squadron operated seventeen times during the month. Continued bad weather considerably hampered operations which were directed chiefly against strategic targets behind the front in France and flying bomb sites which began operating in the middle of the month. Two daylight raids were made on the latter.

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 02/06/1944 Trappes
• 05/06/1944 Longues
• 05/06/1944 Maisy
• 06/06/1944 Chateaudun
• 06/06/1944 St-Lo
• 07/06/1944 Foret De Cerisy
• 08/06/1944 Fougeres
• 08/06/1944 Mayenne
• 09/06/1944 Rennes
• 11/06/1944 Paris
• 11/06/1944 Tours
• 12/06/1944 Arras
• 14/06/1944 Evrecy
• 15/06/1944 Fouillard
• 15/06/1944 Lens
• 16/06/1944 Pas de Calais
• 16/06/1944 Sterkrade
• 22/06/1944 Laon
• 23/06/1944 Coubronne
• 24/06/1944 Middel Straete
• 24/06/1944 Rimeux
• 25/06/1944 Montorgueil
• 27/06/1944 Biennais
• 27/06/1944 Oisemont/Neuville Au Bois
• 30/06/1944 Oisemont/Neuville Au Bois

– more details on the squadron’s “D-Day” Commitments –

The Bomber Stream heading for Pas De Calais (16/06/1944). It is understood that the photo was taken from inside a 35 Squadron Lancaster
[From the Ronald Gayner Collection (Courtesy of Dick Gayner)]

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Lancaster ND653 (14/06/1944)
• Lancaster ND691 (13/06/1944)
• Lancaster ND702 (24/06/1944)
• Lancaster ND734 (23/06/1944)
• Lancaster ND916 (23/06/1944)

Extract from H Furner’s Flying Log Book [Courtesy of Phil Furner]

Squadron Battle Order 23rd June 1944

July 1944

The squadron’s monthly summary shows: Although a considerable number of sorties were flown, operations were again hampered by bad weather. Attacks were directed mainly against flying bomb sites, oil targets in the Ruhr and towards the end of the month, attacks were resumed against the big German cities. Several daylight attacks were made on flying bomb sites and in close support to our troops in Normandy. An interesting feature of the former was the new technique of formation attacks behind Oboe aircraft, evolved in an attempt to overcome the weather conditions.

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 04/07/1944 Villeneuve St.Georges
• 06/07/1944 Coquereaux
• 06/07/1944 Marquise/Mimoyecques
• 06/07/1944 Siracourt
• 07/07/1944 Caen
• 09/07/1944 Catelliers
• 09/07/1944 L’Hey
• 10/07/1944 Nucourt
• 11/07/1944 Gapennes
• 12/07/1944 Rollez
• 12/07/1944 Thiverny
• 12/07/1944 Tours
• 14/07/1944 St.Philibert-Ferme
• 15/07/1944 Les Landes Vielles et Neuves
• 15/07/1944 Nucourt
• 16/07/1944 St.Philibert-Ferme
• 18/07/1944 H2-Manneville
• 18/07/1944 M-Cagny
• 18/07/1944 Wesseling
• 20/07/1944 Montcandon
• 20/07/1944 Wizernes
• 22/07/1944 L’Hey
• 23/07/1944 Foret-De-Croc
• 23/07/1944 Kiel
• 24/07/1944 Stuttgart
• 25/07/1944 Stuttgart
• 28/07/1944 Hamburg
• 28/07/1944 Stuttgart
• 30/07/1944 Normandy
• 31/07/1944 Constructional Works at Foret De Nieppe

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Lancaster ND690 (11/07/1944)
• Lancaster ND690 (31/07/1944)
• Lancaster ND694 (02/07/1944)
• Lancaster ND731 (04/07/1944)
• Lancaster ND846 (04/07/1944)
• Lancaster ND929 (24/07/1944)
• Lancaster ND936 (22/07/1944)
• Lancaster NE175 (24/07/1944)
• Lancaster PB200 (28/07/1944)

Extract from CW Eyles Flying Log Book [Courtesy of Hazel King]

Target Photo Thiverny 12/07/1944
[From the Ronald Gayner Collection (Courtesy of Dick Gayner)]

August 1944

The squadron’s monthly summary shows: Bad weather again considerably hampered operations this month, nevertheless the squadron participated in attacks on a wide range of targets. Flying Bomb Sites figured prominently at the beginning of the month and later included battlefront aiming points, daylight attacks on German Night Fighter bases in the Low Countries and the German ports of Bremen, Kiel and Stettin.

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 03/08/1944 Constructional Works at Bois de Cassan
• 04/08/1944 Constructional Works at Trossy-St-Maxim
• 04/08/1944 Oil Depot at Bec-d’Ambes
• 05/08/1944 Constructional Works at Acquet
• 06/08/1944 Constructional Works at Foret De Nieppe
• 07/08/1944 Normandy
• 08/08/1944 Fuel Dump at Aire-Sur-La-Lys
• 09/08/1944 Foret De Nieppe
• 09/08/1944 La Neuville
• 09/08/1944 Prouville
• 11/08/1944 Douai
• 12/08/1944 Falaise
• 12/08/1944 Russelsheim
• 14/08/1944 Falaise
• 15/08/1944 Le Culot
• 15/08/1944 Volkel air base (Holland)
• 16/08/1944 Stettin
• 18/08/1944 Bremen
• 18/08/1944 Railway Sidings at Connantre
• 25/08/1944 Constructional Works at Watton
• 25/08/1944 Gun Emplacements at Brest
• 26/08/1944 Kiel
• 27/08/1944 Gewerkschaft Rheinpreussen AG at Homberg
• 29/08/1944 Stettin
• 31/08/1944 Pourchinte

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Lancaster ND755 (23/08/1944)
• Lancaster PA971 (26/08/1944)
• Lancaster PB197 (15/08/1944)

Extract from GE Herod’s Flying Log Book (August 1944) [Courtesy of Paul Herod]

Target Photo (04/08/1944 Trossy-St-Maxim

September 1944

The 14th September 1944 directive issued to Bomber Command amended the overall mission to  read “the progressive destruction and dislocation of the German military, industrial and economic system and the direct support of land and naval forces”.

A further directive on 25th September set out the priorities as:

1. Petroleum Industry
2. The German rail and waterborne transportation systems
3. Tank production plants and depots / ordnance depots
4. Motor Transport production plants and depots

The squadron’s monthly summary shows: September was a busy month involving a considerable number of small calls for marking aiming points chiefly in the Calais – Le Havre area. Although the number of sorties flown and tonnage of bombs dropped is lower than might have been expected, the squadron participated in a considerable number of attacks. Several daylight attacks were made on oil targets in the Ruhr on which the only losses were incurred. Weather generally was only fair and considerably reduced the effectiveness of some attacks.

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 03/09/1944 Gilze Rijen
• 05/09/1944 Le Havre
• 06/09/1944 Emden
• 06/09/1944 Le Havre
• 08/09/1944 Le Havre
• 09/09/1944 Le Havre
• 10/09/1944 Le Havre
• 10/09/1944 Le Havre (Alvis”1″)
• 11/09/1944 Gelsenkirchen
• 11/09/1944 Le Havre
• 11/09/1944 Le Havre-Cadillac 1
• 11/09/1944 Le Havre-Cadillac 2
• 12/09/1944 Dortmund
• 12/09/1944 Frankfurt
• 12/09/1944 Wanne-Eickel
• 13/09/1944 Osnabruck
• 15/09/1944 Kiel
• 17/09/1944 Boulogne
• 17/09/1944 Boulogne, AP5, AP3, AP2, AP4
• 17/09/1944 Westkapelle
• 20/09/1944 Calais
• 23/09/1944 Neuss
• 24/09/1944 Calais
• 25/09/1944 Calais
• 26/09/1944 Calais-various aiming points
• 27/09/1944 Bottrop
• 27/09/1944 Calais
• 28/09/1944 Calais
• 28/09/1944 Calais-various aiming points
• 30/09/1944 Bottrop

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Lancaster ND691 (12/09/1944)
• Lancaster ND702 (11/09/1944)
• Lancaster PB307 (24/09/1944)
• Lancaster PB308 (12/09/1944)
• Lancaster PB555 (27/09/1944)

Target Photo (20/09/1944 Calais)

October 1944

In October, a letter was sent to Bomber Command outlining the plans for a special operation aimed at “bringing home to the enemy a realisation of this overwhelming superiority and the futility of continued resistance”

Operations “Hurricane I” and “Hurricane II” were aimed at applying within the shortest period of time the maximum effort of the RAF and VIIIth US Bomber Command against objectives in the Ruhr area

The squadron’s monthly summary shows: Although the number of operations are slightly down, the number of sorties are up on last month. Several big attacks have been made on targets in the Ruhr which included two on Essen, five on Cologne and one on Duisburg. Daylight attacks included two on Fort Frederik Henrik and two on gun positions on Walcheren Island. Essen and Cologne were also attacked in daylight.

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 05/10/1944 Saarbrucken
• 06/10/1944 Dortmund
• 06/10/1944 Sterkrade
• 11/10/1944 Fort Frederik Hendrik
• 12/10/1944 Fort Frederik Hendrik
• 12/10/1944 Wanne-Eickel
• 14/10/1944 Duisberg [1]
• 14/10/1944 Duisberg [2]
• 15/10/1944 Wilhelmshaven
• 19/10/1944 Stuttgart
• 21/10/1944 Hanover
• 23/10/1944 Essen
• 25/10/1944 Essen
• 28/10/1944 Cologne
• 28/10/1944 Walcheren
• 29/10/1944 Walcheren
• 30/10/1944 Cologne
• 31/10/1944 Cologne

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Lancaster ND690 (19/10/1944)
• Lancaster ND755 (19/10/1944)
• Lancaster ND928 (19/10/1944)
• Lancaster PB612 (28/10/1944)

Target Photo Sterkrade 6th October 1944 [Courtesy of Graham Briggs]

November 1944

he 1st November 1944 directive issued to Bomber Command reiterated that the overall mission was “the progressive destruction and dislocation of the German military, industrial and economic system and the direct support of land and naval forces”.

However, tank production plants and depots / ordnance depots and motor transport production plants and depots were removed from the list of priorities so that maximum resources could be applied to the petroleum industry and the German rail and waterborne transportation systems.

The squadron’s monthly summary shows: A slightly heavier tonnage of bombs was dropped this month than was the case in October, though the number of both operations and sorties was less. In support of the Army’s drive on the Ruhr, several attacks were made on rail and transportation centres in that area. Towards the end of the month, OBOE Lancasters operated for the first time from this squadron.

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 01/11/1944 Oberhausen
• 02/11/1944 Dusseldorf
• 04/11/1944 Bochum
• 06/11/1944 Gelsenkirchen
• 16/11/1944 Duren
• 18/11/1944 Munster
• 18/11/1944 Wanne-Eickel
• 20/11/1944 Koblenz
• 21/11/1944 Aschaffenburg
• 21/11/1944 Sterkrade
• 21/11/1944 Wesel
• 21/11/1944 Worms
• 27/11/1944 Freiburg
• 27/11/1944 Neuss
• 29/11/1944 Dortmund

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Lancaster PB197 (18/11/1944)
• Lancaster PB199 (29/11/1944)

Extract from WJ Phillips Flying Log Book [Courtesy of Lisa Phillips]

December 1944

The squadron’s monthly summary shows: Operations were considerably hampered by bad weather particularly after the middle of the month when long periods of fog were experienced. Attacks were directed mainly against strategic targets in the Ruhr area but also included the more distant ones of Leuna, Nuremberg and Ulm. Close support attacks to aid our troops in the Ardennes battle necessitated operating in very bad weather and 3 aircraft were lost in this period.

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 04/12/1944 Urft Dam
• 05/12/1944 Soest
• 06/12/1944 Merseburg (Leuna)
• 12/12/1944 Essen
• 15/12/1944 Ludwigshafen
• 17/12/1944 Duisburg
• 17/12/1944 Ulm
• 21/12/1944 Cologne
• 22/12/1944 Koblenz
• 23/12/1944 Cologne (Daylight Raid)
• 24/12/1944 Cologne (Daylight Raid)
• 26/12/1944 St.Vith
• 27/12/1944 Rheydt
• 28/12/1944 Bonn
• 30/12/1944 Gelsenkirchen

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Lancaster ND916 (13/12/1944)
• Lancaster PB366 (24/12/1944)
• Lancaster PB367 (23/12/1944)
• Lancaster PB372 (23/12/1944)
• Lancaster PB678 (23/12/1944)
• Lancaster PB683 (23/12/1944)
• Lancaster PB685 (23/12/1944)

Target Photo (23/12/1944 Cologne)

Baker (ET)

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

1. 18/11/1943 Mannheim (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)	Ernest Thomas Baker	1
(Navigator)	John Coates Riley	1
(Air Bomber)	Cyril George Stepney	1
(Wireless Operator)	Ralph Henry Wright	1
(Air Gunner)	Alfred Penfold	1
	Arthur Layton Smith	1
(Flight Engineer)	John Smith	1

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Posting Dates

Baker	Ernest Thomas	In From:	1652 C.U.	24/10/1943
		Out To:	War Casualty	18/11/1943

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax HR676

Crew Information

It appears that the crew trained together at 1652 Conversion Unit prior to being posted to the squadron

Ayres (RJ)

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

1. 27/05/1943 Essen (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)	Richard Joseph Ayres	1
(Navigator)	Arthur Haydn Porter	1
(Air Bomber)	Frank Charles Cleaver	1
(Wireless Operator)	Leslie James Miles	1
(Air Gunner)	Edward Cavill	1
	Leonard Marshall	1
(Flight Engineer)	Ronald Hageman	1

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Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax HR795

Andrews (JW)

The Squadron’s Operations Record Book shows that JW Andrews was the Captain of a 35 Squadron aircraft on the following sortie:

1. 21/06/1943 Krefeld (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)	James Wesley Andrews	1
(Navigator)	David John Jones	1
(Air Bomber)	Frederick Vernon Barnard	1
(Wireless Operator)	Reginald Arthur Muldoon	1
(Air Gunner)	Neil Thomas MacAulay	1
	William Downie Robertson	1
(Flight Engineer)	Robert Matthew Scott	1

NT MacAulay

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Posting Dates

James Wesley Andrews	14/06/1943	In From:	158 Squadron
	21/06/1943	Out To:	War Casualty

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax BB361

Crew Information

• Andrews, Jones, Barnard, Muldoon, MacAulay, Robertson and Scott were on strength of 158 Squadron (as a crew) prior to their posting to 35 Squadron

1943 Personnel

Squadron Command

Commanding Officer:	Wing Commander BV Robinson DSO DFC 01/05/1943: Handed over to Wing Commander DFEC Dean DFC. DFEC 17/11/1943: Handed over to Wing Commander SP Daniels DSO DFC
Adjutant:	GCL Brigham
Medical Officer:	CO Ribiero
Engineer Officer:	JT Rogers / T Barron
Electrical Engineer Officer:	HH Taylour / DJ O’Connor
Wireless Officer:	FM Davis
Navigation Officer:	RI Trickett / HH Sandford / EH Bagnald / SR Green
Bombing Leader:	GT Pearson / LL Thomas / KD Rome
Gunnery Leader:	CF Andrew / PB White
Signals Leader:	RF Tinkler / LS Thorpe
Flight Engineer Leader:	EE Stocker
A Flight Commander:	JC Thomas / EG Franklin / EK Cresswell / LMS Whetham / J Sale
B Flight Commander:	PC Elliott / DFEC Dean / PA Haggarty / AP Cranswick / LMS Whetham / JK Christie
C Flight Commander:	RJ Lane / EW Deacon

Strength

• Air Crew
  • Commissioned Officers
  • Non Commissioned Air Crew
• Ground Personnel
  • Commissioned Officers
  • Non Commissioned Other Ranks

July 1943 [Courtesy of Friends of the Pathfinders]

The following are known to have been on strength of the squadron during 1943:

• Philip Haddon Ackling
• Lawrence Rockliffe Adcock
• Donald Robert Alexander
• Robert Lawson Alexander
• William George Allen
• Eric Austin Alliston
• Donald Kenneth Allport
• Gerald Walter Allso
• Geoffrey Stephen Almond
• Ekanayane Edward Amerasekera
• David James Anderson
• Charles Frederick Andrew
• James Wesley Andrews
• John William Annetts
• Elmer Harold Anthony
• Robert Reginald George Appleby
• Ivan Arnold Aram
• Donald William McGlashan Archer
• Dudley Peter David Archer
• John Wright Armitage
• John Armstrong
• Morley Albert Arnott
• Albert Ernest Arter
• Archibald Clarence Aston
• John Dixon Atkinson
• Richard Joseph Ayres
• Horace John Backhouse
• Eric Harold Bagnald
• George Bagnall
• Reginald Charles Bailey
• Ernest Thomas Baker
• John Baker
• Jack Baldwin
• Roland Hurlston Baldwin
• Stanley Alfred Baldwin
• Peter Richard Bales
• Allan Roland Ball
• Albert Peter Balson
• Paul Barber
• Arthur Denby Barker
• Frederick Vernon Barnard
• William George Barnes
• Norman Wilken Barnett
• John Irvine Barrie
• Winston Barrington
• Edward Herbert Barry
• Frederick William Barry
• John Napoleon Barry
• Maurice Robert Bates
• Reginald Ernest Bates
• Robert Baxendale
• Douglas Glenn Bebensee
• Anthony Claude Beddoe
• Alfred Arthur Charles Bedward
• Frederick Ronald Beech
• Ernest Bell
• Frank George Bell
• Albert Walter Bennett
• Bruce Bennetts
• Victor Eston Bent
• Rhubean Burns Berwick
• Graham Thomas Beveridge
• Alfred Edward Ralph Bexton
• Henry Charles Billett
• Albert Ephraim Bird
• Thomas David Bishop
• Ralph Blakey
• David Farrant Bland
• Osborne Lloyd Bliss
• Robert John Bloom
• John Edwin Bloomer
• Colin Frazer Blundell
• Boris Oleh Bodnar
• John Cecil Bonet
• Ronald Henry Boone
• Ronald Booth
• Stanley Harvey Boulton
• Ronald Bound
• Cyril Bourne
• Richard Venville Thomas Bowerman
• Arthur Patrick Bowker
• Daniel Robert Bown
• Robert Abner Hugh Bowring
• Peter Golding Boyce
• Aubrey Ronald Brace
• Michael Albert Edward Bradford
• David Ronald Bradley
• George Richard Bradley
• Thomas Scullion Brady
• Edgar Alexander Brain
• Frederick Arthur Braybrook
• Stuart Vincent Brazier
• William Lacey Breckell
• John Brennan
• John Brett
• Robert Alexander Brewington
• Arthur George Briggs
• Clifford George Bromham
• Bernard Chapman Brooker
• Edward James Brown
• Eric Charles Brown
• Ernest Gordon Brown
• John Hilton Brown
• Stanley Charles Brown
• Thomas Laurie Brown
• William Gordon Leslie Brown
• Ian Morgan Rutherford Brownlie
• Llyn David Bryant
• Frederick Buchan
• George Buchan
• Ronald Bull
• Charles Henry Bulloch
• Joseph William Samuel Burden
• Wilfred Henry  Burgess
• Dennis Burke
• John Joseph Butler
• Sydney James Butler
• Denis George Button
• George William Buttrick
• Michael Thomas Byrne
• Kenneth Alfred John Campbell
• William Charles Campbell
• John Muir Candlish
• Reginald Brian Capon
• Leslie Ernest Carey
• Francis Ronald Carpenter
• George Carpenter
• Gerald Carrell
• Gordon Henry Francis Carter
• James Casey
• Ernest Cassingham
• Charles Alfred Castle
• Edward Cavill
• Ryszard Cederbaum
• Charles Chadwick
• George Christopher Harvey Chandler
• Leslie Chant
• Thomas Eric Charles
• Bruce James Henry Cheal
• Ronald Stanley Child
• Royston James Child
• Johan Koren Christie
• Robert Charles Clark
• Michael Wilfred Peter Clarke
• Daniel David Cleary
• Frank Charles Cleaver
• Joseph Albert George Cobb
• Nelson Alexander Cobb
• David Archibald Codd
• Derrick Ernest Coleman
• Samuel Albert Coles
• John Colgan
• James Mursell Colledge
• George Frederick Collier
• John Desmond Collinge
• David Birkbeck Coltman
• Francis Cyril Compton
• William Carroll Connelly
• Wilfred John Cooke
• Edwin George Cooper
• William Galway Copp
• Ivor Corfield
• Jack Kenneth Corke
• Albert George Murray Coulam
• Raymond Steve Courtnay
• Andrew Walt Cowan
• Albert William Cox
• Anthony Graham Cox
• Ronald Hubert Samuel Cox
• Ronald William Cozens
• Donald Harrington Craig
• Walter David Craig
• Alec Panton Cranswick
• David Gracie Cree
• Edmund Keith Creswell
• Peter Henry Cribb
• Peter Howard Crick
• Patrick Norman Croft
• George Henry Cross
• George Cruickshank
• William Henry Curness
• George Dale
• William Cooke Dallin
• Ronald William Dando
• Clifford Daniel
• Ronald William Daniel
• Raymond Valentine Montigue Daniels
• Sidney Patrick Daniels
• Henry William Julius Dare
• George William Darling
• Andrew James Fisher  Davidson
• George Russell Davidson
• John Davidson
• Charles Ernest Davies
• Eric McHugh Davies
• Kenneth Thomas Davies
• Ronald Cecil Davies
• Raymond Cecil Davis
• Geoffrey Pell Dawson
• Michael John Day
• Edward William Deacon
• Donald Frederick Edgar Charles Dean
• Edward Oliver Deveson
• Andrew Jenkinson Dick
• George Waller Dickenson
• Wallace Edward Charles Dillow
• Francis John Dimond
• Cecil John Dineen
• William Robert John Dingle
• Eric Charles Dobie
• James Errol Philip Doll
• Francis Robert Dolling
• Clifford Lloyd Douglas
• Michael Raymond Dourley
• Alan James Dowling
• Bewick Johnston Dowse
• Joseph Francis Dowsing
• Walter Edward Dunhill
• Stanley Arthur Durrant
• George Charles Dynes
• William Scott Minto Edmondston
• Ross Oliver Elford
• Peter Campbell Elliott
• Thomas Ellwood
• Colin Elton
• John Elwell
• Jack Reginald Ely
• Thomas Henry Navin Emerson
• Norman George Emery
• Stanley William Emms
• Charles Erickson
• Harl J. Espy
• Douglas Arthur Norman Evans
• Raymond George Everest
• Daniel Bulmer Everett
• Gordon Mitchell Ewan
• William Richard Fairey
• Francis Fenton
• John Thomas Fenton
• John Elliott Fenwick
• John Hugh Ferguson
• Ronald Denis Ferguson
• Jack Fiddler
• Stanley Frederick Fincham
• Harry Richard Fink
• Charles Harold Fisher
• Richard Thomas Fitzgerald
• Patrick Flynn
• George Forman
• Albert Victor Forsyth
• Andrew Henry Fotheringham
• Eric Charles Fox
• Philip Robert Fox
• Eric George Franklin
• Alexander Martin Fraser
• William Joseph Freeman
• John Meredith Fryer
• Michael O’Donovan Fuller
• Douglas Ferguson Fyfe
• George Murray Galbraith
• Glenburne George Galvin
• Arthur Ganderton
• Geoffrey Harvey Gardner
• Colin Henry Garner
• Edward Garner
• Robert Henry James Gill
• Ronald Edward Gill
• Jeffrey Clifford Gillon
• [-] Glasspool
• Brian Guinness Glover
• Joseph Jean Robert Theobald Godin
• John Golding
• John Charles Goodson
• Stanley Kiran Gordon-Powell
• William John Gowdy
• James Harrison Graham
• Alexander Grant
• Harry Gray
• William Dixon Gray
• Samuel Rene Green
• Francis Joseph Greenwood
• Eric Charles Gregory
• William Robert Francis Grierson-Jackson
• James Russell Griffin
• Arthur William Griffiths
• Evan Dunstan Griffiths
• Robert William Griffiths
• George Ernest Grigg
• George Lionel Grimes
• Eric Henry Grimwade
• Stanley Groom
• Ronald Hageman
• Patrick Archibald Haggarty
• Fred Haigh
• Henry Brian Hall
• Robert Thomas Hall
• Reginald Hamblin
• Ronald George Hands
• Victor Maurice Hanks
• Cledwyn Matthew Harcombe
• Rosina Doreen Hardcastle
• “Archie Vernon Hardy”
• Frederick Ronald Harmsworth-Smith
• Douglas Harris
• Malcolm George Harris
• John Wilfred Harrison
• Wilfred George Hart
• Alain Morison Harvey
• Harry Haxby
• Frederick Hay
• Alfred Henry Hayes
• Frederick Robert Hayward
• Leslie Albert Hazell
• Francis William Healey
• Bernard James Healy
• Geoffrey Edward  Heard
• Thomas Donald Henderson
• Henry Heppenstall
• George Racine Herbert
• Cyril Arthur Hewlett
• Roy Douglas Hewlett
• William Henry Hickson
• Eric Hie
• Ronald Hill
• Thomas William Hill
• Walter Aubyn Hines
• Victor Robert Hobbs
• Ronald William Hodge
• Charles Hogg
• Gordon Davidson Hogg
• Jack Hogg
• Robert Scott Hogg
• Edward Noel Holding
• DT Holland
• Robert Andrew Holloway
• Ernest Holmes
• Jack Norman Holmwood
• Kenneth Holt
• George Sidney Bertie Honey
• Ronald Leonard Hooper
• Walter Allan Hooper
• Ronald Hoos
• Joseph Hooson
• Wilfred Roland Horner
• Herbert George Hornsby
• Roy Horsburgh
• Leslie Dennis Hosking
• Reginald Gordon Houston
• Gunnar Høverstad
• Ivor Lewis John Howard
• Thomas Joseph Howard
• Stanley George Howe
• John William Hoyle
• Cyril Duggan Hughes
• LF Hughes
• Stuart Fred Hughes
• William Hughes
• Harold Leslie Hulme
• John Ralph Humberstone
• Malcolm Ross Hunter
• Gordon James Hurley
• Allan Delamere Hutchinson
• Arthur Edwin John Hutley
• Thomas William Albert Hutton
• Vincent Longmead Hyatt
• William Inverarity
• Gordon Ireland
• Clayton Hugh Jack
• William George Jackett
• Peter McGregor Jackson
• Charles William Jackson
• Samuel Francis Jackson
• Sidney Jackson
• Stephen Jackson
• John Johnstone Jagger
• Donald Seymour James
• Hector Alfred Jamieson
• James Henry Janes
• Frederick James Jarvis
• Peter Frank Jarvis
• Stanley Francis Jefferson
• Wilfred Arthur Jeffries
• Morton Glenis Jensen
• Garnett Cyril John
• Jack Raymond Johnson
• Frederick Edward Johnston
• Peter Johnston
• Herbert Alfred William Jolly
• John Jolly
• David John Jones
• George Arthur Jones
• James Ellis Jones
• John Richard Jones
• Randall Vincent Jones
• Arthur Robert Jordan
• Peter Ross Jung
• Denis Kelly
• Ronald Arnold Kempsell
• John Gerard Kennedy
• Dennis Harold Kent
• Joseph Victor Kent
• Ernest Kenwright
• Mathias Stanley Keon
• Douglas William Kermode
• Thomas Calistus Kerr
• Robert Stanley Kift
• Donald Eddie Killick
• Edgar Leonard Killip
• George William Kimpton
• George King
• Walter George Kingham
• Kenneth Knight
• Samuel James Knight
• Jack Benjamin James Knowles
• Henry John Krohn
• Lawrence Edward Nicklin Lahey
• Robert Lionel Lamb
• George Frank Lambert
• Desmond Ewart Abel Lander
• Reginald John Lane
• Thomas Henry Lane
• Harold Patrick Laskoski
• William Laverick
• William Carl Lawes
• Lumley Charles Lawless-Pyne
• Cyril James George Laws
• Kenneth John Lawson
• Lloyd George Lawson
• Leslie Ledger
• Roy Victor Ledger
• James Livingstone Lee
• James Gray Leslie
• John Ernest Levett
• George Edward Lille
• George Dennis Linacre
• Peter Richard Lissner
• Alexander Watson Lister
• Harry Roy Lowman
• Herbert Brian Felix  Lymna
• Neil Thomas MacAulay
• EW MacDonald
• Harry Burns MacDonald
• Roy Frederick MacDonald
• David Alton MacGregor
• Michael Charles Xavier Mack
• Norman Wallis MacKenzie
• Sidney Colin Rive Mackie
• Alister Campbell MacLeod
• Cyril Henry Charles Maddison
• Robert Hubert Makin
• Dennis Stanley Male
• Harry Malkin
• Fred Shaw Maltas
• Joseph Marsh
• Leonard Marshall
• John Stewart Martin
• Richard Martin
• John Reid Martyn
• Harold Thomas Maskell
• Ronald McTavish Mather
• Nicholas Joseph Matich
• Harold Matthews
• Jack Edward Stuart Matthews
• Raymond Reginald Dennis  Matthews
• Vernon Reginald Matthews
• AJ May
• Francis Montague Mazin
• Keith George McAlpine
• Frederick Donald McColl
• William Hugo McCormick
• Francis Cole McCubbin
• Alexander Gartshore Stirling McCulloch
• William McCulloch
• John Cameron McDougall
• Patrick Nilus McEvoy
• Thomas Patrick McGarry
• George Glover McGladrey
• Philip Patrick  McGuinness
• John McGuire
• William Philip MacDonald McIntosh
• Daniel McKenzie
• John Andrew Whitmore McKenzie
• Stanislaus Cyril McKiernan
• James Cunningham McKnight
• Alistair Stuart McLaren
• Douglas John McLeod
• Norman Sidney Raymond McMinn
• William Austin McMullan
• William McRobbie
• William McTurk
• George Merrill
• Albert Abraham John Meyers
• Leslie James Miles
• William Robert Mill
• Herbert Alan Millar
• Charles Miller
• Duncan McIntyre Miller
• Stanley Alfred Miller
• [-] Miller
• Douglas Milmine
• Donald Harold Milne
• John Maurice Mitchell
• Kenneth Albert Lawrence Mitchell
• Norman Moffatt
• Ernest Raymond Moore
• Samuel Angus Moores
• Reginald Moreton
• John Henry Morgan
• Roy Gordon Morrison
• Alfred Norman Leslie Moss
• Walter Stanley Mountford
• William Scott Muego
• Reginald Arthur Muldoon
• Melville Max Victor Lewis Muller
• Alan Henry Mundy
• Francis Gerald Murphy
• George Francis Denis Murray
• Sidney George Murrell
• George Connelly Mutch
• Thomas Nainby
• John Napier
• Reginald Albert Nason
• James Hubert Naylor
• John Neville
• JT New
• George Newsham
• Ernest Charles Nixon
• Robert William Nixon
• Howard James Norman
• Leonard Jesse North
• Leslie Valentine Norton
• Squire Nuttall
• Rundle Houston Oats
• William Patrick O’Kane
• Terence Gordon O’Shaughnessy
• Kenneth Anthony Oswald
• Wyndham Rhydian Owen
• Christopher Fiveash Packham
• Arthur George Page
• William Richard Pallister
• Norman Sidney Francis Palmer
• Peter Henry Palmer
• Robert William Pape
•  Douglas James Park
• Charles Pattison
• George Douglas Payne
• Norman Alfred John Pearce
• “George Thomas Pearson”
• Alfred Penfold
• Herbert Arthur Penny
• William Percival
• Albert Joseph Perkins
• Raymond Perkins
• Rex Gordon Perrett
• Dennis Roy Perrin
• Kenneth Alexander Petch
• Sidney Glen Peterson
• Harry James Leonard Peto
• John Rushbrooke Petrie-Andrews
• Charles Henry Pettit
• Harold Cass Pexton
• William Phipps
• Robert Pickles
• Herbert Pickup
• Stuart Henry Piper
• Victor Stanley Platt
• Robert George Walker Plutte
• Jeffrey Eugene Pogonowski
• Arthur Haydn Porter
• Charles Louis Potter
• Philip Charles Potter
• “Peter Geoffrey Powell”
• Alfred Fred Poynton
• Charles Cleveland Price
• Thomas Price
• JM Prior
• Robert George Pritchard
• Richard Joseph Quigly
• Peter Roland Raggett
• Patrick Baring Oates Ranalow
• Nelson John Rapere
• John Robert Francis Ratcliffe
• Joseph Rayton
• Ivor Charles Redfearn
• Frederick Charles Redman
• Thomas Smith Redpath
• Kenneth James Rees
• Marcus Rees
• Oscar William Rees
• Geoffrey Norman Reeve
•  Cecil Oscar Ribeiro
• David John Richards
• Desmond Albert Richardson
• Joseph Georges Paul Emille Richer
• George Ridley
• Kenneth Craiglaw Rigby
• John Coates Riley
• Rodney Bernard Roache
• Frederick Roberts
• Leslie Roberts
• Owen Letchworth Roberts
• Trevor Wynne Roberts
• James Howden Robertson
• William Downie Robertson
• Basil Vernon Robinson
• Bernard Leo Robinson
• Thomas Andrew Robson
• Ernest Alfred Roede
• Harold John Rogers
• Frederick James Rogers
• Kenneth Drew Rome
• Alan Michil Ross
• Herbert John Ross
• William Henry Rosser
• Thomas Rowe
• Clarence Washington Rowley
• Benjamin Thomas Royall
• Charles Bowmer Russell
• Stanton Eric Arthur Russell
• Mark Anthony Sachs
• Robert Henry Sadler
• Douglas Julian Sale
• William James Sander
• Herbert Henry Sandford
• Thomas Neville Sankey
• Allen Rex Sarjent
• John Francis Savage
• Rupert Claude Sawyer
• Edward Wright Saywell
• James Bernard Anthony Scannell
• Malcolm Scholes
• Ivan James Scott
• Robert Matthew Scott
• Walter Scott Sherk
• Charles Robert Shields
• Frederick Shippam
• Stephen Joseph Shippen
• Richard HA Shirley
• “Frederick C ameron Shortts”
• David Aitken Sibbald
• Thomas Charles Eugene Simmons
• William James Simpson
• Abel Simpson
• David Sinclair
• William McRae Sinclair
• Charles Raymond Skerrett
• [-] Slater
• George Sarsfield Sloman
• Donald Smedley
• Arthur Layton Smith
• Frederick Kenneth Smith
• George Smith
• Henry George Smith
• Jack Smith
• John Smith
• P Smith
• Peter Harold (Mornington) Smith
• Reginald Charles Smith
• Thomas Reginald Maxwell Smith
• Thomas Richard Desmond Smith
• Edmund Solomon
• Carl Edward Sorsdahl
• H Spence
• William John Spence
• Robert Spooner
• John Henry Roy Sarano St. John
• Alec Arthur Stanbridge
• Bernard Harry Stanley
• John Thomas Stanton
• James Gordon Steele
• Alexander Stephen
• Frederick Iredale Stephens
• Cyril George Stepney
• Douglas Edward John Stevens
• Charles Fullerton Stewart
• Frank Stewart
• John Kennedy Stewart
• Wallace John Stewart
• Wilfred Still
• Harley Vernon Stinson
• Edmund Ernest Stocker
• Gordon Arthur Stocks
• David Shearer Stodart
• Eric John Stone
• Arne Storm
• JF Storms
• John Philip Strachan
• William Samuel Henry Strong
• Henry Randolph McMahon Stroud
• Leonard Alan Such
• Alan Henry John Sumner
• Allen Sunley
• Wilfred Surtees
• Thomas Henry Sutton
• Wilfred Ernest Sutton
• Donald Arthur Alfred Swain
• Frederick William Sweet
• Alan Tacey
• Cyril Talby
• Alexander Tannock
• Albert Clement Michael Taylor
• Albert Mark Taylor
• Alexander Munro Taylor
• F Taylor
• Roger James Taylor
• William Francis Taylor
• Henry Horatio Taylour
• Robert Martin Telfer
• Thomas Mercer Telford
• Harold Luttrell Temple
• William Abbotson Tetley
• James Copeland Thomas
• Lionel Leonard Thomas
• Ronald Albert Henry Thomas
• Albert John Thomson
• David Peter McDonald Thomson
• Leonard Stewart Thorpe
• John Lane Tillam
• Ronald Frederick Tinkler
• Douglas Tomlin
• Albert Royden Tranter
• Walter Palfrey Trask
• Gerald Walter Traylor
• Frank Morley Traynor
• “Robert Irwin Trickett”
• Edward John Trickey
• Bernard Aidan Trott
• Cyril Thomas John Trott
• Albert Thomas Tuck
• Richard Charles Tucker
• Ronald Owen Tudberry
• Frank Joseph Tudor
• Derek Robinson Tulloch
• Ralph Wilbert Tully
• Edward Roland Turenne
• Richard John Twine
• Terence Michael Twomey
• James Noel Underwood
• John Arthur Van-Marle
• John Richard Vass
• Frank Walter Vincent
• Stanley Seymour Vinicombe
• Albert Edward Waddicor
• Denis William Clayton Wade
• “Donald Andrew Wager”
• Horace John Walker
• Archibald Victor Wallace
• John Graham Walters
• William David Ronald Walters
• Anton Torvald Wang
• Frank Frederick Ward
• Reginald Arthur  Ward
• Elliss Trevor Ware
• James Walter Warren
• Paul Sidney Warren
• Thomas Henry Warren
• Gomer Donald Waterer
• Stanley Langford Conway Watt
• George Peter Watts
• Leonard George William Watts
• William Henry Lewis Sidney Way
• Jack Weaver
• Kenneth Weaver
• Leonard Sidney Webb
• Roy Webb
• “Alfred Ernest Webster”
• Harry Webster
• Vincent Webster
• Norman Edwin Weighell
• Harry Welch
• Charles John Weldon
• Arthur Henry Weller
• Jack Clinton Wells
• Roy Horace Wells
• George Westmoreland
• Ronald Wheatley
• Leonard Mountstephen Whetham
• Claude Geoffrey Whitaker
• Horatius Douglas Stewart White
• Jack White
• Leslie Sunley White
• Morris John Alfred White
• Paul Berkeley White
• Leonard Whiteley
• Ross Albert Whitfield
• E Whittaker
• Frank William Whittaker
• Geoffrey Rhodes Whitten
• Edward Whitter
• Albert James Wickersham
• Ronald Edward Wilkes
• Joseph William Wilkinson
• Bernard Wilkinson
• Archibald Ernest Williams
• Edmund Howard Williams
• Francis James Williams
• Frederick Thomas Williams
• John Jarvis Williams
• Lawrence Earl Williams
• Norman Francis Williams
• Phillip John Williams
• Ronald Charles Williams
• W Williams
• Ernest Frederick John Willis
• Peter Collinson Wilson
• Walter Montague Gordon Wing
• Ronald William Wisson
• Kenneth Wolstencroft
• Dennis Henry Peter Womar
• Alfred Harold Wood
• Donald Wood
• Douglas Stewart Wood
• HG Wood
• Joseph Richard Wood
• Roy Wood
• Richard Percival William Woodward
• Henry George Wilfred Wooley
• Henry Thomas Woonton
• Ronald George Murray Wray
• Harry Cecil Wright
• James Henry Wright
• P Wright
• Ralph Henry Wright
• George Harold Yeates
• Daniel Christie Young
• Joseph William Young

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

No. 35 Squadron’s record book contains little or no information regarding Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks who provided ground support to the squadron’s air operations;. However, a few listings can be found (eg on squadron movement orders).

