J O Christie’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
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J O Christie’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Description
Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book for J O Christie, wireless operator, covering the period from 23 September 1941 to 13 April 1943. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at 2 Wireless School RCAF Calgary, 5 Bombing and Gunnery School RCAF Dafoe, 2 Air Observer’s School RAF Warmwell, 25 Operational Training Unit RAF Finningley and RAF Bircotes,9 Squadron RAF Waddington, 50 Squadron RAF Skellingthorpe, 1660 Conversion Unit RAF Swinderby and 16 Operational Training Unit RAF Upper Heyford. Aircraft flown in were Norse, Tiger Moth, Battle, Anson, Wellington, Manchester and Lancaster. Details of his postings to 1660 and 16 OTU are not listed. He flew a total of 31 night operations, one with 25 Operational Training Unit and 30 with 50 Squadron. Targets were Dusseldorf, Baltic, Turin, Bordeaux, Berlin, Essen, Wilhelmshaven, Milan, Lorient, Bremen, Nuremburg, Cologne, St Nazaire, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Duisburg, Kiel and Spezia. His pilot on operations was Sergeant Schofield. He was posted back to Canada for pilot training.
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LChristieJO17256v1
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “J O Christie’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed December 10, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/57322.