E E Stalley’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book
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E E Stalley’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book
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E Stalley’s Flying Log Book from 9th September 1943 until 14th August 1945. During this time trained as an air gunner.
Trained at No. 12 Air Gunners School, 17 Operational Training Unit, 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit and No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School. Operational posting to 9 Squadron in May 1944. In July 1945 posted to 50 Squadron.
Served at RAF Bishops Court, RAF Turweston, RAF Silverstone, RAF Wigsley, RAF Syerston, RAF Bardney, RAF Sturgate.
Aircraft flown were Anson, Wellington, Stirling, Lancaster, B17 Flying Fortress.
With 9 Sqdn, Stalley flew 43 bombing operations (22 day, 21 night). His targets were Duisburg, Brunswick, Nantes, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Argentan, Rennes, Orleans, Poitiers, Aunay-sur-Odon, Chatellerault, Watten, Gelsenkirchen, Limoges, Vitry-le-Francois, Beauvoir , Creil, Culmont-Chalindrey, Kiel, St. Cyr, Givors, Mont-Candon, Trossy, Etaples, Keroman submarine base in Lorient, La Pallice, Brest, Alten Fjord, Munster, Tromso, Bergen, Altenbeken, Dortmund, Arnsberg, Vlotho, Helgoland, Berchtesgaden. He also flew two Operation Exodus to Lille.
On 11/12th September 1944 he flew to Archangel to fly an operation to the Alten Fjord to attack the Tirpitz, returning to England on 16/17th September.
With 50 Squadron he flew 2 Operation Dodge to Pomigliano.
His pilot for all these operations was Squadron Leader Melrose.
Trained at No. 12 Air Gunners School, 17 Operational Training Unit, 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit and No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School. Operational posting to 9 Squadron in May 1944. In July 1945 posted to 50 Squadron.
Served at RAF Bishops Court, RAF Turweston, RAF Silverstone, RAF Wigsley, RAF Syerston, RAF Bardney, RAF Sturgate.
Aircraft flown were Anson, Wellington, Stirling, Lancaster, B17 Flying Fortress.
With 9 Sqdn, Stalley flew 43 bombing operations (22 day, 21 night). His targets were Duisburg, Brunswick, Nantes, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Argentan, Rennes, Orleans, Poitiers, Aunay-sur-Odon, Chatellerault, Watten, Gelsenkirchen, Limoges, Vitry-le-Francois, Beauvoir , Creil, Culmont-Chalindrey, Kiel, St. Cyr, Givors, Mont-Candon, Trossy, Etaples, Keroman submarine base in Lorient, La Pallice, Brest, Alten Fjord, Munster, Tromso, Bergen, Altenbeken, Dortmund, Arnsberg, Vlotho, Helgoland, Berchtesgaden. He also flew two Operation Exodus to Lille.
On 11/12th September 1944 he flew to Archangel to fly an operation to the Alten Fjord to attack the Tirpitz, returning to England on 16/17th September.
With 50 Squadron he flew 2 Operation Dodge to Pomigliano.
His pilot for all these operations was Squadron Leader Melrose.
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “E E Stalley’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed February 12, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/57845.