Whitley Z6935 hit by flak, returned to Topcliffe airfield.
On the night of 7/8th of September 1941 this crew were tasked with Ops to Berlin, they took off at 20.02hrs and bombed the Huckenwalde area from 13,000ft. Before they could reach the coast they
were hit by flak but were able to make a return to base of Topcliffe where they landed without further incident at 06.13hrs.
Pilot - P/O Vannio M Albrecht RAFVR (63437), of Westcliffe-on-Sea, Essex.
? - Sgt F W Anderson
? - Sgt J R Wood
WOp/AG - Sgt Ronald C Perriam RAFVR (1155037), of Nottingham.
RG - Sgt R G Williams
P/O Albrecht was lost on 1st November 1941, flying in Whitley Z6749 on Ops
to Kiel which crashed off the Dutch coast. He is commemerated on the Runnymede Memorial
and was twenty eight years old. Prior to the war he was a civilian pilot, gaining his
Aviators Certificate in 1938. After joining the RAF he was commissioned on 3rd April 1941 to
P/O on probation (almost certainly after training at Cranwell).
Sgt Perriam was killed on 17th June 1942 flying with 102 Squadron in Halifax R9530 which was shot down on Ops to Essen.
The aircraft crashed into the sea off the Dutch coast and Sgt Perriam's body was never found. He is commemerated on the Runnymede Memorial, he was 21 years old.
It is likely that Anderson was posted to 76 Squadron. On 20th May 1942 he was the
pilot of Halifax W7660 on Ops to Mannheim when the aircraft was shot down and he became
a PoW.(1257266)