Leslie Silver's observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
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Leslie Silver's observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
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Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book for L H Silver, flight engineer, covering the period from 2 February 1944 to 8 January 1946. Detailing his flying training, operations flown, instructor duties and post war flying duties. He was stationed at 1664 Heavy conversion unit RAF Dishforth, 434 Squadron RAF Croft, 138 and 161 Squadrons RAF Tempsford, 291 Squadron RAF Hutton Cranswick, 356 Squadron RAF Salboni and Cocos islands. Aircraft flown in were Halifax, Stirling, Martinet, Vengence, Liberator, Dakota and York. He flew a total of 58 operations 32 night with 138 Squadron, 14 night with 161 Squadron and 10 Daylight and 2 night with 356 Squadron. Targets were detailed as “Ops as ordered” on most his operations with 138 and 161 Squadrons. Others were detailed as France, Germany, Norway, Rangoon, Kanchanaburi, Malaya, Sumatra and Singapore. His pilots on operations were Flight lieutenant Pynne, Flight Lieutenant Payn, Flying Officer Gilliesand Flying officer Lawrence.
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One booklet
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LSilverLH19250122v1
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “Leslie Silver's observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 17, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/58003.