Frank Simpson's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers

LSimpsonF2203970v1.pdf

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Frank Simpson's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers

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Flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers for F Simpson, air gunner, covering the period from 5 July 1944 to 20 May 1945. Detailing his flying training and operations flown. He was stationed at RAF Stormy Down, RAF Husbands Bosworth, RAF Sandtoft and RAF Kelstern. Aircraft flown in were, Anson, Wellington and Lancaster. He flew a total of 11 operation with 625 squadron, 4 daylight and 7-night operations. He also flew 5 operation Manna. Targets were Misburg, Nuremburg, Hannau, Bruchstrasse, Bremen, Hannover, Hamburg, Nordhausen, Kiel, Plauen, Potsdam, The Hague, Rotterdam and Gouda. His pilots on operations were Flying Officer Benson and Flying Officer Ollis.

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LSimpsonF2203970v1

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Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “Frank Simpson's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed December 14, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/22043.

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