Personnel on strength of the squadron during the year included:

• Engineering Personnel (undertaking daily inspection, servicing and preparation of squadron aircraft, in readiness for air operations)
• Administrative Personnel

More details on roles etc can be found on the following page:

– Ground Trades (WWII) –

War Casualties 

Remembering those that lost their life whilst serving with the squadron, either in an aircraft loss, or in other incidents, during 1943:

1. Lawrence Rockliffe Adcock W7886 17/01/1943
2. Eric Austin Alliston LW343 03/12/1943
3. Gerald Walter Allso HR876 02/12/1943
4. David James Anderson HR906 29/07/1943
5. Charles Frederick Andrew HR851 29/07/1943
6. James Wesley Andrews BB361 21/06/1943
7. Donald William McGlashan Archer HR863 02/08/1943
8. Albert Ernest Arter JB786 23/08/1943
9. Richard Joseph Ayres HR795 27/05/1943
10. Ernest Thomas Baker HR676 18/11/1943
11. Stanley Alfred Baldwin HR862 17/08/1943
12. Frederick Vernon Barnard BB361 21/06/1943
13. John Irvine Barrie HR848 21/06/1943
14. Anthony Claude Beddoe DT806 10/04/1943
15. Alfred Arthur Charles Bedward HR863 02/08/1943
16. Frederick Ronald Beech DT489 04/05/1943
17. Ernest Bell DT804 29/05/1943
18. Frank George Bell HR985 11/11/1943
19. Graham Thomas Beveridge HR812 28/06/1943
20. Thomas David Bishop HR846 23/08/1943
21. Osborne Lloyd Bliss HR928 23/08/1943
22. Ronald Henry Boone JB785 11/06/1943
23. Cyril Bourne W7873 16/04/1943
24. Arthur Patrick Bowker HR908 09/08/1943
25. Robert Abner Hugh Bowring HR673 03/07/1943
26. Aubrey Ronald Brace HR926 22/10/1943
27. Michael Albert Edward Bradford HR678 14/04/1943
28. Frederick Arthur Braybrook W7886 17/01/1943
29. Edward James Brown HR878 31/08/1943
30. John Hilton Brown W7851 08/03/1943
31. William Gordon Leslie Brown HR799 21/06/1943
32. Llyn David Bryant W7825 25/05/1943
33. Dennis Burke HR928 23/08/1943
34. John Joseph Butler JB786 23/08/1943
35. Denis George Button HR798 11/11/1943
36. John Muir Candlish HR985 11/11/1943
37. Reginald Brian Capon HR848 21/06/1943
38. Leslie Ernest Carey HR812 28/06/1943
39. Ernest Cassingham JB785 11/06/1943
40. Edward Cavill HR795 27/05/1943
41. Michael Wilfred Peter Clarke W7878 21/06/1943
42. Frank Charles Cleaver HR795 27/05/1943
43. Joseph Albert George Cobb DT489 04/05/1943
44. Nelson Alexander Cobb HR850 28/06/1943
45. Samuel Albert Coles DT489 04/05/1943
46. John Desmond Collinge DT489 04/05/1943
47. Francis Cyril Compton HR812 28/06/1943
48. Edwin George Cooper JB786 23/08/1943
49. Anthony Graham Cox HR673 03/07/1943
50. Walter David Craig HR928 23/08/1943
51. George Cruickshank W7873 16/04/1943
52. George Russell Davidson HR986 29/12/1943
53. Ronald Cecil Davies HR863 02/08/1943
54. Michael John Day HR876 02/12/1943
55. Wallace Edward Charles Dillow HR986 29/12/1943
56. Francis John Dimond LW343 03/12/1943
57. Bewick Johnston Dowse W7878 21/06/1943
58. George Charles Dynes W7907 27/03/1943
59. Peter Campbell Elliott W7877 01/03/1943
60. Harl J. Espy W7907 27/03/1943
61. Douglas Arthur Norman Evans DT488 23/05/1943
62. Jack Fiddler HR861 10/08/1943
63. Harry Richard Fink W7878 21/06/1943
64. Charles Harold Fisher DT489 04/05/1943
65. Patrick Flynn W7851 08/03/1943
66. Albert Victor Forsyth HR907 27/09/1943
67. Eric Charles Fox HR906 29/07/1943
68. William Joseph Freeman W7885 13/02/1943
69. Michael O’Donovan Fuller W7825 25/05/1943
70. George Murray Galbraith JB787 25/07/1943
71. Colin Henry Garner W7876 29/05/1943
72. Edward Garner W7825 25/05/1943
73. William Dixon Gray W7876 29/05/1943
74. Francis Joseph Greenwood JB785 11/06/1943
75. James Russell Griffin HR878 31/08/1943
76. Robert William Griffiths HR880 16/08/1943
77. Stanley Groom DT488 23/05/1943
78. Ronald Hageman HR795 27/05/1943
79. Patrick Archibald Haggarty HR880 16/08/1943
80. Reginald Hamblin HR861 10/08/1943
81. Cledwyn Matthew Harcombe W7878 21/06/1943
82. Rosina Doreen Hardcastle Accident? 22/05/1943
83. John Wilfred Harrison HR985 11/11/1943
84. Alain Morison Harvey DT488 23/05/1943
85. Frederick Hay HR678 14/04/1943
86. Bernard James Healy HX169 18/11/1943
87. George Racine Herbert JB785 11/06/1943
88. Ronald William Hodge DT804 29/05/1943
89. Jack Hogg W7825 25/05/1943
90. Kenneth Holt LW343 03/12/1943
91. Ronald Hoos DT804 29/05/1943
92. Joseph Hooson HR986 29/12/1943
93. Leslie Dennis Hosking HR985 11/11/1943
94. Gunnar Høverstad HX167 02/12/1943
95. Stanley George Howe DT805 11/06/1943
96. Cyril Duggan Hughes HR851 29/07/1943
97. Stuart Fred Hughes HR819 13/07/1943
98. William Hughes HR812 28/06/1943
99. William George Jackett HR861 10/08/1943
100. Frederick James Jarvis HR793 29/05/1943
101. Jack Raymond Johnson DT488 23/05/1943
102. Peter Johnston HR793 29/05/1943
103. John Jolly HR673 03/07/1943
104. David John Jones BB361 21/06/1943
105. Denis Kelly W7877 01/03/1943
106. John Gerard Kennedy DT804 29/05/1943
107. Robert Stanley Kift HR926 22/10/1943
108. Donald Eddie Killick JB787 25/07/1943
109. Samuel James Knight DT806 10/04/1943
110. Henry John Krohn HR799 21/06/1943
111. William Laverick HR986 29/12/1943
112. Roy Victor Ledger W7877 01/03/1943
113. James Livingstone Lee HR833 29/05/1943
114. Peter Richard Lissner HR673 03/07/1943
115. Neil Thomas MacAulay BB361 21/06/1943
116. Michael Charles Xavier Mack HR928 23/08/1943
117. Sidney Colin Rive Mackie HX270 20/12/1943
118. Alister Campbell MacLeod W7878 21/06/1943
119. Joseph Marsh HR819 13/07/1943
120. Leonard Marshall HR795 27/05/1943
121. John Reid Martyn W7873 16/04/1943
122. Vernon Reginald Matthews DT806 10/04/1943
123. Francis Montague Mazin W7878 21/06/1943
124. Frederick Donald McColl W7886 17/01/1943
125. Francis Cole McCubbin HR876 02/12/1943
126. William Philip MacDonald McIntosh HR928 23/08/1943
127. John Andrew Whitmore McKenzie LW343 03/12/1943
128. Stanislaus Cyril McKiernan HR863 02/08/1943
129. William Austin McMullan W7886 17/01/1943
130. George Merrill HR876 02/12/1943
131. Leslie James Miles HR795 27/05/1943
132. Donald Harold Milne HR673 03/07/1943
133. Ernest Raymond Moore HR819 13/07/1943
134. Reginald Arthur Muldoon BB361 21/06/1943
135. George Connelly Mutch HR880 16/08/1943
136. Reginald Albert Nason DT806 10/04/1943
137. James Hubert Naylor W7907 27/03/1943
138. George Newsham HR878 31/08/1943
139. Robert William Nixon HR928 23/08/1943
140. Rundle Houston Oats W7825 25/05/1943
141. William Richard Pallister HR908 09/08/1943
142. Charles Pattison W7907 27/03/1943
143. Norman Alfred John Pearce JB787 25/07/1943
144. Alfred Penfold HR676 18/11/1943
145. Albert Joseph Perkins HR862 17/08/1943
146. Rex Gordon Perrett HR906 29/07/1943
147. Harold Cass Pexton HR851 29/07/1943
148. William Phipps HR985 11/11/1943
149. Herbert Pickup HR863 02/08/1943
150. Victor Stanley Platt HR833 29/05/1943
151. Thomas Price JB787 25/07/1943
152. Robert George Pritchard DT488 23/05/1943
153. Peter Roland Raggett HR862 17/08/1943
154. David John Richards DT801 12/05/1943
155. Desmond Albert Richardson HR876 02/12/1943
156. Joseph Georges Paul Emille Richer W7878 21/06/1943
157. John Coates Riley HR676 18/11/1943
158. William Downie Robertson BB361 21/06/1943
159. Basil Vernon Robinson HR928 23/08/1943
160. Thomas Andrew Robson HX270 20/12/1943
161. Herbert John Ross HR833 29/05/1943
162. Stanton Eric Arthur Russell DT489 04/05/1943
163. Thomas Neville Sankey W7877 01/03/1943
164. Rupert Claude Sawyer DT801 12/05/1943
165. Edward Wright Saywell HR819 13/07/1943
166. Robert Matthew Scott BB361 21/06/1943
167. Charles Robert Shields DT488 23/05/1943
168. Thomas Charles Eugene Simmons W7825 25/05/1943
169. George Sarsfield Sloman W7877 01/03/1943
170. Arthur Layton Smith HR676 18/11/1943
171. John Smith HR676 18/11/1943
172. Reginald Charles Smith W7907 27/03/1943
173. Thomas Reginald Maxwell Smith HR673 03/07/1943
174. Edmund Solomon HR863 02/08/1943
175. William John Spence HR906 29/07/1943
176. Robert Spooner HR906 29/07/1943
177. John Henry Roy Sarano St. John HR848 21/06/1943
178. Cyril George Stepney HR676 18/11/1943
179. Frank Stewart JB785 11/06/1943
180. Harley Vernon Stinson HR876 02/12/1943
181. Eric John Stone HR986 29/12/1943
182. Alan Henry John Sumner HR880 16/08/1943
183. Allen Sunley HR908 09/08/1943
184. Thomas Henry Sutton HR878 31/08/1943
185. Donald Arthur Alfred Swain LW326 25/11/1943
186. Alexander Tannock DT804 29/05/1943
187. Alexander Munro Taylor DT804 29/05/1943
188. Harold Luttrell Temple HR908 09/08/1943
189. William Abbotson Tetley HR833 29/05/1943
190. Ronald Albert Henry Thomas W7907 27/03/1943
191. Albert John Thomson HR985 11/11/1943
192. Frank Morley Traynor HR833 29/05/1943
193. Albert Thomas Tuck HR907 27/09/1943
194. Richard Charles Tucker HR846 23/08/1943
195. Stanley Seymour Vinicombe W7851 08/03/1943
196. William David Ronald Walters HR851 29/07/1943
197. Frank Frederick Ward HR819 13/07/1943
198. Stanley Langford Conway Watt W7877 01/03/1943
199. Roy Webb HR906 29/07/1943
200. Harry Webster HR928 23/08/1943
201. Vincent Webster HR862 17/08/1943
202. Roy Horace Wells HR876 02/12/1943
203. Ronald Wheatley HR678 14/04/1943
204. Jack White HR848 21/06/1943
205. Morris John Alfred White HR880 16/08/1943
206. Frank William Whittaker HR819 13/07/1943
207. Albert James Wickersham LW326 25/11/1943
208. Ronald Edward Wilkes HR678 14/04/1943
209. Ronald Charles Williams HR986 29/12/1943
210. Ernest Frederick John Willis HR851 29/07/1943
211. Kenneth Wolstencroft HR673 03/07/1943
212. Donald Wood HR985 11/11/1943
213. Douglas Stewart Wood HR862 17/08/1943
214. James Henry Wright HX270 20/12/1943
215. Ralph Henry Wright HR676 18/11/1943
216. George Harold Yeates W7907 27/03/1943
217. Joseph William Young W7873 16/04/1943

Prisoners of War / Internees

The following lists the names of those who were captured and imprisoned (or interned) whilst on strength of the squadron in 1943. (The aircraft serial number and take-off date are also shown)

POW (held in German POW Camps)

1. Donald Robert Alexander HR685 21/06/1943
2. John William Annetts HR865 23/08/1943
3. Roland Hurlston Baldwin HR850 28/06/1943
4. Allan Roland Ball JB786 23/08/1943
5. Albert Peter Balson HR685 21/06/1943
6. Winston Barrington HX270 20/12/1943
7. Frederick William Barry DT805 11/06/1943
8. Reginald Ernest Bates JB787 25/07/1943
9. Henry Charles Billett HR812 28/06/1943
10. David Farrant Bland HR865 23/08/1943
11. John Cecil Bonet LW343 03/12/1943
12. Daniel Robert Bown W7876 29/05/1943
13. Peter Golding Boyce JB786 23/08/1943
14. Stuart Vincent Brazier HX167 02/12/1943
15. William Lacey Breckell HR906 29/07/1943
16. Arthur George Briggs HX167 02/12/1943
17. Ernest Gordon Brown HR908 09/08/1943
18. Thomas Laurie Brown HR678 14/04/1943
19. Ian Morgan Rutherford Brownlie W7886 17/01/1943
20. George Buchan DT805 11/06/1943
21. Charles Henry Bulloch HR850 28/06/1943
22. Wilfred Henry  Burgess DT805 11/06/1943
23. Michael Thomas Byrne HR793 29/05/1943
24. Francis Ronald Carpenter HR848 21/06/1943
25. James Casey HR846 23/08/1943
26. George Christopher Harvey Chandler W7877 01/03/1943
27. Bruce James Henry Cheal LW343 03/12/1943
28. Daniel David Cleary HR865 23/08/1943
29. David Archibald Codd HR850 28/06/1943
30. John Colgan HR846 23/08/1943
31. George Frederick Collier LW326 25/11/1943
32. Wilfred John Cooke HX167 02/12/1943
33. Jack Kenneth Corke W7886 17/01/1943
34. Albert George Murray Coulam W7851 08/03/1943
35. Andrew Walt Cowan HR793 29/05/1943
36. Patrick Norman Croft HR799 21/06/1943
37. William Cooke Dallin HR798 11/11/1943
38. George William Darling HR685 21/06/1943
39. John Davidson DT804 29/05/1943
40. William Robert John Dingle HX270 20/12/1943
41. Eric Charles Dobie HR908 09/08/1943
42. Francis Robert Dolling HR907 27/09/1943
43. Joseph Francis Dowsing HR799 21/06/1943
44. Stanley Arthur Durrant HR926 22/10/1943
45. Ross Oliver Elford DT801 12/05/1943
46. John Elwell HR846 23/08/1943
47. William Richard Fairey DT488 23/05/1943
48. Francis Fenton HR851 29/07/1943
49. Ronald Denis Ferguson HR880 16/08/1943
50. Glenburne George Galvin HR861 10/08/1943
51. Geoffrey Harvey Gardner W7876 29/05/1943
52. John Charles Goodson HR833 29/05/1943
53. Stanley Kiran Gordon-Powell HR812 28/06/1943
54. James Harrison Graham HR799 21/06/1943
55. Robert Thomas Hall W7825 25/05/1943
56. Ronald George Hands W7876 29/05/1943
57. Wilfred George Hart HR926 22/10/1943
58. Geoffrey Edward  Heard DT801 12/05/1943
59. Cyril Arthur Hewlett HR907 27/09/1943
60. William Henry Hickson HR799 21/06/1943
61. Gordon Davidson Hogg HR861 10/08/1943
62. Robert Scott Hogg HR865 23/08/1943
63. Ronald Leonard Hooper HR880 16/08/1943
64. Roy Horsburgh JB786 23/08/1943
65. Reginald Gordon Houston HR793 29/05/1943
66. Gordon James Hurley HR846 23/08/1943
67. Allan Delamere Hutchinson HR799 21/06/1943
68. Peter McGregor Jackson HR685 21/06/1943
69. Hector Alfred Jamieson DT805 11/06/1943
70. Stanley Francis Jefferson HR798 11/11/1943
71. George Arthur Jones HR833 29/05/1943
72. James Ellis Jones HR908 09/08/1943
73. John Richard Jones DT806 10/04/1943
74. Arthur Robert Jordan HR926 22/10/1943
75. Ronald Arnold Kempsell DT806 10/04/1943
76. Mathias Stanley Keon JB785 20/04/1943
77. Walter George Kingham HR926 22/10/1943
78. Jack Benjamin James Knowles W7876 29/05/1943
79. Lawrence Edward Nicklin Lahey HR865 23/08/1943
80. Desmond Ewart Abel Lander LW326 25/11/1943
81. “Thomas Henry Lane” HR685 21/06/1943
82. Roy Frederick MacDonald HR685 21/06/1943
83. Robert Hubert Makin JB785 11/06/1943
84. Fred Shaw Maltas HR799 21/06/1943
85. Ronald McTavish Mather HR907 27/09/1943
86. Harold Matthews HX270 20/12/1943
87. Jack Edward Stuart Matthews HR850 28/06/1943
88. John Cameron McDougall HX167 02/12/1943
89. Duncan McIntyre Miller JB786 23/08/1943
90. Douglas Milmine JB787 25/07/1943
91. Samuel Angus Moores DT801 12/05/1943
92. Alan Henry Mundy DT805 11/06/1943
93. Terence Gordon O’Shaughnessy HR678 14/04/1943
94. Wyndham Rhydian Owen W7873 16/04/1943
95. Christopher Fiveash Packham HR926 22/10/1943
96. Norman Sidney Francis Palmer LW326 25/11/1943
97. Peter Henry Palmer HR862 17/08/1943
98. Stuart Henry Piper JB787 25/07/1943
99. Arthur Haydn Porter HR795 27/05/1943
100. Richard Joseph Quigly HR848 21/06/1943
101. Frederick Charles Redman HR986 29/12/1943
102. Frederick Roberts HR862 17/08/1943
103. Trevor Wynne Roberts HR798 11/11/1943
104. Ernest Alfred Roede HR793 29/05/1943
105. Frederick James Rogers HR685 21/06/1943
106. Clarence Washington Rowley DT801 12/05/1943
107. Benjamin Thomas Royall HR793 29/05/1943
108. Charles Bowmer Russell HR861 10/08/1943
109. Mark Anthony Sachs HR850 28/06/1943
110. Allen Rex Sarjent W7876 29/05/1943
111. William McRae Sinclair HX270 20/12/1943
112. Peter Harold (Mornington) Smith LW343 03/12/1943
113. James Gordon Steele LW326 25/11/1943
114. Alexander Stephen HR863 02/08/1943
115. Arne Storm HX167 02/12/1943
116. Leonard Alan Such HR865 23/08/1943
117. Wilfred Surtees HR878 31/08/1943
118. Wilfred Ernest Sutton HR865 23/08/1943
119. Alan Tacey W7851 08/03/1943
120. Albert Mark Taylor W7886 17/01/1943
121. Roger James Taylor HR812 28/06/1943
122. David Peter McDonald Thomson LW326 25/11/1943
123. Walter Palfrey Trask HR850 28/06/1943
124. “Ralph Wilbert Tully” HR907 27/09/1943
125. Frank Walter Vincent HR678 14/04/1943
126. Denis William Clayton Wade HR798 11/11/1943
127. Archibald Victor Wallace JB785 11/06/1943
128. Elliss Trevor Ware HR861 10/08/1943
129. Gomer Donald Waterer W7851 08/03/1943
130. George Peter Watts DT805 11/06/1943
131. Colin John Weldon HR851 29/07/1943
132. Leonard Whiteley HR850 28/06/1943
133. Francis James Williams HR848 21/06/1943
134. John Jarvis Williams HR846 23/08/1943
135. Phillip John Williams HX167 02/12/1943
136. Ronald William Wisson HR819 13/07/1943
137. Roy Wood HR793 29/05/1943
138. Henry George Wilfred Wooley HR878 31/08/1943
139. Henry Thomas Woonton JB785 20/04/1943
140. Daniel Christie Young W7885 13/02/1943

Evaders

The following table lists the names of those who evaded capture whilst on strength of the squadron in 1943. (The aircraft serial number and take-off date are also shown)

1. William George Allen W7873 16/04/1943
2. John Napoleon Barry W7885 13/02/1943
3. David Ronald Bradley W7873 16/04/1943
4. Gordon Henry Francis Carter W7885 13/02/1943
5. Ronald William Daniel HR985 11/11/1943
6. Henry Brian Hall HR798 11/11/1943
7. George Frank Lambert DT806 10/04/1943
8. Richard Martin W7885 13/02/1943
9. Nicholas Joseph Matich HR907 27/09/1943
10. Herbert Arthur Penny HR878 31/08/1943
11. Douglas Julian Sale DT801 12/05/1943
12. David Aitken Sibbald W7851 08/03/1943
13. James Copeland Thomas W7885 13/02/1943
14. Edward Roland Turenne W7885 13/02/1943
15. John Richard Vass HR798 11/11/1943

1945 Personnel (up to 8th May 1945)

Squadron Command

Commanding Officer	Group Captain DFEC Dean DSO DFC 01/03/1945: Handed over to Group Captain HJE Le Good DSO DFC
Adjutant:	R Baker
Navigation Officer:	HC Wright / JLG Marshall / PP McGuiness
Bombing Leader:	SR Green / G Wood
Gunnery Leader:	CA Fraser-Petheridge
Signals Leader:	S Turner
Flight Engineer Leader:	DH Craig
Signals (Radar) Officer:	PMS Hedgeland / RH Offerhaus
A Flight Commander:	DB Everett / PH Way / E Baldwin
B Flight Commander:	LSM Bailey / PH Way / JB Nicholls

Strength

• Air Crew
  • Commissioned Officers
  • Non Commissioned Air Crew
• Ground Trades
  • Commissioned Officers
  • Non Commissioned Other Ranks

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew

The following are known to have served with the squadron between 1st January 1945 and 8th May 1945 (ie when hostilities in Europe ended):

• Norman Thomas Adams
• David Perkin Adamson
• Arthur Aked
• J Akers
• Kenneth Allerston
• Robert James Anderson
• Solomon Joseph Harold Andrew
• Ivan Arnold Aram
• Stephen Thurston Ashton
• Archibald Clarence Aston
• James Martin Aylieff
• Leonard Shaw Meadows Bailey
• (Possibly) Herbert Bailey
• Geoffrey Harold Vining Baker
• Eric Baldwin
• F Bales
• Allan Roland Ball
• Sidney Walter Barker
• Andrew Coulter Barr
• GL Barr
• George Donald Barry
• George William Bartlett
• Edward Leslie Thomas Barton
• Frederick Henry Verner Beazley
• (Possibly) Frank Archibald Bee
• Raymond Beech
• David Reginald Behenna
• Harry Bennett
• Ronald William Bentley
• William John Bentley
• Alfred Edward Ralph Bexton
• George Binns
• Jack Cecil Black
• James Johnston Black
• Robert Black
• Ronald Edward Blackadder
• John Campbell Blair
• John Jellicoe Blair
• Richard Bruce Bolt
• DR Bolton
• Grant Gordon Booth
• Leslie Arthur Booth
• Gilbert Addison Borland
• Vryan Bernard Bowen-Morris
• Paul Meredith Bown
• Harry Breeze
• JT Brenner
• Bernard Chapman Brooker
• Denis Bramato Brown
• Philip John Bryant
• Wilfred Marshall Buck
• James Finbar Buckley
• Raymond William Bullen
• Kenneth John Bullock
• Kenneth Robert Burgess
• Cecil Arthur Butler
• S Caddle
• John Cairns
• Alan John Card
• Bernard John Bedford Carr
• CL Carter
• CM Carter
• Yale Knox Carter
• Harry Kearsley Chamberlain
• George Frank Chance
• Reginald Clifford Chapman
• Philip Douglas Cherry
• Francis Cheshire
• Edward John Chidgey
• GH Cleaver
• Harry Cobb
• Peter Coggan
• M Cohen
• Robert Henry Cole
• Donald Howard Connors
• William Norman Cook
• Ernest Clifford Leslie Coombs
• Patrick Cooney
• Roy Frank Cooper
• Stafford Pulleine Coulson
• Harry Coulton
• Douglas Aubrey Cracknell
• Donald Harrington Craig
• Frederick William Tynus Cross
• George Cross
• Francis George Crowhurst
• Albert Sidney Cubberley
• Franklin Howard Cummer
• Thomas John Cunningham
• Arthur Bryan Curtis
• Neil William Curtis
• W Davidson
• Donald Arthur Day
• Anthony Ronald Day-Barker
• Donald Frederick Edgar Charles Dean
• Edward Dent
• Jack Denton
• Andrew Jenkinson Dick
• H Dickens
• F / RF Dickinson
• Ronald Joseph Dobson
• Charles Doig
• William George Douglas
• Lawrence Edward Dovey
• B Drummond
• Joseph Omer Dumas
• Donald Charles Dunkley
• Neil David Dunn
• DA Durie
• Raymond Herbert Harvey Dyer
• William Reginald Eady
• Roy William Earl
• John Strange East
• Herbert William Mercy Ebdon
• Leonard Arthur Edlin
• Frederick Worsley Edmondson
• James Bartholomew Edwards
• George Laurie Edwards
• John Butler Ensor
• Charles Douglas Bond Escott
• Gordon James Etheridge
• Harold Evans
• Daniel Bulmer Everett
• (Possibly) Eustace Esmond Edgar Farmer
• Vincent Bowes Farningham
• H Farrand
• L Fawcett
• John Elliott Fenwick
• Charles Melville Fenwick
• Jack Fenwick-Webb
• William George Ferguson
• Henry Edward Douglas Figgis
• Thomas Gollan Finlayson
• John William Firth
• Peter Frederick Fischer
• Jack Richard Floyde
• William Richard Flynn
• Joseph Lucien Jean Fontaine
• Alan Robert Clark Forrester
• Harry Foxton
• JF Fraser
• John MacGregor Fraser
• Cedric Alexander Fraser-Petherbridge
• Francis Leslie Fullerton
• George Edward Furnell
• Stanley Rudolph Gale
• John Anthony Gardner
• Percy Albert Gardner
• Edward Garner
• HV Gash
• WA Gaskell
• Douglas Joseph Gates
• Charles Sinclair Gibbon
• Cuthbert Gorham Gifford
• Laurence Edwin Hope Gilbert
• Granville Allan Gillett
• Stanley Ralph Gillmar
• Leslie Cyril Gilman
• Albert John Goff
• Bert William Golden
• Kenneth Chambers Gooch
• AJ Gosling
• GF Grant
• Kenneth Percy Bellew  Grantham
• Ronald Henry Rudyard Grayson
• Samuel Rene Green
• Alfred Henry Green
• Eric Charles Gregory
• John Richard Hacker
• Douglas Farrant Hadland
• EJL Hall
• John Thomas Hall
• Leslie Hall
• Raymond Marcel Hallett
• Vivian Montague Bailey Halls
• John Edward Hamblett
• Martin Albert Hampe
• Jeremiah Anthony Hanafin
• Michael William Hanham
• Joseph Frederick William Harding
• Walter Hargrave Harris
• Albert Harrison
• R Hartley
• Thomas James Harvey
• George Albert Henderson
• George Edward Herod
• Tom Hesselden
• Hugh Campbell Highet
• AD Hill
• EJ Hill
• Robert William Hodgson
• Leslie George Holland
• Harold Leslie Horne
• Victor Hugh Horner
• Peter Noel Howdle
• Richard Harold Howell
• Peter Hoyland
• James Bernard Hughes
• John Richmond Hulley
• Royston Lawrenson Hunt
• RET Hunter
• Thomas Henderson Hunter
• IK Irwin
• Ronald Isherwood
• Derek Ian Jeffery
• Roy Maurice Jenkins
• Wilfred Allen Jenkins
• Denis Camber John
• Robert Thomas Johns
• Allan Edward Johnson
• JS Johnson
• Louis George Johnson
• REL Johnson
• Denis James Jones
• Eric Arthur Jones
• Reginald Charles William Jones
• Kevin Juckes
• Kenneth Frederick Judd
• William Keefe
• Ernest Kenwright
• Russell Whiston Kerr
• John Kenneth Kershaw
• Richard George Knowler
• Edward Dawson Kornegay
• Maxwell Edwin Ladyman
• Timothy Devenish Lamb
• Paul Herbert Lambert
• John Lancaster
• JH Lane
• Delwood Harry Larson
• Robert Simpson Laurie
• Donald Joseph Lawrence
• Louis Basil Lawson
• Hugh James Felce Le Good
• JH Lee
• Peter James Leeves
• Lewis David Leicester
• JL Lewis
• James Patrick Leydon
• William Beveridge Liddell
• Gordon Lindsley
• Edward John Lisle
• Alexander Watson Lister
• Benjamin Lomax
• Peter Charles Lord
• John Lawson MacDonald
• George Donald MacGregor
• Douglas Charles MacKay
• PA MacLennan
• Henry Frank MacNevin
• Arthur Frederick Manders
• Hubert John Mardell
• Gerard Patrick Markham
• Allan Raymond Marriott
• Geoffrey Ansdell Marsden
• George Leonard Marsh
• John Francis Marshall
• Maxwell James Martin
• James Marvin
• Thomas Henry Matthews
• William Henry Maudsley
• Archibald Hunter McCartney
• William McDonald
• Patrick Seumas McGowran
• Philip Patrick  McGuinness
• Albert William Charles McIlroy
• C McKinnon
• Matthew McMath
• David McMillan
• EW McMillan
• AP McNeil-Smith
• HF McNevin
• John Francis McPherson
• William George McReady
• George Burnett McRitchie
• Malcolm Harry McVey
• H Mercer
• William Norman Mercer
• E Meredith
• Edward George Meredith
• Harry Denis Michell
• David Micklethwaite
• Leslie Frank Miller
• Murray Allison Mills
• Charles George Mitchell
• Frederick Robert Mitchell
• John Herbert Monk
• James Montgomery
• Herbert Ambrose Moore
• John Arthur Moore
• Brian Joseph Mordecai
• John Thomas Graham Morrison
• Douglas Charles Moser
• Thomas Edgar Moser
• Walter Stanley Mountford
• Melville Max Victor Lewis Muller
• JR Mullock
• Andrew Jackson Mundell
• Kelvin Gordon Munro
• John Douglas Haig Murray
• JW Murray
• Jack Alfred Murrell
• John Francis Myers
• Raymond Neale
• Robert Newbiggin
• Ronald Henry Newitt
• John Bernard Nicholls
• Lawrence Nicholson
• Robert Nicholson
• Lloyd Dennis Nickel
• Geoffrey John North
• Squire Nuttall
• John Roderick O’Donnell
• Thomas Ogden
• Jack Norman Oliver
• John James Osmond
• G Owen
• N Page
• R Page
• Ross Norman Page
• Maurice Palmer
• Walter George Palmer
• George Henry Parsons
• George Douglas Payne
• Cyril George Peak
• Alexander Lloyd Pearson
• Joseph Squire Pennington
• Phillip James Pentelow
• Joe Perkin
• Ronald Bowen Perkins
• Edward Dixon Perrault
• Geoffrey Arnold Perry
• Ronald Peters
• Noel John Petterson
• Harry Pettifer
• William John Phillips
• Albert Henry John Pidgeon
• Edgar Charles Pinder
• Ronald William Clifford Poley
• George Alfred Pope
• Louis Donald Pope
• Arthur Haydn Porter
• MA Potter
• Kenneth Potts
• SJG Price
• Howard Monckton Pringle
• Charles Alexander Prosser
• [-] Prosser
• Robert Pye
• William Thomas Quirke
• Colin John Alfred Ramsey
• Patrick Baring Oates Ranalow
• Ralph Kirk Raper
• William John Rea
• Arthur Joseph Reeder
• Roydon Rees
• Betrum Silvester Reinhart
• Dennis Ernest Renvoize
• William Graham Reynolds
• John Robert Arthur Richards
• Edgell Jason Rigby
• AT Riley
• Thomas Arthur Rippon
• James Little Robb
• Roy Patrick Roberts
• William Fredrick Roberts
• [-] Roberts
• Thomas Broadley Robinson
• William Holden Robinson
• Albert Roche
• Victor Arthur Roe
• FS Rogerson
• Stanley Burton Rondeau
• Peter Henry Roscoe
• EW Rose
• Harold Stanley Rothwell
• Clifford Owen Russell
• Raymond Terence Salvoni
• Robert Duncan Sampson
• Francis William Sanders
• John Satchell
• Frank Peter Chiltern Saunders
• Peter Denny Saville
• JP Scanlon
• [-] Scarle
• Stanley Owen Scott
• William Philip Scourfield-Smith
• Harvey John Scull
• Charles Douglas Eric Seaton
• Medley Benjamin Sharp
• George Brodie Sharpe
• Athol William Scott Shillaker
• EG Silcock
• William James Simpson
• Alan James Simpson
• Eric Arthur George Simpson
• Eric Thomson Sinclair
• Peter Norman Duncan Skingley
• James Arthur Smith
• Kenneth Samuel Smith
• Samuel Henry Smith
• SJ Smith
• EJ Soan
• William John Reginald Solway
• Brian Frederick Spark
• James Keith Spedding
• R Speight
• Richard Hibbert Spratt
• Basil Noel Stephenson
• Jack Lloyd Stevens
• JF Stevens
• Wallace John Stewart
• Frederick Arthur Stock
• Alfred Thomas Stoney
• Kenneth Macdona Strange
• Henry Randolph McMahon Stroud
• Basil John Studd
• Frank William Sturmey
• Kenneth Augarde Swanton
• Andrew Dougal Tait
• Brian Alexander Targett
• Clarence John Taylor
• D Therault
• Albert Henry Thomas
• Frank Vaughan Thomas
• Gerald Basil Thomas
• Arthur Thompson
• Leonard Stewart Thorpe
• J Tiffin
• George Mason Titchmarsh
• GH Tompkin
• John William Tovey
• Malcolm Leonard Toynton
• Francis William Gordon Tropman
• AS Tuck
• Leslie George Turner
• Stanley Turner
• Walter Brian Turner
• Douglas John Varney
• Peter Varty
• John Verney
• John Leslie Vickery
• Frank Walter Vilain
• Louis Earl Reynard Vincent
• Dyson William Barber  Waddington
• John Sutherland Walker
• Henry Walsh
• Michael Henry Walters
• WH Ward
• Thomas Henry Warren
• Dugald John Watson
• Fred Watson
• Peter Hugh Way
• Leonard Frederick Wearing
• Robert Christie Webster
• Anthony Harold Ernest Welch
• Reginald Martin Weller
• Norman Westby
• LF Westgate
• Robert White
• R Whittaker
• Charles Wilce
• Robert Henry Wild
• Cyril Willey
• Horace Reginald Williams
• Maldwyn George Williams
• Thomas Charles Williamson
• [-] Wilson
• JG Winship
• Albert Western Wolk
• F Wood
• Gilbert Wood
• John Edmond Woods
• Harry Cecil Wright
• Alfred George Wright
• Noel Henry Wright
• Cecil Keith Young
• Hugh Young
• Richard Langley Young
• Noel Bernard Yule

Believed to be No 35 Squadron (March 1945)

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

No. 35 Squadron’s record book contains little or no information regarding Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks who provided ground support to the squadron’s air operations;. However, a few listings can be found (eg on squadron movement orders).

Personnel on strength of the squadron during the year included:

• Engineering Personnel (undertaking daily inspection, servicing and preparation of squadron aircraft, in readiness for air operations)
• Administrative Personnel

More details on roles etc can be found on the following page:

– Ground Trades (WWII) –

War Casualties 

Remembering those that lost their life whilst serving with the squadron, either in an aircraft loss, or in other incidents, during 1945:

1. James Martin Aylieff ME361 07/03/1945
2. Andrew Coulter Barr NG440 08/04/1945
3. George Donald Barry Died POW 25/04/1945
4. Ronald William Bentley PB343 05/01/1945
5. Cecil Arthur Butler ME334 04/02/1945
6. Reginald Clifford Chapman ME361 07/03/1945
7. Harry Cobb NG440 08/04/1945
8. Harry Coulton ME334 04/02/1945
9. George Cross ME333 05/03/1945
10. Daniel Bulmer Everett ME361 07/03/1945
11. Bert William Golden ME335 21/02/1945
12. Douglas Farrant Hadland ME334 04/02/1945
13. Vivian Montague Bailey Halls PB343 05/01/1945
14. Leslie George Holland ME333 05/03/1945
15. Roy Maurice Jenkins ME334 04/02/1945
16. Allan Edward Johnson ME334 04/02/1945
17. Murray Allison Mills PB343 05/01/1945
18. Charles George Mitchell ME361 07/03/1945
19. Melville Max Victor Lewis Muller NG440 08/04/1945
20. Kelvin Gordon Munro ME361 07/03/1945
21. John Douglas Haig Murray DOAS 02/01/1945
22. Raymond Neale ME334 04/02/1945
23. Phillip James Pentelow ME333 05/03/1945
24. Albert Henry John Pidgeon ME361 07/03/1945
25. George Alfred Pope PB343 05/01/1945
26. Arthur Haydn Porter Died POW 19/04/1945
27. Kenneth Potts PB343 05/01/1945
28. Patrick Baring Oates Ranalow NG440 08/04/1945
29. Arthur Joseph Reeder PB343 05/01/1945
30. William Graham Reynolds PB377 14/04/1945
31. Thomas Broadley Robinson NG440 08/04/1945
32. Victor Arthur Roe ME333 05/03/1945
33. Clifford Owen Russell ME361 07/03/1945
34. Raymond Terence Salvoni PB684 14/01/1945
35. Stanley Owen Scott ME333 05/03/1945
36. Medley Benjamin Sharp PB343 05/01/1945
37. Kenneth Samuel Smith ME333 05/03/1945
38. Gerald Basil Thomas ME334 04/02/1945
39. Francis William Gordon Tropman ME367 21/02/1945
40. John Leslie Vickery NG440 08/04/1945
41. Fred Watson ME333 05/03/1945
42. Robert Christie Webster NG440 08/04/1945
43. Reginald Martin Weller ME361 07/03/1945
44. Robert Henry Wild DOAS 29/03/1945

Prisoners of War / Internees 

The following lists the names of those who were captured and imprisoned (or interned) whilst on strength of the squadron prior to cessation of hostilities in 1945. (The aircraft serial number and take-off date are also shown)

POW (Imprisoned in German POW Camps)

1. Archibald Clarence Aston ME335 21/02/1945
2. Bernard John Bedford Carr ME335 21/02/1945
3. Neil William Curtis ME367 21/02/1945
4. Raymond Herbert Harvey Dyer PB377 14/04/1945
5. Henry Edward Douglas Figgis ME334 05/01/1945
6. Charles Sinclair Gibbon PB377 14/04/1945
7. Raymond Marcel Hallett ME367 21/02/1945
8. Robert Thomas Johns ME367 21/02/1945
9. Malcolm Harry McVey ME367 21/02/1945
10. E Meredith PB377 14/04/1945
11. Harry Denis Michell ME367 21/02/1945
12. Geoffrey John North ME367 21/02/1945
13. John James Osmond ME335 21/02/1945
14. Geoffrey Arnold Perry ME335 21/02/1945
15. EG Silcock PB377 14/04/1945
16. James Keith Spedding ME335 21/02/1945
17. Charles Wilce NG440 08/04/1945
18. Albert Western Wolk ME335 21/02/1945

Evaders 

The following lists the name of those who evaded capture whilst on strength of the squadron prior to cessation of hostilities in 1945. (The aircraft serial number and take-off date are also shown)

• John William Tovey PB377 14/04/1945

Note: Bowen-Morris (14/04/1945 PB377) landed in neutral territory and returned to the UK

Operational Summary (1943)

January 1943

The 14th January 1943 directive issued to Bomber Command advised that as a result of the increased menace of the U-Boat, approval had been obtained to bomb the U-Boat operational bases on the west coast of France, including the local facilities such as water, power and electricity that the bases were dependent on.

Targets included Lorient, St Nazaire, Brest and La Pallice

The 21st January 1943 directive (known as the Casablanca Directive) stated that Bomber Command’s primary objective continued to be “the progressive destruction of the German military, industrial and economic system and the undermining of the morale of the German people to a point where their capacity for armed resistance is fatally weakened”

The order of priority was shown as (a) German submarine construction yards (b) the German aircraft industry (c) Transportation (d) Oil Plants (e) Other targets in enemy war industry.

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 14/01/1943 Lorient
• 15/01/1943 Lorient
• 16/01/1943 Berlin (#)
• 17/01/1943 Berlin
• 23/01/1943 Lorient
• 26/01/1943 Lorient
• 30/01/1943 Hamburg (*)

(#) More accurate Target Indicators (which could mark the aiming point rather than the general target boundaries) were utilised by the squadron for the first time
(*) H2S was used by the squadron for the first time

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP59 B MKII (Series 1): DT489 DT519 W1141 W1142 W1231 W7678 W7779 W7804 W7851 W7866 W7872 W7873 W7874 W7875 W7881 W7886 W7887 W7906 W7907 W7923

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax W7872 (31/01/1943)
• Halifax W7875 (31/01/1943)
• Halifax W7878 (30/01/1943)
• Halifax W7885 (03/01/1943)
• Halifax W7886 (17/01/1943)

February 1943

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 02/02/1943 Cologne
• 03/02/1943 Hamburg
• 04/02/1943 Turin
• 07/02/1943 Lorient
• 11/02/1943 Wilhelmshaven
• 13/02/1943 Lorient
• 14/02/1943 Cologne
• 16/02/1943 Lorient
• 18/02/1943 Wilhelmshaven
• 19/02/1943 Wilhelmshaven
• 21/02/1943 Bremen
• 25/02/1943 Nuremberg
• 26/02/1943 Cologne
• 28/02/1943 St.Nazaire

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP59 B MKII (Series 1): DT488 DT489 DT519 W1165 W1231 W7749 W7778 W7779 W7804 W7808 W7821 W7825 W7837 W7851 W7872 W7873 W7874 W7875 W7876 W7877 W7878 W7881 W7885 W7887 W7906 W7907 W7923

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax W7875 (19/02/1943)
• Halifax W7876 (26/02/1943 [Non Op])
• Halifax W7885 (13/02/1943)
• Halifax W7906 (28/02/1943)
• Halifax W7923 (03/02/1943)

St Nazaire (28.02.1943) [Source: Quarterly Review]

March 1943

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 01/03/1943 Berlin
• 03/03/1943 Hamburg
• 05/03/1943 Essen
• 08/03/1943 Nurnberg
• 09/03/1943 Munich
• 11/03/1943 Stuttgart
• 12/03/1943 Essen
• 22/03/1943 St.Nazaire
• 26/03/1943 Duisberg
• 27/03/1943 Berlin
• 28/03/1943 St.Nazaire
• 29/03/1943 Berlin

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP59 B MKII (Series 1): DT489 DT519 DT806 HR678 HR685 W1165 W1231 W7506 W7778 W7779 W7804 W7807 W7821 W7823 W7825 W7837 W7838 W7851 W7872 W7873 W7874 W7876 W7877 W7878 W7881 W7887 W7907

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax DT519 (01/03/1943)
• Halifax W7778 (08/03/1943)
• Halifax W7851 (08/03/1943)
• Halifax W7877 (01/03/1943)
• Halifax W7878 (29/03/1943)
• Halifax W7907 (27/03/1943)

Extract from WJ Simpson’s Log Book [Courtesy of John Rogers]

April 1943

The 6^th April 1943 directive issued to Bomber Command stated that attacks against the German submarine construction yards should be discontinued.

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 02/04/1943 Lorient
• 02/04/1943 St.Nazaire
• 04/04/1943 Kiel
• 08/04/1943 Duisberg
• 10/04/1943 Frankfurt
• 13/04/1943 Spezia
• 14/04/1943 Stuttgart
• 16/04/1943 Mannheim
• 16/04/1943 Pilsen
• 18/04/1943 Spezia
• 20/04/1943 Stettin
• 26/04/1943 Duisberg
• 30/04/1943 Bocholt
• 30/04/1943 Essen

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP59 B MKII (Series 1): BB320 DT488 DT489 DT801 DT803 DT804 DT805 DT806 HR673 HR676 HR678 HR685 HR736 JB785 JB786 JB787 W1165 W1231 W7711 W7779 W7804 W7808 W7821 W7823 W7825 W7872 W7873 W7874 W7876 W7881 W7887

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax DT804 (16/04/1943)
• Halifax DT806 (10/04/1943)
• Halifax HR678 (14/04/1943)
• Halifax JB785 (20/04/1943)
• Halifax W1231 (08/04/1943)
• Halifax W7779 (20/04/1943)
• Halifax W7873 (16/04/1943)

Extract from EC Brown’s Flying Log Book

May 1943

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 04/05/1943 Dortmund
• 04/05/1943 Rheine
• 12/05/1943 Duisburg
• 13/05/1943 Bochum
• 13/05/1943 Pilsen
• 23/05/1943 Dortmund
• 25/05/1943 Dusseldorf
• 27/05/1943 Essen
• 29/05/1943 Wuppertal

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP59 B MKII (Series 1): BB320 BB359 BB361 BB368 BB370 DT488 DT489 DT801 DT803 DT804 DT805 HR673 HR676 HR685 HR736 HR777 HR793 HR795 HR799 HR803 HR833 JB785 JB786 JB787 JB788 W1165 W7711 W7778 W7804 W7823 W7825 W7872 W7874 W7875 W7876 W7881 W7887

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax DT488 (23/05/1943)
• Halifax DT489 (04/05/1943)
• Halifax DT801 (12/05/1943)
• Halifax DT804 (29/05/1943)
• Halifax HR793 (29/05/1943)
• Halifax HR795 (27/05/1943)
• Halifax HR833 (29/05/1943)
• Halifax W7711 (12/05/1943)
• Halifax W7778 (29/05/1943)
• Halifax W7825 (25/05/1943)
• Halifax W7874 (24/05/1943)
• Halifax W7875 (12/05/1943)
• Halifax W7876 (29/05/1943)
• Halifax W7887 (04/05/1943)

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Extract from D Harris’s Flying |Log Book [Courtesy of Thomas Westhead]

June 1943

The 10th June 1943 directive issued to Bomber Command stated that the growing strength of German fighters was causing concern and as such the bomber offensive should focus on targets associated with the construction and storage of German aircraft.

