Colin Wood's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot

LWoodC1451225v1.pdf

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Colin Wood's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot

Description

The log book covers the training, operational career and and post war flying of Colin Wood from 8 July 1943 to 7 February 1946. He trained in Canada and in Great Britain and was stationed at RAF Metheringham, RAF Coningsby and RAF Full Sutton. Aircraft flown in were Anson, Wellington, Stirling X, Lancaster I and III, Lancastrian, Dominie. He flew 25 night operations with 106 and 83 Squadrons to targets in Germany, Norway, Poland, Italy, and Czechoslovakia: Bergen, Bohlen-Leipzig, Brunswick, Cham, Danzig, Dortmund-Ems canal, Düsseldorf, Harburg, Horten harbour, Kaiserslautern, Karlsruhe, Komatau, Lützkendorf-Leipzig, Molbis-Leipzig, Munich, Trondheim and Würzburg. His pilot on operations was Flying Officer Anderson. Colin Wood also flew operation Exodus to Rheine and two operation Dodge to Bari. Additional remarks include corkscrew training, H2S, and stowaway Olive on cross country flight. Post-war 231 Squadron.

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One booklet

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LWoodC1451225v1

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Citation

Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “Colin Wood's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed December 2, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/2381.

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