Alan Payne’s South African Air Force observers or air gunners log book

LPayneAJ1315369v1.pdf

Title

Alan Payne’s South African Air Force observers or air gunners log book

Description

South African Air Force observers or air gunners log book for Alan John Payne, navigator, covering the period from 7 November 1942 to 8 August 1946. Detailing his flying training, operations flown, instructor duties and post war squadron duties. He was stationed at RAF Torquay, RAF Eastbourne, RAF Brighton, RAF West Kirby, Queenstown, Port Alfred, RAF Dumfries, RAF Turweston, RAF Silverstone, RAF Winthorpe, RAF East Kirkby, RAF Husbands Bosworth, RAF Llandwrog, RAF Saltby, RAF Matching, RAF Great Dunmow, RAF Aqir and RAF Cairo West. Aircraft flown in were, Anson, Oxford, Botha, Wellington, Lancaster, Halifax and C-47. He flew a total of 18 night operations with 630 Squadron. His pilots on operations were Flying Officer Probert and Flight Lieutenant McDonald. Targets were Berlin, Stettin, Brunswick, Magdeburg, Stuttgart, Clermont-Ferrand, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Tours, Mailly-le-Camp, Amiens, and Kiel Bay. This was followed by glider, troop carrying duties and prisoners of war transport with 620 Squadron. The log book also contains a menu from 10 February 1943 with signatures of those on the course.

Language

eng

Format

One booklet

Conforms To

Review Oct 2024

Rights

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Identifier

LPayneAJ1315369v1

Collection

Payne, Alan

Citation

Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “Alan Payne’s South African Air Force observers or air gunners log book,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed December 7, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/15275.

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