William Baillie's observer's and air gunner's flying log book. Two

LBaillieWH1344650v2.pdf

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William Baillie's observer's and air gunner's flying log book. Two

Description

W. H. Baille’s RAF Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 23 December 1944 to 13 June 1946, recording operations, instructional and transport duties as a Wireless Operator. He was stationed at RAF Methwold (No. 149 Squadron), RAF Lissett and RAF Stradishall (No.158 Squadron), RAF Stradishall (No. 51 Squadron). Aircraft flown: Lancaster, Halifax, Stirling, Oxford, York.

Records one competed tour of 27 operations (10 night, 17 day, plus one not completed). Targets in Netherlands and Germany were: Vohwinkel, Ludwigshafen, Neuss, Duisburg, Köln, Krefeld, Munchengladbach, Wiesbaden, Dortmund, Hohenbudberg, Dresden, Chemnitz, Wesel, Osterfeld, Gelsenkirchen, Salzbergen, Datteln, Buer, Hattingen, Gneisenau Dortmund, Hallendorf, Merseburgh, Rotterdam Special Duties and Hague (Operation Manna).
Pilot on operations was Pilot Officer White

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One booklet

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LBaillieWH1344650v2

Citation

Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “William Baillie's observer's and air gunner's flying log book. Two,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed January 13, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/53401.