Add Information to Record of a Person who served during the Second World War on The Wartime Memories Project Website

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Sgt. Colin Gordon Perry

Royal Air Force B flight 150 Squadron

from:Harrow, Middx

My Father, Colin Perry, served in the Air Force during WW2 joining up in 1939 at the age of 19 years. I know he qualified as an air gunner and wireless operator and flew many ops in North Africa and Sicily. He mainly flew in Wellingtons but his log book does show he also flew in Dakotas and Mosquitos.

As like most people I never asked him much about his war time experiences and he did not talk about it. He had a picture painted of his plane with the markings of JNV if this means anything to anyone. I have tried to trace some of the names mentioned as his crew:

  • Pilot F/Sgt S J Holmes,
  • Navigator Sgt JU Trewick, Bomb Aimer,
  • F.Sgt L Stanford,
  • Rear Gunner Sgt R J Sillwood
. I have a feeling some of this crew could be Canadian. The main dates of ops appear to be from late 1942 until December 1943. If anyone has any information about my Dad, or any of his crew, I would love to hear from them.



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