D E Owen’s pilots flying log book. One

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D E Owen’s pilots flying log book. One

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Pilots flying log book for D E Owen, flight engineer, covering the period from 15 October 1942 to 5 August 1943. Detailing his flying training and operations flown. He was stationed at RAF Stradishall, RAF Mildenhall, RAF Lakenheath and RAF Scampton. Aircraft flown in were, Stirling and Lancaster. He flew 24 night operation with 149 squadron and one operation with 617 squadron until crashing on Salisbury plain during low level excercise and being admitted to hospital. During his time with 617 Sqn he had one flight piloted by Guy Gibson (27.7.43, low level cross-country). Targets were, St Jean de Luz, Stuttgart, Turin, Bordeaux, Duisburg, Lorient, Hamburg, Cologne, Nurenburg, Munich, Mannheim, Rostock, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Le Creusot and Milan. Also include with the log book is his form 1250 identity card. His pilots on operations were Flight Lieutenant Kellaway DSO and Wing Commander Harrison.

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Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “D E Owen’s pilots flying log book. One,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed November 7, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/19136.

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