S A Morris’ Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book
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S A Morris’ Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book
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S A Morris’ Flying Log Book from 14th May 1943 until 13th May 1946. During this time trained as a bomb aimer and air gunner.
Trained at No. 31 Bombing and Gunnery School, No. 33 Air Navigation School, 17 Operational Training Unit, 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit, and No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School. Operational posting to 9 Squadron in May 1944.
In January 1946 9 Squadron was posted to India. Morris returned to England in April 1946.
Served at RCAF Picton, RCAF Mount Hope, RAF Silverstone, RAF Wigsley, RAF Bardney, RAF Waddington, RAF Salbani, RAF Binbrook.
Aircraft flown were Anson, Bolingbroke, Wellington, Stirling, Lancaster, B17 Flying Fortress.
With 9 Squadron, Morris flew 43 bombing operations (21 day, 22 night).
His bombing targets included Duisburg, Brunswick, Nantes, St. Martin de Varreville, Argentan, Rennes, Orleans, Poitiers, Aunay-Sur-Odon, Chatellerault, Watten, Gelsenkirchen, Limoges, Vitry le Francois, Pas de Calais, St. Leu D’Esserant, Culmont-Chalindrey, Kiel, St. Cyr - Paris, Givors, Mont-Candon, Trossy/St. Maximin, Etaples, Lorient, La Pallice, Bordeaux, Brest, Alten Fjord, Munster, Tromso, Bergen, Altenbeken, Dortmund, Arnsberg, Vlotho, Helgoland, Berchtesgaden.
He also flew one Cook’s tour and 4 Operation Dodge to Bari. For the operation against the Tirpitz on the 15th September 1944, he flew to and back from Archangel.
His pilots were Squadron Leaders Melrose, Pooley, Flying Officers Coster and Mitchell.
There are two copies.
Trained at No. 31 Bombing and Gunnery School, No. 33 Air Navigation School, 17 Operational Training Unit, 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit, and No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School. Operational posting to 9 Squadron in May 1944.
In January 1946 9 Squadron was posted to India. Morris returned to England in April 1946.
Served at RCAF Picton, RCAF Mount Hope, RAF Silverstone, RAF Wigsley, RAF Bardney, RAF Waddington, RAF Salbani, RAF Binbrook.
Aircraft flown were Anson, Bolingbroke, Wellington, Stirling, Lancaster, B17 Flying Fortress.
With 9 Squadron, Morris flew 43 bombing operations (21 day, 22 night).
His bombing targets included Duisburg, Brunswick, Nantes, St. Martin de Varreville, Argentan, Rennes, Orleans, Poitiers, Aunay-Sur-Odon, Chatellerault, Watten, Gelsenkirchen, Limoges, Vitry le Francois, Pas de Calais, St. Leu D’Esserant, Culmont-Chalindrey, Kiel, St. Cyr - Paris, Givors, Mont-Candon, Trossy/St. Maximin, Etaples, Lorient, La Pallice, Bordeaux, Brest, Alten Fjord, Munster, Tromso, Bergen, Altenbeken, Dortmund, Arnsberg, Vlotho, Helgoland, Berchtesgaden.
He also flew one Cook’s tour and 4 Operation Dodge to Bari. For the operation against the Tirpitz on the 15th September 1944, he flew to and back from Archangel.
His pilots were Squadron Leaders Melrose, Pooley, Flying Officers Coster and Mitchell.
There are two copies.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “S A Morris’ Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed February 8, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/57838.