Peter Lovatt's navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book

LLovattP1821369v1.pdf

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Peter Lovatt's navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book

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Flying log book for Peter Lovatt covering the period from 12 April 1944 to 20 June 1945. Detailing his flying training and operations flown. He was stationed at RAF Burnaston (16 EFTS), RAF Barrow/Walney Island (10 AGS), RAF Oulton (223 Squadron). Aircraft flown in were Tiger Moth, Anson, Liberator, Fortress. He flew a total of 38 night-time bomber support operations with 223 Squadron, many providing Window cover for the main force. Main force targets were Duisburg, Denmark, Bochum, Hanover, western Ruhr, Neuss, Essen, Mönchengladbach, Merseburg, Karlsruhe, Ludwigshaven, Mannheim, Nuremberg, Magdeburg, Stuttgart, Siegen, Dresden, Wiesbaden, Wotton, Dortmund-Ems canal, Freiburg, Kamen, Munster, Frankfurt, Ulm, Hamburg, Kiel, Augsburg and Wesel. His pilots on operations were Flight Lieutenant Hastie and Flying Officer Spicer.

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Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “Peter Lovatt's navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed November 11, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/22537.

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