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 11/06/1943 Dusseldorf
• 11/06/1943 Munster
• 12/06/1943 Bochum
• 16/06/1943 Cologne
• 19/06/1943 Le Creusot
• 19/06/1943 Le Creusot & Henri Paul
• 21/06/1943 Krefeld
• 22/06/1943 Mulheim
• 24/06/1943 Elberfeld
• 28/06/1943 Cologne

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP59 B MKII (Series 1): BB320 BB361 BB368 BB370 BB372 DT803 DT805 HR673 HR676 HR685 HR777 HR798 HR799 HR801 HR802 HR803 HR812 HR819 HR846 HR848 HR850 HR851 HR862 JB785 JB786 JB787 W7823 W7872 W7878

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax BB361 (21/06/1943)
• Halifax BB368 (21/06/1943)
• Halifax DT805 (11/06/1943)
• Halifax HR685 (21/06/1943)
• Halifax HR798 (11/06/1943)
• Halifax HR799 (21/06/1943)
• Halifax HR812 (28/06/1943)
• Halifax HR848 (21/06/1943)
• Halifax HR850 (28/06/1943)
• Halifax JB785 (11/06/1943)
• Halifax W7878 (21/06/1943)

July 1943

The monthly summary shows: 35 Squadron took part in heavy attacks on the following targets during the month of July: Koln, Gelsenkirchen, Aachen, Montbéliard, Hamburg, Essen and Remscheid. The attack on the Peugeot Works, Montbéliard, was carried out by Halifax aircraft only and caused severe damage to the motor works. Attacks on all the targets in Germany showed outstandingly good results. The end of the month was noteworthy for three very heavy and successful attacks on Hamburg on the nights of 24th / 25th, 27th / 28th and 29th /30th  when over 2300 tons of bombs were dropped on each occasion.

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 03/07/1943 Cologne
• 09/07/1943 Gelsenkirchen
• 13/07/1943 Aachen
• 15/07/1943 Montbéliard
• 24/07/1943 Hamburg
• 25/07/1943 Essen
• 27/07/1943 Hamburg
• 29/07/1943 Hamburg
• 30/07/1943 Remscheid

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP59 B MKII (Series 1): BB320 BB359 BB366 BB370 BB372 DT803 HR673 HR676 HR777 HR787 HR798 HR801 HR802 HR803 HR819 HR846 HR851 HR855 HR862 HR863 HR865 HR866 HR873 HR877 HR878 HR879 HR880 HR906 HR907 HR908 JB786 JB787 W7823 W7823

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax HR673 (03/07/1943)
• Halifax HR777 (15/07/1943)
• Halifax HR803 (24/07/1943)
• Halifax HR819 (13/07/1943)
• Halifax HR851 (29/07/1943)
• Halifax HR863 (09/07/1943)
• Halifax HR906 (29/07/1943)
• Halifax JB787 (25/07/1943)

August 1943

The monthly summary shows: August 1943 opened with a continuation of the series of heavy and successful attacks on Hamburg. Other German targets attacked during August were Mannheim, Nurnberg, Berlin, Munchen Gladbach and the experimental establishment at Peenemunde. Turin was raided twice in the middle of the month, with the second attack being made by Halifax aircraft only. On the night of the 30th / 31st, a few aircraft of No 35 Squadron did not operate on the main targets but took part in small scale attacks on ammunition dumps in north-west France.

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 02/08/1943 Hamburg
• 09/08/1943 Mannheim
• 10/08/1943 Nurnberg
• 12/08/1943 Turin
• 16/08/1943 Turin
• 17/08/1943 Peenemunde
• 23/08/1943 Berlin
• 27/08/1943 Nuremberg
• 30/08/1943 Munchen Gladbach
• 30/08/1943 Special target near Calais
• 31/08/1943 Berlin
• 31/08/1943 Special target NW France

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP59 B MKII (Series 1): BB320 BB359 BB366 BB370 BB372 DT803 HR676 HR777 HR798 HR801 HR802 HR846 HR855 HR861 HR862 HR863 HR865 HR873 HR877 HR878 HR879 HR880 HR907 HR908 HR912 HR913 HR914 HR925 HR926 HR928 HR929 JB786
• HP59 B MKII (Series 1a): HR984 HR986 HR987 HX148

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax HR846 (23/08/1943)
• Halifax HR861 (10/08/1943)
• Halifax HR862 (17/08/1943)
• Halifax HR863 (02/08/1943)
• Halifax HR865 (23/08/1943)
• Halifax HR878 (31/08/1943)
• Halifax HR880 (16/08/1943)
• Halifax HR908 (09/08/1943)
• Halifax HR914 (27/08/1943)
• Halifax HR928 (23/08/1943)
• Halifax JB786 (23/08/1943)

Extract from TS Redpath’s Flying Log Book [|Courtesy of Bobbie Grew]

September 1943

The 3^rd September 1943 directive issued to Bomber Command stated that the objective of the bomber offensive was redefined as “The progressive destruction of the German military, industrial and economic system, the disruption of vital elements of lines of communication and the material reduction of German air combat strength”. It added that the offensive was a prerequisite to “Operation Overlord”

The monthly summary shows: Only one aircraft of No 35 Squadron was missing out of 141 sorties made during September 1943. Early in the month, raids were made on the ammunition dump in north-west France and the coastal defences in the Boulogne area, the latter being in conjunction with a large scale amphibious exercise in the English Channel. Attacks were carried out on the Dunlop Tyre factory at Montlucon and on the Modane International Railway Station at the west entrance to the Mont Cenis Tunnel, with satisfactory results. Heavy attacks were also made on Mannheim, Hanover and Bochum, with the attack on Bochum being particularly successful.

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 03/09/1943 Special target NW France
• 05/09/1943 Mannheim
• 08/09/1943 Special target 1st phase
• 15/09/1943 Montlucon
• 16/09/1943 Modane
• 22/09/1943 Hanover
• 23/09/1943 Mannheim
• 27/09/1943 Hanover
• 29/09/1943 Bochum

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP59 B MKII (Series 1): BB359 DT803 HR676 HR777 HR798 HR801 HR802 HR847 HR855 HR866 HR873 HR877 HR879 HR907 HR912 HR913 HR925 HR926 HR929
• HP59 B MKII (Series 1a): HR984 HR985 HR986 HR987 HR988 HX147 HX148 HX157 HX160 HX168 HX169

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax HR907 (27/09/1943)
• Halifax HR987 (01/09/1943)
• Halifax HR987 (27/09/1943)

Air Bomber’s target map of Modane 16/09/1943 [Courtesy of Paul Everest]

October 1943

The monthly summary shows: Owing to the moon period early in the month followed by adverse weather conditions for the remainder of the month, only four operations were carried out namely Kassel, Frankfurt and Bremen. The attack on Frankfurt was the most promising of the four when a good concentration of TI’s and bombs was achieved, with some crews stating that it was the best attack they had seen. One aircraft was missing during the month from the raid on Kassel.

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 03/10/1943 Kassel
• 04/10/1943 Frankfurt
• 08/10/1943 Bremen
• 22/10/1943 Kassel

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP59 B MKII (Series 1): DT803 HR777 HR798 HR802 HR847 HR855 HR866 HR873 HR876 HR877 HR912 HR913 HR916 HR925 HR926 HR929
• HP59 B MKII (Series 1a): HR984 HR985 HR986 HR988 HX147 HX148 HX157 HX160 HX167 HX168 HX169

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax HR777 (08/10/1943)
• Halifax HR926 (22/10/1943)
• Halifax HX148 (04/10/1943)
• Halifax HX157 (13/10/1943)
• Halifax HX169 (22/10/1943)

Extract from E Holmes Log Book for October 1943 [Courtesy of David Holmes]

November 1943

The monthly summary shows: No 35 Squadron took part in heavy attacks on the following targets: Dusseldorf, Cannes, Mannheim, Leverkusen, Berlin, Frankfurt and Stuttgart. The attack on Cannes was carried out by Halifax aircraft only. A very concentrated attack developed and severe damage was done to the marshalling yards. The end of the month was noteworthy for the two very heavy and successful attacks on Berlin on the 22nd/ 23rd and 23rd / 24th and marked the beginning of the Battle of Berlin.

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 03/11/1943 Dusseldorf
• 11/11/1943 Cannes
• 17/11/1943 Mannheim
• 18/11/1943 Mannheim
• 19/11/1943 Leverkusen
• 22/11/1943 Berlin
• 23/11/1943 Berlin
• 25/11/1943 Frankfurt
• 26/11/1943 Stuttgart

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP59 B MKII (Series 1): DT803 HR676 HR798 HR802 HR847 HR855 HR866 HR873 HR876 HR877 HR879 HR912 HR916 HR925 HR929
• HP59 B MKII (Series 1a): HR984 HR985 HR986 HR988 HX147 HX160 HX167 HX168 HX169 JN954 JN955 JP121 JP122 JP123 JP124 LW323 LW326

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax HR676 (18/11/1943)
• Halifax HR798 (11/11/1943)
• Halifax HR866 (03/11/1943)
• Halifax HR925 (11/11/1943)
• Halifax HR929 (11/11/1943)
• Halifax HR985 (11/11/1943)
• Halifax HX169 (18/11/1943)
• Halifax LW326 (25/11/1943)

Air Bomber’s target map of Cannes 11/11/1943 [Courtesy of Paul Everest]

December 1943

The monthly summary shows: In spite of only six operations during the month, the Battle of Berlin was continued with three attacks being made on the German capital. Leipzig, Frankfurt and a special target in France were also attacked. Adverse weather conditions, together with a moon period at the beginning of the month accounts for the small number of operations carried out. All three attacks on Berlin were made under cloudy conditions, but a certain measure of success seems to have been achieved.

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 02/12/1943 Berlin
• 03/12/1943 Leipzig
• 20/12/1943 Frankfurt
• 22/12/1943 Special Target,France
• 23/12/1943 Berlin
• 29/12/1943 Berlin

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP59 B MKII (Series 1): HR801 HR847 HR855 HR873 HR876 HR877 HR879 HR912 HR913 HR916
• HP59 B MKII (Series 1a): HR984 HR986 HR988 HX147 HX160 HX167 HX168 HX169 JN954 JN955 JP121 JP122 JP123 JP124 LW323 LW343
• HP 61 B MKIII: HX232 HX270 HX317 HX325 HX327 HX328 HX329

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax DT803 (05/12/1943 [Non Op])
• Halifax HR876 (02/12/1943)
• Halifax HR986 (29/12/1943)
• Halifax HX167 (02/12/1943)
• Halifax HX270 (20/12/1943)
• Halifax HX328 (20/12/1943)
• Halifax LW343 (03/12/1943)

Extract from JG Walter’s Flying Log Book [Courtesy of Jonathon Walters]

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Operational Summary (1942)

January

No. 35 Squadron was requested to provide resources for the following operations:

• 06/01/1942 Cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau (Brest)
• 07/01/1942 St Nazaire
• 08/01/1942 Brest
• 10/01/1942 Wilhelmshaven
• 15/01/1942 Hamburg

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP 57 B MKI (Series 1): L9504 L9511
• HP 57 B MKI (Series 2): L9584
• HP 57 B MKI (Series 3): L9605 L9606
• HP 59 B MKII (Series 1): L9610 R9367 R9372 R9377 R9386 V9983 V9993

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax L9511 (10/01/1942)
• Halifax L9584 (15/01/1942 [Non Op])
• Halifax R9367 (15/01/1942)
• Halifax R9372 (26/01/1942)
• Halifax V9982 (15/01/1942 [Non Op)

February

The 14th February 1942 directive issued to Bomber Combined advised that the Air Ministry wanted to maximise the benefits of the introduction of Gee navigational equipment (as a target-finding and blind bombing device) and, as such, the principle of conservation of forces was to be modified.

The directive stated that without restriction, “until further notice”, the primary objective of Bomber Command operations should be focused on the morale of the enemy civil population, and in particular, of the industrial workers.

Targets (within Gee range) included: Essen, Duisburg, Dusseldorf, Cologne, Bremen, Wilhelmshaven and Emden.

Targets (outside Gee range) included: Hamburg, Kiel, Lubeck, Rostock, Berlin, Kassel, Hanover, Frankfurt, Mannheim, Schweinfurt and Stuttgart.

It is worth noting that the squadron was screened from operations throughout the month “due to special modifications”, which it is assumed was the installation of TR1335 (Gee) navigational equipment.

No. 35 Squadron was requested to provide resources for the following operation:

• 12/02/1942 Cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen (English Channel / North Sea)

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP 59 B MKII (Series 1): R9367 R9381 R9425 V9983

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax L9511 (17/02/1942 [Non Op])

March

No. 35 Squadron was requested to provide resources for the following operations:

• 03/03/1942 Renault Factory, Billancourt
• 08/03/1942 Essen
• 09/03/1942 Essen
• 13/03/1942 Cologne
• 30/03/1942 Tirpitz (Trondheim Fjord)

Note: The squadron operated from a forward base at RAF Kinloss for the operation on 30th March 1942 (having detached there on 27th March) 

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP 59 B MKII (Series 1): R9381 R9411 R9422 R9425 R9438 R9439 R9440 R9441 R9442 R9444 R9445 R9446 R9448 R9449 R9450 R9483 R9489 R9496 V9983 W1015 W1019 W1020 W1021

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax L9606 (22/03/1942 [Non Op])
• Halifax R9438 (30/03/1942)
• Halifax R9440 (13/03/1942)
• Halifax R9445 (03/03/1942)
• Halifax R9446 (08/03/1942)
• Halifax R9450 (09/03/1942)
• Halifax R9496 (30/03/1942)
• Halifax W1015 (30/03/1942)

April

No. 35 Squadron was requested to provide resources for the following operations:

• 08/04/1942 Hamburg
• 10/04/1942 Essen
• 12/04/1942 Essen
• 16/04/1942 L’Orient
• 27/04/1942 Battleship Tirpitz
• 28/04/1942 Battleship Tirpitz

Notes:

• The squadron operated from a forward base at RAF Kinloss for the operations on 27th and 28th April 1942 (having detached there on 21st and 22nd April) 
• On 29th April W/Cdr Marks and crew, together with F/O RJ Lane, took up the search along with other aircraft for the two aircraft lost on the overnight raid and searched unceasingly for nine and a half hours but without avail; none of the aircraft sighted the lost crews or dinghies

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP 59 B MKII (Series 1): R9439 R9444 R9448 R9483 R9489 W1019 W1020 W1021 W1046 W1047 W1048 W1049 W1050 W1051 W1053 W7656 W7657 W7658

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax W1019 (28/04/1942)
• Halifax W1020 (27/04/1942)
• Halifax W1048 (27/04/1942)
• Halifax W1053 (28/04/1942)
• Halifax W7656 (28/04/1942)
• Halifax W7658 (28/04/1942)

May

The 5^th May 1942 directive issued to Bomber Command stated that whilst the primary aim of operations must be the lowering of the morale of the enemy civil population, and in particular, of the industrial workers, every effort should be made to reduce the output of aircraft factories, particularly those producing fighter aircraft.

Bremen, Kassel, Frankfurt and Stuttgart were highlighted as key targets, along with a number of factories producing aircraft parts.

The 25^th May 1942 directive advised that approval had been given to attack a number of factories in German occupied countries (provided special conditions relating to these attacks were observed).

No. 35 Squadron was requested to provide resources for the following operations:

• 04/05/1942 Stuttgart
• 06/05/1942 Stuttgart
• 08/05/1942 Warnemunde
• 19/05/1942 Mannheim
• 19/05/1942 St Nazaire
• 22/05/1942 St Nazaire
• 29/05/1942 Gennevilliers
• 30/05/1942 Cologne

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP 57 B MKI (Series 3): L9606
• HP 59 B MKII (Series 1): R9370 R9381 R9439 R9444 R9448 R9482 R9483 R9489 W1006 W1021 W1044 W1047 W1049 W1050 W1051 W1100 W1101 W1102 W1105 W1117 W1141 W7657 W7658 W7676 W7699 W7700 W7701

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax W1046 (04/05/1942)
• Halifax W1050 (06/05/1942)
• Halifax W1051 (06/05/1942)
• Halifax W1101 (19/05/1942)
• Halifax W7657 (05/05/1942 [Non Op])
• Halifax W7658 (19/05/1942)
• Halifax W7675 (08/05/1942 [Non Op])

Operations Board 30th / 31st May 1942 [Source: Memorial Room, Linton-On-Ouse]

June

No. 35 Squadron was requested to provide resources for the following operations:

• 01/06/1942 Essen
• 02/06/1942 Essen
• 03/06/1942 Bremen
• 06/06/1942 Emden
• 08/06/1942 Essen
• 16/06/1942 Essen
• 19/06/1942 Emden
• 20/06/1942 Emden
• 22/06/1942 Emden
• 25/06/1942 Bremen
• 27/06/1942 Angers
• 27/06/1942 Bremen
• 27/06/1942 Chartres
• 27/06/1942 Le Mans
• 27/06/1942 Orleans
• 27/06/1942 Rouen
• 29/06/1942 Angers
• 29/06/1942 Bourges
• 29/06/1942 Bremen
• 29/06/1942 Paris
• 29/06/1942 Tours

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP 59 B MKII (Series 1): R9370 R9381 R9439 R9444 R9448 R9483 R9489 W1006 W1019 W1021 W1047 W1049 W1100 W1102 W1105 W1117 W1141 W1146 W1147 W1154 W1160 W1173 W7657 W7676 W7699 W7700 W7701 W7749 W7761

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax R9439 (06/06/1942)
• Halifax R9444 (02/06/1942)
• Halifax W1021 (08/06/1942)
• Halifax W1047 (06/06/1942)
• Halifax W1049 (08/06/1942)
• Halifax W1102 (19/06/1942)
• Halifax W1105 (25/06/1942)
• Halifax W1117 (16/06/1942)
• Halifax W1141 (16/06/1942)
• Halifax W1159 (22/06/1942 [Non Op])
• Halifax W1165 (23/06/1942 [Non Op])
• Halifax W7699 (08/06/1942)
• Halifax W7701 (08/06/1942)

July

The 20^th July 1942 directive issued to Bomber Command advised changes to the factories that should be attacked in German occupied territories.

No. 35 Squadron was requested to provide resources for the following operations:

• 02/07/1942 Bremen
• 08/07/1942 Paris
• 08/07/1942 Wilhelmshafen
• 13/07/1942 Duisburg
• 19/07/1942 Vegesack
• 21/07/1942 Duisburg
• 21/07/1942 Paris
• 23/07/1942 Duisburg
• 25/07/1942 Duisburg
• 25/07/1942 Paris
• 26/07/1942 Hamburg
• 29/07/1942 Saarbrucken
• 31/07/1942 Dusseldorf

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP 57 B MKI (Series 3): L9607
• HP 59 B MKII (Series 1): R9448 R9483 R9489 W1006 W1019 W1046 W1047 W1100 W1146 W1147 W1154 W1160 W1173 W1226 W7657 W7676 W7700 W7749 W7760 W7761 W7765 W7778 W7779

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax L9606 (16/07/1942 [Non Op])
• Halifax R9489 (21/07/1942 [Non Op])
• Halifax W1047 (08/07/1942 [Non Op])
• Halifax W1100 (31/07/1942)
• Halifax W1147 (25/07/1942)
• Halifax W1154 (13/07/1942)
• Halifax W7760 (08/07/1942)
• Halifax W7760 (26/07/1942)
• Halifax W7761 (13/07/1942)

August

The squadron’s Operations Record Book entry for 8th August 1942 shows “The squadron had been selected as one of the Pathfinder Force, detailed to lead attacks against targets and to act as markers for the main body. The crews are to be reorganised to provide twenty picked crews, volunteering for this work. RAF Station Graveley (a satellite to Wyton) has been selected as the station from which the squadron will operate and the move will be made immediately”.

The advanced party left on 12th August, with the main party leaving on 15th August. The first operational flying from RAF Graveley was on 18th August 1942.

No. 35 Squadron was requested to provide resources for the following operations:

• From RAF Linton-On-Ouse
  • 03/08/1942 Hamburg
  • 04/08/1942 Essen
  • 05/08/1942 Paris
  • 06/08/1942 Duisburg
  • 09/08/1942 Osnabruck
  • 11/08/1942 Le Havre
  • 11/08/1942 Mainz
• From RAF Graveley
  • 18/08/1942 Flensburg
  • 24/08/1942 Frankfurt
  • 28/08/1942 Nuremberg

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP 59 B MKII (Series 1): R9483 W1019 W1046 W1047 W1146 W1160 W1173 W1226 W1242 W7657 W7676 W7700 W7749 W7765 W7778 W7779

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax W1226 (18/08/1942)
• Halifax W1242 (11/08/1942)
• Halifax W7676 (28/08/1942)
• Halifax W7700 (28/08/1942)
• Halifax W7765 (24/08/1942)

September

The 3^rd September 1942 directive issued to Bomber Command stated that the Poelitz Hydrogeneration Plant should be added to the list of priority targets.

No. 35 Squadron was requested to provide resources for the following operations:

• 01/09/1942 Saarbrucken
• 02/09/1942 Karlsruhe
• 04/09/1942 Bremen
• 06/09/1942 Duisburg
• 08/09/1942 Frankfurt
• 10/09/1942 Dusseldorf
• 13/09/1942 Bremen
• 14/09/1942 Wilhelmshaven
• 19/09/1942 Saarbrucken

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP 59 B MKII (Series 1): DT489 R9483 W1019 W1047 W1146 W1160 W1173 W1231 W7657 W7749 W7778 W7779 W7804 W7821

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax W1046 (15/09/1942 [Non Op])
• Halifax W7657 (19/09/1942)

October

No. 35 Squadron was requested to provide resources for the following operations:

• 05/10/1942 Aachen
• 13/10/1942 Kiel
• 15/10/1942 Cologne
• 24/10/1942 Milan

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP 59 B MKII (Series 1): DT488 DT489 DT500 DT519 W1019 W1047 W1102 W1141 W1146 W1160 W1165 W1173 W1231 W7749 W7778 W7779 W7804 W7821 W7866

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax DT489 (05/10/1942)
• Halifax W1047 (05/10/1942)
• Halifax W1102 (13/10/1942)
• Halifax W1165 (15/10/1942)

Extract from OW Rees’ Flying Log Book [Courtesy of Andy Rees]

November

No. 35 Squadron was requested to provide resources for the following operations:

• 06/11/1942 Gardening
• 08/11/1942 Gardening
• 09/11/1942 Hamburg
• 18/11/1942 Turin
• 20/11/1942 Turin
• 22/11/1942 Stuttgart
• 28/11/1942 Turin

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP 59 B MKII (Series 1): DT488 DT489 DT519 W1019 W1141 W1146 W1231 W7778 W7779 W7804 W7821 W7866 W7881 W7885 W7886 W7887 W7906 W7907

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax DT488 (18/11/1942)

Extract from BT Royall’s Flying Log Book [Courtesy of Peter Royall]

December

No. 35 Squadron was requested to provide resources for the following operations:

• 02/12/1942 Frankfurt
• 06/12/1942 Mannheim
• 08/12/1942 Turin
• 09/12/1942 Turin
• 11/12/1942 Turin
• 20/12/1942 Duisburg

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP 59 B MKII (Series 1): DT488 DT489 DT519 W1141 W1146 W1231 W7749 W7778 W7779 W7804 W7821 W7866 W7881 W7885 W7887 W7906 W7907

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax DT488 (20/12/1942)
• Halifax W7866 (20/12/1942)
• Halifax W7874 (10/12/1942 [Non Op])
• Halifax W7875 (09/12/1942 [Non Op])
• Halifax W7876 (17/12/1942 [Non Op])

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Operational Summary (1945)

January 1945

The 15th January 1945 directive issued to Bomber Command reiterated that the overall mission was “the progressive destruction and dislocation of the German military, industrial and economic system and the direct support of land and naval forces”.

The directive set out the priorities as:

1. Petroleum Industry
2. The German lines of communication
3. Industrial areas
4. German Air Force (primarily its jet production, training and operational establishments)
5. U-Boat Organisation

The squadron monthly summary shows: “Owing to bad weather, the squadron only operated on nine nights during the month. Cloud conditions reduced the effectiveness of these attacks (Zeitz and Magdeburg being the most outstanding successes). Oil targets and communication centres again figured prominently among the targets”

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 02/01/1945 Ludwigshafen
• 02/01/1945 Nuremberg
• 05/01/1945 Hanover
• 06/01/1945 Hanau
• 07/01/1945 Munich
• 13/01/1945 Saarbrucken
• 14/01/1945 Grevenbroich
• 14/01/1945 Merseburg/Leuna
• 16/01/1945 Magdeburg
• 16/01/1945 Zeitz
• 22/01/1945 Gelsenkirchen
• 28/01/1945 Marshalling Yards at Stuttgart

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• Avro Lancaster (B.I): NG434 NG436 SW266
• Avro Lancaster (B.III): ME331 ME333 ME334 ME335 ME337 ME361 ME362 ME367 ME369 ND916 PB257 PB288 PB305 PB343 PB364 PB566 PB583 PB613 PB614 PB676 PB684

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Lancaster ME334 (05/01/1945)
• Lancaster ME337 (05/01/1945)
• Lancaster ME362 (15/01/1945)
• Lancaster NG436 (16/01/1945)
• Lancaster PB343 (05/01/1945)
• Lancaster PB684 (14/01/1945)

February 1945

The squadron monthly summary shows: “During the middle of the month a spell of adverse weather cut down the number of operations by the squadron to fifteen; these included three daylight attacks on Mainz, Essen and Kamen. Of the remaining operations, a very successful attack was made on Dresden in support of the Russian Army and a Western Front Army support attack on Goch. Other attacks were chiefly on railway and communication centres”

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 01/02/1945 Mainz
• 02/02/1945 Wanne Eickel
• 04/02/1945 Bonn
• 07/02/1945 Goch
• 08/02/1945 Politz
• 13/02/1945 Bohlen
• 13/02/1945 Dresden
• 14/02/1945 Chemnitz
• 14/02/1945 Chemnitz (2)
• 20/02/1945 Dortmund
• 20/02/1945 Reisholz
• 21/02/1945 Duisburg
• 23/02/1945 Essen
• 23/02/1945 Pforzheim
• 24/02/1945 Kamen
• 27/02/1945 Mainz

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• Avro Lancaster (B.I): NG434 NG436 NG440 SW255 SW266
• Avro Lancaster (B.III): ME331 ME333 ME334 ME335 ME337 ME361 ME362 ME367 ME369 PB257 PB288 PB305 PB364 PB369 PB613 PB614 PB676 PB684

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Lancaster ME334 (04/02/1945)
• Lancaster ME335 (21/02/1945)
• Lancaster ME367 (21/02/1945)
• Lancaster PB684 (07/02/1945)
• Lancaster PB685 (10/02/1945)

Log Book Extract [Courtesy of Paul Herod]

March 1945

The squadron monthly summary shows: “A favourable month’s weather enabled the squadron to carry out nineteen attacks, with a total of 210 sorties flown. During these operations, a total of 778 tons of bombs was dropped, a figure which has only been exceeded once before (in July of last year). The majority of the attacks were in support of the Western Front and on railway and transportation centres, eight of them being carried out in daylight”

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 01/03/1945 Mannheim (Daylight Raid)
• 02/03/1945 Cologne (Daylight Raid)
• 03/03/1945 Oil Plant at Kamen
• 05/03/1945 Chemnitz
• 07/03/1945 Dessau
• 07/03/1945 Oil Refinery at Hemmingstedt
• 08/03/1945 Blohm and Voss Works at Hamburg
• 11/03/1945 Essen (Daylight Raid)
• 12/03/1945 Dortmund (Daylight Raid)
• 13/03/1945 Oil Plant at Gelsenkirchen
• 15/03/1945 Benzol Plant at Bottrop
• 15/03/1945 Oil Refinery at Misburg
• 18/03/1945 Witten
• 20/03/1945 Oil Plant at Heide
• 21/03/1945 Benzol Plant at Bruchstrasse
• 24/03/1945 Gladbeck (Daylight Raid)
• 25/03/1945 Munster
• 25/03/1945 Osnabruck (Daylight Raid)
• 27/03/1945 Paderborn (Daylight Raid)

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• Avro Lancaster (B.I): NG434 NG436 NG440 SW266
• Avro Lancaster (B.III): ME331 ME333 ME337 ME361 ME362 ME369 PB257 PB288 PB305 PB364 PB566 PB583 PB613 PB614 PB676 PB684

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Lancaster ME331 (26/03/1945)
• Lancaster ME333 (05/03/1945)
• Lancaster ME361 (07/03/1945)
• Lancaster NG440 (18/03/1945)

Target Photo (15/03/1945 Misburg)

April 1945

The 16th April 1945 directive issued to Bomber Command stated that the main mission of the Strategic Air Forces was “direct assistance to the land campaign”

The directive set out the priorities as:

1. Petroleum Industry
2. The German lines of communication
3. German Air Force (primarily its jet production, training and operational establishments)
4. U-Boat Organisation

The squadron monthly summary shows: “Owing to the rapid advances of our troops on the Western Front, targets to attack became fewer and the squadron only operated thirteen times. On the 24th of the month it took part in dropping medical supplies on the POW Camp at Neubrandenburg and on the 30th the first Operation Manna was carried out on Valkenburg, on which five Lancasters of the squadron did the marking for the main force to drop food containers over Holland.”

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 03/04/1945: Nordhausen.
• 04/04/1945: Synthetic Oil Plant at Leuna
• 08/04/1945: Blohm and Voss Works at Hamburg [1 loss]
• 09/04/1945; Kiel
• 10/04/1945|: Marshalling Yards at Plauen
• 10/04/1945: Engeldorf Marshalling Yards at Leipzig
• 11/04/1945 Marshalling Yards at Bayreuth
• 14/04/1945 Potsdam
• 16/04/1945 Marshalling Yards at Schwandorf
• 18/04/1945 Heligoland (Daylight Raid)
• 22/04/1945 Bremen (Daylight Raid)
• 24/04/1945 Medical Supplies to Neubrandenburg POW Camp
• 25/04/1945 Gun positions at Wangerooge Island
• 30/04/1945 Food drops at Valkenburg (Operation Manna)

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• Avro Lancaster (B.I): NG434 NG436 NG440 PB951 PB982 PB985 PB987 PB988 PB989 RF183 SW266
• Avro Lancaster (B.III): ME337 ME362 ME369 PB257 PB264 PB288 PB305 PB364 PB377 PB383 PB566 PB583 PB613 PB614 PB676 PB684 PB685 PB971 PB973 PB980 PB981

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Lancaster ME369 (12/04/1945)
• Lancaster NG440 (08/04/1945)
• Lancaster PB377 (14/04/1945)

Extract from WJ Simpson’s Log Book [Courtesy of John Rogers] and Target Photo (14/04/1945 Potsdam) [Courtesy of Linda Lindeke]

May 1945

The squadron monthly summary shows: “No offensive operations were carried out during the month and the eighth was announced as VE Day. Up to VE Day, the squadron was engaged on Manna Operations, which included three on Ypenburg and one on Rotterdam” From the 8th of the month, Exodus Operations were commenced and a total of seven were carried out, one on Brussels, two on Lubech and four on Juvincourt. Finally, Cooks’ Tours of the bombed areas in Germany were started on 22nd, and up to the end of the month, ten of these flights were made.

All Commonwealth personnel were posted to RAF Station Graveley (supernumerary) on 24th May 1945, in readiness for repatriation

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 01/05/1945: Ypenburg (Operation Manna)
• 02/05/1945: Ypenburg (Operation Manna)
• 04/05/1945: Ypenburg (Operation Manna)
• 05/05/1945: Ypenburg (Operation Manna)
• 07/05/1945: Rotterdam (Operation Manna)
• 08/05/1945: Brussels (POW Repatriation) [Operation Exodus]
• 09/05/1945 Lubech (POW Repatriation) [Operation Exodus]
• 10/05/1945 Lubech (POW Repatriation) [Operation Exodus]
• 15/05/1945 Juvincourt (POW Repatriation) [Operation Exodus]
• 15/05/1945 Inter-Services Boxing Team back to the UK
• 22/05/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 23/05/1945 Juvincourt (POW Repatriation) [Operation Exodus]
• 25/05/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 26/05/1945 Juvincourt (POW Repatriation) and Cooks Tour
• 28/05/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 29/05/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 30/05/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 31/05/1945 Cooks’ Tour

Aircraft utilised on operations (up to 8th May 1945) were as follows:

• Avro Lancaster (B.I): NG436 PB985 PB988 PB989 RF183
• Avro Lancaster (B.III): PB257 PB288 PB684 PB951 PB973 PB980 PB981 RF163

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Lancaster PB684 (18/05/1945)

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June 1945

The squadron monthly summary shows: “During the month, 20 Cooks’ Tours were carried out embracing a total of 352 passengers. On the 25th, Operation “Post Mortem” was initiated and up to the end of the month, 2 of these exercises were carried out. Also during the month, 3 “Bullseye” exercises were carried out on 8/9th, 15/16th and 18/19th

No. 35 Squadron prepared and dispatched aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 01/06/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 02/06/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 04/06/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 05/06/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 07/06/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 08/06/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 09/06/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 11/06/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 12/06/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 13/06/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 14/06/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 15/06/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 16/06/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 18/06/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 19/06/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 21/06/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 22/06/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 23/06/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 25/06/1945 Post Mortem Exercise [Denmark]
• 28/06/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 29/06/1945 Post Mortem Exercise [Denmark]
• 30/06/1945 Cooks’ Tour

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

July 1945

A joint monthly summary for No 35 and No 227 Squadron (stationed at RAF Graveley) shows: For the first time since the 2nd May 1945, aircraft took-off from Graveley carrying “live bombs”, but their target was a stretch of water in the North Sea (as they were surplus incendiaries); 59 trips took place on six days of the month. Cooks’ Tours were carried out on 13 days of the month and a total of 366 passengers were carried. 8 aircraft were utilised for Operation Liberty, transporting personnel from the continent on leave and on the 28th of the month “Operation Dodge” was initiated to convey personnel from Italy on leave.

No. 35 Squadron prepared and dispatched aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 01/07/1945 Post Mortem Exercise [Denmark]
• 02/07/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 03/07/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 04/07/1945 Post Mortem Exercise [Denmark] and Cooks’ Tours
• 05/07/1945 Post Mortem Exercise [Denmark] and Cooks’ Tours
• 06/07/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 07/07/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 09/07/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 12/07/1945 Cooks’ Tour, Operation Liberty and Bullseye Exercise
• 13/07/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 16/07/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 17/07/1945 Cooks’ Tour, Operation Liberty and Bullseye Exercise
• 19/07/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 20/07/1945 Cooks’ Tour, Operation Liberty and Bullseye Exercise
• 23/07/1945 Cooks’ Tour and Bomb Disposal
• 24/07/1945 Bomb Disposal
• 25/07/1945 Bomb Disposal and Operation Liberty
• 28/07/1945 Operation Dodge
• 31/07/1945 Cooks’ Tour

Extract from Atherton Flying Log Book

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Lancaster NG485 (19/07/1945)
• Lancaster NN805 (19/07/1945)
• Lancaster RF139 (19/07/1945)

August 1945

A joint monthly summary for No 35 and No 227 Squadron (stationed at RAF Graveley) shows: August 1945 will, long, be remembered for on Wednesday the 15th it was announced by the Prime Minister, Clement Atlee that Japan had accepted the Allied demand for unconditional surrender, thus bringing to an end World War II, which had ravaged the world for six years. Our squadrons were engaged during the month on the peaceful task of transporting men from the continent on leave, carrying out 14 Dodge operations, a total of 988 men from Italy. 11 aircraft took part in Liberty operations during the month and on 3 days, Cooks’ Tours were carried out, giving 54 passengers the opportunity of seeing the damage caused in Germany. Both squadrons took part in a Bullseye exercise on the 2nd and 2 out of 19 Lancaster were intercepted by Night Fighters

No. 35 Squadron prepared and dispatched aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 01/08/1945 Operation Liberty
• 02/08/1945 Cooks’ Tour and Bullseye Exercise
• 03/08/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 04/08/1945 Cooks’ Tour and Operation Dodge
• 07/08/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 08/08/1945 Operation Dodge
• 11/08/1945 Operation Dodge
• 13/08/1945 Operation Dodge
• 15/08/1945 Operation Dodge
• 16/08/1945 Operation Dodge
• 17/08/1945 Operation Dodge and Operation Liberty
• 19/08/1945 Operation Dodge
• 20/08/1945 Operation Dodge
• 22/08/1945 Operation Dodge and Operation Liberty
• 23/08/1945 Operation Dodge
• 24/08/1945 Operation Dodge
• 26/08/1945 Operation Dodge
• 28/08/1945 Operation Dodge

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Lancaster PB754 (17/08/1945)
• Lancaster PB762 (17/08/1945)
• Lancaster SW263 (20/08/1945)

Extract from H Breeze’s Flying Log Book [Courtesy of Rich Boakes]

September 1945

A joint monthly summary for No 35 and No 227 Squadron (stationed at RAF Graveley) shows: A change of squadrons took place during the month at Graveley, for on the 5th, 227 Squadron was disbanded and on 11th, 115 Squadron took their place. Before they ceased to exist, 227, in the company of 35 Squadron carried out the following operations; Transported 460 men on leave from Italy in 5 days, a total of 23 aircraft being used (Operation Dodge). Cooks’ Tours were carried out over 2 days, enable 42 passengers in 7 aircraft to view the bomb damage in Germany. 7 aircraft were used for Liberty Operations. 115 Squadron became operational on 11th of the month, and with 35 Squadron, carried on the good work. On 8 days, an Operation Dodge took place with 37 aircraft being used to ferry 740 men on leave for Italy (Operation Dodge). 8 aircraft were used for Liberty Operations, and on 2 days, a further 8 aircraft were utilised to convey 48 passengers on a Cooks’ Tour of the Ruhr. Operation Spasm was initiated on 26th of the month which provided a limited number of people to fly to Berlin, with an overnight stay, to enable them to inspect the bomb damage; 3 operations were carried out with 9 aircraft involved. 35 Squadron provided 3 aircraft on the night of the 6th to take part in a Bullseye exercise; no fighters were encountered. An “At Home” was held on the 14th when various RAF Stations throughout the country were opened to the public for inspection. Graveley was asked to provide 4 Lancasters to take part and the aircraft, complete with crews, were on show at Odiham, Filton, Cark and Valley. September was quite a busy month.

No. 35 Squadron prepared and dispatched aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 01/09/1945 Operation Dodge and Operation Liberty
• 02/09/1945 Operation Dodge
• 03/09/1945 Cooks’ Tour
• 04/09/1945 Operation Dodge
• 05/09/1945 Operation Liberty
• 06/09/1945 Bullseye Exercise
• 07/09/1945 Operation Dodge and Operation Liberty
• 09/09/1945 Operation Dodge
• 13/09/1945 Operation Dodge and Operation Liberty
• 14/09/1945 “At Home” Exhibition (Odiham and Filton)
• 15/09/1945 Operation Dodge
• 17/09/1945 Operation Dodge
• 18/09/1945 Operation Dodge
• 19/09/1945 Operation Dodge
• 20/09/1945 Operation Dodge and Operation Liberty
• 21/09/1945 Operation Dodge and Operation Liberty
• 27/09/1945 Operation Spasm [Berlin Overnight Stay], Operation Liberty and Cooks’ Tour
• 29/09/1945 Operation Spasm [Berlin Overnight Stay]
• 30/09/1945 Operation Dodge and Operation Liberty

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Lancaster ME484 (15/09/1945)

October 1945

A joint monthly summary for No 35 and No 115 Squadron (stationed at RAF Graveley) shows: The first of the month brought us good flying weather, of which we took full advantage by putting as many aircraft in the air as possible. 22 aircraft were used to transport a total of 432 passengers from Italy to the United Kingdom (Operation Dodge). 14 aircraft were used to transport to 291 passengers between this country and the continent (Operation Liberty). 9 aircraft were used to tour the area of the Ruhr viewing the bomb damage; a total of 54 passengers were carried (Cooks’ Tour). 6 aircraft were employed to transport passengers to Berlin where they stayed overnight inspecting bomb damage (Operation Spasm). The weather was quite good for flying up to 20th, after that, the weather held us back from completing a very good month of flying

No. 35 Squadron prepared and dispatched aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 01/10/1945 Operation Dodge
• 02/10/1945 Operation Liberty
• 03/10/1945 Operation Spasm [Berlin Overnight Stay] and Operation Dodge
• 05/10/1945 Operation Liberty
• 08/10/1945 Operation Dodge
• 09/10/1945 Operation Liberty
• 11/10/1945 Operation Liberty
• 12/10/1945 Operation Liberty and Operation Dodge
• 13/10/1945 Operation Dodge
• 16/10/1945 Cooks’ Tour and Operation Dodge
• 19/10/1945 Operation Liberty and Bullseye Exercise
• 20/10/1945 Operation Liberty
• 27/10/1945 Operation Liberty

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Lancaster PB762 (17/10/1945)

November 1945

A joint monthly summary for No 35 and No 115 Squadron (stationed at RAF Graveley) shows: The month of November brought the usual adverse weather conditions to Graveley. In the early mornings, there was mainly fog and bad visibility. The desire to fly was there but the elements were against us. With the combined efforts of 35 and 115 Squadron, 31 aircraft took part in Operation Dodge, transporting 635 passengers from Italy to the United Kingdom.

No. 35 Squadron prepared and dispatched aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 07/11/1945 Operation Dodge
• 08/11/1945 Operation Dodge
• 23/11/1945 Operation Dodge
• 25/11/1945 Operation Dodge
• 27/11/1945 Operation Dodge
• 28/11/1945 Operation Dodge

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Lancaster ME487 (30/11/1945)

Extract from SEL Sturgeon’s Flying Log Book [Courtesy of Bobbie Grew]

December 1945

A joint monthly summary for No 35 and No 115 Squadron (stationed at RAF Graveley) shows: Once again, as for the month of November, the weather conditions were adverse and the month’s flying was even more limited by the standing down of crews over the Christmas period. 3 aircraft (2 of which were from other squadrons but flown by our crews) transported 45 passengers from Italy to the UK (Operation Dodge). 4 aircraft were employed to transport 11 passengers on a tour of Berlin (Operation Spasm). To summarise the whole month’s undertaking, it is only fair to state that weather has spoiled what might have otherwise been a very good month’s flying.

No. 35 Squadron prepared and dispatched aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 01/12/1945 Operation Dodge
• 02/12/1945 Operation Spasm
• 06/12/1945 Operation Dodge
• 14/12/1945 Night Fighter Affiliation

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

Cyprus (69-71) Group

Some of the veterans of No. 35 Squadron, who were stationed at RAF Akrotiri during the period 1969 to 1971, have remained in touch with each other and they, along with their wives and families, meet up on a regular basis.

2006 Reunion

2012 Reunion

2012 visit to Vulcan XM655

2016 Reunion

2019 Reunion

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Help and Funding

Members of the Group have kindly provided information, documents and photographs from their time serving with the squadron for inclusion on the site. They have also contributed towards the funding of wreaths for memorial events etc. and towards the cost of the memorial stone which was installed in the Ribbon of Remembrance at the International Bomber Command Centre, to commemorate all those that served with the squadron (see below).

A wreath, which was laid in Belgium 18th November 2018

A wreath, which was laid at the unveiling of the memorial in Great Paxton 2022

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IBCC (35 Squadron Commemorative Stone)

In 2019, members of the Group assisted with the funding of the 35 Squadron commemorative stone in the Ribbon of Remembrance at the International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, which was unveiled on 14th May 2019 – read more –

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St. John the Baptist Church, Scampton (Stained Glass Window)

In 2021, the Group sponsored Panel 35 in the newly constructed RAF stained glass window at St. John the Baptist Church, Scampton

The Commemoration Book shows the following text:

Panel 35 Dedicated to 35 Squadron. The Cyprus Years Group. 1969 – 1971.

In early 1969 the entire Squadron, equipped with Vulcan B2 aircraft and their families, were posted from RAF Cottesmore, Rutland to RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus and became part of the Near East Air Force. The men flew long sorties and were often away on detachment in Malta, Turkey, Iran and Masirah. Their wives, some of them away from home and families for the first time, supported each other.

There were beach clubs, theatre club, go cart club, various sports activities, Squadron and Station football teams. There were lively Squadron parties at No 2 Mess and the Berengaria Club. In the summer, sometimes these parties included a fashion show with disco organised by the Squadron Wives Club. Sunlit days and velvet nights.

