Angas M Hughes’ Royal Australian Air Force observer’s air gunner’s and wireless operator’s flying log book

LHughesAM417845v1.pdf

Title

Angas M Hughes’ Royal Australian Air Force observer’s air gunner’s and wireless operator’s flying log book

Description

Royal Australian Air Force observer’s air gunner’s and wireless operators flying log book for Angus Murray Hughes, covering the period from 24 October 1942 to 26 September 1944. He was stationed at RAAF Mount Gambier, RAAF Port Pirie, RAAF Nhill, RAF West Freugh, RAF Lichfield, RAF Swinderby, RAF Syerston and RAF Waddington. Aircraft flown were Anson, Battle, Wellington, Stirling and Lancaster. He flew a total of 31 operations with 467 (RAAF) squadron, before being reported missing on operation number 32 to Karlsruhe. He flew 13 daylight and 18 night operations. Targets were Poitiers, Aunay-sur-Odon, Châtellerault, Gelsenkirchen, Limoges, Prouville, Saint-Leu-d'Esserent, Thiverny, Courtrai, Stuttgart, St Cyr, Caen, Laroche, Siracourt, Trossy St. Maximin, Givors, Gilze-Rijen, Stettin, L’isle Adam, Darmstadt, Brest, Le Havre, Boulogne, Bremerhaven, Rheydt, Dortmund-Ems Canal and Karlsruhe. His pilot on operations was Flying Officer Millar.

Language

eng

Format

One booklet

Rights

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Contributor

Mike Connock

Identifier

LHughesAM417845v1

Collection

Hughes, Angas

Citation

Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “Angas M Hughes’ Royal Australian Air Force observer’s air gunner’s and wireless operator’s flying log book,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed December 9, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/10063.

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