John Eppel's flying log book

LEppelJW433156v1.pdf

Title

John Eppel's flying log book

Description

Flying log book for John W Eppel, navigator, covering the period from 12 May 1944 to 12 June 1945, detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at RAF Worksop, RAF Blyton, RAF Hemswell, RAF North Killingholme, RAF Bitteswell and RAF Nuneaton. Aircraft flown in were, Anson, Battle, Werraway, Wellington, Halifax and Lancaster. He flew a total of 31 operations with 550 squadron, 12 daylight and 19 night operations. His pilot on operations was Pilot Officer Harris. Targets were Frankfurt, Steenwijk, Escalles, Neuss, Coquelles, Cap Gris-Nez, Calais, Saarbrucken, Emmerich, Fort Frederik Hendrik, Duisberg, Stuttgart, Essen, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Bochum, Wanne-Eickel, Düren, Aschaffenburg, Freiburg, Dortmund, Urft Dam, Merseburg, Buer, Hannover, and Munich.

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One booklet

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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.

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LEppelJW433156v1

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Citation

Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “John Eppel's flying log book,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed December 2, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/19145.

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