During this time together we became a special band of brothers and sisters. The Squadron wives who modelled in the fashion shows called themselves “The Hepburn Dollies” as Wing Commander Keith Hepburn was the Squadron boss during most of the tour and this became the name by which the group is known today.

There have been regular reunions through the years and in 2019 we celebrated being together as a group for 50 years, when over fifty of the group attended a three day reunion in the Cotswolds.

Mo and Roger Frampton
UNO ANIMO AGIMUS
PER ARDUA AD ASTRA

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Photos relating to the commemoration book text

No 35 SQUADRON FOOTBALL TEAM 1969
Back Row (L to R): Ray Chapel (not 35 Squadron), Chris Henderson, Ian Rhoades, Roy Norris, Nigel Hardinge, Bob Duncan Front Row (L to R): Bob Forrester, Geoff Dyer, Jim Bayliss, Garth Wensley, Frank Hilton, Roger Frampton.

Thanks to Marham Aviation Heritage Centre for supplying the photograph and to Mo Frampton for providing the names

No 35 SQUADRON FOOTBALL TEAM 1969
Back Row (L to R) Frank Redmond, Chris Leggett, Les Leeder, Bill Campbell, Garth Wensley, Nigel Baldwin, Barry Chalkley, Keith Hepburn Front Row (L to R) Al Turner, Geoff Dyer, Roger Frampton, Graham McKay, Frank Hilton, Bob Duncan

[Courtesy of Bill Walker]

THE HEPBURN DOLLIES
Raising money for local charities at various fashion shows

[Courtesy of Mo Frampton]

Operational Summary (1941)

1st January to 10th March 1941

Between January and 10th March, the squadron continued with their task of “bringing the newly developed four-engine Handley Page Halifax heavy bomber into operational service”

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax L9487 (13/01/1941 [Non Op])

March (10th onwards)

When No. 35 Squadron became operational on 10th March 1941, Bomber Command was working to the 9^th March 1941 directive which stated that “for the next four months”, its energies should be devoted to defeating the attempt of the enemy to strangle our food supplies and our connection with the United States. Operations should therefore be directed against submarine and long-range aircraft facilities whenever circumstances permit. However, a proportion of effort should still be applied to the destruction of the synthetic oil plants (as per the 15^th January 1941 directive)

During March, the squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 10/03/1941 Le Havre
• 12/03/1941 Hamburg
• 13/03/1941 Hamburg

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP 57 B MKI (Series 1): L9486 L9488 L9489 L9490 L9493 L9496

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax L9486 (30/03/1941 [Non Op])
• Halifax L9489 (10/03/1941)
• Halifax L9493 (10/03/1941)

It is worth noting that the Halifax still had significant technical problems and the squadron was rested from operational duties for the last two weeks of March

April

The ongoing technical problems with the Halifax meant that operational sorties were limited and No. 35 Squadron was only requested to prepare and despatch aircraft and crews for the following operation:

• 15/04/1941 Kiel

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP 57 B MKI (Series 1): L9490 L9493 L9498 L9501 L9502

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax L9493 (15/04/1941)

May

The squadron’s aircraft were grounded throughout May and no operational sorties were carried out.

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax L9504 (12/05/1941 [Non Op])

June

With its aircraft coming back on-line, No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 11/06/1941 Duisburg
• 12/06/1941 Huls
• 15/06/1941 Hanover
• 17/06/1941 Hanover
• 20/06/1941 Kiel
• 23/06/1941 Kiel
• 26/06/1941 Kiel
• 30/06/1941 Kiel (Daylight Raid)

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP 57 B MKI (Series 1): L9492 L9495 L9496 L9498 L9499 L9500 L9501 L9502 L9503 L9506 L9507 L9508 L9509 L9511

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax L9498 (12/06/1941)
• Halifax L9499 (30/06/1941)
• Halifax L9501 (30/06/1941)
• Halifax L9502 (12/06/1941 [Non Op])
• Halifax L9503 (05/06/1941 [Non Op])
• Halifax L9506 (15/06/1941)
• Halifax L9522 (16/06/1941 [Non Op])

July

The  9^th July 1941 directive to Bomber Command stated that “until further instructions”, the main effort of the bomber force should be directed towards dislocating the German transportation system (road, rail and inland waterways) and to destroying the morale of the civil population as a whole and of the industrial workers in particular.

Priority targets included Hamm, Osnabruck, Soest, Schwerte, Cologne, Duisburg, Dusseldorf, Dortmund-Ems Canal, Ems-Weser Canal, River Rhine, Schopau, Huls, Hamburg, Bremen, Hanover, Frankfurt, Mannheim, Stuttgart; 21 smaller towns on railway routes were added to the list on 30th August, with Leipzig and Schweinfurt added on 11th September.

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 05/07/1941 Magdeburg
• 07/07/1941 Frankfurt
• 08/07/1941 Merseburg
• 13/07/1941 Hanover
• 19/07/1941 Hanover
• 21/07/1941 Mannheim
• 24/07/1941 La Pallice (Operation Sunrise)
• 25/07/1941 Berlin
• 30/07/1941 Cologne

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP 57 B MKI (Series 1): L9491 L9495 L9500 L9501 L9502 L9503 L9507 L9508 L9509 L9511 L9512 L9521 L9524 L9526 L9527

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax L9490 (17/07/1941 [Non Op])
• Halifax L9491 (24/07/1941)
• Halifax L9495 (17/07/1941 [Non Op])
• Halifax L9501 (24/07/1941)
• Halifax L9502 (07/07/1941)
• Halifax L9507 (25/07/1941)
• Halifax L9508 (24/07/1941)
• Halifax L9511 (24/07/1941)
• Halifax L9512 (24/07/1941)
• Halifax L9521 (08/07/1941)
• Halifax L9524 (24/07/1941)
• Halifax L9525 (15/07/1941 [Non Op)
• Halifax L9527 (24/07/1941)

August

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 02/08/1941 Berlin
• 05/08/1941 Karlsruhe
• 07/08/1941 Essen
• 12/08/1941 Berlin
• 12/08/1941 Essen
• 14/08/1941 Magdeburg
• 16/08/1941 Cologne
• 19/08/1941 Kiel
• 24/08/1941 Dusseldorf
• 28/08/1941 Duisburg
• 29/08/1941 Frankfurt
• 31/08/1941 Cologne

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP 57 B MKI (Series 1): L9497 L9500 L9501 L9503 L9504 L9508 L9526
• HP 57 B MKI (Series 2): L9560 L9566 L9569 L9572

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax L9497 (12/08/1941)
• Halifax L9500 (14/08/1941)
• Halifax L9501 (28/08/1941)
• Halifax L9572 (24/08/1941)

Extract from SR Arthur’s Log Book [Courtesy of Elaine James]

September

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 02/09/1941 Berlin
• 07/09/1941 Berlin
• 10/09/1941 Turin
• 13/09/1941 Brest
• 15/09/1941 Hamburg
• 19/09/1941 Stettin
• 29/09/1941 Hamburg
• 29/09/1941 Stettin

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP 57 B MKI (Series 1): L9503 L9504 L9508 L9524 L9526
• HP 57 B MKI (Series 2): L9560 L9566 L9568 L9569

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax L9503 (15/09/1941)
• Halifax L9504 (07/09/1941)
• Halifax L9508 (02/09/1941)
• Halifax L9524 (18/09/1941 [Non Op])
• Halifax L9526 (10/09/1941)
• Halifax L9560 (02/09/1941)
• Halifax L9566 (10/09/1941)
• Halifax L9569 (10/09/1941)

October

The 27th October 1941 directive to Bomber Command stated that “whenever weather conditions permitted”, high priority should be given to hampering targets associated with “the submarine construction programme”.

Operations were therefore directed against the submarine bases on the west coast of France (such as Brest and Lorient) and against the ports of Kiel, Hamburg, Bremen and Wilhelmshaven in north-west Germany.

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 02/10/1941 Brest
• 10/10/1941 Essen
• 12/10/1941 Nurnberg
• 14/10/1941 Nurnberg
• 20/10/1941 Wilhelmshaven
• 21/10/1941 Bremen
• 22/10/1941 Mannheim
• 26/10/1941 Hamburg
• 31/10/1941 Hamburg

Extract from WJ Hampton’s Flying Log Book [Courtesy of Sarah McRoberts]

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP 57 B MKI (Series 1): L9486 L9504 L9524
• HP 57 B MKI (Series 2): L9568 L9569 L9571 L9579 L9580
• HP 57 B MKI (Series 3): L9605 L9606

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax L9486 (20/10/1941 [Non Op])
• Halifax L9504 (31/10/1941)
• Halifax L9524 (10/10/1941)
• Halifax L9524 (22/10/1941)
• Halifax L9579 (12/10/1941)
• Halifax L9607 (30/10/1941 [Non Op])

November

The 13^th November 1941 directive to Bomber Command stated that its energies should be conserved over the winter period in order to build up a strong force in readiness for Spring”.

In reality, the Butt Report published in September 1941 had identified major problems with the accuracy of the bombing offensive and work was being carried out to establish what needed to be put in place in order to improve it

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 07/11/1941 Berlin
• 07/11/1941 Essen
• 09/11/1941 Hamburg
• 25/11/1941 Brest
• 30/11/1941 Hamburg

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP 57 B MKI (Series 1): L9504
• HP 57 B MKI (Series 2): L9568 L9569 L9571 L9575 L9582 L9584
• HP 57 B MKI (Series 3): L9600 L9603 L9605 L9606
• HP 59 B MKII (Series 1): V9979

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax L9582 (30/11/1941)
• Halifax L9603 (07/11/1941)

December

The 10^th December 1941 directive to Bomber Command stated that it should prepare and submit plans for the immediate daylight bombing of the enemy cruisers in Brest (Operation Veracity).

No. 35 Squadron was requested to prepare and dispatch aircraft and crews for the following operations:

• 07/12/1941 Aachen
• 11/12/1941 Cologne
• 18/12/1941 Brest (Operation Veracity 1)
• 30/12/1941 Brest (Operation Veracity 2)

Aircraft utilised on operations were as follows:

• HP 57 B MKI (Series 2): L9568 L9584
• HP 57 B MKI (Series 3): L9600 L9606
• HP 59 B MKII (Series 1): R9364 R9367 R9372 R9377 R9386 V9978 V9979 V9983

Aircraft losses and incidents were as follows:

• Halifax L9569 (09/12/1941 [Non Op])
• Halifax L9600 (11/12/1941)
• Halifax R9364 (30/12/1941)
• Halifax R9372 (30/12/1941)
• Halifax V9978 (18/12/1941)
• Halifax V9979 (30/12/1941)

No. 35 Squadron Halifax over the target at Brest on 18th January 1941 (attempting to destroy the Scharnhorst and the Gneisenau)

1934 Personnel

Squadron Command

Commanding Officer:

Squadron Leader V Buxton OBE

Strength

No. of Commissioned Officers (Air Crew)	Not Recorded
No. of Non Commissioned Air Crew	Not Recorded
No. of Commissioned Officers (Ground)	Not Recorded
No. of Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground)	Not Recorded

Commissioned Officers (Air Crew) and Non Commissioned Air Crew

The following are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron in 1934:

• Maurice E Atkinson (Equipment / Stores Officer)
• Leonard Shaw Meadows Bailey [Pilot]
• Albert W Bates [Pilot]
• John Bennett [Crew]
• AG Boggis [Crew]
• Vincent Buxton [Pilot]
• Patrick D Carden [Pilot]
• Reginald Walter Carpenter [Crew]
• [-] Chester-Jones [Pilot]
• A Cormack [Crew]
• [-] Cox [Pilot]
• [-] Craig [Crew]
• [-] Diaper [Crew]
• RW Durrant [Crew]
• Alfred Earle (Photographic Duties)
• HMT Eversfield [Pilot]
• Noel Foster-Packer [Pilot]
• William M Hargreaves [Pilot]
• Frederick Hodgson [Crew]
• Thomas Aelfryn Howells [Pilot]
• LT Jackson [Pilot]
• Augustus A Jones [Pilot]
• [-] Luscombe [Pilot]
• Alan Creswell Martin [Pilot]
• Reginald H Nash [Pilot]
• Clair F Newcombe [Pilot]
• John Humphrey Ridding Oldfield [Pilot]
• William James Pond [-]
• H Powell [Pilot]
• Edward Pritchard [Crew]
• [-] Reid [Crew]
• Rainey Munro Harvey Ross [Crew]
• Thomas Muir Scott [Pilot]
• William Joseph Scott [Pilot]
• Eric T Smith [Pilot]
• Albert George Thackray [Pilot]
• Francis Vernon [Crew]
• Alfred C D Webb [Pilot]
• [-] Wells [Crew]

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

No. 35 Squadron’s Record Books contain little or no information regarding the names, postings and movements of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks that were on strength of the squadron, although listings can be found in the following Movement Orders:

• 1931 Air Defence Exercise
• 1933 Air Defence Exercise

More information can be found on the following page

– Ground Personnel 1929 to April 1940 –

Personnel Losses

Remembering those that lost their life whilst serving with the squadron, either in an aircraft loss, or in other incidents, during 1934:

• None Recorded

1916 Personnel

Formation

The squadron’s Routine Orders show that the following officers were initially posted to the squadron:

• BF Vernon-Harcourt (Welsh Regiment [Acting Squadron Commander])
• CG Davidson (42 Canadian Regiment)
• RJ Mounsey (Hampshire Regiment)
• CJ Chabot (9 Reserve Squadron)

Additional personnel were posted in over the coming months as the squadron worked up to the establishment numbers set out in the “Mobilisation Store Table for the Expeditionary Force”

Formation was achieved by mixing personnel who had previously trained with a Reserve Squadron, with personnel who were fresh from RFC training schools.

Squadron Command

(Commanding Officer)	Bernard Francis Vernon-Harcourt
(Equipment Officer)	TL Collins
(Instructor)	Malcolm McBean Bell Irving
	Charles James Chabot
	CG Davidson
	Roland James Mounsey
(Recording Officer)	Samuel John Lee
	William Llewellyn Rees

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew

The squadron’s Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew were qualified Pilots, Observers and Air Gunners, along with Pilots (from RFC Training Schools) who were “on attachment” for Higher Instruction in Aviation and Observers (from RFC Training Schools) who were “on attachment” for Instruction in Aerial Observation.

The following shows the Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew that are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron during 1916.

• Leslie Peech Aizlewood
• Edward Fenner Allen
• Wilfred Albert Amor
• Guthrie Newcomb Anderson
• Charles William Attwood
• Frederick Cecil Baker
• Arthur Cyril Ball
• Leslie Ivan Barker
• Franklyn Leslie Barnard
• Frederic Charles Baskerville
• Charles Menten Benjamin
• E Blake
• Harold Stanley Blakeley
• Alfred Victor Blenkiron
• William Eric Bousfield
• Eynon George Arthur Bowen
• Moses Boyd
• Walter Edward George Bryant
• Horace Clive Burdett
• Eric Burton
• Richard Walker Buswell
• Robert Stanley Capon
• Roger Michael Chaworth-Musters
• James Henry  Chester-Walsh
• Eugene Finbar Collins
• Charles Reginald Cook
• Charles Courtneidge
• George Alec Cranswick
• Charles Crawford
• Charles John Woodrow Crichton
• Alexander Cropper
• Arthur George Albert Davis
• Douglas Bayly De Bruyn
• George Weston Devenish
• Lancelot de Saumarez Duke
• Robert Leslie Edward
• [Possibly] Robert Egerton
• L Fidler
• James Walker Foreman
• Arthur Henry Francis
• Reginald Clin Gallop 
• Walter Leonard Gopsill
• Vancouver Camden Gordon 
• John Francis Guinan
• Eric Redgrave Gunner
• [Possibly] Gilbert Sudbury Hall
• Victor William Harrison
• Harold E Hartney (American)
• George William Norman Ridsdale Haynes
• Cedric Charles Hayward
• George Alexander Heath
• Ernest Hildreth
• Roland Hofmeyer
• Robert Hood Hood
• Lister (Lester) William Hopkins
• Alan Carregy Horsbrugh
• Francis Reginald Hudson
• Albert Hunter
• Richard Kirkhouse Jenkins
• Ernest Jones
• James Allastair Kirker
• Robert Millington  Knowles
• Henry Sidney Lees-Smith
• Sydney Charles Thomas  Littlewood
• Edye Rolleston Manning
• George McKerrow
• [-] Miles
• L Murray-Stewart
• Robert Newman
• Philip John Nolan
• John Ingram Mullanniffe O’Beirne
• Kenneth Edward Page
• Eric Leslie Pearson
• Frederick Despard Pemberton
• Dennis Pilling
• Alfred L Pinkerton
• Percy Pralle
• George Brian Pratt
• Stanley Howard Preston
• Frederick Henry Reynell
• Wilfred Hugh Rilett
• Clarence Elias Rogers
• William Adam Sedgwick Rough
• George Henry Russell
• Roy Dennis Sampson
• Harold Stanley Savage
• Nigel Denniston Scott
• William Harold Nelson Shakespeare
• Charles Gerschell Shaumer
• Robert Horne Sievwright
• Sidney Arthur Simpson
• Charles Thomas Edward Smith
• Laurence Smith
• Bernard Edward Smythies
• John Kenneth Stead
• Henry Lionel Storrs
• Claude de Pina Downs Swain
• Malcolm Lincoln Taylor
• Arthur William Tedder
• Frederick John Terrell
• Stuart Christian Tinne
• Harold George Tucker
• Warren Geoffrey Dalton Turner
• Arthur Kellam Tylee 
• Bernard Francis Vernon-Harcourt
• George Wenden
• Edmond Gerald Whelon
• Thomas Whitaker
• Cyril Williams
• Leslie Randall Wren

LP Aizlewood

LI Barker

GW Devenish

DB De Bruyn

FD Pemberton

BF Vernon-Harcourt

G Wenden

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Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

The names, postings and movements of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks who provided ground support for the squadron’s air operations are recorded in Routine Orders.

However, due to the large number of personnel involved and the complexity of their postings and movements, it has not been possible to produce a listing of those that are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron during the year.

More information can be found of the following page

– Ground Trades 1916 to 1919 –

Personnel Losses

Remembering those that lost their life whilst serving with the squadron, either in an aircraft loss, or in other incidents, during 1916:

• Moses Boyd
• DB De Bruyn
• Ernest Hildreth
• Robert Newman
• Patrick Joseph Quinn
• Nigel Denniston Scott

1942 Personnel

Squadron Command

Commanding Officer:	Wing Commander BV Robinson DFC 26/01/1942: Handed over to Wing Commander JNH Whitworth DSO DFC 12/03/1942: Handed over to Wing Commander JH Marks DSO DFC (until his death) 09/1942: Handed over to Wing Commander BV Robinson DSO DFC
Adjutant:	GCL Brigham
Medical Officer:	D Crichton / AM Fraser / CO Ribiero
Engineer Officer:	GH Wass / C Couzens / JT Rogers
Electrical Engineer Officer:	JA Nottage / CA Castle
Wireless Officer:	FM Davis
Navigation Officer:	A Abels / WRF Grierson-Jackson
Bombing Leader:	WA Tetley / AJ Child / GT Pearson
Gunnery Leader:	JRA Careless / MA Sachs / RDW Carrington / CF Andrew
Signals Leader:	RF Tinkler
A Flight Commander:	A Wilding / D Peveler / JG Kerry / ED Griffiths
B Flight Commander:	PH Cribb / PC Elliott
Conversion Flight Leader:	EG Franklin
Conversion Flight Instructor:	PS James

Strength (HQ and 2 Flights)

• Air Crew
  • Commissioned Officers
  • Non Commissioned Air Crew
• Ground Personnel
  • Commissioned Officers
  • Non Commissioned Other Ranks

Squadron February 1942 [Courtesy of Peter Stonebridge]

The following are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron in 1942:

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew

• Pilot
  • William Bruce Archibald
  • (Possibly) Henry Rupert Astbury
  • Julian William Noel Balley
  • Peter Vincent Barthel
  • Richard Charles Edgar Bassom
  • [-] Bird
  • Kenneth Whyte Bonnar
  • Norman Booth
  • James Frederick Powell Brough
  • Harold Adrian Brown
  • John Hilton Brown
  • Peter Gregory Brown
  • Joseph Bryan Bushby
  • Frederick Caldwell
  • Raymond Francis Casey
  • Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire
  • Richard Joseph Clarke
  • Edmund Keith Creswell
  • Peter Henry Cribb
  • Sidney Edward Davies
  • Edward William Deacon
  • Thomas Reginald Dobson
  • Thomas Arthur Drower
  • Peter Campbell Elliott
  • Eric George Franklin
  • Conrad Charles William Ganly
  • Frank Edward Gardiner
  • Glenn Powell Gardiner
  • Hugh Charles Granger
  • Evan Dunstan Griffiths
  • Arthur Edward Hammond
  • Ross Hardie
  • Sydney John Harding
  • Edward Charles Hibburt
  • [-] Hill
  • Paul Alexander Hilton
  • (Possibly) Anthony Peter Hollick
  • Stanley George Howe
  • [-] Hrehorak
  • David Alan Vaughan John
  • Samuel Davis Jones
  • Frederick John Joshua
  • Jack Gordon Kerry
  • Major King
  • Reginald John Lane
  • Thomas Henry Lane
  • [-] Langton
  • Harry Burns MacDonald
  • Donald Philip MacIntyre
  • Angus Carr MacKenzie
  • Norman Angus MacKenzie
  • Norman Wallis MacKenzie
  • Harry Malkin
  • John Edward Maple
  • James Hardy Marks
  • Herbert Gordon Badger Mays
  • Patrick Nilus McEvoy
  • Thomas Craik Murray
  • Leslie John Nelmes
  • RM Newitt
  • Wyndham Rhydian Owen
  • Joseph Thomas Pack
  • Anthony John Peach
  • Dennis Jack Perry
  • Desmond Petley
  • Stanley Linwood Pettingale
  • Donald Peveler
  • Robert George Walker Plutte
  • Michael Reginald Mark Pooles
  • Dudley Herman Reed
  • Oscar William Rees
  • Geoffrey Norman Reeve
  • Kenneth Harper Reynolds
  • Basil Vernon Robinson
  • Peter Bettley Robinson
  • John Raemonde Roe
  • Theunis Christoffel Roux
  • Kenneth Frederick Saunders
  • JohnWalter Smith
  • Peter Horace Smith
  • Cyril Charles Spencer
  • George Henry Steinhauer
  • Sidney Richard Stickney
  • CS Stringer
  • Frederick John Taylor
  • James Copeland Thomas
  • John Hugh Trethewy
  • John Lawson Tweddle
  • Ronald Walter Valters
  • James Keatley Watson
  • Harry Webster
  • [-] Whiteley
  • John Nicholas Haworth Whitworth
  • Arthur Wilding
  • David Scott Shearman Wilkerson
  • Ronald Edward Wilkes
  • Kenneth Frederick John Winchester
• Observer / Navigator
  • Alfred Abels
  • Elmer Harold Anthony
  • Dudley Peter David Archer
  • [-] Armstrong
  • AE Arnold
  • John Baker
  • Richard Guy Baker
  • [-] Bennett
  • Ronald Harry Birch
  • Alan Fay Birley
  • Arthur Ewart Bloomer
  • John Edward Bottomley
  • E Brant
  • Murray Walker Brown
  • RW Bullen
  • Wilfred Henry  Burgess
  • Gordon Henry Francis Carter
  • Ronald Casey
  • Roy Blackwell Chadwick
  • George Christopher Harvey Chandler
  • Ronald Ernest Cheesman
  • Alan James Child
  • Alfred Bernard Columbine
  • Albert Cook
  • Selwyn Guy Cooper
  • Jack Kenneth Corke
  • FW Cox
  • Cyril Samuel Crutchley
  • Alan James Dowling
  • Gordon Leroy Ellsworth
  • Clarence Ernest Evans
  • Alec Henry Fuce
  • Lewis Edward Goodrum
  • William Robert Francis Grierson-Jackson
  • Nathaniel Halliday
  • [-] Harrold
  • Charles Vincent Harvey
  • HA Hawkin
  • Gerard John Peter Henry
  • Ian Hewitt
  • Derrick Arnold Holliger
  • Reginald Gordon Houston
  • Frederick D’Orsa Hunter
  • Peter McGregor Jackson
  • Cyril Edmund Johnson
  • Horace Johnson
  • Marshall Frederick Lebeau
  • Herbert Brian Felix  Lymna
  • Michael Charles Xavier Mack
  • MC MacKenzie
  • Edgar Bohun Mason
  • Geoffrey Hillam Gurr Murray
  • Louis Neal Orchard
  • Terence Gordon O’Shaughnessy
  • Lionel Parsell
  • George Thomas Pearson
  • Geoffrey Noel Edward Powell
  • Peter Geoffrey Powell
  • Herbert Henry Sandford
  • Walter Sharp
  • John Scott Smyth
  • Carl Edward Sorsdahl
  • Arthur Sykes
  • Talbot Jones Taylor
  • Roger Joseph Teillet
  • Lionel Leonard Thomas
  • Peter Mitchell Thurgood
  • (Possibly) William Charles Thurlow
  • William Alexander Trickett
  • (Possibly) Robert Tudor-Jones
  • F Turner
  • Gomer Donald Waterer
  • Alfred Ernest Webster
  • David Reginald Powell Williams
  • [-] Wilson
  • Leonard John Woolven
  • R Wooton
• Air Bomber
  • Alfred Edward Ralph Bexton
  • Boris Oleh Bodnar
  • [-] Boyle
  • E Brant
  • Alfred James Brockway
  • [-] Brown
  • Walter Chester
  • Albert George Murray Coulam
  • [-] Crisp
  • George Cruickshank
  • George William Darling
  • Ronald William Dean
  • Walter Alfred Elliot
  • Jonathan Raymond Field
  • Frederick Walter Graham
  • Eric Charles Herwin
  • Harry Hibbert
  • Kenneth Albert Higgs
  • Reginald Gordon Houston
  • A Huddlestone
  • Harold Leslie Hulme
  • Ralph Graham Humphreys
  • Richard Martin
  • Vernon Reginald Matthews
  • Frederick Donald McColl
  • William Philip MacDonald McIntosh
  • Joseph Gilbert Middlemass
  • S Miller
  • Stanley Alfred Miller
  • Norman McInnes Rattray
  • G Richmond
  • Kenneth Drew Rome
  • A Sanderson-Millar
  • Carl Edward Sorsdahl
  • PA Taylor
  • William Abbotson Tetley
  • Lionel Leonard Thomas
  • Robert Irwin Trickett
  • Clifford Alan Leonard Walton
  • George Peter Watts
  • Ronald Wheatley
  • Roy Wood
• Wireless Operator
  • Albert Peter Balson
  • Arthur Denby Barker
  • Joseph Pierre Gaston Blanchet
  • David Ronald Bradley
  • Robert Leonard Bradshaw
  • George Arthur Brassey
  • Frederick Arthur Braybrook
  • George William Brown
  • John Peter Burton Buckley
  • Henry George Bullen
  • Charles Burdon
  • Douglas Granville Joseph Campbell
  • George Cartwright
  • (Possibly) John Andrew Catley
  • Albert Chadwick
  • Harold Clarke
  • William Warren Craig
  • Gordon Ernest Cranstone
  • Eric Charles Creaney
  • Patrick William Kenealy Crisp
  • George Daft
  • [-] Darling
  • Francis Montague Davis
  • John Francis Day
  • [-] Elliott
  • Harold Reginald George Elliott
  • Arthur William Smith Evans
  • John Alexander George Firth
  • Francis Edwin Flint
  • Glenburne George Galvin
  • Harold Richard Giddens
  • William Alexander Gordon
  • William Gorman
  • Arthur Edward Grounsell
  • [-] Harvey
  • Frederick Hay
  • Stanley Frank Hazleton
  • Ellis Albert Holland
  • Norman Henry Hood
  • Leslie Douglas Haig Izzard
  • M Jackson
  • Hector Alfred Jamieson
  • James Henry Janes
  • [-] Johnson
  • Herbert Alfred William Jolly
  • John Ryland Jones
  • Russell James Gibson Jones
  • John Hyman Kaufman
  • Adam Linton
  • [-] Long
  • Archibald McCulloch McLaren
  • Eric Talbot Meade
  • Walter Harold Mennell
  • Norman Moffatt
  • John Stewart Morrison
  • [-] Munday
  • Robert William Nixon
  • David Lionel Perry
  • Harry James Leonard Peto
  • Garfield James Phillips
  • William Edgar Pilborough
  • Donald Edgar Rarity
  • Wilfred James Reynolds
  • [-] Richmond
  • Max Feindel Robbins
  • Harold John Rogers
  • Douglas Macrae Ross
  • Herbert John Ross
  • Benjamin Thomas Royall
  • Cyril Frederick Russell
  • William Patrick Ryan
  • Reginald John Lambert Sawyers
  • Albert Charles Schofield
  • David Aitken Sibbald
  • George Sarsfield Sloman
  • Leslie Smith
  • Francis Edward Solway
  • Arthur Squires
  • James Frederick Staff
  • Henry Randolph McMahon Stroud
  • Sewell Thickett
  • [-] Thomas
  • Leonard Stewart Thorpe
  • Edward Roland Turenne
  • Moses Lewis Usher
  • [-] Viner
  • [-] Watts
  • Edward Whitter
  • Allan Wilstrop
  • Walter Montague Gordon Wing
  • Richard Yates
• Air Gunner
  • Lawrence Rockliffe Adcock
  • Donald Robert Alexander
  • William Arthur Allsopp
  • Charles Frederick Andrew
  • Jack Truesdell Arnold
  • Frederick William Barry
  • John Napoleon Barry
  • (Possibly) Edward Thomas Beasley
  • Albert Ephraim Bird
  • Osborne Lloyd Bliss
  • [-] Bond
  • Cyril Bourne
  • Michael Albert Edward Bradford
  • Bertram Stanley Braybrook
  • William Gordon Leslie Brown
  • Haddo Eric Von Bruce
  • Thomas Musselbrook Bruce
  • George Buchan
  • Edwin Francis Butler
  • Michael Thomas Byrne
  • GF Calver
  • John Robert Armstrong Careless
  • George Carpenter
  • Gerald Carrell
  • Royston Denis William Carrington
  • Roderick James Chisholm
  • LH Clark
  • Maurice Cohen [aka Cowan]
  • Ivor Corfield
  • Andrew Walt Cowan
  • Walter David Craig
  • Peter Edgar Davis
  • RJ Demers
  • Gerald Anthony Doman
  • Walter Edward Dunhill
  • William Scott Minto Edmondston
  • Jack Reginald Ely
  • Thomas Henry Navin Emerson
  • Ronald Willis Fisher
  • Patrick Flynn
  • RW Foreman
  • Douglas Francis
  • Gerald Frederick Freedman
  • William Joseph Freeman
  • John Meredith Fryer
  • [-] Gingell
  • Cecil Francis Goode
  • John Luke Graham
  • AM Hampton
  • Frederick Hay
  • [-] Hill
  • Frank William Gosnell Hill
  • W Hiscock
  • Douglas Peter Hogg
  • William John Hopkins
  • [-] Jones
  • Stanley Allan Keen
  • Denis Kelly
  • Gordon Kennedy
  • John Patrick Van Kiekebelt
  • Lloyd George Lawson
  • Leslie Ledger
  • Richard Langton Leith-Hay-Clark
  • Arthur John Owen Leo
  • G Lowe
  • Roy Frederick MacDonald
  • (Possibly) John George Herbert Mansell
  • Luther Martin
  • Herbert Sidney McCartney
  • John McKinstry
  • William Austin McMullan
  • SD Miller
  • Robert Thomas Morris
  • Ronald Morley Mules
  • Palmer Maynard Nerland
  • JA Newbold
  • [-] Noakes
  • Leonard Jesse North
  • [-] Ogg
  • H Olsen
  • Henry Goodrich Le Barr Pakenham-Walsh
  • William Russell Parr
  • Peter Richard Parsons
  • Han Gwyn Pike
  • George Pomroy
  • Arthur Priestley
  • Richard Lionel Prosser
  • Haakon Rivedal
  • Denis Gibson Rodgers
  • [-] Russell
  • Leslie Plimmer Russell
  • Mark Anthony Sachs
  • James Bernard Anthony Scannell
  • Arthur John Selby
  • Gordon John Sharman
  • [-] Shaw
  • [-] Smith
  • Henry Thomas Smith
  • Donald George Southwell
  • John Thomas Stanton
  • Joseph Thomas Stanworth
  • [-] Stevens
  • [-] Stewart
  • Charles Fullerton Stewart
  • [-] Thomas
  • Patrick William Tucker-Feltham
  • Derek Robinson Tulloch
  • Frank Walter Vincent
  • Stanley Seymour Vinicombe
  • Ronald Francis Wall
  • [-] Westall
  • Granville Harold Wheatcroft
  • Edward Lawrence Whillock
  • GG Williams
  • Ronald Horace David Wilson
  • John Allen Wood
  • Samuel Herbert Woolley
  • Douglas Wrampling
  • Norman Harry Wright
  • Joseph William Young
• Flight Engineer
  • William George Allen
  • Alfred Thomas Bennett
  • John Thomas Bennett
  • Hubert Allan Booth
  • Maurice William Booth
  • George Richard Bradley
  • Thomas Laurie Brown
  • Dennis Burke
  • Frederick Esmond Perry Burtonshaw
  • Graham Francis Bush
  • Dennis Clancy Gardner Butchart
  • William Basil Cooper
  • J Coote
  • Edward Corcoran
  • Donald Harrington Craig
  • George Henry Cross
  • John Griffin Davis
  • James Black Dunlop
  • Edward Edwin Charles Evans
  • Reginald Ernest Gay
  • Michael Goff
  • John Charles Goodson
  • [-] Gregson
  • G Grundy
  • Robert George Gumbley
  • [-] Gurton
  • Harry Haxby
  • William G Higgs
  • John Norman Hindle
  • (Possibly) Francis Alan Hough
  • H Hunt
  • William Richard Hunt
  • Frank William Huntley
  • [-] Inward
  • Frederick James Jarvis
  • [-] Jones
  • James Ellis Jones
  • [-] Kaye
  • Albert Makin
  • James Cunningham McKnight
  • Ronald Meredith
  • [-] Mitchell
  • John Maurice Mitchell
  • Edward James Morris
  • Alan Henry Mundy
  • William Patrick O’Kane
  • Samuel Palmer
  • Wilfred Thomas Palmer
  • Caudray Albert Charles Pithers
  • William Potter
  • George Percy Price
  • Ronald Charles Vosper Prout
  • Frederick James Rogers
  • Victor Charles Stevens
  • Edmund Ernest Stocker
  • John Ralph Storey
  • Alan Tacey
  • Albert Mark Taylor
  • [-] Thomas
  • Howell Thomas
  • Albert Edward Waddicor
  • Stanley Langford Conway Watt
  • Alfred Ernest Webster
  • Arthur Thomas Wharfe
  • [-] Williams
  • John Cyril Williams
  • Daniel Christie Young

Commissioned Officers (Ground)

• Engineering Officer
  • Cyril Couzens
  • John Thomas Rogers
• Medical Officer
  • Alexander Martin Fraser
  • Cecil Oscar Ribeiro
• Other
  • George Pevitt Russell

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

No. 35 Squadron’s record book contains little or no information regarding Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks who provided ground support to the squadron’s air operations;. However, a few listings can be found (eg on squadron movement orders).

Personnel on strength of the squadron during the year included:

• Engineering Personnel (undertaking daily inspection, servicing and preparation of squadron aircraft, in readiness for air operations)
• Administrative Personnel

More details on roles etc can be found on the following page:

– Ground Trades (WWII) –

War Casualties 

Remembering those that lost their life whilst serving with the squadron, either in an aircraft loss, or in other incidents, during 1942 (along with the names of the 2 army personnel who were killed whilst passengers in a 35 Squadron aircraft).

1. William Arthur Allsopp W1147 25/07/1942
2. William Bruce Archibald R9496 30/03/1942
3. Peter Vincent Barthel R9450 09/03/1942
4. Alfred Thomas Bennett R9450 09/03/1942
5. Alan Fay Birley W7676 28/08/1942
6. Kenneth Whyte Bonnar W1050 06/05/1942
7. Hubert Allan Booth W1020 27/04/1942
8. Maurice William Booth W7676 28/08/1942
9. John Edward Bottomley W7699 08/06/1942
10. Robert Leonard Bradshaw R9439 06/06/1942
11. Bertram Stanley Braybrook W1100 31/07/1942
12. George William Brown W1117 16/06/1942
13. Peter Gregory Brown W1015 30/03/1942
14. Haddo Eric Von Bruce W1147 25/07/1942
15. John Peter Burton Buckley R9438 30/03/1942
16. Graham Francis Bush W7700 28/08/1942
17. Joseph Bryan Bushby R9438 30/03/1942
18. Douglas Granville Joseph Campbell W1015 30/03/1942
19. Royston Denis William Carrington W1047 05/10/1942
20. George Cartwright R9450 09/03/1942
21. Raymond Francis Casey W1154 13/07/1942
22. Roy Blackwell Chadwick W7701 08/06/1942
23. Walter Chester W1047 05/10/1942
24. Alan James Child W7657 19/09/1942
25. Roderick James Chisholm R9439 06/06/1942
26. Maurice Cohen [aka Cowan] W1015 30/03/1942
27. Alfred Bernard Columbine W7656 28/04/1942
28. Albert Cook W7700 28/08/1942
29. William Warren Craig R9489 21/07/1942
30. Sidney Edward Davies R9439 06/06/1942
31. John Francis Day W1147 25/07/1942
32. Gerald Anthony Doman W7676 28/08/1942
33. James Black Dunlop W1015 30/03/1942
34. Harold Reginald George Elliott W7699 08/06/1942
35. Arthur William Smith Evans W7656 28/04/1942
36. Clarence Ernest Evans W1147 25/07/1942
37. Edward Edwin Charles Evans W7699 08/06/1942
38. John Alexander George Firth W1050 06/05/1942
39. Ronald Willis Fisher W1105 25/06/1942
40. Francis Edwin Flint W1101 19/05/1942
41. Douglas Francis R9496 30/03/1942
42. Conrad Charles William Ganly R9450 09/03/1942
43. Frank Edward Gardiner W7765 24/08/1942
44. Reginald Ernest Gay W1117 16/06/1942
45. Harold Richard Giddens R9489 21/07/1942
46. Cecil Francis Goode W1117 16/06/1942
47. Lewis Edward Goodrum W1015 30/03/1942
48. William Gorman W1047 05/10/1942
49. John Luke Graham W7760 26/07/1942
50. Arthur Edward Grounsell W7676 28/08/1942
51. Robert George Gumbley W1105 25/06/1942
52. Arthur Edward Hammond W1117 16/06/1942
53. Stanley Frank Hazleton W1105 25/06/1942
54. Gerard John Peter Henry W1020 27/04/1942
55. Harry Hibbert R9489 21/07/1942
56. Kenneth Albert Higgs W7676 28/08/1942
57. Frank William Gosnell Hill W1020 27/04/1942
58. John Norman Hindle W1050 06/05/1942
59. Ellis Albert Holland W7760 26/07/1942
60. Derrick Arnold Holliger W7760 26/07/1942
61. Norman Henry Hood W1050 06/05/1942
62. William John Hopkins W7701 08/06/1942
63. William Richard Hunt W7658 19/05/1942
64. Frederick D’Orsa Hunter W1101 19/05/1942
65. Frank William Huntley W7760 26/07/1942
66. David Alan Vaughan John W7676 28/08/1942
67. Cyril Edmund Johnson R9450 09/03/1942
68. Horace Johnson W1047 05/10/1942
69. John Ryland Jones W1117 16/06/1942
70. Russell James Gibson Jones R9450 09/03/1942
71. Stanley Allan Keen R9489 21/07/1942
72. Gordon Kennedy W7658 19/05/1942
73. Jack Gordon Kerry W1047 05/10/1942
74. Richard Langton Leith-Hay-Clark W7657 19/09/1942
75. Angus Carr MacKenzie W7699 08/06/1942
76. John Edward Maple W1147 25/07/1942
77. James Hardy Marks W7657 19/09/1942
78. Herbert Gordon Badger Mays W1105 25/06/1942
79. W McBurney (Army) R9489 21/07/1942
80. Herbert Sidney McCartney W7700 28/08/1942
81. John McKinstry W7701 08/06/1942
82. Archibald McCulloch McLaren R9496 30/03/1942
83. Eric Talbot Meade W1015 30/03/1942
84. Ronald Meredith R9438 30/03/1942
85. Edward James Morris W1101 19/05/1942
86. Robert Thomas Morris W1100 31/07/1942
87. Ronald Morley Mules R9450 09/03/1942
88. Geoffrey Hillam Gurr Murray R9496 30/03/1942
89. Thomas Craik Murray R9489 21/07/1942
90. Leslie John Nelmes R9496 30/03/1942
91. Henry Goodrich Le Barr Pakenham-Walsh W7760 26/07/1942
92. Samuel Palmer R9496 30/03/1942
93. Wilfred Thomas Palmer W1047 05/10/1942
94. Peter Richard Parsons W1047 05/10/1942
95. Anthony John Peach R9438 30/03/1942
96. Garfield James Phillips W7700 28/08/1942
97. William Edgar Pilborough W7701 08/06/1942
98. Michael Reginald Mark Pooles W1020 27/04/1942
99. Geoffrey Noel Edward Powell R9438 30/03/1942
100. Arthur Priestley W7676 28/08/1942
101. Richard Lionel Prosser W1101 19/05/1942
102. Donald Edgar Rarity W1020 27/04/1942
103. Norman McInnes Rattray W7760 26/07/1942
104. Dudley Herman Reed W1101 19/05/1942
105. Max Feindel Robbins W7700 28/08/1942
106. A Roebuck (Army) R9489 21/07/1942
107. Douglas Macrae Ross W1147 25/07/1942
108. Gerald Percival Rudston Health 24/07/1942
109. Cyril Frederick Russell W1053 28/04/1942
110. Leslie Plimmer Russell W1101 19/05/1942
111. William Patrick Ryan W7765 24/08/1942
112. Albert Charles Schofield W7699 08/06/1942
113. Arthur John Selby W1105 25/06/1942
114. Gordon John Sharman W7699 08/06/1942
115. Peter Horace Smith W7760 26/07/1942
116. Arthur Squires R9439 06/06/1942
117. James Frederick Staff R9496 30/03/1942
118. Joseph Thomas Stanworth W1050 06/05/1942
119. George Henry Steinhauer W1015 30/03/1942
120. Sidney Richard Stickney W7658 19/05/1942
121. John Ralph Storey W7701 08/06/1942
122. Frederick John Taylor W7700 28/08/1942
123. Talbot Jones Taylor R9439 06/06/1942
124. Howell Thomas R9439 06/06/1942
125. Peter Mitchell Thurgood R9489 21/07/1942
126. Patrick William Tucker-Feltham W7700 28/08/1942
127. Moses Lewis Usher R9438 30/03/1942
128. Ronald Walter Valters W7658 19/05/1942
129. Arthur Thomas Wharfe R9489 21/07/1942
130. John Cyril Williams W1154 13/07/1942
131. Allan Wilstrop W1020 27/04/1942
132. John Allen Wood R9438 30/03/1942
133. Samuel Herbert Woolley W1117 16/06/1942

Prisoners of War / Internees 

The following lists the names of those who were captured and imprisoned (or interned) whilst on strength of the squadron in 1942. (The aircraft serial number and take-off date are also shown)

