POW German - Awarded DFM RTA " Flight Sergeant Perry is an enthusiastic, efficient and reliable air gunner, who has always achieved highly successful results on operations. His constant vigilance and skill in directing his captain has enabled him to evade attacks by night fighters on several occasions. During one of his missions, this airman shared in the destruction of a Dornier 217. He is a keen and skillful member of his crew." At 2026 hours on 21 February 1945, No. 35 Squadron (RAF) Lancaster ME335 took off RAF Station Graveley, Cambridgeshire, to attack Duisburg, Germany (Air Operations: Spring 1945). The aircraft was lost with one crew member killed and six taken as Prisoners of War. The crew members of ME335 were: Pilot Officer A E Aston (157747) (RAFVR) PoW Sergeant B J B Carr (1802655) (RAFVR) PoW Flying Officer Bert William Golden DFC (179878) (RAFVR) Flight Lieutenant John James Osmond (415177) (Pilot) PoW, Discharged from the RAAF: 11 December 1945 Warrant Officer Geoffrey Arnold Perry DFM (427728) PoW, Discharged from the RAAF: 4 December 1945 Flight Sergeant J K Spedding DFM (1685592) (RAFVR) PoW Flying Officer Albert Weston Wolk (439508) POW, Discharged from the RAAF: 30 October 1945