Patrick Barry’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
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Patrick Barry’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
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Patrick Barry’s Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 23rd August 1942 until 17th August 1943. During this time trained as an air gunner. Training with No. 4 Air Gunners School, 19 Operational Training Unit and 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit. Posted to 467 Squadron for operations from March 1943.
On 17/18th August 1943 he was seriously wounded when his aircraft was attacked by an enemy fighter aircraft. The enemy aircraft was shot down.
Served at RAF Kinloss RAF Bottesford, RAF Metheringham.
Aircraft flown were Botha, Whitley, Manchester, Lancaster.
Patrick Barry flew 20 bombing and one mining night operation, a total of 21 operations. His pilot for all these operations was Warrant Officer W Wilson.
His targets were St Nazaire, Pilsen, Spezia, Stettin, Duisburg, Essen, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Bochum, Friedrichshafen, Gelsenkirchen, Cologne, Turin, Genoa, Mannheim, Peenemünde.
The log book includes a sketch of his aircraft with each bomb including the crew’s names. It is the operation to Spezia on 18/19th April 1943.
On 17/18th August 1943 he was seriously wounded when his aircraft was attacked by an enemy fighter aircraft. The enemy aircraft was shot down.
Served at RAF Kinloss RAF Bottesford, RAF Metheringham.
Aircraft flown were Botha, Whitley, Manchester, Lancaster.
Patrick Barry flew 20 bombing and one mining night operation, a total of 21 operations. His pilot for all these operations was Warrant Officer W Wilson.
His targets were St Nazaire, Pilsen, Spezia, Stettin, Duisburg, Essen, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Bochum, Friedrichshafen, Gelsenkirchen, Cologne, Turin, Genoa, Mannheim, Peenemünde.
The log book includes a sketch of his aircraft with each bomb including the crew’s names. It is the operation to Spezia on 18/19th April 1943.
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Great Britain, Royal Air Force, “Patrick Barry’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed July 19, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/53701.