POW (in German POW Camps)

1. Jack Truesdell Arnold W1242 11/08/1942
2. Richard Guy Baker W7658 19/05/1942
3. Ronald Harry Birch W1105 25/06/1942
4. George Arthur Brassey W1226 18/08/1942
5. Murray Walker Brown W1117 16/06/1942
6. Thomas Musselbrook Bruce DT488 18/11/1942
7. Charles Burdon R9444 02/06/1942
8. Dennis Clancy Gardner Butchart W1053 28/04/1942
9. Ronald Casey W1100 31/07/1942
10. (Possibly) John Andrew Catley W7701 08/06/1942
11. Harold Clarke W1100 31/07/1942
12. Selwyn Guy Cooper W1021 08/06/1942
13. William Basil Cooper W1226 18/08/1942
14. Edward Corcoran W1021 08/06/1942
15. Gordon Ernest Cranstone W7656 28/04/1942
16. Cyril Samuel Crutchley W1226 18/08/1942
17. Peter Edgar Davis R9444 02/06/1942
18. Thomas Arthur Drower W1021 08/06/1942
19. Walter Alfred Elliot W1100 31/07/1942
20. Alec Henry Fuce W1050 06/05/1942
21. Glenn Powell Gardiner W1050 06/05/1942
22. Michael Goff W1242 11/08/1942
23. Frederick Walter Graham W7765 24/08/1942
24. Sydney John Harding W1105 25/06/1942
25. Eric Charles Herwin W1242 11/08/1942
26. William G Higgs W7657 19/09/1942
27. Paul Alexander Hilton R9444 02/06/1942
28. Ralph Graham Humphreys W1226 18/08/1942
29. Arthur John Owen Leo W1226 18/08/1942
30. Albert Makin W7765 24/08/1942
31. Joseph Gilbert Middlemass DT488 18/11/1942
32. John Stewart Morrison W1053 28/04/1942
33. Palmer Maynard Nerland W7765 24/08/1942
34. William Russell Parr W1053 28/04/1942
35. Lionel Parsell W1242 11/08/1942
36. Desmond Petley W7656 28/04/1942
37. Han Gwyn Pike W1021 08/06/1942
38. Caudray Albert Charles Pithers W1100 31/07/1942
39. George Pomroy W7656 28/04/1942
40. William Potter DT488 18/11/1942
41. George Percy Price W7656 28/04/1942
42. Ronald Charles Vosper Prout R9444 02/06/1942
43. Wilfred James Reynolds W1242 11/08/1942
44. John Raemonde Roe W1053 28/04/1942
45. Kenneth Frederick Saunders W1242 11/08/1942
46. Reginald John Lambert Sawyers W7657 19/09/1942
47. Walter Sharp R9444 02/06/1942
48. HT Smith W1242 11/08/1942
49. JW Smith W1226 18/08/1942
50. Francis Edward Solway DT488 18/11/1942
51. Cyril Charles Spencer W1100 31/07/1942
52. Victor Charles Stevens W1048 27/04/1942
53. Roger Joseph Teillet W7765 24/08/1942
54. Sewell Thickett R9444 02/06/1942
55. Ronald Francis Wall W1226 18/08/1942
56. James Keatley Watson W1021 08/06/1942
57. Edward Lawrence Whillock W7765 24/08/1942
58. David Reginald Powell Williams W1053 28/04/1942
59. Douglas Wrampling W1021 08/06/1942
60. Norman Harry Wright W7657 19/09/1942
61. Richard Yates W1021 08/06/1942

Internees (in Italy)

1. Edwin Francis Butler DT488 18/11/1942
2. Nathaniel Halliday DT488 18/11/1942

Evaders

The following lists the names of those who evaded capture whilst on strength of the squadron in 1942. (The aircraft serial number and take-off date are also shown)

1. John Thomas Bennett W1147 25/07/1942
2. Joseph Pierre Gaston Blanchet W1048 27/04/1942
3. George Daft W7658 19/05/1942
4. Ian Hewitt W1048 27/04/1942
5. Donald Philip MacIntyre W1048 27/04/1942
6. Joseph Thomas Pack W7701 08/06/1942
7. David Lionel Perry W1048 27/04/1942
8. Donald George Southwell W7658 19/05/1942
9. Ronald Horace David Wilson W1048 27/04/1942

1941 Personnel

Squadron Command

Commanding Officer:	Wing Commander RWP Collings AFC 03/07/1941: Handed over to Wing Commander BV Robinson DFC
Adjutant:	N Wilson / GCL Brigham
Medical Officer:	JL Trent / M Stein / D Crichton
Engineer Officer:	PC Gardener / GH Wass
Electrical Officer:	JA Nottage
Wireless Officer:	FM Davis
Bombing Leader:	WA Tetley
Gunnery Leader:	JRA Careless
A Flight Commander:	JB Tait / JH Marks / GAL Elliott / SA Middleton / PB Robinson
B Flight Commander:	PA Gilchrist / TPA Bradley / GL Cheshire

Strength (HQ and 2 Flights)

• Air Crew
  • Commissioned Officers
  • Non Commissioned Air Crew
• Ground Personnel
  • Commissioned Officers
  • Non Commissioned Other Ranks

September 1941

The following are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron during 1941:

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew

• Pilot
  • Arthur Edward Charles Adkins
  • William Bruce Archibald
  • Stewart Richard Arthur
  • (Possibly) Henry Rupert Astbury
  • Herbert Moore  Bailey
  • Frederick Kitchener Bainbridge
  • John Henry Barrett
  • Peter Vincent Barthel
  • Robin Lyell Blin Beare
  • Wesley Leonard Belous
  • [-] Bird
  • Ronald Robert Blackwell
  • Frank Edward Booy
  • Lionel William Bovington
  • Terence Patrick Armstrong Bradley
  • Robert Thornton Bradshaw
  • Hubert Charles Gerard Brook
  • Harold Adrian Brown
  • Harold Stanley Brown
  • Peter Gregory Brown
  • William Henry Brunskill
  • Hubert Donald Buckley
  • Thomas Atkinson Burne
  • Stanley George Witterick Burton
  • Joseph Bryan Bushby
  • Alexander Cassie
  • Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire
  • Richard Joseph Clarke
  • John Verdun Clegg
  • Raymond William Pennington Collings
  • Ernest Ronald Peter Shackle Cooper
  • Edmund Keith Creswell
  • Peter Henry Cribb
  • John Milne Rigg Cruickshank
  • Olaf Antony Cussen
  • Richard Roye Drummond
  • Terence Claud Francis Earp
  • George Arthur Litchfield Elliot
  • Greville Gascoyne Esnouf
  • Eric George Franklin
  • Douglas Stewart Fraser
  • Robert Alexander Fisher Frew
  • Conrad Charles William Ganly
  • Glenn Powell Gardiner
  • Michael Gerard Garner
  • John Stanley Gearing
  • John Noel Gibson
  • Peter Alexander Gilchrist
  • Clarence Arthur Godwin
  • [-] Graham
  • Stanley Desmond Greaves
  • [-] Gresham
  • Gerald Leonard Grigg
  • John Craig Hamilton
  • Arthur Edward Hammond
  • Laurence Hancock
  • Ross Hardie
  • Ian Colin Hay
  • Leslie Alec Hayward
  • Michael Thomas Gibson Henry
  • Walter Stanley Hillary
  • Alexander Hindshaw
  • William TRoy Hogan
  • George Walton Holden
  • Peter Stanley James
  • Ross James
  • John Douglas Johnston
  • Peter Johnston
  • Samuel Davis Jones
  • Emrys Evan Jones
  • Frederick John Joshua
  • Archie Robert Kiddey
  • Gerald Arthur Lane
  • Reginald John Lane
  • Peter Langmead
  • Harry R Larson
  • Wallace Ivor Lashbrook
  • Ronald Lisle
  • Roger Llewellyn Lloyd
  • Clive Gordon Lord
  • Reginald Lucas
  • Clifford Grove Lythgoe
  • “Donald Philip MacIntyre”
  • Archibald Peter Anthony MacKenzie
  • James Hardy Marks
  • (Possibly) Lionel Monck Mason
  • Herbert Gordon Badger Mays
  • Leslie Joseph McDonald
  • Jack McGregor-Cheers
  • Thomas Percival McHale
  • Duncan Gordon McKay
  • John Andrew Trevor Meredith
  • Stuart Auldjo Middleton
  • Alexander Cameron Maxson  Millar
  • John Alexander Barclay Milne
  • James Whiteford Murray
  • Leslie John Nelmes
  • Kenneth McIntosh Newton
  • Robert Alexander Norman
  • Alexander Osborne
  • Robert Fenwick Owen
  • Joseph Thomas Pack
  • Cecil Edgar Robertson Parsons
  • Charles James Pearson
  • [-] Perecone (Major)
  • Henry Anthony Perks
  • Malcolm Albert Peterson
  • Stanley Linwood Pettingale
  • Michael Reginald Mark Pooles
  • Dudley Herman Reed
  • Derrick Newton Riley
  • Alfred Ronald Robbins
  • Basil Vernon Robinson
  • Peter Bettley Robinson
  • Thomas Douglas Inglis Robison
  • John Raemonde Roe
  • Lewis Victor Rosser
  • Rowland Leslie Rossiter
  • Douglas Rowley-Blake
  • [-] Sarsby
  • Randal Archibald Scott
  • Frederick Scrivens
  • Hubert George Sharp
  • Cyril Charles Spencer
  • James Braidwood Stark
  • Peter Yeoman Stead
  • George Henry Steinhauer
  • Thomas Craig Stobie
  • CS Stringer
  • James Brian Tait
  • John Hugh Trethewy
  • Wallace Howard Trewin
  • John Lawson Tweddle
  • Ronald Walter Valters
  • Ronald Denis Wagstaff
  • Donald Fezard Walker
  • James David Walls
  • Richard Vernon Warren
  • James Keatley Watson
  • George Bow Watters
  • Ernest Edward Weldon
  • Gordon Whitaker
  • David Scott Shearman Wilkerson
  • Gerald Standish Williams
  • Harry Aston Williams
  • Arthur Sidney Woolnough
• Observer / Navigator
  • Alfred Abels
  • [-] Armstrong
  • Edward Rolfe Arnold
  • John Anthony Arnsby
  • Richard Guy Baker
  • [-] Barker
  • George Donald Barry
  • Ian Redmayne Bell
  • Ronald Harry Birch
  • Roy Stanley Boast
  • Harold Brelsford
  • SO? Burton
  • Ronald Ernest Cheesman
  • Robert Victor Collinge
  • John Peter Boston Cushion
  • Arthur George Eperon
  • Leslie John Percival Foster
  • Alec Henry Fuce
  • Eric Arthur Fawns Gibb
  • Lewis Edward Goodrum
  • William Robert Francis Grierson-Jackson
  • (Possibly) Jack Dunthorne Laurie Hall
  • John Napier Hall
  • Ernest Joseph Harding
  • James Oliver Hedley
  • Alistair Alexander Stobie Heggie
  • Gerard John Peter Henry
  • Ian Hewitt
  • Ronald Ernest Hewlett
  • [-] Johnson
  • Alfred Valentine Kay
  • Jeffrey Arnold Longford
  • Geoffrey Hillam Gurr Murray
  • Thomas Reginald Nixon
  • Harold Sidney Oldman
  • George Roberts
  • Kenneth Randolph Sewell
  • Maurice Osborne Stephens
  • Alistair William Steven
  • Arthur Sykes
  • William Abbotson Tetley
  • Wilfred Campbell Walters
  • J Watt
  • “Alfred Ernest Webster”
  • [-] White
  • [-] Williams
  • Clement Watt Wilson
• WOP / AG
  • James Blain Anderson
  • Eric Oswald Thomas Balcomb
  • Peter George Bolton
  • Stanley Broadhurst
  • John Peter Burton Buckley
  • [-] Burry
  • Kenneth Cattran
  • Albert Chadwick
  • George Alexander Chalmers
  • Harold Clarke
  • John Collins
  • Albert Edward Connor
  • Ernest William Constable
  • John Alfred Arthur Cox
  • Frank Wilson Crocker
  • [-] Croxford
  • George Daft
  • Alexander James Davie
  • Francis Montague Davis
  • [-] Elcoate
  • Francis Edwin Flint
  • Jack Fuller
  • Harold Richard Giddens
  • Henry Edward Greene
  • Clive Gutteridge
  • Albert Edward Hammond
  • William John Hampton
  • Richard Norman Hares
  • [-] Harvey
  • Stanley Frank Hazleton
  • Albert James Heller
  • James Patrick Henderson
  • Albert Henery
  • Herbert Reginald Higgins
  • Arthur Maurice Moncrieff Hill
  • Douglas Peter Hogg
  • Norman Henry Hood
  • David John Maylott Howard
  • Leslie Douglas Haig Izzard
  • Ernest H Jackson
  • Ronald Ford Jackson
  • James Henry Janes
  • William Charles Browne Jesse
  • John Ryland Jones
  • Russell James Gibson Jones
  • Arthur Roy Kilminster
  • E Kinsella
  • RW Long
  • Peter Clement Godwyn Maflin
  • Alfred James Manning
  • Archibald McCulloch McLaren
  • Walter Harold Mennell
  • Douglas James Mennie
  • John Stewart Morrison
  • Charles Andrew Muir
  • Rodney Gordon Mullally
  • John Albert Orton
  • David Lionel Perry
  • [-] Pugh
  • Donald Edgar Rarity
  • [-] Ritson
  • [-] Roberts
  • JI Robinson
  • John Johnston Rogers
  • Reginald Thomas Rudlin
  • Anthony Charles Henry Reid Russell
  • Charles Frederic Seymour Ryder
  • Reginald John Lambert Sawyers
  • Ronald C Shaw
  • Denis Slater
  • JH Smith
  • Ronald Leslie Somerville
  • Arthur Henry Stroud
  • Herbert Thompson
  • Leonard Stewart Thorpe
  • Stanley Turner
  • Moses Lewis Usher
  • [-] Viner
  • Maurice Victor Wakeling
  • Walter Percy Whorlow
  • Walter Montague Gordon Wing
  • Charles Witcher
  • Richard Yates
  • John Kenneth Young
• Air Gunner
  • Thomas Edwin Allanson
  • Reginald Arthur Bates
  • Wallace Llewellyn Berry
  • Henry Septimus Bradbeer
  • William Broadbent
  • John Robert Armstrong Careless
  • Royston Denis William Carrington
  • Maurice Cohen [aka Cowan]
  • Noel Eric Henry Coleman
  • John Collins
  • Albert Edward Cooper
  • Robert Dunn
  • Sidney Thomas Fisher
  • Douglas Francis
  • Allan Gillbanks
  • AM Hampton
  • Richard Norman Hares
  • Kenneth Hartland
  • Robert Henry Hayes
  • Herbert Reginald Higgins
  • [-] Hill
  • Ivan Jackson
  • Gordon Kennedy
  • Laurence William Ketteringham
  • E Kinsella
  • Matthew George Kipling
  • J Lewins
  • G Lowe
  • Vivian Maxwell Markham
  • Luther Martin
  • Rodney Gordon Mullally
  • H Olsen
  • William Russell Parr
  • George Barry Pennell
  • Richard Charles Rivaz
  • Haakon Rivedal
  • [-] Robinson
  • Alfred William Rose
  • Mark Anthony Sachs
  • Thomas Neville Sankey
  • Sidney Harry James Shirley
  • Alexander Urquhart Simpson
  • Donald George Southwell
  • Harold Walter Stone
  • Robert Ferguson Thompson
  • [-] Turner
  • [-] Tyler
  • Alexander Urquhart
  • W Walker
  • Edward Wilkinson
  • John Allen Wood
• Flight Engineer
  • Ronald Godfrey Aedy
  • [-] Berwick
  • Hubert Allan Booth
  • Maurice William Booth
  • Frederick Hubert Brown
  • Frederick Esmond Perry Burtonshaw
  • Dennis Clancy Gardner Butchart
  • J Colgan
  • Walter Norman Collins
  • Donald Harrington Craig
  • [-] Crowther
  • Arthur Stanley Greenwood
  • [-] Gregson
  • (Possibly) Noel Grimoldby
  • James William Hays
  • [-] Higgs
  • Frederick William Hill
  • John Norman Hindle
  • Dennis Sidney Hunt
  • H Hunt
  • Percy Ingham
  • Robert William George Kent
  • Howard Torrens McQuigg
  • Albert Robert Parke Mills
  • John Maurice Mitchell
  • John Edmond Murrell
  • Conrad Howard Newstead
  • Gordon Herbert Frank Ogden
  • William Patrick O’Kane
  • Samuel Palmer
  • Wilfred Thomas Palmer
  • Thomas Arthur Parkes
  • (Possibly) William David Perriment
  • Francis Leslie Plowman
  • Ernest Short
  • Walter Roy Stapleford
  • Frank Stewart
  • Edmund Ernest Stocker
  • Eric Rees Thomas
  • Stanley Langford Conway Watt
  • Albert Ernest George Wheeler
  • Norman Willingham

Commissioned Officers (Ground)

• Engineering Officer
  • Peter Colston Gardiner
  • Leonard Morgan
  • John Alan Nottage
  • Geoffrey Harold Wass
• Medical Officer
  • Noel Joseph Jackson
• Gunnery Officer
  • (Possibly) Harry Andrew
• Other
  • D Crighton
  • E Ellis
  • George Pevitt Russell
  • M Stein
  • JL Trent
  • Norman Wilson

Aircrew Signatures on reverse of 1941 Christmas Menu [Courtesy of Colin Stonebridge]

Ground Personnel

The squadron’s record book contains little or no information regarding Commissioned Officers or Non Commissioned Other Ranks that were on strength of the squadron during the year who carried out:

• Daily inspection, servicing and preparation of squadron aircraft, in readiness for air operations
• Other squadron related technical and administrative duties (such as Logistics, Air Operations Support, Intelligence, Administration and Personnel / Medical support)

More information can be found on the following page

– Ground Personnel (WWII) –

War Casualties 

Remembering those that lost their life whilst serving with the squadron, either in an aircraft loss, or in other incidents, during 1941:

• Arthur Edward Charles Adkins L9501 28/08/1941
• James Blain Anderson L9572 24/08/1941
• Edward Rolfe Arnold L9489 10/03/1941
• Reginald Arthur Bates L9507 25/07/1941
• Ian Redmayne Bell L9600 11/12/1941
• Wallace Llewellyn Berry L9500 14/08/1941
• Peter George Bolton L9524 24/07/1941
• Harold Brelsford L9501 28/08/1941
• Stanley Broadhurst L9489 10/03/1941
• Harold Stanley Brown L9503 15/09/1941
• Hubert Donald Buckley L9600 11/12/1941
• Noel Eric Henry Coleman L9521 08/07/1941
• Robert Victor Collinge L9507 25/07/1941
• John Collins L9582 30/11/1941
• Walter Norman Collins L9572 24/08/1941
• Albert Edward Cooper L9489 10/03/1941
• Ernest Ronald Peter Shackle Cooper L9507 25/07/1941
• John Alfred Arthur Cox L9500 14/08/1941
• Frank Wilson Crocker L9600 11/12/1941
• John Milne Rigg Cruickshank L9507 25/07/1941
• John Peter Boston Cushion L9560 02/09/1941
• Arthur Dale Airfield Attack 15/05/1941
• Alexander James Davie L9499 30/06/1941
• James Albert Denning @ to 28 Conv.Flt 22/12/1941
• Robert Dunn L9499 30/06/1941
• Greville Gascoyne Esnouf L9527 24/07/1941
• Leslie John Percival Foster V9979 30/12/1941
• Douglas Stewart Fraser L9560 02/09/1941
• Robert Alexander Fisher Frew V9979 30/12/1941
• Jack Fuller L9572 24/08/1941
• Michael Gerard Garner L9500 14/08/1941
• Clarence Arthur Godwin L9527 24/07/1941
• Arthur Stanley Greenwood V9979 30/12/1941
• Gerald Leonard Grigg L9600 11/12/1941
• John Napier Hall L9487 13/01/1941
• Albert Edward Hammond L9521 08/07/1941
• Laurence Hancock L9499 30/06/1941
• Richard Norman Hares L9499 30/06/1941
• Alistair Alexander Stobie Heggie L9572 24/08/1941
• Albert James Heller L9507 25/07/1941
• Michael Thomas Gibson Henry L9487 13/01/1941
• Frederick William Hill L9501 28/08/1941
• Percy Ingham L9499 30/06/1941
• Ivan Jackson L9504 07/09/1941
• Ross James L9508 02/09/1941
• William Charles Browne Jesse L9487 13/01/1941
• John Douglas Johnston 26/08/1941
• Robert William George Kent L9600 11/12/1941
• Laurence William Ketteringham L9600 11/12/1941
• Matthew George Kipling V9979 30/12/1941
• Ronald Lisle L9500 14/08/1941
• Reginald Lucas L9489 10/03/1941
• Peter Clement Godwyn Maflin V9979 30/12/1941
• Alfred James Manning L9501 28/08/1941
• Vivian Maxwell Markham L9572 24/08/1941
• Kenneth Hamilton Marloth Airfield Attack 12/05/1941
• Leslie Joseph McDonald L9487 13/01/1941
• Jack McGregor-Cheers L9572 24/08/1941
• Thomas Percival McHale L9572 24/08/1941
• Howard Torrens McQuigg L9500 14/08/1941
• Hector Herbert Meeson Airfield Attack 12/05/1941
• Douglas James Mennie L9507 25/07/1941
• Leslie Merrifield @ to 28 Conv.Flt 22/12/1941
• Stuart Auldjo Middleton V9979 30/12/1941
• Conrad Howard Newstead L9527 24/07/1941
• John Albert Orton V9979 30/12/1941
• Thomas Arthur Parkes L9521 08/07/1941
• Charles James Pearson L9501 28/08/1941
• Francis Leslie Plowman L9487 13/01/1941
• Thomas Douglas Inglis Robison L9499 30/06/1941
• John Johnston Rogers L9500 14/08/1941
• Alfred William Rose L9501 28/08/1941
• Reginald Thomas Rudlin L9527 24/07/1941
• Anthony Charles Henry Reid Russell L9487 13/01/1941
• Kenneth Randolph Sewell L9500 14/08/1941
• Hubert George Sharp @ to 58 Squadron 12/05/1941
• Sidney Harry James Shirley L9527 24/07/1941
• Ernest Short L9507 25/07/1941
• Alexander Urquhart Simpson L9501 30/06/1941
• Denis Slater L9560 02/09/1941
• Harold Walter Stone L9511 24/07/1941
• Arthur Henry Stroud L9560 02/09/1941
• Eric Rees Thomas L9603 07/11/1941
• Herbert Thompson L9501 28/08/1941
• Robert Ferguson Thompson L9603 07/11/1941
• Maurice Victor Wakeling L9600 11/12/1941
• Gordon Whitaker L9603 07/11/1941
• Norman Willingham L9560 02/09/1941
• John Kenneth Young L9508 02/09/1941

Prisoners of War / Internees

The following lists the names of those who were captured and imprisoned (or interned) whilst on strength of the squadron in 1941. (The aircraft serial number and take-off date are also shown)

POW (held in German POW Camps)

1. Thomas Edwin Allanson L9508 02/09/1941
2. John Anthony Arnsby L9503 15/09/1941
3. Stewart Richard Arthur L9508 02/09/1941
4. Eric Oswald Thomas Balcomb L9527 24/07/1941
5. John Henry Barrett L9503 15/09/1941
6. George Donald Barry L9521 08/07/1941
7. Robin Lyell Blin Beare L9560 02/09/1941
8. Lionel William Bovington L9521 08/07/1941
9. Henry Septimus Bradbeer L9521 08/07/1941
10. Frederick Hubert Brown L9502 07/07/1941
11. Kenneth Cattran L9502 07/07/1941
12. Albert Edward Connor L9582 30/11/1941
13. Ernest William Constable L9512 24/07/1941
14. Richard Roye Drummond L9603 07/11/1941
15. Arthur George Eperon L9527 24/07/1941
16. Sidney Thomas Fisher L9503 15/09/1941
17. John Noel Gibson L9512 24/07/1941
18. Allan Gillbanks L9512 24/07/1941
19. Stanley Desmond Greaves L9512 24/07/1941
20. Henry Edward Greene L9503 15/09/1941
21. John Craig Hamilton L9582 30/11/1941
22. Ernest Joseph Harding L9499 30/06/1941
23. Kenneth Hartland L9502 07/07/1941
24. James William Hays L9503 15/09/1941
25. James Oliver Hedley L9566 10/09/1941
26. James Patrick Henderson L9582 30/11/1941
27. Albert Henery L9512 24/07/1941
28. William TRoy Hogan L9502 07/07/1941
29. Ernest H Jackson L9566 10/09/1941
30. Ronald Ford Jackson L9502 07/07/1941
31. Archie Robert Kiddey L9521 08/07/1941
32. Arthur Roy Kilminster L9603 07/11/1941
33. Peter Langmead L9502 07/07/1941
34. Jeffrey Arnold Longford L9582 30/11/1941
35. Clifford Grove Lythgoe L9582 30/11/1941
36. Albert Robert Parke Mills L9508 02/09/1941
37. Rodney Gordon Mullally L9508 02/09/1941
38. John Edmond Murrell L9566 10/09/1941
39. Gordon Herbert Frank Ogden L9512 24/07/1941
40. Harold Sidney Oldman L9508 02/09/1941
41. Alexander Osborne L9566 10/09/1941
42. George Roberts L9502 07/07/1941
43. Charles Frederic Seymour Ryder L9566 10/09/1941
44. Ronald C Shaw L9503 15/09/1941
45. Walter Roy Stapleford L9582 30/11/1941
46. Maurice Osborne Stephens L9603 07/11/1941
47. Alexander Urquhart L9566 10/09/1941
48. Wilfred Campbell Walters L9512 24/07/1941
49. Edward Wilkinson L9560 02/09/1941
50. Gerald Standish Williams L9566 10/09/1941
51. Charles Witcher L9603 07/11/1941

Halifax L9569 (09/12/1941 [Non Op])

Halifax L9569 was being flown by RA Norman and crew (Night Exercise) on 9th December 1941.

The AM Form 1180 (Accident Card) shows “Tail wheel collapsed on landing causing swing; suspected severe tail wheel …………. . Isolated case in this squadron although experienced in 765 Squadron and Conversion Flight; failure to be watched in future.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AM Form 78

The AM Form 78 (Movement Card) shows that the aircraft was sent for repair; it was returned to the squadron on 31 January 1942

AM Form 1180

Lancaster ND929 (08/05/1944)

Lancaster ND929 was one of fourteen No. 35 Squadron aircraft detailed to attack Haine-St-Pierre on the night of the 8th / 9th May 1944.

Its seven-man crew comprised:

• John Forde (Pilot)
• John Henry Rollins (Navigator)
• Herbert William Warner (Air Bomber)
• Donald Carruthers (Wireless Operator)
• Victor Arthur Roe (Air Gunner)
• William Thomas Quirke (Air Gunner)
• Douglas Aubrey Cole (Flight Engineer)

The squadron’s Operations Record Book shows: “Aircraft attacked by JU88 and had to corkscrew; this made aircraft late and had to do a dummy run”

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AM Form 78

The AM Form 78 shows that the aircraft was classified as Cat AC ROS on 9th May 1944. It was repaired and returned to the squadron on 27th May 1944

AM Form 1180

There isn’t an AM Form 1180 (Accident Card) held at the RAF Museum and, as such, it has not been possible to establish any more details

Lancaster ND929 (24/07/1944)

Lancaster ND929 was one of sixteen No. 35 Squadron aircraft detailed to attack Stuttgart on 24th / 25th July 1944.

The crew comprised:

• Douglas Lawrence Knobloch (Pilot)
• John Maule (Navigator)
• Francis Herbert Thomas McNally (Air Bomber)
• Ronald George Pain (Wireless Operator)
• James Arthur Bowen (Air Gunner)
• Reginald Noah Collins (Air Gunner)
• James William Street (Flight Engineer)

The squadron’s Operations Record Book shows “On return, H2S failed completely – bomb door could not be closed, despite use of emergency air lock. Cruised at 147 knots. At approximately … found fuel getting short, estimated three hours fuel left. Consumption on starboard side appeared abnormal. After further fuel shortage, two starboard engines feathered over beach-head. Landed at Thorney Island with 20 gallons left”.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AM Form 78

The AM Form 78 shows that the aircraft was classified at Cat. AC ROS and was repaired and returned to the squadron on 5th August 1944

AM Form 1180

Unreadable text – further work required to decipher

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Lancaster ND936 (22/07/1944)

The squadron’s Operations Record Book shows “Eight aircraft were detailed to attack constructional works at L’Hey but one, captained by E Hislop, swung on take off and crashed”

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AM Form 1180

The AM Form 1180 (Accident Card) shows “swung on take-off and undercarriage collapsed”

AM Form 78

The AM Form 78 shows that the aircraft was classified as Cat AC; it was repaired on site and returned to the squadron on 25th August 1944

1930 Personnel

Squadron Command

Commanding Officer:	Squadron Leader Bernard E Harrison
Navigation (Air Pilotage) Officer:	Harold Edward Dicken
Armament Officer:	James McGuinness
Photographic Officer:	John  Coverdale
Accountant Officer:	James R Ackers
Equipment / Stores Officer:	James Edwin Reynolds
Adjutant:	– Robert A  Whyte – Stewart S  Mackay

Strength

No. of Commissioned Officers (Air Crew)	Not Recorded
No. of Non Commissioned Air Crew	Not Recorded
No. of Commissioned Officers (Ground)	Not Recorded
No. of Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground)	Not Recorded

Commissioned Officers (Air Crew) and Non Commissioned Air Crew

Commissioned Officers (Air Crew) and Non Commissioned Air Crew, consisted of pilots and airmen pilots. The following are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron in 1930:

• Leonard Shaw Meadows Bailey [Pilot]
• [-] Birbeck [Airman Pilot]
• Robert Byrne [Pilot]
• John Coverdale [Pilot]
• Harold Edward Dicken [Pilot]
• Robert Duncanson [Pilot]
• Noel Foster-Packer [Pilot]
• [-] Fox (Airman Pilot)
• Reginald R Frith [Pilot]
• Frederick F Garraway [Pilot]
• [-] Goldsmith (Airman Pilot)
• Edwin M Gurney [Pilot]
• Patrick J H Halahan [Pilot]
• [-] Harcourt-Slade [Pilot]
• Bernard E Harrison [Pilot / Officer Commanding]
• Michael T M Hyland [Pilot]
• NH Janabi [Pilot]
• Stewart S Mackay [Pilot]
• James McGuinness [Pilot]
• (Possibly) Brian Arthur Oakley [Pilot]
• Francis Andrew Joseph Pollock-Gore [Pilot]
• Thomas J Rees [Pilot]
• Eric H Richardson [Pilot]
• William Joseph Scott (Airman Pilot)
• Leslie Eric Bradley Stonhill [Pilot]
• KG Vandyck [Pilot]
• Leslie Watson [Pilot]
• Robert A Whyte [Pilot]

Note: Ground Crew, normally trained gunners, would act as crew during training and air exercises

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

No. 35 Squadron’s Record Books contain little or no information regarding the names, postings and movements of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks that were on strength of the squadron, although listings can be found in the following Movement Orders:

• 1931 Air Defence Exercise
• 1933 Air Defence Exercise

More information can be found on the following page

– Ground Personnel 1929 to April 1940 –

Personnel Losses

Remembering those that lost their life whilst serving with the squadron, either in an aircraft loss, or in other incidents, during 1930:

• None Recorded

1929 Personnel

Squadron Command

Commanding Officer:	– LM Elworthy – 12/03/1929: Handed over to GSM Insall VC MC. – 10/07/1929: Handed over to BE Harrison
Signals Officer:	Harold Walker
Accountant Officer:	James R Ackers
Equipment / Store Officer:	James Edwin Reynolds
Adjutant:	Robert A Whyte

Strength

No. of Commissioned Officers (Air Crew)	Between 4 and 14
No. of Non Commissioned Air Crew	Between 2 and 8
No. of Commissioned Officers (Ground)	Between 1 and 2
No. of Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground)	Not Recorded

Commissioned Officers (Air Crew) and Non Commissioned Air Crew

Commissioned Officers (Air Crew) and Non Commissioned Air Crew consisted of pilots and airmen pilots. The following are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron in 1929:

• John Coverdale [Pilot]
• [-] Cowen (Airman Pilot)
• Harold Edward Dicken [Pilot]
• Robert Duncanson [Pilot]
• LM Elworthy [Pilot]
• Reginald R Frith [Pilot]
• Frederick F Garraway [Pilot]
• [-] Goldsmith (Airman Pilot)
• GF Harcourt-Powell (Airman Pilot)
• [-] Harcourt-Slade [Pilot]
• JE Hards (Airman Pilot)
• Bernard E Harrison [Pilot / Officer Commanding]
• Michael T M Hyland [Pilot]
• Gilbert S M Insall [Pilot]
• NH Janabi [Pilot]
• Stewart S Mackay [Pilot]
• RV Martin (Airman Pilot)
• M McIntyre (Airman Pilot)
• (Possibly) Brian Arthur Oakley [Pilot]
• Frederick Ernest O’Meara (Airman Pilot)
• Francis Andrew Joseph Pollock-Gore [Pilot]
• Charles Edward Rolfe (Airman Pilot)
• John Charles Sowden (Airman Pilot)
• KG Vandyck [Pilot]
• Harold Walker [Pilot]
• Robert A Whyte [Pilot]

Note: Ground Crew, normally trained gunners, would act as crew during training and air exercises

Strength of Flights on 30th September 1929

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

No. 35 Squadron’s Record Books contain little or no information regarding the names, postings and movements of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks that were on strength of the squadron, although listings can be found in the following Movement Orders:

• 1931 Air Defence Exercise
• 1933 Air Defence Exercise

More information can be found on the following page

– Ground Personnel 1929 to April 1940 –

Personnel Losses

Remembering those that lost their life whilst serving with the squadron, either in an aircraft loss, or in other incidents, during 1929:

• None Recorded

1947 Personnel

Squadron Command

Commanding Officer

Wing Commander JND Chapple 01/05/1947: Handed over to Squadron Leader RJ Boulding

Strength

Up until April 1947

No. of Commissioned Officers (Air Crew and Ground):	Varied between 15 and 29
No. of Non Commissioned Air Crew:	Varied between 17 and 33
No. of Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground)	Varied between 31 and 45

From May 1947

In May, Stradishall became a Bomber Command Type “B” Station and all Airmen (Ground Crew) were posted on to the strength of Station Headquarters. However, for administration purposes, No. 35 Squadron Ground Crew became known as “A” Squadron and a number of officers, warrant officers, senior NCO and airmen were attached.

35 Squadron (Air Crew)

No. of Commissioned Officers (Air Crew):	Varied between 12 and 20
No. of Non Commissioned Air Crew:	Varied between 17 and 27
No. of Commissioned Officers (Ground) “A Squadron”	Varied between 3 and 4
No. of Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground) “A Squadron”	Varied between 103 and 132

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew

The following are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron during 1947:

• Kenneth Jonathan Aedy (Pilot)
• Michael James Beetham (Pilot)
• Peter Wilfred Betts (Navigator)
• Nolan Bevan (Engineer)
• John Jellicoe Blair (Navigator)
• H Boothby (Signaller)
• Roger John Eric Boulding (Pilot)
• G Brindley (Gunner)
• RAW Brooks (Navigator)
• [-] Brown (Pilot)
• Ronald John Scott Bruce (Engineer)
• Henry George Bullen (Navigator)
• John Edward Button (Gunner)
• James Hugh Dundas Chapple (Pilot)
• Kenneth Walter Clarine (Pilot)
• [-] Clementson (Signaller)
• Samuel Gordon Cliffe (Gunner)
• [-] Coates (Signaller)
• [-] Criddle (Navigator)
• John Edward Davidson (Engineer)
• [-] Dewhurst (Gunner)
• Charles Verdon Dove (Gunner)
• [-] Dunbobbin (Gunner)
• Donald Charles Dunkley (Gunner)
• DJ Earl (Navigator)
• Robert Joseph Edie (Pilot)
• [-] Enright (Engineer)
• Bruce James Cobbold Ford (Gunner)
• Robert Forsyth (Navigator)
• Raymond Walter Francis (Engineer)
• [-] Frost (Pilot)
• Ernest Albert Gardner (Gunner)
• [-] Gilmartin (Gunner)
• Thomas Barron Gourlay (Navigator)
• Leslie George Gratton (Pilot)
• [-] Grist (Gunner)
• WF Hall (Navigator)
• Gilbert Barrett Hampson (Pilot)
• Thomas Stafford Harris (Pilot)
• [-] Hastings (Engineer)
• Gordon Reginald Hawes (Navigator)
• Reginald James Hawtin (Navigator)
• [-] Homer (Gunner)
• Frederick Hulbert (Gunner)
• Kenneth William Sidney Ingles (Pilot)
• [-] Jeffray (Signaller)
• Wilfred Allen Jenkins (Navigator)
• Kevin Juckes (Navigator)
• Sidney James Jull (Pilot)
• Timothy Kennedy (Navigator)
• Cyril King (Pilot)
• Timothy Devenish Lamb (Pilot)
• Robert Harry Bayford Leonard (Signaller)
• Ronald William Mathers (Pilot)
• [-] McBride (Gunner)
• Arthur Stanley McCabe (Pilot)
• Lawrence Ellis McKenzie (Navigator)
• [-] Mullen (Pilot)
• William Charles Murray (Navigator)
• Peter Alan Oxtoby (Gunner)
• Stanley William Page (Signaller)
• [-] Pagett (Gunner)
• John Owen Pennington (Pilot)
• Derek Arthur Perkins (Pilot)
• Allan Paterson Richardson (Engineer)
• [-] Ripley (Gunner)
• Peter Denny Saville (Navigator)
• Harvey John Scull (Navigator)
• Ernest George Stephen Scutt (Engineer)
• Alan James Simpson (Navigator)
• Austin Smelt (Pilot)
• BD Smith (Signaller)
• Stuart Edmund Lucas Sturgeon (Pilot)
• Hamish Lovat Symon (Navigator)
• Peter George Whitman (Pilot)
• Alan Wilson (Navigator)
• John Keith Woodward (Signaller)
• [-] Wren (Engineer)

Stradishall 1947?

