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SERVICE HISTORY AND TALLY OF OPERTIONAL SORTIES (RAIDS) CARRIED OUT BY SQN. LDR. H.J.WALTERS WITH THE RAF VR IN WW2

SERVICE HISTORY OF SQUADRON LEADER WALTERS, H.J (100612)
No. 742072 RAF VR

29th September 1938 Attested.
29.9.38 — 8.10.39 No. 22 E. & R. F.T.S Cambridge
8.10.39 — 6.11.39 No.15 E. & R. F.T.S Redhill
6.11.39 — 16.2.40 No. 3 I.T.W Hastings
17.2.40 — 18.4.40 No.15 S.F.T.S Lossiemouth
28.4.40 — 11.6.40 No.15 S.F.T.S Middle Wallop
11.6.40 — 27.7.40 No.15 S.F.T.S Chipping Norton
27.7.40 — 17.9.40 No.10 O.T.U Abingdon — Flying badge awarded 20/07/40
17.9.40 — 11.3.41 No.58 Squadron, Linton on Ouse
11.3.41 — 21.9.41 No.10 O.T.U Abingdon (Instructing) — Promoted to Commissioned rank 9/7/41
22.9.41 — 19.10.41 C.F.S Up Avon (Instructors Course)
20.10.41 — 15.12.42 No.10 O.T.U Abingdon (Instructing) — attached to Cosford Hospital 3/9/42; treated at East Grinstead Hospital by Sir Archie MaCindoe as a result of burns sustained when force landing Whitley N1391 at Bedworth, nr. Nuneaton on 2/9/42)
15.12.42 — 12/1/44. No.24 O.T.U Honeybourne
12.1.44 — 1.3.44 No. 2 S.T.T. Cosford
1.3.44 - 29.7.44 No. 1 A.A.S. Manby

Operational Tour 17/9/40 — 11/3/41, No. of Sorties 23, Hours - 169.15
Operational Flying Time at 10 O.T.U No. of Sorties 2, Hours - 11.30
Total raids 25; further operational night flying stopped by 2/9/42 crash. 180.45

Crashed night of 2/2/42 when on a cross country with a trainee crew of 6 in a Whitley V. at Bedworth near Nuneaton after the starboard engine had failed and caught fire when at 3,000ft. Owing to port engine overheating baled out 5 of crew and tried to land. It was very dark night but landed in a corn field with undercarriage retracted and stuck a tree. Received burns on hands and face and admitted to Cosford Hospital until 4/12/12. Medical category now A2 B.Bh non-operational. Light aircraft only. Day light only. Height under 5,000. Next C.M.B 4/1/44.

Promotion

Sergeant 29.9.38
Flight sergeant 1.4.41
Pilot Officer 28.6.41
Flying Officer 28.6.42
Acting Flying Lieutenant 28.12.42
War Substantive Flight Lieutenant 28.6.43
Acting Squadron Leader 14.6.43 (Chief Ground Instructor)

OPERATIONAL SORTIES

Squadron Leader H.J.Walters (100612), No. 742078, RAF VR; tally of bomber raids when with 58 Squadron, Linton-on-Ouse, when H.J.Walters held the rank of sergeant pilot and with 10 OTU, when H.J.Walters held the rank of Pilot officer, based at Abingdon and its satellite airfield, Stanton Harcourt.

Raids (operational sorties) carried out by H.J.Walters, who was at that time a Sergeant pilot, when with “B” Flight, 58 Squadron, Linton-on-Ouse

Raid no.

1) Sept. 18th, 1940. Aircraft (A/C) Whitley Mk. V, no. P1426 “O” 1st pilot P/O Ernest M. Brown, second pilot Sgt. H.J Walters. Target; ZEEBRUGGE.

2) Sept. 20th, 1940. A/C Whitley Mk. V, no. P5098 “Q”. 1st pilot P/O Brown, second pilot Sgt. H.J.Walters. Target; OSNABRUCK.

3) Sept. 22nd, 1940. A/C Whitley Mk. V, no. P1426 “O”. 1st pilot P/O Brown, second pilot Sgt. H.J.Walters. Target; BERLIN.

4)Sept. 26th, 1940. A/C Whitley Mk. V, no. P5098 “Q”. 1st pilot P/O Brown, second pilot Sgt. H.J.Walters. Target; LE HAVRE.

5)Sept. 29th, 1940. A/C Whitley Mk. V, no. P4943 “P”. 1st pilot P/O Brown. second pilot Sgt. H.J.Walters. Target; MAGDEBURGH.

6)Oct. 2nd, 1940. A/C/ Whitley Mk. V, no. P4943 “P”. 1st pilot P/O Brown, second pilot Sgt. H.J.Walters. Target; STETTIN, Poland.

On 21st Oct, 1940, P/O Brown, Sgt Leonard Adlam, second pilot and Sgt Marcel C.Caryll-Tilken, Air Gunner were killed, and Sgt. Robert Langfield, wireless operator and Sgt C.S.G.Green were seriously injured when their 58 Squadron Whiltey was shot down by a lone German intruder (Hptm Karl Hulshoff of I/NJG2) on Greenhow Moor in the North Yorshire Moors, (O.S. Sheet 93, ref. 598022) shortly before reaching Linton-on-Ouse, following serious damage and injuries to P/O Brown over the target Plzen, Checkoslovakia. This is believed to have been the first occasion when a lone German intruder shot down an RAF bomber over England in WW11.

