Walter John Smith’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book

LSmithWJ1141900v1.pdf

Title

Walter John Smith’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book

Description

Navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book for Walter John Smith, flight engineer, covering the period from 22 April 1943 to 7 March 1945. Detailing his flying training and operations flown. He was stationed at RAF Lindholme, RAF Wickenby, RAF Winthorpe, RAF Syerston and RAF Waddington. Aircraft flown in were, Halifax, Lancaster and Stirling. He completed 31-night operations with 12 squadron and 20 operations with 463 squadron Royal Australian Air Force, 5 Daylight and 15 Night. Targets were Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Wuppertal, Bochum, Krefeld, Mulheim, Gelsenkirchen, Cologne, Turin, Hamburg, Mannheim, Milan, Peenemünde, Berlin, Nurnberg, Mönchengladbach, Munich, Hannover, Hagen, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Givors, Trossy St. Maximin, Rüsselsheim, Stettin, Koenigsberg, Boulogne, Karlsruhe, Wilhelmshaven, Nuremburg, Harburg, Dortmund Ems canal, Urft Dam, Politz, Houffalize and Siegen. His pilots on operations were Flying Officer Wright, Wing Commander Craven and Squadron Leader Radford.

Language

eng

Format

One booklet

Rights

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Contributor

Mike Connock

Identifier

LSmithWJ1141900v1

Collection

Smith, Walter John

Citation

Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “Walter John Smith’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed December 12, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/15136.

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