S E L Stephens’ Flying Log Book
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S E L Stephens’ Flying Log Book
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S Stephens’ Flying Log Book from July 1943 until 9th December 1944. During this time trained as a bomb aimer. Trained at No. 3 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit, 14 Operational Training Unit, 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit and No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School. Operation posting to 9 Squadron in April 1944.
In November attended Air Bombers Instructor’s Course and posted to Empire Air Armament School.
Served at RAF Bobbington/RAF Halfpenny Green, RAF Market Harborough, RAF Husbands Bosworth, RAF Scampton, RAF Swinderby, RAF Waddington, RAF Bardney, RAF Penrhos, RAF Manby.
Aircraft flown were Anson, Wellington, Stirling, Lancaster.
Stephens carried out 34 bombing operations (8 day, 26 night) to targets including Paris La Chapelle, Schweinfurt, Bordeaux, Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, Toulouse Saint-Martin-du-Touch, Bourg-Leopold, Tours, Duisburg, Brunswick, Nantes, Cherbourg, St. Martin de Varreville, Saumur, Pointe-du-Hoc, Argentan, Rennes, Aunay-sur-Odon, Aulnoye, Gelsenkirchen, Creil, St. Leu d’Esserent, Châtellerault, Nevers, Caen, Thiverny, Courtrai, Stuttgart, St. Cyr, Givors, Mont-Candon, Bois de Cassan, Etaples, Brest.
His pilot on operations was Flying Officer Hill.
On 7th June 1944 his aircraft was hit by ant-aircraft fire.
In November attended Air Bombers Instructor’s Course and posted to Empire Air Armament School.
Served at RAF Bobbington/RAF Halfpenny Green, RAF Market Harborough, RAF Husbands Bosworth, RAF Scampton, RAF Swinderby, RAF Waddington, RAF Bardney, RAF Penrhos, RAF Manby.
Aircraft flown were Anson, Wellington, Stirling, Lancaster.
Stephens carried out 34 bombing operations (8 day, 26 night) to targets including Paris La Chapelle, Schweinfurt, Bordeaux, Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, Toulouse Saint-Martin-du-Touch, Bourg-Leopold, Tours, Duisburg, Brunswick, Nantes, Cherbourg, St. Martin de Varreville, Saumur, Pointe-du-Hoc, Argentan, Rennes, Aunay-sur-Odon, Aulnoye, Gelsenkirchen, Creil, St. Leu d’Esserent, Châtellerault, Nevers, Caen, Thiverny, Courtrai, Stuttgart, St. Cyr, Givors, Mont-Candon, Bois de Cassan, Etaples, Brest.
His pilot on operations was Flying Officer Hill.
On 7th June 1944 his aircraft was hit by ant-aircraft fire.
Log book includes numerous hand written notes indicating further research carried out by other persons. Includes details of number of aircraft lost on each operation and the death of his pilot, Flying Officer Hill, in September 1944.
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 E L Stephens’ Flying Log Book,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 17, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/57847.