825 Squadron

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I am looking for a complete listing of the names of the 27 aircrew from 825 Squadron, flying off HMS Victorious, who attacked the Bismarck on May 24, 1941. Nine Swordfish torpedo bombers made that attack, each with a pilot, observor and wireless telegrapher/air gunner. Thank you for your help.

[José M. Rico]

Please take a look at the article by Mark E. Horan:

http://www.kbismarck.com/article2.html

825 Squadron:

5A
Lt.Cdr.(A) Eugene Kingsmill Esmonde, RN (P)
Lt. Colin Croft Ennever, RN (O)
PO(A) Stanley Edgar Parker, RN Fx.76360 (TAG)

5B
Lt. Neal Gordon MacLean, RNVR (P)
T/S-Lt.(A) Leslie Bailey, RNVR (O)
NA Donald Arthur Bunce, RN Sfx.631 (TAG)

5C
Lt.(A) John Chute Thompson, RN (P)
A/S-Lt. Robert Laurens Parkinson, RN (O)
PO(A) Ambrose Lawrence Johnson, RN D/Jx.146558 (TAG)

5F
Lt. Philip David Gick, RN (P) [DSC 16.9.41]
S-Lt.(A) Valentine Kay Norfolk, RN (O)
PO(A) Leslie Daniel Sayer, RN Fx.76577 (TAG)

5G
Lt.(A) William Francis Cuthbert Garthwaite, RNVR (P)
S-Lt.(A) William Anthony Gillingham, RNVR (O)
LA Henry Thomas Albert Wheeler, RN Fx.189404 (TAG)

5H:V4337
S-Lt.(A) Patrick Bernard Jackson, RN (P)
A/S-Lt. David Anthony Berrill, RN (O)
LA F. G. Sparkes (TAG)

5K
Lt.(A) Henry Charles Michell Pollard, RN (P)
S-Lt.(A) David Musk Beattie, RNVR (O)
LA Percy William Clitheroe, DSM, RN P/Jx.135706 (TAG)

5L
S-Lt.(A) Robert Graham Lawson, RNVR (P)
A/S-Lt. Frank Leonard Robinson, RNVR (O)
LA Iowerth Llewelyn Owen (TAG)

5M
S-Lt.(A) Alexander James Houston, RNVR (P)
S-Lt.(A) John Robert Geater, RNVR (O)
PO(A) William Johnson Clinton, RN (TAG)