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

No. 35 Squadron’s Record Books contain little or no information regarding the names, postings and movements of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks that provided essential ground services to (a) the operational station at RAF Stradishall and (b) the operational squadron(s) that were stationed there (including 35 Squadron). although listings can be found in the following Movement Orders:

• January 1947 Sunbronze Detachment
• July 1947 Reorganisation of Flights

More details can be found on the following page:
– Ground Trades (1945 [Post War] to 1950) –

1946 Personnel

Squadron Command

Commanding Officer	Wing Commander AJL Craig DSO DFC 24/10/1946: Handed over to Wing Commander JND Chapple
Adjutant:	R Walne
Engineer Officer:	HE Thorpe
Navigation Officer:	T Kennedy
Bombing Leader:	GR Hawes
Gunnery Leader:	JG Cooper / F Hulbert
Signals Leader:	LT Walton
Flight Engineer Leader:	JE Davidson
A Flight Commander:	MJ Beetham
B Flight (*) Commander:	TS Harris

(*) Renamed Servicing Flight (September 1946)

Strength (from 31/10/1946 *)

No. of Commissioned Officers (Air Crew and Ground) and Non Commissioned Air Crew	Varied between 59 and 83
No. of Non Commissioned Other Ranks	Varied between 35 and 37

* Information not available prior to this date

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew

The following are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron in 1946:

• John George Adlam (Navigator)
• Norman William Angel (Engineer)
• Roy Arguile (Engineer)
• Arthur Ashworth (Pilot)
• Dennis Arthur Baker (Signaller)
• Sidney Walter Barker (Pilot)
• Donald Barker (Engineer)
• Arthur Barnes (Navigator)
• Kenneth George Bartles (Navigator)
• Michael James Beetham (Pilot)
• Peter Paul Patrick Bentley (Gunner)
• Robert Burns Benton (Gunner)
• Peter Wilfred Betts (Air Bomber)
• Nolan Bevan (Engineer)
• John Jellicoe Blair (Navigator)
• Thomas Henry Blenkharn (Engineer)
• John William Booth (Signaller)
• Francis George Boulter (Gunner)
• Edwin Edward Bowry (Navigator)
• G Brindley (Gunner)
• RAW Brooks (Navigator)
• Ronald John Scott Bruce (Engineer)
• Henry George Bullen (Air Bomber)
• Robin Darker Butterell (Navigator)
• John Edward Button (Gunner)
• Leonard Carr (Engineer)
• John Frederick Carsons (Pilot)
• James Hugh Dundas Chapple (Pilot)
• Francis Cheshire (Pilot)
• Kenneth Walter Clarine (Pilot)
• Samuel Gordon Cliffe (Gunner)
• Peter Coggan (Navigator)
• Dennis Collins (Gunner)
• Charles James Colvill (Engineer)
• JWE Cooke (Gunner)
• Gordon Coombes (Navigator)
• John Gordon Cooper (Gunner)
• William Henry Cornelius (Pilot)
• R Corsar (Navigator)
• Gordon Rae Cowan (Signaller)
• Alan John Laird Craig (Pilot)
• [Possibly] Cyril James Croskell (Pilot)
• John Edward Davidson (Engineer)
• Clarence Davies (Gunner)
• James Raymond Dawson (Pilot)
• [-] Dewhurst (Gunner)
• Andrew Jenkinson Dick (Engineer)
• Sidney Stanley Douglas (Navigator)
• Charles Verdon Dove (Gunner)
• Donald Charles Dunkley (Gunner)
• DJ Earl (Navigator)
• Robert Joseph Edie (Pilot)
• Robert Edward English (Engineer)
• BJG Farmer (Gunner)
• Laurence Fawcett (Navigator)
• Barclay William Grant Felgate (Gunner)
• Charles Melville Fenwick (Engineer)
• Thomas Gallan Finlayson (Navigator)
• William Richard Flynn (Gunner)
• Bruce James Cobbold Ford (Gunner)
• Robert Forsyth (Navigator)
• Raymond Walter Francis (Engineer)
• Patrick Travers Freeman (Engineer)
• Ernest Albert Gardner (Gunner)
• Francis Thomas Gibson (Gunner)
• Cyril John Alfred Giles (Gunner)
• Thomas Barron Gourlay (Air Bomber)
• Eric Gray (Navigator)
• Reginald Ernest Green (Pilot)
• Leslie George Greig (Pilot)
• [-] Grist (Gunner)
• Frank Robert Henry Gristwood (Navigator)
• Wilfred Haigh (Pilot)
• WF Hall (Navigator)
• Gilbert Barrett Hampson (Pilot)
• Jeremiah Anthony Hanafin (Gunner)
• Richard Henry Hardy (Pilot)
• Thomas Stafford Harris (Pilot)
• Gordon Reginald Hawes (Navigator)
• George Albert Henderson (Pilot)
• William John Hough (Signaller)
• Frederick Hulbert (Gunner)
• Kenneth William Sidney Ingles (Pilot)
• Abraham Samuel  Jackson (Navigator)
• Reginald Harold Jenden (Air Bomber)
• Wilfred Allen Jenkins (Air Bomber)
• Frank Sidney Walter Jolliffe (Pilot)
• Kevin Juckes (Air Bomber)
• Sidney James Jull (Pilot)
• Harry Kenneth Kane (Engineer)
• Timothy Kennedy (Navigator)
• Cyril King (Pilot)
• Timothy Devenish Lamb (Pilot)
• Daniel William Lambert (Signaller)
• John Henry Lane (Gunner)
• Francis Richard Leadon (Pilot)
• Robert Harry Bayford Leonard (Signaller)
• Roland Henry Luffman (Signaller)
• George Howard Mair (Navigator)
• Ronald William Mathers (Pilot)
• Arthur Stanley McCabe (Pilot)
• J McKay (Engineer)
• Lawrence Ellis McKenzie (Navigator)
• Bernard Rye Mercer (Pilot)
• Bernard Douglas Monks (Navigator)
• William John Cyril Moore (Navigator)
• Glen Davidson Munro (Navigator)
• William Charles Murray (Air Bomber)
• Norman Arthur Oakley (Navigator)
• Arthur Shadrach William Orchard (Gunner)
• Peter Alan Oxtoby (Gunner)
• Stanley William Page (Signaller)
• IJ Parsons (Gunner)
• Arthur James Pearce (Gunner)
• ABS Pearson (Pilot)
• John Owen Pennington (Pilot)
• Arthur Hewer Lind Peters (Signaller)
• Walter Charles Phelps (Gunner)
• William Frank Philpot (Navigator)
• Stanley John Pirt (Navigator)
• Samuel Thomas Gwynne Price (Engineer)
• James William Redmond (Gunner)
• Robert Leslie Reeve (Signaller)
• Allan Paterson Richardson (Engineer)
• Leslie Rippon (Signaller)
• Montague Cyril Roberts (Signaller)
• John Edward Robinson (Pilot)
• JB Rush (Pilot)
• Peter Denny Saville (Navigator)
• William Alfred Saxby (Navigator)
• James Frederick Scott (Signaller)
• Harvey John Scull (Navigator)
• Ernest George Stephen Scutt (Engineer)
• Kenneth Simmonds (Signaller)
• Alan James Simpson (Navigator)
• Albert Sims (Pilot)
• Peter Norman Duncan Skingley (Signaller)
• George Harry William Slaughter (Pilot)
• Austin Smelt (Pilot)
• Hugh Marshall Smith (Navigator)
• BD Smith (Signaller)
• S Spann (Signaller)
• Peter Howard Sparling (Signaller)
• George Edward Stevens (Engineer)
• William Roy Stewart (Navigator)
• Norman Stockwell (Pilot)
• John Garland Stratton (Air Bomber)
• Stuart Edmund Lucas Sturgeon (Pilot)
• Hamish Lovat Symon (Navigator)
• John Thomas Tait (Signaller)
• Ralph Stanley Taylor (Pilot)
• Alan Thomas Taylor (Engineer)
• J Thompson (Engineer)
• Ronald William Thompson (Signaller)
• Derek Thompson (Navigator)
• [-] Tiffin (Gunner)
• Charles Tipper (Air Bomber)
• Fred Vaughan (Gunner)
• Gilbert Rowland Venables (Gunner)
• Rex Alfred Versey (Gunner)
• Leonard Thomas Walton (Signaller)
• Charles Arthur Conway Wanbon (Gunner)
• HE Ward (Engineer)
• Eric Wardle (Gunner)
• William Ella Warner (Signaller)
• Robert Watson (Gunner)
• Robert Watson (Gunner)
• Tony George Webb (Engineer)
• Eric Edwin Webber (Gunner)
• Reginald Charles Weeden (Navigator)
• Harry Whittaker (Air Bomber)
• Gerald Ernest Wilkes (Air Bomber)
• Alan Wilson (Navigator)
• John Keith Woodward (Signaller)
• Roy Anthony Wooland (Signaller)
• [-] Wren (Engineer)
• John Edward Wright (Gunner)
• John Wyer (Signaller)

22nd February 1946 [Courtesy of IBCC Digital Archive]

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

No. 35 Squadron’s Record Books contain little or no information regarding the names, postings and movements of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks that provided essential ground services to (a) the operational station(s) at RAF Graveley and Stradishall and (b) the operational squadron(s) that were stationed there (including 35 Squadron). although listings can be found in the following Movement Orders:

• June 1946 Operation Lancaster
• September 1946 Move to Stradishall

More details can be found on the following page:
– Ground Trades (1945 [Post War] to 1950) –

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Photo Gallery

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Believed to be Pennington Crew
[Courtesy of Paul Thompson]

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1945 Personnel (from 9th May 1945)

Squadron Command

Commanding Officer	Group Captain HJE Le Good DSO DFC (*) 11/09/1945: Handed over to Wing Commander AJL Craig DSO DFC
Adjutant:	R Baker / GR Venables
Navigation Officer:	HC Wright / PP McGuiness / T Kennedy
Bombing Leader:	G Wood / GR Hawes
Gunnery Leader:	CA Fraser-Petheridge / JG Cooper
Signals Leader:	S Turner / LT Walton
Flight Engineer Leader:	DH Craig / JE Davidson
A Flight Commander:	E Baldwin / A Ashworth
B Flight Commander:	KC Gooch / KW Swann / MJ Beetham

(*) E Baldwin and KC Gooch also acted as Temporary Commanding Officer

Strength

• Air Crew
  • Commissioned Officers
  • Non Commissioned Air Crew
• Ground Personnel
  • Commissioned Officers
  • Non Commissioned Other Ranks

Note: On 24/05/1945, all Commonwealth airmen were posted out of the squadron in readiness for their repatriation

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew

The following are known to have been on strength of the squadron between 9th May 1945 (ie when hostilities in Europe had ended) and 31st December 1945:

• David Perkin Adamson
• John George Adlam
• Arthur Aked
• J Akers
• Kenneth Allerston
• Robert James Anderson
• Solomon Joseph Harold Andrew
• Raymond Styles Ashwell
• Arthur Ashworth
• Donald William Attwood
• (Possibly) Herbert Bailey
• Geoffrey Harold Vining Baker
• Ronald Baker
• Eric Baldwin
• F Bales
• Donald Barker
• Sidney Walter Barker
• Arthur Barnes
• GL Barr
• George William Bartlett
• James Beattie
• (Possibly) Frank Archibald Bee
• Raymond Beech
• Michael James Beetham
• David Reginald Behenna
• William John Bentley
• Robert Burns Benton
• George Binns
• Alec Bird
• James Johnston Black
• Ronald Edward Blackadder
• Ivor Latimer Climming Blackwell
• John Campbell Blair
• Richard Bruce Bolt
• Grant Gordon Booth
• John William Booth
• Gilbert Addison Borland
• Vryan Bernard Bowen-Morris
• Paul Meredith Bown
• Harry Breeze
• JT Brenner
• Harry Edwin Brewer
• Herbert Alfred Benjamin Brewington
• Oliver Villiers Brooks
• Denis Bramato Brown
• Donald Edward Bruce
• William Norman Bruce
• Alan Brundritt
• Wilfred Marshall Buck
• JF Buckley
• Kenneth John Bullock
• Kenneth Robert Burgess
• Robin Darker Butterell
• S Caddle
• John Cairns
• John Kenneth Calton
• John Frederick Carsons
• CL Carter
• Yale Knox Carter
• Jack Maxwell Catford
• James Henry Catlin
• Harry Kearsley Chamberlain
• George Frank Chance
• Francis Cheshire
• Kenneth Walter Clarine
• Peter Coggan
• Robert Henry Cole
• Bram Barker Coles
• Charles James Colvill
• Donald Howard Connors
• Ernest Clifford Leslie Coombs
• Patrick Cooney
• John Gordon Cooper
• William Henry Cornelius
• Arthur Cottrell
• Albert Arthur Couch
• Allan John Laird Craig
• Donald Harrington Craig
• Michael Ernest Cranston
• Cyril James Croskell
• Roy Leslie Cross
• Albert Sidney Cubberley
• Arthur Bryan Curtis
• Leonard James Daniels
• John Edward Davidson
• W Davidson
• Leonard Davies
• Robert Henry Davis
• James Raymond Dawson
• Jack Denton
• Andrew Jenkinson Dick
• H Dickens
• Rene Dixon
• Ronald Joseph Dobson
• Thomas Donnelly
• William George Douglas
• Charles Verdun Dove
• Lawrence Edward Dovey
• B Drummond
• William Dudgeon
• Joseph Omer Dumas
• Donald Charles Dunkley
• Neil David Dunn
• DA Durie
• William Reginald Eady
• John Strange East
• Steven Ecroyd
• James Bartholomew Edwards
• George Laurie Edwards
• Arthur Halliday Elliot
• John Butler Ensor
• Gordon James Etheridge
• Vincent Bowes Farningham
• H Farrand
• Ronald Bertrand Farren
• L Fawcett
• Barclay William Grant Felgate
• John Elliott Fenwick
• (Possibly) Charles Melville Fenwick
• William George Ferguson
• Thomas Gollan Finlayson
• John William Firth
• Jack Richard Floyde
• Donald Foster
• Harry Foxton
• Raymond Walter Francis
• JF Fraser
• John MacGregor Fraser
• Cedric Alexander Fraser-Petherbridge
• Charles Jardine Freebairn
• Francis Leslie Fullerton
• George Edward Furnell
• Ernest Albert Gardner
• John Anthony Gardner
• Edward Garner
• HV Gash
• WA Gaskell
• Douglas Joseph Gates
• Michael Julius Gibbons
• Laurence Edwin Hope Gilbert
• Stanley Ralph Gillmar
• Albert John Goff
• Kenneth Chambers Gooch
• AJ Gosling
• Thomas Barron Gourlay
• Leonard John Grant
• Eric Gray
• Iain Farquhar Gray
• Reginald Ernest Green
• Leslie George Greig
• EJL Hall
• Leslie Hall
• Kenneth Hugh Halstead
• John Edward Hamblett
• Gilbert Barrett Hampson
• Jeremiah Anthony Hanafin
• Michael William Hanham
• Joseph Frederick William Harding
• Richard Henry Hardy
• Thomas Stafford Harris
• R Hartley
• Gordon Reginald Hawes
• Reginald James Hawtin
• Frank Charles Heavery
• George Albert Henderson
• George Edward Herod
• Robert Gerard Heuston
• Hugh Campbell Highet
• AD Hill
• EJ Hill
• George William Hodges
• Robert William Hodgson
• GH Hones
• Roland Horrocks
• William John Hough
• Peter Noel Howdle
• Richard Harold Howell
• Maurice Frederick Hudson
• Frederick Hulbert
• John Richmond Hulley
• Bernard Thompson Humphreys
• Royston Lawrenson Hunt
• RET Hunter
• Thomas Henderson Hunter
• IK Irwin
• Abraham Samuel Jackson
• William Henry Jackson
• Derek Ian Jeffery
• Jack Jenkinson
• Denis Camber John
• Kenneth Basil John
• JS Johnson
• Frank Sidney Walter Jolliffe
• Denis James Jones
• Eric Arthur Jones
• George Herbert Jones
• John Allen Jones
• Peter Raymond Jones
• RP Jones
• Walter Leigh Jones
• Kevin Juckes
• William Keefe
• Herbert Kendall
• Timothy Kennedy
• Ernest Kenwright
• Russell Whiston Kerr
• William Henry Kilbey
• Richard George Knowler
• Timothy Devenish Lamb
• Paul Herbert Lambert
• Delwood Harry Larson
• James Laurie
• Robert Simpson Laurie
• Donald Joseph Lawrence
• Hugh James Felce Le Good
• Francis Richard Leadon
• JH Lee
• David Letham
• Lester Levy
• James Patrick Leydon
• William Beveridge Liddell
• Benjamin Lomax
• Peter Charles Lord
• George Donald MacGregor
• PA MacLennan
• Henry Frank MacNevin
• Arthur Frederick Manders
• Hubert John Mardell
• Gerard Patrick Markham
• John Lloyd George Marshall
• James Marvin
• Ronald William Mathers
• Thomas Henry Matthews
• William Henry Maudsley
• William McDonald
• Patrick Seumas McGowran
• Philip Patrick  McGuinness
• Lawrence Ellis McKenzie
• C McKinnon
• Matthew McMath
• David McMillan
• HF McNevin
• John Francis McPherson
• William George McReady
• George Burnett McRitchie
• Bernard Rye Mercer
• William Norman Mercer
• Edward George Meredith
• Frederick Robert Mitchell
• John Herbert Monk
• Bernard Douglas Monks
• James Montgomery
• Herbert Ambrose Moore
• John Arthur Moore
• Michael Franklyn Moore
• Brian Joseph Mordecai
• Philip Scott Morris
• John Thomas Graham Morrison
• Vyran Rigg Moss
• George Edward Muchmore
• Andrew Jackson Mundell
• Alan Henry Mundy
• JW Murray
• Jack Alfred Murrell
• Robert Newbiggin
• Ronald Henry Newitt
• John Bernard Nicholls
• Carl Francis William Norman
• Geoffrey John North
• Edgar John Norton
• Squire Nuttall
• Norman Arthur Oakley
• John Roderick O’Donnell
• Thomas Ogden
• Jack Norman Oliver
• John O’Neill
• G Owen
• N Page
• Ross Norman Page
• SW Page
• Walter George Palmer
• Leonard Park
• John Owen Pennington
• Joseph Squire Pennington
• Joe Perkin
• Edward Dixon Perrault
• Arthur Hewer Lind Peters
• Ronald Peters
• Noel John Petterson
• Harry Pettifer
• William Frank Philpot
• Frederick Willis Pick
• Edgar Charles Pinder
• Stanley John Pirt
• MA Potter
• Robert Pye
• Robert Francis Quarterman
• Colin John Alfred Ramsey
• Ralph Kirk Raper
• James William Redmond
• Roydon Rees
• Betrum Silvester Reinhart
• Dennis Ernest Renvoize
• John Robert Arthur Richards
• Edgell Jason Rigby
• Francis Rigley
• AT Riley
• William Fredrick Roberts
• J Robertson
• John Edward Robinson
• Kenneth John Robinson
• Albert Roche
• FS Rogerson
• Stanley Burton Rondeau
• Peter Henry Roscoe
• EW Rose
• Harold Stanley Rothwell
• Robert Duncan Sampson
• Francis William Sanders
• Harold Stanley Sandy
• John Satchell
• Frank Peter Chiltern Saunders
• Peter Denny Saville
• JP Scanlon
• James Hutchison Scott
• William Philip Scourfield-Smith
• Harvey John Scull
• George Brodie Sharpe
• John Bernard Shaw
• William James Simpson
• Alan James Simpson
• Eric Arthur George Simpson
• John Norman Simpson
• WJ Simpson
• Albert Sims
• Eric Thomson Sinclair
• Peter Norman Duncan Skingley
• George Harry William Slaughter
• Hugh Marshall Smith
• James Arthur Smith
• SJ Smith
• Vernon Frederick Smith
• Keith Smith
• EJ Soan
• William John Reginald Solway
• Brian Frederick Spark
• Basil Noel Stephenson
• JF Stevens
• Frederick Arthur Stock
• Norman Stockwell
• Alfred Thomas Stoney
• Harry Stott
• Kenneth Macdona Strange
• Basil John Studd
• Stuart Edmund Lucas Sturgeon
• Frank William Sturmey
• Donald Swaffield
• Kenneth Warrender Swann
• Kenneth Augarde Swanton
• Brian Alexander Targett
• Clarence John Taylor
• D Taylor
• Ralph Stanley Taylor
• Alan Teague
• Albert Henry Thomas
• Arthur Thompson
• Ronald William Thompson
• J Tiffin
• GH Tompkin
• AS Tuck
• Leslie George Turner
• Stanley Turner
• Douglas John Varney
• Gilbert Rowland Venables
• Frank Walter Vilain
• Louis Earl Reynard Vincent
• Harold Wilson Wakefield
• John Sutherland Walker
• Laurence Alfred Waller
• Harry Walmsley
• H Walsh
• Leonard Thomas Walton
• WH Ward
• Victor John Warren
• Joe Waterhouse
• James Watkinson
• Peter Hugh Way
• Leonard Frederick Wearing
• Peter George Ray Weeks
• Norman Westby
• Robert White
• Harry Whittaker
• Geoffrey Whittle
• Cyril Willey
• Horace Reginald Williams
• Thomas Charles Williamson
• Robert Vivian Wilson
• Alan Wilson
• Alfred George William Winch
• JG Winship
• Gilbert Wood
• Henry Charles Wooding
• John Edmond Woods
• Harry Cecil Wright
• Noel Henry Wright
• John Edward Wright
• Hugh Young
• Richard Langley Young
• Noel Bernard Yule

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RM Collard, MJ Beetham, AJL Craig, TS Harris

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Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

No. 35 Squadron’s record book contains little or no information regarding Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks who provided ground support to the squadron’s air operations;. However, a few listings can be found (eg on squadron movement orders).

Personnel on strength of the squadron during the year included:

• Engineering Personnel (undertaking daily inspection, servicing and preparation of squadron aircraft, in readiness for air operations)
• Administrative Personnel

More information can be found on the following page

– Ground Trades (1945 [Post War] to 1950) –

ND645 Rowe Crew (National Memorial Arboretum)

• To commemorate: Crew of Lancaster ND645 (22nd March 1944)
• Location: National Memorial Arboretum, near Lichfield, Staffordshire
• Installation Date: –
• Loss details: – Read More –

Aston (AC) (National Memorial Arboretum)

• To commemorate: AC Aston
• Location: National Memorial Arboretum
• Installation Date: –

Note: Served with the squadron during 1945

Grouped Individuals (IBCC)

• To commemorate: Individual airmen
• Location: International Bomber Command Centre, Canwick Hill, Lincoln
• Installation Date: 2018

Walls of Names

The Walls of Names contain the names of all airmen who lost their lives whilst serving with Bomber Command during WWII, including those that served with No. 35 Squadron

Lancaster ME334 loss (4th February 1945)

Ribbon of Remembrance

In addition, the Ribbon of Remembrance, which connects the Chadwick Centre with the Memorial Spire, contains paving stones dedicated to individual airmen or crews who served with Bomber Command.

The following shows the stones dedicated to No. 35 Squadron airmen (as at May 2019)

R Boone

CA Butler

FW Edmondson

[Courtesy of Ron Eccles]

JA Forde

R White

FJ Williams

R Yates

Thompson (RF) (Rothbury)

• To commemorate: Robert Ferguson Thompson
• Location: All Saints Church, Rothbury, Northumbria
• Installation Date: Not Known
• Loss details: – Read More –

[Courtesy of the IBCC Memorials Database Project]

Note: The date shown on the panel does not correspond with his actual date of death (8th November 1941)

1959 Personnel

Squadron Command

Commanding Officer:

Wing Commander G Newberry

Strength

No. of Commissioned Officers (Air Crew) and Commissioned Officers (Ground) (*)	Varied between 57 and 75
No. of Non Commissioned Air Crew	Varied between 5 and 7
No. of Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground)	Varied between 77 and 112

(*) Including RAAF / RCAF Officers

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew

The following are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron during 1959:

• Pilot
  • Edward Kingsley Gordon Bates
  • Donald Edward Betts
  • Peter Backhouse Curtin
  • Duncan Alexander Dobbie
  • John Charles Dunn
  • David Peter Dwyer
  • Trevor James Edward Emanuel
  • Kenneth McDonald  Flett
  • [-] Foster
  • Colin Graham Goodman
  • Edward Brian Christopher  Gwinnell
  • Peter Leonard Jobling
  • William John Kirby
  • John Oswald Howell Lewarne
  • William David Edward Martin
  • [-] McCabe (RAAF)
  • Ronald Arthur Nash
  • Raymond Douglas  Pilcher
  • Michael John Pilkington
  • Michael Denis Porter
  • Christopher Rex Potter
  • Eric William Quinney
  • Brian Anthony Sherlock
  • Humphrey Morgan John Smith
  • Peter John Smith
  • James Edward  Tootell
  • Peter Reuben Walton
  • Patrick Tindall Whitlaw
  • David Wright
• Navigator / Observer
  • James Eliel  Abraham
  • James Dinsdale Appleton
  • John Richard Bird
  • [-] Black (RAAF)
  • Geoffrey Reginald Brown
  • John Gordon Brown
  • Harry Edwin Brunt
  • Robert Michael Carpmael
  • Albert Arthur Casselly
  • Francis Ian Cave
  • Peter George Chapman
  • Colin Lilico Cockburn
  • Gordon Cockfield
  • Anthony Brian Culley
  • Clive Davies
  • John Charles Dilworth
  • Brian Dockar
  • Robert John Dodd
  • Geoffrey John Edwards
  • Michael Farmer
  • Gerald David Fuller
  • William Frederick John Gibbs
  • Norman Leslie Hartland
  • Leslie Richard Hawkins
  • [-] Hemming
  • Francis Joseph Hogan
  • John Arthur Hyde
  • Peter Richard Jones
  • Terence Lewis Jones
  • Douglas Gordon Kaye
  • Colin Ellis King
  • [-] Kirk
  • Bryan John Leggett
  • Alan Francis Lyon
  • John Robert MacNeil (RAAF)
  • Anthony John McCreary
  • Terence Francis Moore
  • Ronald Frank Norman
  • Malcolm Osbourne
  • Edward Parker
  • Norman Arthur Parker
  • Norman Sidney Pulley
  • Colin Redmonds
  • John Frederick Schofield
  • Horace George Sealey
  • Dareic Rupert Somers-Joce
  • Brian George Southwell
  • David George Stannard
  • Derek Howard Stephens
  • John Nigel  Stephenson-Oliver
  • Graham Sterne
  • Kenneth William Taylor
  • Anthony Royston Tolcher
  • [-] Walder
  • George Brian Walker
  • Trevor Wall
  • Terence William Walters
  • Alexander Charles Wedderburn
  • James Welsh
  • Michael Norman Whiteman
  • Bryn Williams
  • Peter Womphrey
  • Arthur William Kenneth Woodman
  • Gerald Kinsey Woolmington

Personnel at presentation of squadron standard
[Courtesy of Marham Aviation Heritage Centre]

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

No. 35 Squadron’s Record Books contain little or no information regarding the names, postings and movements of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks that provided essential ground services to (a) the operational station at RAF Upwood and (b) the operational squadron(s) that were stationed there (including 35 Squadron). although listings can be found in the following Movement Orders:

• None available for this period

More details can be found on the following page

– Ground Trades 1951 – 1961 –

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[Courtesy of Marham Aviation Heritage Centre]

[Courtesy of Marham Aviation Heritage Centre]

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Squadron Sports Team 1959

[Courtesy of Marham Aviation Heritage Centre]

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No. 8 Group Roll of Honour (Ely)

• To commemorate: No. 2, 3, 8 and 100 Group (Roll of Honour)
• Location: Ely Cathedral
• Installation Date: 6th November 1955

[Courtesy of IBCC Memorial Database Project]

RAF Graveley (Diddington Church)

• To commemorate: Airfields operating around Diddington (including Graveley)
• Location: Church of St Lawrence, Diddington, Cambridgeshire
• Installation Date: Not Known

[Courtesy of IBCC Memorial Database Project]

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An interesting painting, commemorating the squadrons and airfields operating in the area around Diddington, Cambridgeshire.

In January 2019, David Dodman provided this information regarding its history:

“It was originally painted by an inmate of Littlehey Prison and they gave it to the Priory Centre, St Neots. When the centre was being refurbished about ten years ago, the Mayor saved the painting and gave it to me. As I was on the Diddington Village Hall Committee, I loaned it to the Hall where it hung for several years. When I stepped down from the Committee, the PCC agreed that it could be hung in the Church at Diddington, as this was close to Diddington Park.

I have also gifted to Diddington Church all my historical documents relating to the village, its involvement in World War II and the repatriation of the Polish people who were unable to return to their homes after the war ended. This history is now in the Church for all to come in and look at if they wish. The Church is open 24 hours per day and the public are very welcome to come in whenever they like. The History display is situated in the North Aisle and we keep tables and chairs close by to make life easy for those coming in”.

1962 Personnel

Squadron Command

Commanding Officer	AA Smailes
A Flight Commander	GC Goodyer
B Flight Commander	DA Thomas
C Flight Commander	DB Craig
Electrical Officer	M Sayer

Strength

No. of Commissioned Officers (Air Crew) and Commissioned Officers (Ground):	11 (2 constituted crews)
No of Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground):	Varied between 57 and 61

Commissioned Officers (Air Crew)

The following are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron in November / December 1962:

• AR Court (Nav Plotter)
• DB Craig (Pilot)
• B Dorrington (Co-Pilot)
• SJ Dunstan (AEO)
• JA Edwards (Co-Pilot)
• GC Goodyer (Nav Plotter)
• GG Ness (Pilot)
• J Shaw (Nav Radar)
• AA Smailes (Pilot)
• CF Stevens (Nav Radar)
• DA Thomas (Pilot)
• SMR Webster (Nav Plotter)

GG Ness slipped on ice and injured his leg and was admitted to hospital, returning to the squadron (in plaster) on 13th December 1962

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground Trades)

No. 35 Squadron’s Record Books contain little or no information regarding the names, postings and movements of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks that provided essential ground services to (a) the operational station at RAF Coningsby and (b) the operational squadron(s) that were stationed there (including 35 Squadron), although listings can be found in the following Movement Orders:

• None available for this period

More details can be found on the following page

– Ground Trades 1962 to 1968 –

Technical, Non Technical and Administrative Personnel, who were on strength of the station, were attached to the squadron to ensure that it was fully independent and self supporting whenever it was detached.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Constituted Crews

1. Smailes / Edwards / Webster / Shaw / Dunstan
2. Ness / Dorrington / Court / Stevens / –

Granger (PC)

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

1. 06/09/1944 Emden
2. 11/09/1944 Gelsenkirchen
3. 12/09/1944 Wanne-Eickel (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)	Peter Coram Granger	3
(Navigator)	Harold Edward Hewitt Healas	3
(Air Bomber)	Kenneth Burdett Freer	3
(Wireless Operator)	Douglas Arthur Foster	3
(Air Gunner)	Harry William Frederick Howe	3
	Percy Froud	3
(Flight Engineer)	Jack Murgatroyd	3

Hall (JT)

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

1. 20/09/1944 Calais
2. 30/09/1944 Bottrop
3. 05/10/1944 Saarbrucken
4. 06/10/1944 Sterkrade
5. 14/10/1944 Duisburg [1]
6. 15/10/1944 Wilhelmshaven
7. 19/10/1944 Stuttgart
8. 21/10/1944 Hanover
9. 31/10/1944 Cologne
10. 02/11/1944 Dusseldorf
11. 04/11/1944 Bochum
12. 06/11/1944 Gelsenkirchen
13. 16/11/1944 Duren
14. 18/11/1944 Wanne-Eickel
15. 29/11/1944 Dortmund
16. 04/12/1944 Urft Dam
17. 05/12/1944 Soest
18. 06/12/1944 Merseburg (Leuna)
19. 24/12/1944 Cologne
20. 28/12/1944 Bonn
21. 29/12/1944 Gelsenkirchen
22. 02/01/1945 Ludwigshafen
23. 06/01/1945 Hanau
24. 07/01/1945 Munich
25. 14/01/1945 Merseburg/Leuna
26. 16/01/1945 Magdeburg
27. 22/01/1945 Gelsenkirchen

Target Photo (Calais 20/09/1944)

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)	John Thomas Hall	27
(Navigator)	Martin Albert Hampe	27
(Air Bomber)	Alfred Edward Ralph Bexton	24
	Arthur Joseph Reeder	3
(Set Operator)	Alan John Card	1
	Gilbert Wood	6
	John Leslie Vickery	1
	Peter James Leeves	2
	Walter Stanley Mountford	4
(Wireless Operator)	Joseph Lucien Jean Fontaine	27
(Air Gunner)	Alfred George Wright	1
	Geoffrey John North	24
	Harold Leslie Horne	27
	Vivian Montague Bailey Halls	2
(Flight Engineer)	John Herbert Monk	27

JT HALL CREW
Hall, Horne, Fontaine, Bexton, Monk, North, Hampe
[Source: IBCC Digital Archive]

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Posting Dates

Hall	John Thomas	31/08/1944	In From:	51 Squadron
		12/02/1945	Out to:	RCAF R Depot

Crew Information

• Hall and Hampe were on strength of 51 Squadron prior to being posted to 35 Squadron

Bradburn (G)

G Bradburn [Courtesy of Deborah Kieboom]

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

1. 06/09/1944 Emden
2. 11/09/1944 Gelsenkirchen (Failed to Return)

Note: G Bradburn also flew three 2nd Dickie Flights (7th August, 12th August and 16th August 1944) before becoming captain of a 35 Squadron aircraft.

Extract from DMD Lambert’s Flying Log Book (May 1944) [Courtesy of Dianne Lambert]

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)	George Bradburn	2
(Navigator)	Deryck Michael Denys Lambert	2
(Air Bomber)	James White	2
(Wireless Operator)	Arthur Thomas Britchford	2
(Air Gunner)	Frederick John Feakins	2
	Randolph Rhodes	2
(Flight Engineer)	Dennis Charles Prior	2

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R Rhodes [BomberCrewForum]

F Feakins [Steven Leitch]

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Posting Dates

George Bradburn	19/07/1944	In From:	41 Base
	11/09/1944	Out To:	War Casualty

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Lancaster ND702

Brown (JH)

No. 35 Squadron’s Operations Record Book shows that JH Brown participated in the following operational sorties as captain of a 35 Squadron aircraft.

1. 08/09/1942 Frankfurt
2. 10/09/1942 Dusseldorf
3. 13/09/1942 Bremen
4. 14/09/1942 Wilhelmshaven
5. 19/09/1942 Saarbrucken
6. 05/10/1942 Aachen
7. 13/10/1942 Kiel
8. 15/10/1942 Cologne
9. 24/10/1942 Milan
10. 20/11/1942 Turin
11. 22/11/1942 Stuttgart
12. 02/12/1942 Frankfurt
13. 06/12/1942 Mannheim
14. 08/12/1942 Turin
15. 09/12/1942 Turin
16. 30/01/1943 Hamburg
17. 04/02/1943 Turin
18. 11/02/1943 Wilhelmshaven
19. 18/02/1943 Wilhelmshaven
20. 19/02/1943 Wilhelmshaven
21. 08/03/1943 Nuremberg (Failed to Return)

JH Brown also flew 1 operational sortie as 2nd Dickie (NW MacKenzie Crew) on 11th August 1942.

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)	John Hilton Brown	21
(Navigator)	Gomer Donald Waterer	21
(Air Bomber)	Albert George Murray Coulam	21
(Set Operator)	Dudley Peter David Archer	2
(Wireless Operator)	David Aitken Sibbald	21
(Air Gunner)	John Napoleon Barry	2
	Patrick Flynn	19
	Stanley Seymour Vinicombe	21
(Flight Engineer)	Alan Tacey	18
	Albert Edward Waddicor	2
	John Maurice Mitchell	1

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BROWN (JH) CREW
Brown, Tacey, Waterer, Flynn, Sibbald, Vinicombe, Coulam
[Courtesy of Colin Lindsey]

Maritime Radar Reconnaissance

From 1st March 1975 to June 1981, No. 35 Squadron was tasked with performing Maritime Radar Reconnaissance in support of No. 27 Squadron.

Vulcan aircraft, flying at medium altitude, were utilised to scan large areas of the sea, with the aim of identifying hostile ships or other potential threats.

Some of the aircraft utilised were fitted with modified navigational aids and electronic sensors to help the crew with tracking over the sea and with monitoring shipping movements (although it is understood that the squadron utilised its normal aircraft serials when performing this role).

Overseas Airfields (Post War Rangers)

With the reduction of British overseas bases, the concept of “Rangers” was introduced.

A crew would transit to an overseas airfield (other than the crew’s normal airfield) and fly training sorties from there, thereby simulating working from a dispersed or emergency airfield in various types of terrain (eg snow, desert and tundra) and in the various theatres of war.

A specialist crew chief would be carried in a “sixth seat” to advise on aircraft maintenance / servicing

Rangers were sometimes carried out in conjunction with air exercises in a particular region. 

(Note: Some sorties were classified as “Trainers”; this was when a training sortie was carried out from the crew’s normal airfield).

ND846 Cranswick Crew (Villecresnes)

• To commemorate: Crew of Lancaster ND846 (4th / 5th July 1944)
• Location: Villecresnes, France
• Installation Date: –
• Loss Details: – Read More –

[Source: aerosteles.net]

ND731 Lambert Crew (Emance)

• To commemorate: Crew of Lancaster ND731 (4th / 5th July 1944)
• Location: Emance, France
• Installation Date: –
• Loss Details:  – Read More – 

[Source: aerosteles.net]

JB785 Herbert Crew (Giessenburg)

• To commemorate: Crew of Halifax JB785 (11th / 12th June 1943)
• Location: Giessenburg, Netherlands
• Installation Date: –
• Loss Details: – Read More – 

[Source: stichting-vliegeniersmonument-giessenlanden-wo2.nl]

LV861 Blundell Crew (Diepenveen)

• To commemorate: Crew of Halifax LV861 (15th / 16th February 1944)
• Location: Diepenveen, Netherlands
• Installation Date: 4th May 1949
• Loss Details: – Read More –

 [Photograph © F Loggen]

W1020 Pooles Crew (Borås)

• To commemorate: Crew of Halifax W1020 (27th / 28th April 1942)
• Location: Borås, Skjekstadmark, Norway
• Installation Date: 24th June 1979
• Loss Details: – Read More – 

[Courtesy of Linzee Duncan]
Note: Memorial is for the crew of Halifax W1020 and Lancaster L7572 (97 Squadron)

James (R)

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

1. 24/08/1941 Dusseldorf
2. 28/08/1941 Duisburg
3. 29/08/1941 Frankfurt
4. 31/08/1941 Cologne
5. 02/09/1941 Berlin (Failed to Return)

Extract from SR Arthur’s Flying Log Book (August 1941) [Courtesy of Elaine James]

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)	Ross James	5
(2nd Pilot)	Stewart Richard Arthur	5
(Observer)	Harold Sidney Oldman	5
(WOP / AG)	John Kenneth Young	5
(Air Gunner)	Thomas Edwin Allanson	5
(WOP / AG)	Rodney Gordon Mullally	5
(Flight Engineer)	Albert Robert Parke Mills	5

SR Arthur

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Posting Dates

James	Ross	In From:	102 Squadron	03/08/1941
		Out to:	War Casualty	02/09/1941

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax L9508

Crew Information

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Fraser (DS)

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

1. 07/07/1941 Frankfurt
2. 08/07/1941 Merseburg
3. 13/07/1941 Hanover
4. 19/07/1941 Hanover
5. 05/08/1941 Karlsruhe
6. 12/08/1941 Essen
7. 14/08/1941 Magdeburg
8. 24/08/1941 Dusseldorf
9. 28/08/1941 Duisburg
10. 31/08/1941 Cologne
11. 02/09/1941 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). 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)	Douglas Stewart Fraser	11
(2nd Pilot)	Robin Lyell Blin Beare	4
	Ronald Denis Wagstaff	5
	Wesley Leonard Belous	2
(Observer)	John Peter Boston Cushion	11
(WOP / AG)	Arthur Henry Stroud	6
	Denis Slater	11
	Ernest H Jackson	3
	Frank Wilson Crocker	1
	JI Robinson	1
(Air Gunner)	Edward Wilkinson	11
(Flight Engineer)	Norman Willingham	11

AH Stroud [Courtesy of April Fury]

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Posting Dates

Douglas Stewart Fraser	18/06/1941	In From:	58 Squadron
	02/09/1941	Out To:	War Casualty

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax L9560

Crew Information

• Fraser, Cushion and Slater were on strength of 58 Squadron prior to being posted to 35 Squadron

RAF Leeming

• To commemorate: Those that served at RAF Leeming
• Location: Leeming Bar, North Yorkshire
• Installation Date: 19th June 1993

[Courtesy of IBCC Memorial Database Project]

The stone commemorates the squadron’s short time at RAF Leeming during WWII (20th November 1940 to 5th December 1940)

Leith-Hay-Clark (RL) (Gunby Estate)

• To commemorate: Richard Langton Leith-Hay-Clark
• Location: St Peter’s Church, Gunby Estate, Lincolnshire
• Installation Date: –
• Loss Details: – Read More – 

[Courtesy of IBCC Memorial Database Project]

Marks (JH) (Newport, Essex)

• To commemorate: JH Marks
• Location: Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport, Essex.
• Installation Date: –
• Loss Details: – Read More –

[Courtesy of Laura McDermott]

Note: The Old Newportonian Society had advised that JH Marks attended the Academy [formerly Newport Free Grammar School] from 1931 to 1936

ND762 Holmes Crew (Vessem)

• To commemorate: Crew of Lancaster ND762
• Location: Vessem, Netherlands
• Installation Date: 29/09/2018
• Loss details: – Read More –

All photographs by kind permission of Heemkundevereniging De Hooge Dorpen
The copyright resides with the original photographer

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Dedication Ceremony

The following extract regarding the loss of Lancaster ND762 was read out during the dedication ceremony in Vessem on 29th September 2018 – read more –

W1053 Roe Crew (Markabygd)

• To commemorate: Crew of Halifax W1053 (28th April 1942)
• Location: Markabygd, Norway
• Installation Date:
• Loss details: – Read More –

[Courtesy of Linzee Duncan]

W7657 Marks Crew (Blesme)

• To commemorate: Crew of Halifax W7657
• Location: Blesme, France
• Installation Date: 19th September 1992
• Loss details: – Read More –

[Source: aerosteles.net]

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Booklet produced for the unveiling ceremony

Thanks to Roger Bedford for providing me with a copy of the twenty-one page booklet that was produced for the unveiling ceremony

[Courtesy of Roger Bedford]
A hard copy of the booklet is held in the No. 35 Squadron Research Archive at Marham Aviation Heritage Centre

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Note: Monsieur Robert Boulonne saw the aircraft crash when he was a teenager. When he was Monsieur Le Maire of Blesme, he arranged for the roadside memorial to be commissioned and installed. 

