George Toombs’ flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers

LToombsG1590211v1.pdf

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George Toombs’ flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers

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Flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers for George Toombs, flight engineer, covering the period from 1 May 1944 to 7 October 1944. Detailing his flying training and operations flown. He was stationed at RAF Sandtoft, RAF Hemswell and RAF Binbrook. Aircraft flown in were Halifax and Lancaster. He completed a total of 31 operations with 460 squadron, 19 Daylight and 12 night operations. Targets were Ardouval, Bois des Jardins, Stuttgart, Foret de Nieppe, Trossy St. Maximin, Pauillac, Fontenay-le-Marmion, Aire-sur-la-Lys, Aachen, Douai, La Pallice, Volkel, Stettin, Ghent, Raimbert, Le Havre, Frankfurt, Rheine, Sangatte, Neuss, Cap Gris Nez, Calais, Kattegat, Saarbrucken and Emmerich. His pilot on operations was Flying Officer Lester.

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Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “George Toombs’ flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed December 11, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/10476.

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