Les Arrowsmith’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers

LArrowsmithHL571013v1.pdf

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Les Arrowsmith’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers

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Warrant Officer Les Arrowsmith’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers, from 28 January 1946 to 18 July 1950. Mainly records his training and various postings in the Far East as navigator within Transport Command, with references to Singapore (Changi), Kuala Lumpur, Kuching, Saigon, Hong Kong, and Jakarta. Described as “A very reliable and conscientious navigator”, one of his assessments refers to him as an “Ex POW”, and a note on the first page says “1st Log Book lost by RAF 22/5/44”. His final posting was with Bomber Command, 138 squadron at RAF Wyton. Aircraft flown were Oxford, York, Auster, Anson, Harvard, C-47 and Lincoln.

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Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “Les Arrowsmith’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers ,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 28, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/11897.

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