George William Hodges' Royal Air Force Observers’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book.

George William Hodges' Royal Air Force Observers’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book.

G W Hodges Flying Log Book covering the period from 07 June 1942 to 28 June 1946 detailing his flying training and operations flown as Air Bomber. He was stationed at RAF Millom (2 OAFU), RAF Wellesbourne Mountford and RAF Gaydon (22 OTU), RAF Topcliffe (424 Squadron), RAF Skipton-on-Swale (432 Squadron), RAF Harwell (15 OTU), RAF Lindholme (1656 HCU) RAF Hemswell (1 Lancaster Finishing School), RAF Warboys PNTU and AGLT training), RAF Upwood (156 Squadron) and RAF Feltwell (Bomber Development Unit). Aircraft flown in were Anson, Wellington, Halifax, Lancaster and Lincoln. He flew on eight night operations with 424 Squadron and 20 night operations with 432 Squadron, pilot Sergeant Sorge - first tour total 28. Second tour he flew on 19 night and 17 day operations with 156 Squadron total 35, pilot Flying Officer Neal. Third tour he flew on 13 night and one day operations with 156 Squadron total 15, pilot Flight Lieutenant Neal. Fourth tour he flew on twelve night and four day operations total 16, pilot Flight Lieutenant Neal. Grand total was 93. He also flew on one food drop, two prisoner of war repatriations and one ‘Cook’s’ tour. Targets were Lorient, mining Terschelling, mining Borkum, Essen, Kiel, Stuttgart, Wuppertal, Krefeld, Hamburg, mining Brest, mining La Rochelle, Mönchengladbach, Foret de Rennes, Boulogne, Hanover, mining unspecified, Tours, Lens, Renescure, Montdidier, Widderstratte, Merville-au-Bois, Oisemont, Verres, Hécourt, Saint-Philibert, Cagny, battle front, Bois de Cassan, Forêt de Nieppe, Fort d’Englos, Rüsselsheim, Eindhoven, Connantre, Stettin, Lumbres, Moerdijk bridges, Calais, Dusseldorf, Saarbrücken, Kleve, Duisburg, Münster, Soest, Osnabruck, Coblenz, Nuremburg, Royan, Leuna, Zeitz, Goch, Politz, Dresden, Mannheim, Chemnitz, Dessau, Dortmund, Hanau, Hemmingstedt, Hildesheim, Harpenerweg, Lutzkendorf, Potsdam and Schwandorf.

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