https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2624/46862/LPextonRD72150v1.pdf 70c0a93f22241e86b9587f8098b49f74 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pexton, Richard Dunning R D Pexton Description An account of the resource 32 items. The collection concerns Wing Commander Richard Dunning Pexton DFC AFC (Royal Air Force) and contains an interview, his log book, correspondence, documents, and photographs. He flew operations as a pilot with 61 Squadron which he commanded. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anthony Pexton and catalogued by Barry Hunter. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richard Pexton’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LPextonRD72150v1 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. 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Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Log book and record book Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943 1944-07-14 1944-07-15 1944-07-18 1944-07-19 1944-07-20 1944-07-21 1944-07-23 1944-07-24 1944-07-25 1944-07-30 1944-08-09 1944-08-10 1944-08-11 1944-08-12 1944-08-13 1944-08-15 1944-08-19 1944-08-25 1944-08-26 1944-08-27 1944-08-31 1944-09-05 1944-09-11 1944-09-17 1944-09-26 1944-09-27 1944-10-05 1944-10-07 1944-10-11 1944-10-19 1944-10-20 1944-11-11 1944-11-16 1944-12-10 1944-12-11 1944-12-28 1944-12-29 1945-01-07 1945-01-08 1945-05-29 1948 1949 1950 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Nick Cornwell-Smith Description An account of the resource Richard Pexton’s Pilot’s Flying Log Book from 3rd October 1943 until 31st March 1950. Posted to No. 34 Service Flying Training School to train as a flying instructor. Posted Beam Approach Training Flight December 1943. February 1944 saw posting to 16 Operational Training Unit and then 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit and No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School. Operational posting to 61 Squadron occurred in July 1944. Posted to No. 2 Flying Instructors’ School in March 1945 and No. 5 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit in April. Served at RCAF Medicine Hat, RAF Spittlegate (Grantham), RAF Upper Heyford, RAF Winthorpe, RAF Syerston, RAF Montrose, RAF Tern Hill. Aircraft flown were Harvard, Oxford, Wellington, Stirling, Lancaster, Anson, Walrus, Spitfire, Auster. Wing Commander Pexton flew 29 operations (14 day and 15 night) with 61 Squadron and a Cook’s Tour with No. 5 Advanced Flying Unit. Targets were Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Caen, Thiverny, Courtrai, Kiel, Donges, Paris, Châtellerault, Givors, Rüsselsheim, Gilze-Rijen, La Pallice, Darmstadt, Konigsberg, Rollancourt, Brest, Le Havre, Boulogne, Kaiserslautern, Wilhelmshaven, Flushing, Nuremberg, Harburg, Duren, Urft Dam, Oslo Fjord, Munich. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 16 OTU 1661 HCU 61 Squadron Advanced Flying Unit aircrew Anson bombing bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944) Cook’s tour Flying Training School Harvard Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Lancaster Finishing School Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) Operational Training Unit Oxford pilot RAF Grantham RAF Montrose RAF Syerston RAF Ternhill RAF Upper Heyford RAF Winthorpe RCAF Medicine Hat Spitfire Stirling tactical support for Normandy troops training Walrus Wellington