Robert Walter Beales' observer's and air gunner's flying log book. Two

LBealesRW570398v100.pdf

Title

Robert Walter Beales' observer's and air gunner's flying log book. Two

Description

Observer's and air gunner's flying log book of RW Beales, flight engineer. It covers the period from 1 January 1942 to 24 August 1942 and includes details and locations of his flying training and operations flown. Whilst in training he flew on two of the '1000 Bomber' raids. Other targets were Bremen, Cologne, Duisburg, Essen and Hamburg.
His pilots on operations were Pilot Officer Bayley, Pilot Officer Abberton and Sergeant Yates. On one occasion he had to bale out because of an engine fire. Beales was lost on operations on 24 August 1942.

Date

1942-08-24

Language

Format

One booklet

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Rights

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.

Contributor

Identifier

LBealesRW570398v100

Citation

Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “Robert Walter Beales' observer's and air gunner's flying log book. Two,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed December 15, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/57077.