P/O Brown and Sgts Caryll-Tilken and Langfield were from Sgt H.J.Walters’ crew.

7) Oct. 8th, 1940. A/C Whitley MK. V, no. N1462 “V”. 1st pilot Sgt. Hughes, second pilot H.J.Walters. Target; ESSEN.

8)Oct. 10th, 1940. A/C Whitley Mk. V no. N1462 “V”. 1st pilot Sgt. Hughes, second pilot Sgt. H.J.Walters. Target; LEUNA.

9)Oct. 14th, 1940. A/C Whitley Mk. V no. N1462 “V”. 1st pilot Sgt. Hughes. Target; STETTIN. Took off Linton-on-Ouse, landed Bircham Newton.

10) Oct. 20th, 1940. A/C Whitley Mk. V no. N1462 “V”. 1st pilot Sgt. Hughes, second pilot Sgt. H.J.Walters. Target; PILSEN.
Took off Linton-on-Ouse. Landed Mildenhall.

11) Nov. 14th, 1940. A/C Whitley Mk. V no. P4988 “L”. 1st pilot
Sgt. H.J.Walters, second pilot P/O Hildyard. Target; LORIENT.

12) Nov. 16th, 1940. A/C Whitley Mk. V no. P5098 “Q”. 1st pilot
Sgt. H.J.Walters, second pilot P/O Hildyard. Target;ANTWERP.

13) Nov. 22nd, 1940. A/C Whitley Mk.V no. P5098 “Q”. 1st pilot
Sgt. H.J.Walters, second pilot P/O Hildyard. Target DUISBERG RUHRORT. Took off Dishforth, landed Dishforth.

14) Nov. 26th, 1940. A/C Whitley Mk.V no. N1462 “V”. 1st pilot Sgt.
H.J.Walters, second pilot P/O Hildyard. Target; TURIN. Took Off Whyton. Landed Whyton. Boost failed over the Alps, so not
enough power to clear the lowest pass in the Alps, turned in the pass and returned to bomb the docks in CALAIS, direct hit on an ammunition dump.

15) Dec. 2nd, 1940. A/C Whitley Mk. V no. P4988 “L”. 1st pilot Sgt H.J.Walters, second pilot P/O Olgivlie. Target;GELSENKIRCHEN. Took off Linton-on-Ouse, landed
Honington.

16) Dec. 23rd, 1940. A/C Whitley Mk. V no. T4210 “E”. 1st pilot
Sgt. H.J.Walters, second pilot P/O Olgilvie. Target; MANNHEIM. Took off linton-on-Ouse, landed Abingdon.

17) Jan.1st, 1941. A/C Whitley Mk. V no. T4266 “O”. 1st pilot Sgt. H.J.Walters, second pilot P/O Olgilvie. Target; BREMEN.

18) Jan. 4th, 1941. A/C Whitley Mk. V no. T4145 “P”. 1st pilot
Sgt. H.J.Walters, second pilot P/O Olgilvie. Target; BREST.

19) Jan. 10th, 1941. A/C Whitley Mk. V no. T4266 “O”. 1st pilot
Sgt. H.J.Walters, second pilot S/Ldr Maguire. Target;BREST.

20) Jan 16th, 1941. A/C Whitley Mk. V no. T4266 “O”. 1st pilot
Sgt. H.J.Walters, second pilot P/O Olgilvie. Target;WILHELMSHAVEN.

21) Feb. 3rd, 1941. A/C Whitley Mk. V no. T4322 “R”. 1st pilot,
Sgt. H.J.Walters, second pilot, p/O Olgilvie. Target;BREST.

22) Feb. 11th, 1941. A/C Whitley Mk. V no. T4322 “R”. 1st pilot
Sgt. H.J.Walters, second pilot Sgt. Thurling. Target;BREMEN. Diverted to Drem; bailed out at Wishaw,nr. Glasgow. Out of petrol.

23) Feb. 21st, 1941. A/C Whitley Mk. V no. Z6465 “Q”. 1st pilot
Sgt. H.J.Walters, second pilot Sgt. Thurling. Target;DUSSLEDORF. A.S.I. frozen up all the time.

Raids (operational sorties) carried out by H.J.Walters, who was at that time a Flt. Sgt and later a Pilot Officer, when with 10 OT at RAF Abingdon and RAF Stanton Harcourt.

“D” Flight, 10 OTU, Abingdon.

24) June 18th, 1941. A/C Whitley Mk. V no. Z6726. 1st pilot
Flt. Sgt. H.J.Walters, second pilot Sgt. Kemp. Target;
PARIS — ORLEANS. Nickel raid.

“A” Flight, 10 OTU, Abingdon.

25) June 1st, 1942. A/C Whitley Mk. V no. N1423. 1st pilot
P/O H.J.Walters, second pilot P/O Bell. Target; ESSEN.
Second thousand bomber raid
1,035 A/C.

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