W7886 Brownlie Crew (Mørkholtvej)

• To commemorate: Crew of Halifax W7886
• Location: Mørkholtvej, Denmark
• Installation Date: 4th May 1995
• Loss details: – Read More –

[Source: airmen.dk]

ND755 Brown Crew (Wintzenbach)

• To commemorate: Crew of Lancaster ND755 (19th October 1944)
• Location: Wintzenbach, France
• Installation Date:
• Loss details: – Read More –

[Source: aerosteles.net]

W1050 Gardiner Crew (Ochamps)

• To commemorate: Crew of Halifax W1050 (6th May 1942)
• Location: Ochamps, Belgium
• Installation Date: –
• Loss details: – Read More –

[Source: luchtvaarterfgoed.be (Photograph © Luc Wittemans)]

R9438 Bushby Crew (Fitful Head)

• To commemorate: Crew of Halifax R9438 (30th March 1942)
• Location: Fitful Head, Shetland
• Installation Date: –
• Loss details: – Read More –

[Courtesy of John Whitehead]

L9489 Gilchrist Crew (Merrist Wood)

• To commemorate: Crew of Halifax L9489 (10th March 1941)
• Location: Merrist Wood Golf Club, Surrey
• Installation Date: Not Known
• Loss details: – Read More –

[Courtesy of IBCC Memorial Database Project]

A display cabinet in the club house, contains artefacts relating to the loss

A Rather Sad Beginning (The Story of Halifax L9489]

A booklet entitled “A Rather Sad Beginning (The Story of Halifax L9489]” has been produced by Dennis Hoppe

Extract from booklet produced by Dennis Hoppe
A complete version of this booklet is held in the No. 35 Squadron Research Archive at Marham Aviation Heritage Centre

L9527 Godwin Crew (Angles)

• To commemorate: Crew of Halifax L9527 (24th July 1941)
• Location: Angles, France
• Installation Date: –
• Loss details: – Read More –

[Source: aerosteles.net]

[Courtesy of David Forsyth]

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Commemoration Services

Commemoration Services 2016 / 2017

HR851 Pexton Crew (Watton)

• To commemorate: Crew of Halifax HR851 (29th July 1943)
• Location: St. Mary’s Church, Watton, East Yorkshire
• Installation Date: 8th September 1946
• Loss Details: – Read More –

One of the windows, showing the names of HC Pexton and the four members of the crew who failed to return, with the bottom pane showing a map of their last flight from Graveley to the Target. [Courtesy of IBCC Memorial Database Project]

The map showing Graveley in relation to the Target and the burial place at Luneburg

A further window contains the No. 35 Squadron crest, and five kneeling airmen, depicting HC Pexton with the four crew members

[Courtesy of IBCC Memorial Project]

The Dedication Ceremony

Dedication Ceremony [Courtesy of Kevin Gummer]

Newspaper Cutting

[Courtesy of Kevin Gummer]

Knobloch (DL)

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

1. 07/06/1944 Foret De Cerisy
2. 08/06/1944 Fougeres
3. 09/06/1944 Rennes
4. 15/06/1944 Lens
5. 16/06/1944 Pas de Calais
6. 23/06/1944 Coubronne
7. 24/06/1944 Middel Straete
8. 27/06/1944 Oisemont/Neuville Au Bois
9. 02/07/1944 Oisemont/Neuville Au Bois
10. 12/07/1944 Thiverny
11. 15/07/1944 Nucourt
12. 16/07/1944 St.Philibert-Ferme
13. 24/07/1944 Stuttgart (Incident)
14. 28/07/1944 Hamburg
15. 30/07/1944 Normandy
16. 31/07/1944 Foret De Nieppe
17. 03/08/1944 Bois de Cassan
18. 04/08/1944 Bec-d’Ambes (Daylight 2)
19. 05/08/1944 Acquet
20. 07/08/1944 Normandy
21. 09/08/1944 La Neuville
22. 11/08/1944 Douai
23. 12/08/1944 Falaise
24. 14/08/1944 Falaise
25. 15/08/1944 Volkel air base (Holland)
26. 16/08/1944 Stettin
27. 25/08/1944 Watton
28. 26/08/1944 Kiel (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)	Douglas Lawrence Knobloch	28
(2nd Dickie)	George Bradburn	1
(Navigator)	John Maule	28
(Air Bomber)	Francis Herbert Thomas McNally	28
(Set Operator)	Albert Edward John Thorne	9
(Wireless Operator)	Ronald George Pain	28
(Air Gunner)	James Arthur Bowen	28
	Reginald Noah Collins	28
(Flight Engineer)	James William Street	28

Target Photo Bois de Cassan 03/08/1944

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Posting Dates

Knobloch	Douglas Lawrence	In From:	41 Base	10/05/1944
		Out to:	War Casualty	26/08/1944

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Lancaster PA971

Crew Information

• It is thought that Knobloch, Maule, McNally, Pain, Bowen, Collins and Street “crewed up” at 41 Base

McGregor-Cheers (J)

The Squadron’s Operations Record Book shows that J McGregor-Cheers was the Captain of a 35 Squadron aircraft on the following sorties:

1. 07/08/1941 Essen
2. 12/08/1941 Berlin (Crash Landed)
3. 19/08/1941 Kiel
4. 24/08/1941 Dusseldorf (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)	Jack McGregor-Cheers	4
(2nd Pilot)	Thomas Atkinson Burne	2
	Thomas Percival McHale	1
	Wesley Leonard Belous	1
(Observer)	Alistair Alexander Stobie Heggie	4
(WOP / AG)	Jack Fuller	3
	James Blain Anderson	4
	William John Hampton	1
(Air Gunner)	Vivian Maxwell Markham	4
(Flight Engineer)	Walter Norman Collins	4

J Fuller
[Source: Inmemories]

JB Anderson
[Source: Find-a-Grave]

AAS Heggie
[Source: Inmemories]

WN Collins
[Source: Victor Collins]

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Posting Dates

McGregor-Cheers	Jack	In From:	58 Squadron	25/04/1941
		Out to:	War Casualty	24/08/1941

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax L9572

Crew Information

• McGregor-Cheers, Heggie and Fuller were on strength of 58 Squadron prior to being posted to 35 Squadron
• It would appear that this was a scratch crew that “crewed up” whilst on strength of 35 Squadron

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Williams (JJ)

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

1. 30/04/1943 Essen
2. 04/05/1943 Dortmund
3. 23/05/1943 Dortmund
4. 25/05/1943 Dusseldorf
5. 27/05/1943 Essen
6. 29/05/1943 Wuppertal
7. 11/06/1943 Munster
8. 12/06/1943 Bochum
9. 24/06/1943 Elberfeld
10. 28/06/1943 Cologne
11. 03/07/1943 Cologne
12. 13/07/1943 Aachen
13. 15/07/1943 Montbéliard
14. 24/07/1943 Hamburg
15. 25/07/1943 Essen
16. 27/07/1943 Hamburg
17. 29/07/1943 Hamburg
18. 02/08/1943 Hamburg
19. 23/08/1943 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:

(Pilot)	John Jarvis Williams	19
(2nd Dickie)	Douglas Milmine	1
	Leonard Whiteley	1
(Navigator)	James Casey	19
(Air Bomber)	Richard Charles Tucker	19
(Wireless Operator)	Gordon James Hurley	19
(Air Gunner)	Eric Charles Brown	11
	John Elwell	7
	Thomas David Bishop	19
	William Scott Minto Edmondston	1
(Flight Engineer)	John Armstrong	1
	John Colgan	8
	John Irvine Barrie	8
	Sydney James Butler	2

JJ WILLIAMS CREW
(believed to include: Williams, Casey, Tucker, Hurley, Bishop, Brown and Barrie)
[Courtesy of Rhona Cameron]

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Posting Dates

John Jarvis Williams	In From:	51 Squadron	24/04/1943
	Out To:	POW	23/08/1943

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax HR846

Crew Information

• Williams, Casey, Tucker, Hurley, Brown, Bishop and Barrie were on strength of 51 Squadron before being posted to 35 Squadron

Lahey (LEN)

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

1. 04/04/1943 Kiel
2. 10/04/1943 Frankfurt
3. 14/04/1943 Stuttgart
4. 16/04/1943 Mannheim
5. 20/04/1943 Stettin
6. 26/04/1943 Duisburg
7. 12/05/1943 Duisburg
8. 13/05/1943 Pilsen
9. 23/05/1943 Dortmund
10. 25/05/1943 Dusseldorf
11. 29/05/1943 Wuppertal
12. 11/06/1943 Munster
13. 21/06/1943 Krefeld
14. 13/07/1943 Aachen
15. 15/07/1943 Montbéliard
16. 02/08/1943 Hamburg
17. 09/08/1943 Mannheim
18. 10/08/1943 Nuremberg
19. 12/08/1943 Turin
20. 16/08/1943 Turin
21. 17/08/1943 Peenemunde
22. 23/08/1943 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). 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)	Lawrence Edward Nicklin Lahey	22
(2nd Dickie)	Randall Vincent Jones	1
(Navigator)	David Farrant Bland	21
	Ronald George Hands	1
(Air Bomber)	Herbert Brian Felix  Lymna	1
	John William Annetts	20
	Stanley Alfred Baldwin	1
(Wireless Operator)	Daniel David Cleary	22
(Air Gunner)	Leonard Alan Such	22
	Robert Scott Hogg	22
(Flight Engineer)	Gordon Ireland	1
	Wilfred Ernest Sutton	21

Believed to be: Back: NK, Lahey, Sutton, Such
Front: Cleary, Hogg

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Posting Dates

Lahey	Lawrence Edward Nicklin	In From:	77 Squadron	26/03/1943
		Out to:	POW	23/08/1943

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax HR865

Crew Information

• Lahey, Bland, Annetts, Cleary, Such, Hogg and Sutton were on strength of 77 Squadron prior to being posted to 35 Squadron

Webster (H)

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

1. 08/09/1942 Frankfurt
2. 10/09/1942 Dusseldorf
3. 13/09/1942 Bremen
4. 14/09/1942 Wilhelmshaven
5. 19/09/1942 Saarbrucken
6. 24/10/1942 Milan
7. 06/11/1942 Gardening
8. 09/11/1942 Hamburg
9. 18/11/1942 Turin
10. 20/11/1942 Turin
11. 22/11/1942 Stuttgart
12. 28/11/1942 Turin
13. 02/12/1942 Frankfurt
14. 06/12/1942 Mannheim
15. 11/12/1942 Turin
16. 02/02/1943 Cologne
17. 03/02/1943 Hamburg
18. 04/02/1943 Turin
19. 11/02/1943 Wilhelmshaven
20. 14/02/1943 Cologne
21. 18/02/1943 Wilhelmshaven
22. 19/02/1943 Wilhelmshaven
23. 25/02/1943 Nuremberg
24. 08/03/1943 Nuremberg
25. 09/03/1943 Munich
26. 27/03/1943 Berlin
27. 29/03/1943 Berlin
28. 12/05/1943 Duisburg
29. 13/05/1943 Pilsen
30. 23/05/1943 Dortmund
31. 25/05/1943 Dusseldorf
32. 29/05/1943 Wuppertal
33. 11/06/1943 Munster
34. 19/06/1943 Le Creusot & Henri Paul
35. 21/06/1943 Krefeld
36. 13/07/1943 Aachen
37. 15/07/1943 Montbéliard
38. 02/08/1943 Hamburg
39. 09/08/1943 Mannheim
40. 10/08/1943 Nuremberg
41. 12/08/1943 Turin
42. 16/08/1943 Turin
43. 23/08/1943 Berlin (Failed to Return)

H Webster also flew 3 operational sorties as 2nd Pilot (Gardiner and MacKenzie Crews) on 23rd July 1942, 4th August 1942 and 6th August 1942. He was attached to 35 Conversion Flight in August 1942 and took on the role of Pilot when he returned to 35 Squadron

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)	Harry Webster	43
(2nd Dickie)	Melville Max Victor Lewis Muller	1
	Basil Vernon Robinson	1
(Navigator)	E Brant	2
	George Thomas Pearson	22
	George Christopher Harvey Chandler	3
	Michael Charles Xavier Mack	16
(Air Bomber)	William Philip MacDonald McIntosh	43
(Set Operator)	Eric Harold Bagnald	3
(Wireless Operator)	Robert William Nixon	43
(Air Gunner)	Andrew Walt Cowan	1
	Osborne Lloyd Bliss	41
	Walter David Craig	40
	William Scott Minto Edmondston	3
(Flight Engineer)	Dennis Burke	38
	Donald Harrington Craig	1
	Ernest Frederick John Willis	1
	Frederick James Rogers	1
	George Connelly Mutch	1
	George Henry Cross	1

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WEBSTER CREW

OL Bliss

WD Craig

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Posting Dates

Webster	Harry	In From:	22 O.T.U.	16/07/1942
		Out to:	War Casualty	23/08/1943

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax HR928

Crew Information

Arter (AE)

AE Arter

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

1. 09/07/1943 Gelsenkirchen
2. 24/07/1943 Hamburg
3. 25/07/1943 Essen
4. 27/07/1943 Hamburg
5. 29/07/1943 Hamburg
6. 30/07/1943 Remscheid
7. 09/08/1943 Mannheim
8. 12/08/1943 Turin
9. 16/08/1943 Turin
10. 23/08/1943 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). 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)	Albert Ernest Arter	10
(2nd Dickie)	Brian Guinness Glover	2
	Randall Vincent Jones	1
(Navigator)	Roy Horsburgh	10
(Air Bomber)	Duncan McIntyre Miller	10
(Wireless Operator)	Allan Roland Ball	10
(Air Gunner)	John Joseph Butler	10
	Peter Golding Boyce	10
(Flight Engineer)	Edwin George Cooper	10

R Horsburgh

AR Ball [Courtesy of Juliet Stockford]

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Posting Dates

Arter	Albert Ernest	In From:	77 Squadron	24/06/1943
		Out to:	War Casualty	23/08/1943

Loss of Aircraft (23/08/1943)

Loss of Halifax JB786

Crew Information

• Arter, Horsburgh, Miller, Butler, Boyce and Cooper flew operationally with 77 Squadron prior to the posting to 35 Squadron. The wireless operator, H Welch was also posted in with them, but was replaced by AR Ball (reason for replacement unknown). Welch was posted out of the squadron (N/E Sick) on 29th August 1943.

Gardiner (FE)

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

1. 19/05/1942 St Nazaire
2. 22/05/1942 St Nazaire
3. 30/05/1942 Cologne
4. 01/06/1942 Essen
5. 02/06/1942 Essen
6. 06/06/1942 Emden
7. 08/06/1942 Essen
8. 16/06/1942 Essen
9. 19/06/1942 Emden
10. 20/06/1942 Emden
11. 25/06/1942 Bremen
12. 27/06/1942 Bremen
13. 29/06/1942 Bremen
14. 02/07/1942 Bremen
15. 08/07/1942 Wilhelmshaven
16. 13/07/1942 Duisburg
17. 19/07/1942 Vegesack
18. 21/07/1942 Duisburg
19. 23/07/1942 Duisburg
20. 25/07/1942 Duisburg
21. 26/07/1942 Hamburg
22. 18/08/1942 Flensburg
23. 24/08/1942 Frankfurt (Failed to Return)

FE Gardiner also flew 3 operational sorties as 2nd Dickie (PH Cribb Crew) on 12th February, 3rd March and 9th March 1942

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)	Frank Edward Gardiner	23
(2nd Dickie)	Harry Webster	1
(Observer)	Roger Joseph Teillet	23
(Air Bomber)	Frederick Walter Graham	17
(WOP / AG)	William Patrick Ryan	23
(Air Gunner)	– Thomas	1
	Edward Lawrence Whillock	11
	Frederick Hay	4
	James Bernard Anthony Scannell	21
	Palmer Maynard Nerland	2
	Arthur Edward Grounsell	6
(Flight Engineer)	Albert Makin	22
	John Maurice Mitchell	1

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Posting Dates

Gardiner	Frank Edward	In From:	–	–
		Out to:	War Casualty	24/08/1942

Loss of Aircraft

Loss of Halifax W7765

Crew Information

Crews (V to Z)

The following links provide information about the composition of the various crews that flew operationally with No. 35 Squadron during WWII. The names listed are those of the Captain / Pilot of each crew.

• Valters (RW)
• Vines (RL)
• Walker (JS)
• Ware (ET)
• Warren (RV)
• Watson (DJ)
• Watson (F)
• Watson (JK)
• Way (PH)
• Webb (HJL)
• Webb (JCK)
• Webster (H)
• Welch (AHE)
• Whetham (LM)
• Whitaker (G)
• White (LS)
• Whitworth (JNH)
• Wilding (A)
• Wilkerson (DSS)
• Wilkes (RE)
• Williams (GS)
• Williams (HA)
• Williams (JJ)
• Williams (RC)
• Wood (JR)
• Wright (JH)
• Young (GA)
• Young (H)

Crews (P to U)

The following links provide information about the composition of the various crews that flew operationally with No. 35 Squadron during WWII. The names listed are those of the Captain / Pilot of each crew.

• Pack (JT)
• Perry (DJ)
• Petch (KA)
• Peter (RG)
• Petley (D)
• Petrie-Andrews (JR)
• Pettifer (H)
• Peveler (D)
• Pexton (HC)
• Plutte (RGW)
• Poley (RWC)
• Pooles (MRM)
• Potts (K)
• Price (CC)
• Quigly (RJ)
• Raggett (PR)
• Reed (DH)
• Rees (OW)
• Reeve (GN)
• Reynolds (KH)
• Richards (JRA)
• Rigby (EJ)
• Roache (RB)
• Roberts (RP)
• Robinson (BV)
• Robinson (PB)
• Robison (TDI)
• Roe (JR)
• Ross (AM)
• Roux (TC)
• Rowe (T)
• Sale (DJ)
• Sarjent (AR)
• Saunders (KF)
• Saywell (EW)
• Scott (IJ)
• Sherk (WS)
• Shippam (H)
• Sinclair (ET)
• Skerrett (CR)
• Smith (JA)
• Smith (JW)
• Smith (PH)
• Solomon (E)
• Spencer (CC)
• Spooner (R)
• Steinhauer (GH)
• Stephenson (BN)
• Still W
• Stinson (HV)
• Strange (KM)
• Stringer (CS)
• Sturmey (FW)
• Surtees W
• Tait (JB)
• Taylor (FJ)
• Thomas (JC)
• Thorpe (JH)
• Trethewy (JH)
• Tropman (FWG)
• Turner (LG)

Crews (K to O)

The following links provide information about the composition of the various crews that flew operationally with No. 35 Squadron during WWII. The names listed are those of the Captain / Pilot of each crew.

• Kemp (JC)
• Kenyon (AT)
• Kerry (JG)
• Knobloch (DL)
• Knowler (RG)
• Kornegay (ED)
• Lahey (LEN)
• Lamb (TD)
• Lambert (GF)
• Lander (DEA)
• Lane (GA)
• Lane (RJ)
• Lane (TH)
• Langmead (P)
• Langton (RT)
• Larson (DH)
• Lashbrook (WI)
• Lawson (GS)
• Lawson (LB)
• Le Good (HJF)
• Lee (JL)
• Leicester (LD)
• Leslie (JG)
• Lisle (R)
• MacDonald (HB)
• MacIntyre (DP)
• MacKenzie (AC)
• MacKenzie (NW)
• Malkin (H)
• Maple (JE)
• Marks (JH)
• Marsden (GA)
• Marvin (J)
• Matich (NJ)
• Mays (HGB)
• McAlpine (KG)
• McEvoy (PN)
• McGregor-Cheers (J)
• McMillan (EW)
• McTurk W
• Mercer (WN)
• Middleton (SA)
• Millar (ACM)
• Mills (MW)
• Milmine (D)
• Milne (DH)
• Mitchell (FR)
• Moore (HA)
• Morton (AS)
• Muller (MMVL)
• Murray (DG)
• Murray (JW)
• Murray (TC)
• Murrell (JA)
• Nairn (ME)
• Newbiggin (R)
• Nicholls (JB)
• Norman (RA)
• Osmond (JJ)
• Owen (RF)
• Owen (WR)

Crews (F to J)

The following links provide information about the composition of the various crews that flew operationally with No. 35 Squadron during WWII. The names listed are those of the Captain / Pilot of each crew.

• Fitzgerald (RT)
• Forde (J)
• Forrester (ARC)
• Franklin (EG)
• Fraser (DS)
• Fraser (JF)
• Ganderton (A)
• Ganly (CCW)
• Gardiner (FE)
• Gardiner (GP)
• Gilchrist (PA)
• Gillon (J)
• Glover (BG)
• Godwin (CA)
• Gooch (KC)
• Granger (HC)
• Granger (PC)
• Grant (GF)
• Greaves (SD)
• Gregory (EC)
• Griffiths (ED)
• Grigg (GL)
• Haggarty (PA)
• Hall (JT)
• Hall (RT)
• Hamilton (JC)
• Hammond (AE)
• Hardy (AV)
• Harris (WH)
• Harvey (AM)
• Hausvik (SJ)
• Hayes (AH)
• Hayes (IB)
• Høverstad (G)
• Healey (FW)
• Henderson (GA)
• Henry (MTG)
• Herbert (GR)
• Hickson (WH)
• Hill (TW)
• Hillary (WS)
• Hilton (PA)
• Hislop (E)
• Holden (GW)
• Hollick (AP)
• Holmes (E)
• Honey (GSB)
• Hoos (R)
• Hoover (HC)
• Howe (SG)
• Hutton (TWA)
• Ingram (GFH)
• Jagger (JJ)
• James (PS)
• James (R)
• Jarvis (PF)
• Jensen (MG)
• John (DAV)
• John (GC)
• Johnson (AE)
• Johnson (GW)
• Johnston (P)
• Jones (DJ)
• Jones (RV)
• Jones (SD)
• Joshua (FJ)

Crews (A to E)

The following links provide information about the composition of the various crews that flew operationally with No. 35 Squadron during WWII. The names listed are those of the Captain / Pilot of each crew.

• Adkins (AEC)
• Andrews (JW)
• Appleby (RRG)
• Archibald (WB)
• Arter (AE)
• Ayres (RJ)
• Bailey (LSM)
• Baker (ET)
• Baldwin (E)
• Bales (PR)
• Balley (JWN)
• Barnes (WG)
• Beazley (FHV)
• Berndsson (MB)
• Beveridge (GT)
• Beveridge (RW)
• Blackadder (RE)
• Blackband (NC)
• Blair (JC)
• Blakey (R)
• Blundell (CF)
• Bolt (RB)
• Booth (N)
• Bordiss (RJ)
• Botha (BH)
• Bourassa (JM)
• Bovington (LW)
• Bowen-Morris (VB)
• Bradburn (G)
• Bradley (TPA)
• Bradshaw (RT)
• Bromley (CW)
• Brook (HGC)
• Brough (JFP)
• Brown (DB)
• Brown (EG)
• Brown (HA)
• Brown (HS)
• Brown (JH)
• Brown (RW)
• Brownlie (IMR)
• Bryant (PJ)
• Burgess (KR)
• Bushby (JB)
• Caldwell (F)
• Campbell (D)
• Casey (RF)
• Cheal (DJH)
• Cheshire (F)
• Cheshire (GL)
• Chidgey (EJ)
• Christie (JK)
• Clarke (MWP)
• Clarke (RJ)
• Cobb (JAG)
• Cobb (NA)
• Collings (RWP)
• Cook (WN)
• Cooper (ERPS)
• Coulson (SP)
• Cozens (RW)
• Cracknell (DA)
• Cranswick (AP)
• Creswell (EK)
• Cribb (PH)
• Dallin (WC)
• Daniel (RW)
• Daniels (SP)
• Davidson (AJF)
• Davies (KT)
• Davies (SE)
• Deacon (EW)
• Dean (DFEC)
• Douglas (WG)
• Durrant (SA)
• Elliott (GAL)
• Elliott (PC)
• Elton (C)
• Emms (SW)
• Espy (HJ)
• Everett (DB)

Robinson Crew (1945/1946)

W/O Sparling, F/O Wilson, F/S Angel, F/O Robinson, F/L Bullen, F/S Watson, W/O Vaughan

1940 Personnel (Reformed Squadron)

Squadron Command

• Commanding Officer
  • Wing Commander RWP Collings AFC

Strength

Four experienced pilots, PA Gilchrist, TPA Bradley, MTG Henry, RV Warren, along with their crews, were initially posted to the squadron (stationed at Boscombe Down) in November 1940.

Additional personnel were posted in as the squadron began to work up to establishment strength at Leeming and then Linton-on-Ouse.

The following are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron in 1940:

Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew

• Pilot
  • Lionel William Bovington
  • Terence Patrick Armstrong Bradley
  • Raymond William Pennington Collings
  • George Arthur Litchfield Elliot
  • Eric George Franklin
  • Peter Alexander Gilchrist
  • Stanley Desmond Greaves
  • Michael Thomas Gibson Henry
  • Gerald Arthur Lane
  • Leslie Joseph McDonald
  • Thomas Douglas Inglis Robison
  • Richard Vernon Warren
  • Arthur Sidney Woolnough
• Observer
  • George Donald Barry
  • William Abbotson Tetley
• Air Gunner
  • Albert Edward Cooper

Note:
List does not include the names of the crew that were posted in with A Gilchrist, TPA Bradley, MTG Henry and RV Warren (as they are not listed in the Record Book), nor the names of any crew that were posted in with the additional pilots that were posted in to the squadron at Linton-On-Ouse

Commissioned Officers (Ground)

• Engineering Officer
  • Leonard Morgan
• Gunnery Officer
  • (Possibly) Harry Andrew

Ground Personnel

The squadron’s record book contains little or no information regarding Commissioned Officers or Non Commissioned Other Ranks that were on strength of the squadron during the year who carried out:

• Daily inspection, servicing and preparation of squadron aircraft, in readiness for air operations
• Other Squadron related Technical and Administrative Duties

More information can be found on the following page

– Ground Personnel (WWII) –

WAR CASUALTIES

Remembering those that lost their life whilst serving with the squadron, either in an aircraft loss, or in other incidents, during 1940

• Albert Edward Goulding

Akrotiri

No. 35 Squadron was stationed at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus from 15th January 1969 to 16th January 1975 when it moved to Scampton

Location

RAF Akrotiri is situated on the Akrotiri Peninsular on the south coast of Cyprus

[Source: wikipedia]

Construction

It opened as a small base in 1955, with a tented village; it was gradually developed and enhanced.

Work was carried out to the airfield prior to the arrival of the Vulcan squadrons in 1969, including the construction of new dispersals to accommodate the Vulcan; further research is required to establish how the station was developed before the squadron arrived

All aircraft used by the squadron were on strength of the station (ie it did not have its own aircraft or ground crew); these were parked on Delta Dispersal, with Echo Dispersal being used for overflow, or for when aircraft were loaded with anything other than practice bombs.

Foxtrot Dispersal was used by 56 Squadron Lightnings, Bravo was used by scheduled transport movements and Alpha was used by visiting aircraft.

Layout of dispersals [Courtesy of Graham McKay]

Delta Dispersal (Top), with Echo Dispersal below [Source: Ownership Unknown]

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Believed to be Akrotiri [1969]

Station Logo [Courtesy of Mo Frampton]

Boscombe Down

No. 35 Squadron was stationed at the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Boscombe Down from 5th November 1940 to 20th November 1940 when it moved to Leeming

Location

Boscombe Down, situated near Amesbury in Wiltshire.

Construction / Layout

It was initially a RFC Training Depot Station which was in use from 1917 to 1920.

The site was reopened in 1930 and operated as a Bomber Station throughout the 30’s

Boscombe Down (early 1930s) [Source: Airfield Research Group]

The Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) arrived in September 1939 and additional buildings were erected on the site to enable it to carry out its work as an aircraft research and testing unit.

The layout of the airfield, when No 35 Squadron arrived in November 1940 is not known

Visit to Linton-On-Ouse / Beningbrough Hall

My partner and I spent a fascinating morning at the Memorial Room at Linton-On-Ouse, in the company of Alan Mawby and Dick Arthurs.

The Memorial Room is used to display information and artefacts relating to the history of RAF Linton-On-Ouse and the squadron’s that were based there; it is open to the public (by appointment only).

There were a couple of display cabinets containing squadron related documents and photographs and we were also shown the database that is being created recording the squadron’s losses, along with various folders containing additional information about the squadron.

Our thanks go to Alan and Dick for spending their time with us during the visit.

Whilst we were in the area, we also visited Beningbrough Hall, which was utilised to accommodate NCO aircrew during the war.

There is a small display room entitled “Beningbrough at War” which contains the “Empty Bed” exhibit (depicting the empty bed of AH Stroud following the loss of Halifax L9560)

No. 35 Squadron (Tandridge)

• To commemorate: No. 35 Squadron
• Location: Parish Church of Saint John the Evangelist, St Johns Road, Blindley Heath, Tandridge, Surrey.
• Installation Date: –

[Courtesy of Peter O’Connell]

This stained glass window is in the Parish Church of Saint John the Evangelist, St Johns Road, Blindley Heath, Tandridge, Surrey.

It depicts Christ sowing seeds, with a No. 35 Squadron badge in the bottom right hand corner and a very small aircraft (with a contrail) in the top left hand corner.

In a history of the church, written for the 150th anniversary (1992), it states “John Jupp and his family, are remembered by the recent gift of a stained glass window in the side Chapel, from John’s son Billy. This colourful window attracts attention because of the inclusion of Billy Jupp’s (WWII, RAF) squadron insignia, XXXV Sqn. As an aircraftsman, Billy was one of the maintenance team for the aircraft of Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, VC. Cheshire’s aeroplane, which can just be seen in the top section of the window, with its vapour trails.”

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Further research is being done to try to establish the trade of WE Jupp and whether he appears in the following photograph of Leonard Cheshire with his crew and ground crew.

Visit to the HTF, RAF Leeming

My partner and I spent a very interesting morning at the Historical Training Facility (HTF) at RAF Leeming in the company of Derek McDonough and Stuart Hart.

The former church is being used to display information and artefacts relating to the history of RAF Leeming and it is open to the public (by appointment only).

No. 35 Squadron had a very brief posting to Leeming (20th November 1940 to 5th December 1940) so, as expected, squadron exhibits only form a very small part of the overall collection.

However, following the visit, I was able to provide the facility with a bit more detail about the squadron’s time at Leeming and a summary of events surrounding the loss of Halifax W1053 for inclusion in the cabinet containing fragments from the crash site.

Fragments from the crash site of Halifax W1053

Whilst there, we were introduced to Geoff Hill, the curator of the Memorial Room at Middleton-St-George (Durham Tees Valley Airport), who has two gun turrets on display at the Historical Training Facility

Our thanks go to Derek and Stuart for spending their time with us during our visit.

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RAF Leeming Historical Training Facility

RAF Leeming houses the Historical Training Facility, which aims “to take forward the core values and ethos of the RAF, by remembering those who have come before us, in the service in general and at RAF Leeming in particular”.

No. 35 Squadron was based at Leeming from 20th November 1940 to 5th December 1940, so (as would be expected) information and artefacts relating to the squadron only form a small part of the Facility’s collection.

Visits, which are by appointment only, can be booked via the following link.

External Link 

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Visit to Leeming HTF

My partner and I spent a very interesting morning at the Historical Training Facility (HTF) at RAF Leeming in the company of Derek McDonough and Stuart Hart – read more –

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Mather (RM)

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947323 Mather, Ronald McTavish

(Flight Engineer) 

1943

[Courtesy of Clare Oliphant]

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1. 29/04/1943 In From: 102 Squadron
2. 04/05/1943 Operational Sortie to Dortmund
3. 12/05/1943 Operational Sortie to Duisburg (Incident)
4. 23/05/1943 Operational Sortie to Dortmund
5. 25/05/1943 Operational Sortie to Dusseldorf
6. 24/06/1943 Operational Sortie to Elberfeld
7. 13/07/1943 Operational Sortie to Aachen
8. 15/07/1943 Operational Sortie to Montbéliard
9. 24/07/1943 Operational Sortie to Hamburg (Crashed on take off)
10. 27/07/1943 Operational Sortie to Hamburg
11. 29/07/1943 Operational Sortie to Hamburg
12. 02/08/1943 Operational Sortie to Hamburg
13. 16/08/1943 Operational Sortie to Turin
14. 17/08/1943 Operational Sortie to Peenemunde
15. 23/08/1943 Operational Sortie to Berlin
16. 27/08/1943 Operational Sortie to Nuremberg
17. 31/08/1943 Operational Sortie to Berlin
18. 03/09/1943 Operational Sortie to Special target NW France
19. 05/09/1943 Operational Sortie to Mannheim
20. 15/09/1943 Operational Sortie to Montlucon
21. 16/09/1943 Operational Sortie to Modane
22. 22/09/1943 Operational Sortie to Hanover
23. 23/09/1943 Operational Sortie to Mannheim
24. 27/09/1943 Operational Sortie to Hanover (Failed to Return)
25. 28/09/1943 Out To: POW

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Extract from POW Liberation Questionnaire

[Source: National Archives]

 

Jackson (RF)

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550310 Jackson, Ronald Ford

(Wireless Operator) 

1941

PHOTOGRAPH NOT AVAILABLE

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1. _ In From_ _
2. 15/04/1941 Operational Sortie to Kiel
3. 11/06/1941 Operational Sortie to Duisburg
4. 23/06/1941 Operational Sortie to Kiel
5. 05/07/1941 Operational Sortie to Magdeburg
6. 07/07/1941 Operational Sortie to Frankfurt (Failed to Return)
7. 08/07/1941 Out to POW (Wounded in leg and face)

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Extract from POW Liberation Questionnaire

[Source: National Archives]

 

Hogan (WT)

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1051895 Hogan, William Troy

(2nd Pilot) 

1941

PHOTOGRAPH NOT AVAILABLE

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_ In From: _
23/06/1941 Operational Sortie to Kiel
05/07/1941 Operational Sortie to Magdeburg
07/07/1941 Operational Sortie to Frankfurt (Failed to Return)
08/07/1941 Out to: POW

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Extract from POW Liberation Questionnaire

[Source: National Archives]

 

1962 (Squadron Reformed)

No 35 Squadron reformed as the sixth Vulcan Mk2 Squadron in No 1 Group, Bomber Command and as the third and final “V” Squadron at RAF Coningsby on 1st November 1962

The Air Ministry subsequently changed the official reformation date to 1st December 1962

Stationed at:

• RAF Coningsby (Lincolnshire)

RAF CONINGSBY
– read more –

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Role:

• Medium bomber squadron, tasked with providing aircraft and crews capable of high altitude strategic bombing (a) in defence of UK and (b) in support of SACEUR requirements

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Command

• Coningsby Wing, V Force, No. 1 Group, Bomber Command

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Squadron Command

• Commanding Officer:
  • Wing Commander AA Smailes AFC

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Strength

• Air Crew consisted of Commissioned Officers
  • • 1962 Personnel
• Ground Trades consisted of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks
  • • 1962 – 1968 (Ground Trades)
    
    

The squadron’s Operations Record Book shows that on 1st November 1962 “Wing Commander AA Smailes (Squadron Commander) and his crew, Flight Lieutenant GG Ness and his crew, Squadron Leader GC Goodyer (A Flight Commander), Squadron Leader DA Thomas (B Flight Commander) and Squadron Leader D Craig (C Flight Commander), together with 25 senior NCOs and airmen, were present for a Squadron photograph. A welcoming message was then given by the Station Commander”
[Courtesy of Marham Aviation Heritage Centre]

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Activities

Air Crew

• UK Flying Training
  • There was a limited amount of flying training carried out at RAF Scampton
• Target Study
  • In December, all aircrew started their Target Study
• QRA
  • AA Smailes and his crew carried out the squadron’s first QRA in December 1962

Ground Trades

• Logistics Support: A small number of personnel were employed in setting up barracks, offices, dispersal offices, aircraft stands and rigs and preparing training material
• First Line Servicing
• Administrative Support

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Aircraft

The squadron was equipped with the following aircraft types (which were initially loaned from other squadrons):

AVRO VULCAN B2

Profile © Malcolm Barrass

The squadron had none of its establishment number of six on charge in 1962; all flying was carried out using loaned aircraft from RAF Scampton

The following link provides more details about the aircraft that were on loan to, or on charge of, the squadron, along with details of known losses and incidents:

• Avro Vulcan B.2

1963

The squadron operated as a medium bomber squadron, with QRA capability, throughout 1963

 Stationed at:

• RAF Coningsby (Lincolnshire)

RAF CONINGSBY
– read more –

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Role

• Medium bomber squadron, tasked with providing aircraft and crews capable of high altitude strategic bombing (a) in defence of UK and (b) in support of SACEUR requirements

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Command

• Coningsby Wing, V Force, No. 1 Group, Bomber Command

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Squadron Command

• Commanding Officer
  • Wing Commander AA Smailes AFC
  • 16/04/1963: Handed over to Wing Commander DB Craig

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Strength

• Air Crew consisted of Commissioned Officers
  • • 1963 Personnel
• Ground Trades consisted of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks
  • • 1962 – 1968 (Ground Trades)

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Activities

Air Crew

• War Target Study
• Provision of QRA Capability (1 aircraft at all times)
• Ground Training (on station and off station)
  • Lectures / Courses in subjects such as Intelligence, Weapons and Aircraft Systems
  • Emergency, Escape, Dinghy and Survival Drills
  • “Trade” related Refresher Courses
• Flying Training
  • Training Programme included: Overshoots, Practice Diversion, Instrument Landing (ILS), Ground Control Approach (GCA), Precision Approach Radar (PAR), Navigation and Bombing System (NBS) / Radar Bomb Score (RBS) Attacks, Live Bombing, Navigation (Limited / Secondary / Primary), Visual Bombing, Formation Flying, Fighter Affiliation, Maximum All Up Weight Take Off, 1500 mile / Maximum Length Profile and ECM Runs
• Ongoing Assessments, Checks and Classifications
• Exercises, Rangers and Detachments (Crew / Squadron / Station / Group / Command)
  • Exercise Kingpin (Regular)
  • Exercise Groupex (Regular)
  • Exercise Fairway (February / March)
  • Exercise Mayflight (May)
  • Exercise Mystic (July)
  • Exercise Mick (August)
  • Exercise Kinsman (September)
  • Exercise Lion Vert (September)
  • Readiness Exercise Mickey Finn (November)
  • Exercise Lime Jug (December)
  • Western Ranger
• Displays / Flypasts
  • Freedom of Boston Flypast (May)
  • RAF Honington (June)
  • Yeovilton Air Day (June)?
  • Demonstration Scramble [Andover] (October)
  • Demonstration Scramble [Coningsby] (October)

Ground Trades

• First Line Servicing
• Administrative Support

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FREEDOM OF BOSTON PARADE
(16th May 1963)

[Courtesy of Marham Aviation Heritage Centre]

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FRREDOM OF BOSTON FLYPAST
(16th May 1963)

Leader R Dick (No. 9 Squadron), No. 2 Position GG Ness (No. 35 Squadron) and No. 3 Position N Steel (No. 12 Squadron) in Freedom of Boston Flypast

[Courtesy of Marham Aviation Heritage Centre]

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ANNUAL AOC INSPECTION
(28th May 1963)

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YEOVILTON AIR DAY
(29th June 1963)

[Courtesy of Roger Shadbolt]

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Aircraft

The squadron was equipped with the following aircraft types (which were initially loaned and then from own establishment):

AVRO VULCAN B2

Profile © Malcolm Barrass

The following link provides more details about the aircraft that were on loan to, or on charge of, the squadron, along with information on known losses and incidents:

• Avro Vulcan B.2

1964

The squadron operated as a medium bomber squadron, with QRA capability, throughout 1964

 Stationed at:

• RAF Coningsby (Lincolnshire)
• 02/11/1964: Moved to RAF Cottesmore (Rutland)

RAF COTTESMORE
– read more –

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Role

• Medium bomber squadron, tasked with providing aircraft and crews capable of high altitude strategic bombing (a) in defence of UK and (b) in support of SACEUR requirements

Note: Changed to low level in February

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Command

• Coningsby Wing, V Force, No. 1 Group, Bomber Command
• 02/11/1964: Transferred to Cottesmore Wing, V Force, No. 1 Group, Bomber Command

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Squadron Command

• Commanding Officer
  • DB Craig

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Strength

• Air Crew consisted of Commissioned Officers
  • • 1964 Personnel
• Ground Trades consisted of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks (#)
  • • 1962 – 1968 (Ground Trades)

(#) In March 1964, all technical and engineering work (including daily servicing of squadron aircraft) was transferred to the station Technical Wing (Centralised Servicing), leaving only Administration Personnel on strength of the squadron

35 Squadron at Coningsby 26th February 1964 [Courtesy of Roger Langley]

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Activities

Air Crew

• War Target Study
• Provision of QRA Capability (1 aircraft at all times)
• Ground Training (on station and off station)
  • Lectures / Courses in subjects such as Intelligence, Weapons and Aircraft Systems
  • Emergency, Escape, Dinghy and Survival Drills
  • “Trade” related Refresher Courses
• Flying Training
  • Training Programme included: 1500 mile / Maximum Length Profile, Navigation and Bombing System (NBS) / Radar Bomb Score (RBS) Attacks, Live Bombing, Practice Diversion, Navigation (Limited / Secondary / Primary), Formation Flying, Fighter Affiliation and ECM Runs. Low level attack was introduced in February 1964 and in-flight refuelling (in readiness for Far East commitments) was introduced in May 1964
• Ongoing Assessments, Checks and Classifications
• Exercises, Rangers and Detachments (Crew / Squadron / Station / Group / Command)
  • Exercise Kingpin (Regular)
  • Exercise Groupex (Regular)
  • Exercise Kinsman (Regular)
  • Readiness Exercise Mick (January)
  • Exercise Phoenix (January)
  • NATO Exercise Teamwork (September)
  • Readiness Exercise Mickey Finn (October)
  • Exercise Statex (November)
  • Wildenrath [Germany] Ranger
  • Akrotiri [Cyprus] Ranger
  • Luqa [Malta] Ranger
  • Western Ranger
  • Goose Bay [Canada] Ranger
  • Butterworth [Malaysia] Ranger
• Displays / Flypasts
  • Demonstration Scramble [Wittering] (February)
  • RCAF National Air Force Day [Rockcliffe, Ottawa] (May / June)
  • RAF Marham (June)
  • RAF Honington (July)
  • Battle of Britain [RAF Finningley] (September)
  • Independence Celebrations [Malta] (September)
  • Farewell to Boston Parade (October)
• Bombing and Navigation Competitions
  • Squadron Bombing Competition

Ground Trades (Up until March 1964)

• First Line Servicing
• Administrative Support

Ground Trades (After March 1964)

• Administrative Support

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XM607 at RAF Luqa 1964

[With kind permission of Jim Simpson]

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CENTRALISED SERVICING

In March, centralised servicing was introduced and aircraft from the three Coningsby squadrons (No. 9, 12 and 35 Squadron) were incorporated into a common “station pool” and then allocated to crews to meet each squadron’s daily flying programme. This resulted in the loss of squadron markings on the tailplane, although the Coningsby / Cottesmore Wing and Squadron badges were included on the entrance door.

XM645 at Coningsby (showing the Wing and Squadron Badges on the entrance door)

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FAREWELL TO BOSTON PARADE (19th October 1964)

The Squadron Standard was paraded at a farewell parade at Boston. A fly-past was flown by Flt. Lts. Mason and Downs

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Aircraft

The squadron was equipped with the following aircraft types (from own establishment and then from a station pool):

AVRO VULCAN B2

Profile © Malcolm Barrass

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AVRO VULCAN B2

With advancements in surface to air missiles, it was necessary to change the method of attack to “low level”. As a result, navigational equipment was adapted, the aircraft camouflage was changed and squadron crews started to train in the new procedures in February 1964.

Profile © Malcolm Barrass

The following link provides more details about the aircraft that were on charge of the squadron, or available from a station pool, along with information on known losses and incidents:

• Avro Vulcan B.2

1965

The squadron operated as a medium bomber squadron, with QRA capability, throughout 1965

Stationed at:

• RAF Cottesmore (Rutland)

RAF COTTESMORE
– read more –

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Role

• Medium bomber squadron, tasked with providing aircraft and crews capable of low level strategic bombing (a) in defence of UK and (b) in support of SACEUR requirements

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Command

• Cottesmore Wing, V Force, No. 1 Group, Bomber Command

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Squadron Command

• Commanding Officer:
  • Wing Commander DB Craig
  • 01/06/1965: Handed over to Wing Commander DA Arnott DFC

DA ARNOTT

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Strength

• Air Crew consisted of Commissioned Officers
  • • 1965 Personnel
• Ground Trades consisted of Non Commissioned Other Ranks
  • • 1962 – 1968 (Ground Trades)

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Activities

Air Crew

• Target Study
• Provision of QRA Capability (1 aircraft at all times)
• Ground Training (on station and off station)
  • Lectures / Courses in subjects such as Intelligence, Weapons and Aircraft Systems
  • Emergency, Escape, Dinghy and Survival Drills
  • “Trade” related Refresher Courses
• Flying Training
  • Training Programme included: Low Level, Hi-Lo-Hi, 1500 Mile / Maximum Length Training Profile, Visual Bombing, Navigation and Bombing System (NBS) / Radar Bomb Score (RBS) Attacks, Live Bombing, Navigation (Limited / Secondary / Primary), Practice Diversion, Fighter Affiliation and ECM Runs.
• Ongoing Assessments, Checks and Classifications
• Exercises, Rangers and Detachments (Crew / Squadron / Station / Group / Command)
  • Readiness Exercise Kinsman (Regular)
  • Exercise Groupex (Regular)
  • Exercise Billion (Regular)
  • FEAF Reinforcement Exercise Spherical (Muharraq, Gan, Tengah, Butterworth) (April / May)
  • Bombing Exercise Kingpin (June)
  • Readiness Exercise Mickey Finn (July)
  • Fighter Affiliation Exercise Tiger Cub (July)
  • Exercise Alpine (August)
  • Exercise Unison (August / September)
  • Exercise Donovan (October)
  • Exercise Statex (December)
  • Wildenrath [Germany] Ranger
  • Gardermoen [Norway] Ranger
  • Idris [Libya] Ranger
  • Luqa [Malta] Ranger
  • El Adem [Libya] Ranger
  • Western Ranger
  • Goose Bay [Canada] Ranger
• Displays / Flypasts
  • Battle of Britain Day Demonstration Scramble [Cottesmore] (September)
• Bombing and Navigation Competitions
  • No 1 Group Medium Bomber Competition

Ground Trades

• Administrative Support

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OPERATION SPHERICAL
(April / May 1965)

Aircraft from the squadron at Butterworth during Operation Spherical
[Courtesy of Marham Aviation Heritage Centre]

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BOMBING EXERCISE

Avro Vulcan B2 XM599 of No 35 Squadron based at RAF Cottesmore releases a full bomb load of twenty-one 1000lb bombs, during an exercise in 1965.
[© IWM RAF-T 5756]

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AOC INSPECTION

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BOMBING COMPETITION

The squadron won the Bristol Siddeley Trophy (Bombing) and the Racal Trophy (ECM / Communications) in the No. 1 Group Medium Bomber Competition

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Aircraft

The squadron was equipped with the following aircraft types (from Cottesmore Pool):

AVRO VULCAN B2

Profile © Malcolm Barrass

The following link provides more details about the aircraft that were available from the station pool, along with information on known losses and incidents:

• Avro Vulcan B.2

1961 (Squadron Disbanded)

The squadron operated as a light bomber squadron until 11th September 1961 when it was disbanded

Stationed at:

• RAF Upwood (Cambridgeshire)
• Detached to:
  • Idris (Spring “Sunspot” 20/02/1961 to 21/03/1961)

RAF UPWOOD
– read more –

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Role

• Light bomber squadron, tasked with providing aircraft and crews capable of high altitude strategic bombing (a) in defence of UK and (b) in support of SACEUR requirements

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Command

• Main Force, Bomber Command

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Squadron Command

• Commanding Officer:
  • Wing Commander H Neubroch OBE

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Strength

• Air Crew consisted of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew
  • • 1961 Personnel
• Ground Trades consisted of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks
  • • 1951 to 1961 (Ground Trades)

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Activities (Up until 11/09/1961)

Air Crew

• Ground Training (on station and off station)
  • Lectures / Courses
  • Emergency, Escape, Dinghy and Survival Drills
  • “Trade” related Refresher Courses
• UK Flying Training
  • Including: Continuation Training, Cross Country, Practice Bombing (Visual and Radar), Fighter Affiliation
• Overseas Flying Training
  • Idris [“Sunspot”] (February / March)
• Ongoing Assessments, Checks and Classifications
• Exercises (Station Readiness / Dispersal, Cross Country, Bombing, Air Defence and Fighter Affiliation)
  • Kingpin (Regular)
  • Marshmallow (Regular)
  • Statex (Regular)
  • Mantis (Regular)
  • Polar Bear (Regular)
  • Thorn (Regular)
  • Groupex (Regular)
  • Regex 61 (March)
  • May Flight IV / Matador (May)
  • Co-Op (June)
  • Fairwind (June)
• Rangers (*)
  • Eastleigh
  • El Adem
  • Gibraltar
  • Jever
  • Laarbruch
  • Salisbury (Southern Rhodesia)
  • Thornhill
  • Wildenrath / Laarbruch
• Displays / Flypasts
  • Bagington / Hullavington (July 1961)
  • Photographic Sorties for BBC and Flight Magazine (August 1961)
  • Farnborough (September 1961)
• Bombing Competitions
  • NEAF Bombing and Navigation Competition (RAF Akrotiri)

(*) Note: From July, all Rangers crossing the Mediterranean were cancelled due to the situation in Kuwait.

Ground Trades

• First Line Servicing
• Administrative Support

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Disbandment

Squadron Commanders’ Remarks (September 1961)
“All tasks arising before disbandment – flying, administrative, ceremonial and social were completed in full. It merely remains for me to wish our successors on No. 35 Squadron, joy and success – may all their runs be straight and true”

Message from the Air Officer Commanding (13th September 1961)
My grateful thanks to you and all those officers and airmen who have served in No. 35 Squadron whilst it has been in my Group. The squadron has performed splendid service and it has never failed to achieve what has been asked of it. My best wishes to you all in the future”

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AOC INSPECTION

AOC Inspection (June 1961)
[Courtesy of Marham Aviation Heritage Centre]

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Aircraft

The squadron was equipped with the following aircraft types (from its own establishment):

CANBERRA B.2 and T.4

Profile © Malcolm Barrass

In January, the squadron started the process of replacing all frangible hatches, with metal hatches. In February, all squadron aircraft with frangible hatches (WK130, WJ635, WJ732, WJ751, WH918 and WH920) were grounded until replacement hatches were fitted.

The following link provides more details about the aircraft that were on charge of the squadron, along with information on losses and incidents:

• Canberra B.2 and T.4

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1960

The squadron operated as a light bomber squadron throughout 1960

Stationed at:

• RAF Upwood

RAF UPWOOD
– read more –

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Role

• Light bomber squadron, tasked with providing aircraft and crews capable of high altitude strategic bombing (a) in defence of UK and (b) in support of SACEUR requirements

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Command

• Main Force, Bomber Command

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Squadron Command

• Commanding Officer:
  • Wing Commander G Newberry
  • 18/07/1960: Handed over to Wing Commander H Neubroch OBE

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Strength

• Air Crew consisted of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew
  • • 1960 Personnel
• Ground Trades consisted of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks
  • • 1951 to 1961 (Ground Trades)

Air Crew and Ground Personnel (February 1960)
[Courtesy of Marham Aviation Heritage Centre]

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Activities

Air Crew

• Ground Training (on station and off station)
  • Lectures / Courses
  • Emergency, Escape, Dinghy and Survival Drills
  • “Trade” related Refresher Courses
• Flying Training
  • Including: Continuation Training, Cross Country, Practice Bombing (Visual and Radar), Fighter Affiliation
• Ongoing Assessments, Checks and Classifications
• Exercises, Rangers and Detachments (Crew / Squadron / Station / Group / Command)
  • Exercise Kingpin (Regular)
  • Exercise Marshmallow (Regular)
  • Exercise Cadmin (Regular)
  • Exercise Bombex (Regular)
  • Exercise Statex (Regular)
  • Exercise Argus (Regular)
  • Exercise Groupex (Regular)
  • Exercise Thorn (Regular)
  • Exercise Polar Bear (Regular)
  • Exercise Baccy (February)
  • Exercise Arkex (April)
  • Exercise Fawley (April)
  • Exercise Regex (May)
  • Exercise Yeoman (May)
  • Exercise Fair Wind (June)
  • Exercise Co-Op (August)
  • Exercise Flashback (September)
  • Bahrain Ranger
  • Cyprus Ranger
  • Eastleigh [Kenya] Ranger
  • Gibraltar Ranger
  • Gutersloh [Germany] Ranger
  • Idris [Libya] Ranger
  • Luqa [Malta] Ranger
  • Thornhill / Salisbury [Rhodesia] Ranger
  • Detachment: Luqa, Malta [Sunspot] (March / May)
• Displays / Flypasts
  • RAF Cottesmore (May [Static])
  • RAF Colitishall (August [Static])
  • Battle of Britain Flypast (September)
  • RAF Leconfield (September)
• Bombing Competitions

Ground Trades

• First Line Servicing
• Administrative Support

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AOC INSPECTION

Squadron personnel and aircraft on parade 1960
– see more –
[Courtesy of Marham Aviation Heritage Centre]

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SUNSPOT 1960

Canberra WH913 over Malta
[Air Pictorial]

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Aircraft

The squadron was equipped with the following aircraft types (from its own establishment):

CANBERRA B2 and T4

Profile © Malcolm Barrass

The following link provides more details about the aircraft that were on charge of the squadron, along with information on losses and incidents:

• Canberra B.2 and T.4

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1959

The squadron operated as a light bomber squadron throughout 1959

Stationed at:

• RAF Upwood (Cambridgeshire)

RAF UPWOOD
– read more –

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Role

• Light bomber squadron, tasked with providing aircraft and crews capable of carrying out high altitude strategic bombing (from UK and Overseas Bases)

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Command

• Main Force, Bomber Command

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Squadron Command

• Commanding Officer:
  • Wing Commander G Newberry

G Newberry 1959
[Courtesy of Marham Aviation Heritage Centre]

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Strength

• Air Crew consisted of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew
  • • 1959 Personnel
• Ground Trades consisted of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks
  • • 1951 to 1961 (Ground Trades)

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Activities

Air Crew

• Ground Training (on station and off station)
  • Lectures / Courses
  • Emergency, Escape, Dinghy and Survival Drills
  • “Trade” related Refresher Courses
• Flying Training
  • Including: Continuation Training, Cross Country, Practice Bombing (Visual and Radar), Fighter Affiliation
• Ongoing Assessments, Checks and Classifications
• Exercises, Rangers and Detachments (Crew / Squadron / Station / Group / Command)
  • Exercise Kingpin (Regular)
  • Exercise Marshmallow (Regular)
  • Exercise Cadmin (Regular)
  • Exercise Bombex (Regular)
  • Exercise Statex (Regular)
  • Exercise Argus (Regular)
  • Exercise Groupex (Regular)
  • Exercise Buckboard (April)
  • Exercise Topweight (April)
  • Exercise Thorn (April)
  • Exercise Fair Wind (June)
  • Exercise Mandate (July)
  • Exercise Sledge (October)
  • Exercise Sambar / Longhaul (October)
  • Exercise Druggett (December)
  • Akrotiri Ranger
  • Eastleigh [Kenya] Ranger
  • Gibraltar Ranger
  • Gütersloh [Germany] Ranger
  • Idris [Libya] Ranger
  • Khormaskar [Aden] Ranger
  • Thornhill [Rhodesia] Ranger
  • Detachment: Luqa, Malta (January / February)
  • Detachment: St Mawgan [Exercise Dawn Breeze] (March)
  • Detachment: Luqa, Malta (October / November)
• Displays / Flypasts
  • Presentation of Standard Flypast (June 1959)
  • ITV programme “Swansong” [12 seconds of footage incl. in the programme]
  • Battle of Britain Flypast (September 1959)
• Bombing Competitions

Ground Trades

• First Line Servicing
• Administrative Support

October Flying Log Book Extract (Courtesy of Richard MacNeil)

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ITV FILMING

Practice for the ITV Programme “Swansong” August 1959
[Courtesy of Marham Aviation Heritage Centre]

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PRESENTATION OF SQUADRON STANDARD

On 16th June 1959, the Squadron Standard was presented by Princess Alexandra of Kent at a drumhead ceremony

– more details –

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SQUADRON CHRISTMAS PARTY 1959
[Source: MAHC]

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Aircraft

The squadron was equipped with the following aircraft types (from its own establishment):

CANBERRA B2 and T4

Profile © Malcolm Barrass

The following link provides more details about the aircraft that were on charge of the squadron, along with information on losses and incidents:

• Canberra B.2 and T.4

1958

The squadron operated as a light bomber squadron throughout 1958

Stationed at:

• RAF Upwood
• RAF Coningsby, whilst main runway at Upwood was resurfaced (October)

RAF UPWOOD
– read more –

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Role

• Light bomber squadron, tasked with providing aircraft and crews capable of carrying out high altitude strategic bombing (from UK and Overseas Bases)

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Command

• Main Force, Bomber Command

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Squadron Command

• Commanding Officer:
  • Squadron Leader RG Price DFC
  • 03/02/1958: Handed over to Wing Commander G Newberry

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Strength

• Air Crew consisted of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew
  • • 1958 Personnel
• Ground Trades consisted of Non Commissioned Other Ranks
  • • 1951 to 1961 (Ground Trades)

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Activities

Air Crew

• Ground Training (on station and off station)
  • Lectures / Courses
  • Emergency, Escape, Dinghy and Survival Drills
  • “Trade” related Refresher Courses
• Flying Training
  • Including: Continuation Training, Cross Country, Practice Bombing (Visual and Radar), Fighter Affiliation
• Ongoing Assessments, Checks and Classifications
• Exercises, Rangers and Detachments (Crew / Squadron / Station / Group / Command)
  • Exercise Kingpin (Regular)
  • Exercise Marshmallow (Regular)
  • Exercise Cadmus (Regular)
  • Exercise Bombex (Regular)
  • Exercise Brief (February)
  • Exercise Green Cobra (March)
  • Exercise Starshot (May)
  • Exercise Fullplay (June)
  • Exercise Wearaway (July)
  • Exercise Crescent Hinge (October)
  • Exercise Sunbeam (October)
  • Ahlhorn [Germany] Ranger
  • Gibraltar Ranger
  • Habbaniya [Iraq] Ranger
  • Idris [Libya] Ranger
  • Luqa [Malta] Ranger
  • Nicosia [Cyprus] Ranger
  • Detachment: Luqa, Malta (March / April)
  • Detachment: Luqa, Malta (September / October)
• Displays / Flypasts
  • International Air Show, Basel (September)
  • Battle of Britain Flypast (September)
• Bombing Competitions

Ground Trades

• Administrative Support

The squadron also carried out ferry flights, delivering aircraft to Australia (August 1958)

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Aircraft

The squadron was equipped with the following aircraft types (from a station pool):

CANBERRA B2 and T4

Profile © Malcolm Barrass

The following link provides more details about the aircraft that were available to the squadron from a station pool, along with information on known losses and incidents:

• Canberra B.2 and T.4

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1957

The squadron operated as a light bomber squadron throughout 1957

Stationed at:

• RAF Upwood (Cambridgeshire)

RAF UPWOOD
– read more –

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Role

• Light bomber squadron, tasked with providing aircraft and crews capable of carrying out high altitude strategic bombing (from UK and Overseas Bases)

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Command

• Main Force, Bomber Command

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Squadron Command

• Commanding Officer:
  • Squadron Leader RG Price DFC

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Strength

• Air Crew consisted of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew
  • • 1957 Personnel
• Ground Trades consisted of Non Commissioned Other Ranks
  • • 1951 to 1961 (Ground Trades)

Notes: In February 1957, the squadron amalgamated with No 18 Squadron and it sub divided into 3 Flights (A, B and C)

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Activities

Air Crew

• Ground Training (on station and off station)
  • Lectures / Courses
  • Emergency, Escape, Dinghy and Survival Drills
  • “Trade” related Refresher Courses
• Flying Training
  • Including: Continuation Training, Cross Country, Practice Bombing (Visual and Radar), Fighter Affiliation
• Ongoing Assessments, Checks and Classifications
• Exercises, Rangers and Detachments (Crew / Squadron / Station / Group / Command)
  • Exercise Kingpin (Regular)
  • Exercise Port Wine (August)
  • Exercise Counterpunch (September)
  • Exercise Deepwater (September)
  • Exercise Phoenix (November)
  • Exercise (December)
  • Exercise Goldflake
  • Exercise Marshmallow
  • Exercise Vigilant
  • El Adem [Libya] Ranger
  • Gibraltar Ranger
  • Idris [Libya] Ranger
  • Luqa [Malta] Ranger
  • Habbaniya [Iraq] Ranger
  • Wunstorf {Germany] Ranger
  • Detachment: Luqa, Malta (March / April)
  • Detachment: Luqa, Malta (September / October)
• Displays / Flypasts
  • Farnborough (September)
• Bombing Competitions

Ground Trades

• Administrative Support

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LIFE ON THE SQUADRON

An article by John Kirk regarding his time with the squadron
– Life on the Squadron –

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Aircraft

The squadron was equipped with the following aircraft types (from a station pool):

CANBERRA B2 and T4

Profile © Malcolm Barrass

The following link provides more details about the aircraft that were available to the squadron from a station pool, along with information on known losses and incidents:

• Canberra B.2 and T.4

1956

The squadron operated as a light bomber squadron throughout 1956

Stationed at:

• RAF Marham (Norfolk)
• 24/07/1956: Moved to RAF Upwood (Huntingdonshire)

RAF UPWOOD
– read more –

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Role

• Light bomber squadron, tasked with providing aircraft and crews capable of carrying out high altitude strategic bombing (from UK and Overseas Bases)

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Command

• Marham Wing, Main Force, Bomber Command
• 24/07/1956: Main Force, Bomber Command

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Squadron Command

• Commanding Officer:
  • Squadron Leader TA McCulloch
  • 05/03/1956: Handed over to Squadron Leader RG Price DFC

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Strength

• Air Crew consisted of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew
  • • 1956 Personnel
• Ground Trades consisted of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks
  • • 1951 to 1961 (Ground Trades)

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Events affecting the squadron

The Canberra aircraft were grounded from March to July, resulting in reduced flying activities.

In July, President Nasser of Egypt seized control of the Suez Canal and the UK, along with other countries, prepared to bring the Canal back under international control, utilising force, if necessary. During late July and August, the Canberra squadrons were utilised to ferry bombs for storage in Luqa, Malta (Operation Accumulate); there is no reference to this operation in No. 35 Squadron’s Operations Record Book

In October, a task force was deployed to Malta and Cyprus (Operation Musketeer) and the squadron was put on “standby”.  The offensive against President Nasser commenced on 30th October 1956, concluding on 5th November 1956. Whilst four of the squadron’s aircraft deployed to Cyprus, the squadron does not figure in the UK Battle Order for Operation Musketeer.

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Activities

Air Crew

• Ground Training (on station and off station)
  • Lectures / Courses
  • Emergency, Escape, Dinghy and Survival Drills
  • “Trade” related Refresher Courses
• Flying Training
• Ongoing Assessments, Checks and Classifications
• Exercises and Rangers (Crew / Squadron / Station / Group / Command)
  • Exercise Kingpin (Regular)
  • Exercise Fusillade (March)
  • Exercise Marshmallow (March)
  • Exercise Stronghold (September)
  • Exercise Whipsaw (September)
  • Exercise Ratchet (October)
  • Abu Sueir [Eqypt] Ranger
  • Aden Ranger
  • Bahrain Ranger
  • Eastleigh [Kenya] Ranger
  • Gibraltar Ranger
  • Habbaniya [Iraq] Ranger
  • Idris [Libya] Ranger
  • Khormaksar [Aden] Ranger
  • Luqa [Malta] Ranger
  • Nicosia [Cyprus] Ranger
  • Wunstorf [Germany] Ranger
• Displays / Flypasts
  • None Recorded
• Bombing Competitions
  • None Recorded

Ground Trades (Up until October 1956)

• First Line Servicing
• Administrative Support

Ground Trades (After October 1956)

• Administrative Support

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ROYAL VISIT

Queen Elizabeth II at Marham 23rd July 1956
[Source: Movietone News]

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Aircraft

The squadron was equipped with the following aircraft types (from its own establishment until October 1956 and then from a station pool):

CANBERRA B.2 and T.4

Profile © Malcolm Barrass

The following link provides more details about the aircraft that were available to the squadron, firstly from its own establishment and then from a station pool, along with information on known losses and incidents:

• Canberra B.2 and T.4

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1955

The squadron operated as a light bomber squadron throughout 1955

Stationed at:

• RAF Marham (Norfolk)

RAF MARHAM
– read more –

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Role

• Light bomber squadron, tasked with providing aircraft and crews capable of carrying out high altitude strategic bombing (from UK and Overseas Bases)

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Command

• Main Force, Bomber Command

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Squadron Command

• Commanding Officer:
  • Squadron Leader RS Sanders DFC AFC
  • 06/06/1955:  Handed over to Squadron Leader JR Musgrave DSO
  • 04/11/1955: Handed over to Squadron Leader TA McCulloch

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Strength

• Air Crew consisted of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew
  • • 1955 Personnel
• Ground Trades consisted of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks
  • • 1951 to 1961 (Ground Trades)

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Events affecting 35 Squadron

In January, the squadron became the first fully operational squadron at Marham, when the last crew achieved its combat classification; this was nine months after starting its conversion to the Canberra

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Activities

Air Crew

• Ground Training (on station and off station)
  • Lectures / Courses
  • Emergency, Escape, Dinghy and Survival Drills
  • “Trade” related Refresher Courses
• Flying Training
  • Including: Continuation Training, Cross Country, Practice Bombing (Visual and Radar), Fighter Affiliation
• Ongoing Assessments, Checks and Classifications
• Exercises and Rangers (Crew / Squadron / Station / Group / Command)
  • Exercise Kingpin (Regular)
  • Exercise Sky High (April)
  • Exercise Carte Blanche (June)
  • Exercise Beware / Foxpaw (September)
  • Exercise Phoenix
  • Gibraltar Ranger
  • Idris [Libya] Ranger
  • Malta Ranger
  • Nairobi Ranger
  • Shaibah [Iraq] Ranger
  • Wunstorf [Germany] Ranger
• Displays / Flypasts
  • Marham (Various Dates)
  • Cranwell (March)
  • Biggin Hill (June)
  • Geneva (June)
  • Upwood (July)
  • Farnborough (July)
  • Baginton (August)
  • Benson (October)
• Bombing Competitions
  • Bomber Command Competition (March)

Ground Trades

• First Line Servicing
• Administrative Support

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GENEVA DISPLAY

No. 35 Squadron display in Geneva 1955
[Source FlightGlobal 1st July 1955]

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CARTE BLANCHE EXRCISE

In the last week of June 1955, around 3000 NATO aircraft from Canada, Denmark, Greece, France, Norway, the UK and USA took part in the largest allied exercise held since the Second World War. The exercise, which was held in West Germany, included the simulated use of tactical nuclear weapons against airfields and troop concentrations.

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Aircraft

The squadron was equipped with the following aircraft types (from its own establishment):

CANBERRA B2 and T4

Canberra Profile © Malcolm Barrass

The following link provides more details about the aircraft that were on charge of the squadron, along with information on known losses and incidents:

• Canberra B.2 and T.4

1954

The squadron operated as a medium bomber squadron and then as a light bomber squadron during 1954

Stationed at:

• RAF Marham (Norfolk)

RAF MARHAM
– read more –

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Role

• Medium bomber squadron, tasked with providing aircraft and crews capable of long range strategic bombing from UK bases
• 28/04/1954: Light bomber squadron, tasked with providing aircraft and crews capable of carrying out high altitude strategic bombing (from UK and Overseas Bases)

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Command

• No. 3 Group, Bomber Command
• 28/04/1954: Main Force, Bomber Command

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Squadron Command

• Commanding Officer:
  • Squadron Leader RS Sanders DFC AFC

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Strength

• Air Crew consisted of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew
  • • 1954 Personnel
• Ground Trades consisted of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks
  • • 1951 to 1961 (Ground Trades)

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Events affecting the squadron

Throughout the year, squadron personnel continued conversion training on jet aircraft (at Weston Zoyland) in readiness for the move away from piston engine aircraft and at Bassingbourn / Lindholme for Canberra conversion.

In September, the first four crews (Stirrup, Millett, Rushforth and Crawford) achieved “Combat” status on the Canberra

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Activities

Air Crew

• Ground Training (on station and off station)
  • Lectures / Courses
  • Emergency, Escape, Dinghy and Survival Drills
  • “Trade” related Refresher Courses
• Flying Training
  • Including: Continuation Training, Cross Country, Practice Bombing (Visual and Radar), Fighter Affiliation
• Ongoing Assessments, Checks and Classifications
• Exercises and Rangers (Crew / Squadron / Station / Group / Command)
  • Exercise Kingpin (Regular)
  • Exercise Bombing-Up (June)
  • Exercise Dividend (July)
  • Exercise Battle Royal (September)
  • Idris [Libya] Ranger
• Standby Air Sea Rescue
• Displays / Flypasts
  • Battle of Britain Flypast (September)
• Bombing Competitions

Ground Trades

• First Line Servicing
• Administrative Support

The squadron continued ferry flights, returning the Washington aircraft back to the USA (Operation “Home Run”) until the end of March 1954

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BOMB EXPLOSION

On 20th September 1954, two 1,000lb bombs exploded on the perimeter track at Marham, killing an NCO
– more details –

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Aircraft

The squadron was equipped with the following aircraft types (from its own establishment):

BOEING B-29 [WASHINGTON]

Profile © Malcolm Barrass

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CANBERRA B.2 and T.4

On 28th April 1954, the squadron started to re-equip with the Canberra B2 (plus the T4 for dual-purpose training) [Establishment: 10 Aircraft]

Profile © Malcolm Barrass

The following links provide more details about the aircraft that were on charge of the squadron, along with information on known losses and incidents:

• Boeing B-29 Washington
• Canberra B.2 and T.4

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1953

The squadron operated as a medium bomber and standby Air Sea Rescue squadron throughout 1953

Stationed at:

• RAF Marham (Norfolk)

RAF MARHAM
– read more –

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Role

• Medium bomber squadron, tasked with providing aircraft and crew capable of (a) long range high level bombing from UK Bases and (b) standby Air Sea Rescue

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Command

• No 3 Group, Bomber Command

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Squadron Command

• Commanding Officer:
  • Squadron Leader FR Flynn AFC
  • 01/09/1953: Squadron Leader RS Sanders DFC AFC

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Strength

• Air Crew consisted of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew
  • • 1953 Personnel
• Ground Trades consisted of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks
  • • 1951 to 1961 (Ground Trades)

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Activities

Air Crew

• Ground Training (on station and off station)
  • Lectures / Courses
  • Emergency, Escape, Dinghy and Survival Drills
  • “Trade” related Refresher Courses
• Flying Training
  • Including: Continuation Training, Cross Country, High Level Bombing (visual and radar), Air to Sea Firing, Fighter Affiliation
• Ongoing Assessments, Checks and Classifications
• Exercises (Crew / Squadron / Station / Group / Command)
  • Exercise Kingpin (Regular)
  • Exercise Jungle King (March)
  • Exercise Momentum (August)
• Standby Air Sea Rescue
• Displays / Flypasts
  • Royal Review [Odiham] (July)
• Bombing Competitions
  • Visual Bombing Competition (May)
  • Lawrence Minot Visual Bombing Competition (September)
  • Blind Bombing Competition (November)

Ground Trades

• First Line Servicing
• Administrative Support

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In July, the squadron commenced ferry flights, returning the Washington aircraft back to the USA (Operation “Home Run”)

During September / October, the squadron carried servicing personnel, spares and equipment to various bases along the route of the London to Christchurch air race.

In December, squadron personnel started conversion training on jet aircraft (at Weston Zoyland) in readiness for the move away from piston engined aircraft.

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ROYAL REVIEW ODIHAM (July 1953)

One of the squadron’s Washington (WF572) on display at Odiham
[Source: Washington Times]

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ROYAL REVIEW ODIHAM (July 1953)

B-29 Washington Flypast, with [front group] 35 Squadron aircraft (WW351, WW348 and WW344), [left group] 115 Squadron aircraft (WF560, WW513, and WF552), [right group] 90 Squadron aircraft (WF563, WF558 and WF550), [rear group] 207 Squadron aircraft [WF566, WF569 and WF567)

[Source: Washington Times]

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Aircraft

The squadron was equipped with the following aircraft types (from its own establishment):

BOEING B-29 [WASHINGTON]

Profile © Malcolm Barrass

The following link provides more details about the aircraft that were on charge of the squadron, along with information on known losses and incidents:

• Boeing B-29 [Washington]

1952

The squadron operated as a medium bomber and standby Air Sea Rescue squadron throughout 1952

Stationed at:

• RAF Marham (Norfolk)

RAF MARHAM
– read more –

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Role

• “A” Flight, tasked with providing instructors for conversion training for replacement crews for the Washington Squadrons
• “B” Flight, tasked with providing aircraft and crew capable of (a) long range high level bombing from UK Bases and (b) standby Air Sea Rescue

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Command

• No. 3 Group, Bomber Command

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Squadron Command

• Commanding Officer:
  • Squadron Leader FR Flynn AFC

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Strength

• Air Crew consisted of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew
  • • 1950-1951 Washington Conversion Unit Personnel
    • 1952 Personnel
    • 1952-1953 Washington Conversion Unit Personnel
• Ground Trades consisted of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks
  • • 1951 to 1961 (Ground Trades)

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Activities

Air Crew

• A Flight
  • Training replacement crews for the seven “Washington” Squadrons
• B Flight
  • Ground Training (on station and off station)
    • Lectures / Courses
    • Emergency, Escape, Dinghy and Survival Drills
    • “Trade” related Refresher Courses
  • Flying Training
    • Including: Circuits and Landings, 2/3 Engine Flying, Homing, Cross Country, Bullseye, Bombing (visual and blind), Fighter Affiliation, Air to Sea Firing, Formation Flying
  • Ongoing Assessments, Checks and Classifications
  • Exercises (Crew / Squadron / Station / Group / Command)
    • Bait (Regular)
    • Bullseye (June)
    • Kingpin (Regular)
    • Jigsaw (August)
  • Standby Air Sea Rescue
    • Aid to Meteor Pilot 20 miles north of Yarmouth 24/07/1952
    • Search for Balliol aircraft from West Bay 14/08/1952
    • Search for two meteors off Flamborough Head 11/12/1952
  • Displays / Flypasts
    • Battle of Britain Flypast (September)
  • Bombing Competitions
    • Blind Bombing Competition (December)

Note: On 16th June 1952, with the squadron up to operational strength, “A” Flight assumed the identity of the “Washington Conversion Unit” (ie the WCU reformed as a separate entity) and conversion training was undertaken by this unit. “B” Flight was split into “A” and “B” Flights – read more –

Ground Trades

• First Line Servicing
• Administrative Support

Extract from G Beattie’s Log Book [Courtesy of Robert Beattie]

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The introduction of Select, Combat and Non-Combat crew classifications

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Aircraft

The squadron was equipped with the following aircraft types (from its own establishment):

BOEING B-29 [WASHINGTON]

Profile © Malcolm Barrass

The following link provides more details about the aircraft that were on charge of the squadron, along with information on known losses and incidents:

• Boeing B-29 Washington

1951 (Squadron Reformed)

No. 35 Squadron (as part of the Washington Conversion Unit) was responsible for training crews to fly the Boeing B-29 Washington.

The Unit completed its task of converting seven squadrons to B-29 Washington aircraft on 21st July 1951 and on 1st September 1951, the identity of No. 35 Squadron was assumed (having previously been placed into number plate status)

Stationed at:

• RAF Marham (Norfolk)

RAF MARHAM
– read more –

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Role

• From September 1951
  • “A” Flight, tasked with providing instructors for conversion training for replacement crews for the Washington Squadrons
  • “B” Flight, tasked with providing aircraft and crew capable of (a) long range high level bombing from UK Bases and (b) standby Air Sea Rescue

Note: Up until September 1951, personnel were training crews to fly the Boeing B-29a Washington (as part of the Washington Conversion Unit)
– read more –

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Command

• No 3 Group, Bomber Command

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Squadron Command

• Commanding Officer:
  • Squadron Leader FR Flynn AFC

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Strength (from September 1951)

• Air Crew consisted of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew
  • • 1951 Personnel
• Ground Trades consisted of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Other Ranks
  • • 1951 to 1961 (Ground Trades)

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Activities (from 1st September 1951)

Air Crew

• A Flight
  • Training replacement crews for the seven “Washington” Squadrons
• B Flight
  • Ground Training (on station and off station)
    • Lectures / Courses
    • Emergency, Escape, Dinghy and Survival Drills
    • “Trade” related Refresher Courses
  • Flying Training
  • Ongoing Assessments, Checks and Classifications
  • Exercises (Crew / Squadron / Station / Group / Command)
    • Exercise Bait (December)
  • Displays / Flypasts
    • Battle of Britain Flypast (September)
  • Standby Air Sea Rescue

Ground Trades

• First Line Servicing
• Administrative Support

B-29 Washington at Marham [Source: Washington Times]

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Aircraft

The squadron was equipped with the following aircraft types (from its own establishment):

BOEING B-29 [WASHINGTON]

Profile © Malcolm Barrass

The following link provides more details about the aircraft that were on charge of the squadron, along with information on the known losses and incidents:

• Boeing B-29 Washington

1919 (Squadron Disbanded)

The squadron was reduced to “cadre” status on 19th January 1919. It returned to the UK in March 1919 and disbanded on 26th June 1919

Stationed at:

• La Bellevue, France
• 19/01/1919: Moved to St Marie-Cappel, France
• 03/03/1919: Moved to Netheravon, Wiltshire (for the purposes of disbandment)

La Bellevue [Source: 49squadron.co.uk]

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Role

As a Corps Squadron, No. 35 Squadron was tasked with providing aircraft and crews capable of medium and short distance aerial reconnaissance for one of the British Army Corps Commands. The role included:

• Location of Hostile Batteries
• Observation of Artillery Fire
• Contact Patrol Work
• Close Reconnaissance and Photography
• Offensive action against vulnerable points in the Army reconnaissance area

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Command

• British Expeditionary Force
• 03/03/1919 (UK)

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Squadron Command

• Commanding Officer
  • Major DF Stevenson DS0 MC

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Strength (Cadre Status)

• Air Crew consisted of Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Air Crew
  • • 1919 Personnel
• Ground Trades consisted of Commissioned Officers, Warrant Officers, Sergeants and “rank and file”
  • • 1916 to 1919 (Ground Trades)

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Activities (Up to 3rd March 1919)

Air Crew

• Post War Monitoring
• Ground Training and Flying Training (*)
• Preparations for return to the UK

(*) There are no pages in the Record Book for 1919, but is assumed that the squadron continued with activities such as Photography, Reconnaissance and Camera Gun until its return to the UK in March

Ground Trades

• Essential ground support to the squadron’s air operations

Activities (3rd March 1919 to 26th June 1919)

• Return to the UK
• Disbandment (at Netheravon), with each airman receiving:
  • a Demobilisation Account (with all pay, issued kit and allowances settled)
  • an Identity Card
  • a Basic Reference to help them find employment (which included mention of any gallantry awards and identified their pre-war skills/trades along with those learnt in service)
  • a Certificate of Discharge (either to reserve or to release)

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Aircraft

The squadron was equipped with the following aircraft types:

ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH FK8

Profile © Malcolm Barrass

The following link provides more details about the aircraft that were on charge of the squadron (including details on all known losses and incidents)

• Armstrong Whitworth FK8

Insignia

The following pages contain information and examples of squadron insignia used on uniforms, aircraft, signage, ephemera and on the squadron standard

• Aircraft Markings
• Ephemera
• Squadron Badge
• Squadron Cloth Badges
• Squadron Standard

No. 8 Group (National Memorial Arboretum)

• To commemorate: No. 8 (Path Finder Force) Group
• Location: National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire
• Installation Date: 6th July 2020

[Source: John Clifford]

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Pathfinder Sunday 2017

The project, which aimed to provide a permanent memorial to No. 8 Group, was started by the Wyton Heritage Centre in 2014. It was unveiled at the PFF Reunion at RAF Wyton (August 2017), 75 years after No.8 Group was formed.

Memorials

The following pages provide information on the various Memorial / Commemorative Plaques which have been installed throughout the UK and Europe to remember those that served with the squadron, with most remembering those that lost their life whilst doing so.

Commemorative Plaques / Memorials (Group)

• No. 4 Group (Elvington)
• No. 8 Group (National Memorial Arboretum)
• No. 8 Group Roll of Honour (Ely)

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Commemorative Plaques / Memorials (Station)

• CH Pettit and the PFF (Graveley Church)
• Narborough Aerodrome
• RAF Graveley (Cotton Farm)
• RAF Graveley (Diddington Church)
• RAF Leeming
• RAF Stradishall

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Commemorative Plaques / Memorials (Squadron)

• No. 35 Squadron (IBCC)
• No. 35 Squadron (National Memorial Arboretum)
• No. 35 Squadron (Offord Cluny)
• No. 35 Squadron (Tandridge)
• No. 35 Squadron [69-71] (Scampton Church)

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Commemorative Plaques / Memorials (Crew / Aircraft)

• HR799 Hickson Crew (Castenray)
• HR833 Lee Crew (Hoogstraten)
• HR851 Pexton Crew (Watton)
• JB785 Herbert Crew (Giessenburg)
• L9489 Gilchrist Crew (Merrist Wood)
• L9527 Godwin Crew (Angles)
• LV861 Blundell Crew (Diepenveen)
• LW343 Cheal Crew (Anna Paulowna)
• ND645 Rowe Crew (National Memorial Arboretum)
• ND731 Lambert Crew (Emance)
• ND755 Brown Crew (Wintzenbach)
• ND762 Holmes Crew (Vessem)
• ND846 Cranswick Crew (Villecresnes)
• PB366 Kenyon Crew (Great Paxton)
• R9438 Bushby Crew (Fitful Head)
• W1020 Pooles Crew (Borås)
• W1050 Gardiner Crew (Ochamps)
• W1053 Roe Crew (Markabygd)
• W7657 Marks Crew (Blesme)
• W7877 Elliott Crew (Markelo)
• W7886 Brownlie Crew (Mørkholtvej)

It is understood that there could be further memorials in France, Belgium and the Netherlands commemorating other 35 Squadron aircraft and crews; the following have been advised (as at April 2022), but no details are currently available:

• MOOK: 35 Sqn Halifax L9521 TL-Z 07/09/41

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Commemorative Plaques / Memorials (Individual Airmen)

• Aston (AC) (National Memorial Arboretum)
• Barr (AC) (Glasgow)
• CH Pettit and the PFF (Graveley Church)
• Cooper / Sweeney / Tompkins (Cottesmore)
• Elliott (H) (Bury, West Sussex)
• Grouped Individuals (Chievres Communal Cemetery, Belgium)
• Grouped Individuals (Commemorative Features [Canada])
• Grouped Individuals (IBCC)
• Grouped Individuals (Linton Airfield Attack)
• Grouped Individuals (Norwegian Airmen [Oslo])
• Grouped Individuals (Tirpitz Attack [Faettenfjord])
• Hardcastle (RD) (Elvington)
• Lane (TH) (Guelph, Canada)
• Leith-Hay-Clark (RL) (Gunby Estate)
• Marks (JH) (Newport, Essex)
• Marks (JH) (Sawbridgeworth)
• Thomas (A) (Ystalyfera)
• Thompson (RF) (Rothbury)

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Exhibits / Displays

The following are links to pages containing information on known Museums, Heritage Centres and Memorial Rooms that include squadron related exhibits / displays

• Beningbrough Hall
• Linton-On-Ouse Memorial Room (Closed)
• Marham Aviation Heritage Centre
• North East Land, Sea and Air Museum
• RAF Leeming Historical Training Facility
• RAF Wyton (Pathfinder Collection)
• Solway Aviation Museum

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NEWARK AIR MUSEUM

No. 35 Squadron “Skyhook” cut from the tail of Vulcan XL359 at RAF Scampton when the aircraft was being broken up in 1982

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RAF SCAMPTON

Information Boards in the corridors at RAF Scampton

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Bomber Command Loss Cards

Description

Bomber Command created a card for each aircraft that failed to return from an operational flight.

The amount of data recorded on the cards varied, but normally included the names of the crew and their fate. In some cases, information on the route taken, the equipment on board, the bomb load and feedback from survivors is also included.

The notes on the reverse of the cards are usually hard to read (due to the “spider” handwriting), but it is usually possible to decipher the bulk, thereby ensuring some understanding of the content.

Example

Availability

The surviving cards are held by the Ministry of Defence Air Historical Branch.

However, the RAF Museum holds copies on microfilm and provide a copying service.

Squadron Photographs WWII

September 1941

March 1942

 [Courtesy of Linzee Duncan]

July 1943

 [Courtesy of Colin Hewlett / Friends of the Pathfinders]

Believed to be 3rd April 1945

Personnel

The following pages provide details on the personnel that are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron throughout its history.

• Section One contains year by year listings of personnel on strength of (or attached to) the squadron
• Section Two contains the names of these personnel, grouped into various categories (eg those that were POW, those that were in the Guinea Pig Club). The major group is the WWII Crew listing, which contains a complete list of all the crews that flew operational sorties with the squadron during WWII

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Section One – Personnel on strength of (or attached to) the squadron [Year by Year Listings]

These lists have been compiled from poor quality and incomplete source documents. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, it should be recognised that the list may be subject to errors and omissions.

Furthermore, the source documents, whilst recording many of the postings of officers, contain little information regarding Non Commissioned Others Ranks on strength of the squadron

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WWI

• 1916 Personnel
• 1916 to 1919 (Ground Trades)
• 1917 Personnel
• 1918 Personnel
• 1919 Personnel

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Inter-War

• 1929 Personnel
• 1929 to 1940 (Ground Trades)
• 1930 Personnel
• 1931 Personnel
• 1932 Personnel
• 1933 Personnel
• 1934 Personnel
• 1935 – 1936 Personnel (Sudan)
• 1935 Personnel (UK)
• 1936 Personnel (UK)
• 1937 Personnel
• 1938 Personnel
• 1939 Personnel

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WWII

• 1940 Personnel (Pre-Disbandment)
• 1940 Personnel (Reformed Squadron)
• 1940 to 1945 (Ground Trades)
• 1941 Personnel
• 1942 Personnel
• 1943 Personnel
• 1944 Personnel
• 1945 Personnel (up to 8th May 1945)

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Post-War

• 1945 Personnel (from 9th May 1945)
• 1946 Operation Lancaster (Goodwill Tour) Personnel
• 1946 Personnel
• 1946 to 1950 (Ground Trades)
• 1947 Personnel
• 1948 Personnel
• 1949 Personnel
• 1950 Personnel
• 1950-1951 Washington Conversion Unit Personnel
• 1951 Personnel
• 1951 to 1961 (Ground Trades)
• 1952 Personnel
• 1952-1953 Washington Conversion Unit Personnel
• 1953 Personnel
• 1954 Personnel
• 1955 Personnel
• 1956 Personnel
• 1957 Personnel
• 1958 Personnel
• 1959 Personnel
• 1960 Personnel
• 1961 Personnel
• 1962 – 1968 (Ground Trades)
• 1962 Personnel
• 1963 Personnel
• 1964 Personnel
• 1965 Personnel
• 1966 Personnel
• 1967 Personnel
• 1968 Personnel
• 1969 – 1974 (Ground Trades)
• 1969 Personnel
• 1970 Personnel
• 1971 Personnel
• 1972 Personnel
• 1973 Personnel
• 1974 Personnel
• 1975 – 1982 (Ground Trades)
• 1975 Personnel
• 1976 Personnel
• 1977 Personnel
• 1978 Personnel
• 1979 Personnel
• 1980 Personnel
• 1981 Personnel
• 1982 Personnel

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Section Two – Personnel Groupings

These listings provide the names of personnel that were on strength of (or attached to) the squadron, grouped into various categories (eg those that were POW, those that were in the Guinea Pig Club).

The major group is the WWII Crew listing, which contains a complete list of all the crews that flew operational sorties with the squadron during WWII

WWI

• WWI (POW)
• WWI (Roll of Honour)
• WWI (Awards)

Inter-War

• Inter-War (Roll of Honour)

WWII

• WWII (Guinea Pig Club Members)
• WWII (Crews)
• WWII (Evaders)
• WWII (POW / Internees)
• WWII (Awards)
• WWII (Roll of Honour)

Post-War

• Post-War (Roll of Honour)

General

• Commanding Officers

Aerodrome / Stations

The following pages provide details on the aerodrome / RAF Stations that were utilised by the squadron throughout its history.

Also see Research Notes regarding various aspects of RFC Aerodrome / RAF Stations at the bottom of this page

World War One (WWI) 

RFC Aerodrome / RAF Stations utilised by the squadron during WWI (alphabetical order):

• France / Belgium Aerodrome (WWI)
• Narborough Aerodrome
• Netheravon Aerodrome
• Thetford Aerodrome

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Inter-War Era

RAF Stations utilised by the squadron in the Inter-War era (alphabetical order) :

• Armament Training Camps
• Bircham Newton
• Cottesmore (Inter-War)
• Cranfield
• Worthy Down

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World War Two (WWII) 

RAF Stations utilised by the squadron during WWII (alphabetical order):

• Bassingbourn
• Boscombe Down
• Cranfield
• Graveley
• Leeming
• Linton-On-Ouse
• Upwood (WWII)

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Post-War Era

RAF Stations utilised by the squadron in the Post-War era (alphabetical order) :

• Akrotiri
• Coningsby
• Cottesmore (Post-War)
• Graveley
• Marham
• Mildenhall
• Scampton
• Stradishall
• Upwood (Post War)

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Research Notes

• Airfield Design and Construction
• Overseas Airfields (Post War Rangers)
• Station Readiness and Dispersal (1962 – 1982)

Aircraft

The following pages provide details on the aircraft that were on charge of the squadron throughout its history. The pages include:

• the serial numbers of the aircraft that are known to have been on charge of the squadron
• details on all known losses and incidents

Also see Research Notes regarding various aspects of the squadron aircraft at the bottom of this page

Aircraft (WWI)

Aircraft on charge of the squadron during WWI (alphabetical order):

• Armstrong Whitworth FK3
• Armstrong-Whitworth FK8
• Bristol F.2
• Bristol Scout
• De Havilland (Airco) DH1
• Henri Farman F20
• Royal Aircraft Factory BE2c
• Royal Aircraft Factory BE2d
• Royal Aircraft Factory FE2b
• Royal Aircraft Factory RE5
• Royal Aircraft Factory RE7
• Royal Aircraft Factory RE8
• Vickers F.B.5

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Aircraft (Inter-War Years)

Aircraft on charge of the squadron in the Inter-War years (alphabetical order):

• Avro Anson
• DH9A
• Fairey Battle MKI
• Fairey Gordon
• Fairey IIIF
• Vickers Wellesley MKI

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Aircraft (WWII) 

Aircraft on charge of the squadron during WWII (alphabetical order) :

• Avro Lancaster B.I and B.III
• Bristol Blenheim MKI and MKIV
• Fairey Battle MKI
• Handley Page Halifax

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Aircraft (Post-War Years)

Aircraft on charge of the squadron in the Post-War years (alphabetical order):

• Avro Lancaster B.I and B.III
• Avro Lancaster B.I(FE)
• Avro Lincoln B2 Mk.IVA
• Avro Vulcan B.2
• Boeing B-29 Washington
• Canberra B.2 and T.4

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Research Notes

• Aircraft Markings
• Aircraft Nose Art
• Presentation Aircraft (WWI)
• Presentation Aircraft (WWII)

Burnard (RA)

• BURNARD, Robert Alexander (Observer)
• On strength of No. 35 Squadron: 07/12/1917 to 31/03/1918

[Source: casualtyforms.org]

Extracts from his diary can be found at: http://raburnard.uk

[Extract courtesy of Piers Myers]

Crow (AL)

• CROW, Arthur Leslie (Observer)

• On strength of No. 35 Squadron: 14/12/1917 to 02/05/1918

[Source: casualtyforms.org]