J F Latimer’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot
Title
J F Latimer’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot
Description
J F Latimer’s air bomber’s flying log book covering the period from 9 March 1943 to 8 March 1945. Detailing his flying training and operations flown as air bomber. He was stationed at RCAF Fingal (4 B&GS), RCAF Port Albert (31 ANS), RCAF Jarvis (1 B&GS), RAF Skaebrae (1476 Advanced Ship Recognition Course), RAF Mona (8 OAFU), RAF Moreton-in-Marsh (21 OTU), RAF Marston Moor (1652 HCU), RAF Pocklington (102 Squadron), RAF Driffield (462 RAAF Squadron),
Aircraft flown in were Anson, Bolingbroke, Wellington and Halifax.
He flew four daylight and four night-time operations with 102 Squadron and five daylight and twenty two night-time operations with 462 RAAF Squadron, a total of 35.
Targets were Foret de Dieppe, Villers Bocage, De Bruyere, Somain, Brunswick, Eindhoven, Sterkrade, Wemars Capelle, Soesterberg, Le Havre, Gelsenkirchen, Nordstein, Kiel, Boulogne, Duisburg, Wilhelmshaven, Hanover, Essen, Ostkapelle, Domberg, Soest, Hamburg, Sylt, Koblentz, Bonn, Mainz, Rheine, Heilbronn, Neuss, Kaiserlautern, Mannheim and Dortmund.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Aircraft flown in were Anson, Bolingbroke, Wellington and Halifax.
He flew four daylight and four night-time operations with 102 Squadron and five daylight and twenty two night-time operations with 462 RAAF Squadron, a total of 35.
Targets were Foret de Dieppe, Villers Bocage, De Bruyere, Somain, Brunswick, Eindhoven, Sterkrade, Wemars Capelle, Soesterberg, Le Havre, Gelsenkirchen, Nordstein, Kiel, Boulogne, Duisburg, Wilhelmshaven, Hanover, Essen, Ostkapelle, Domberg, Soest, Hamburg, Sylt, Koblentz, Bonn, Mainz, Rheine, Heilbronn, Neuss, Kaiserlautern, Mannheim and Dortmund.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Creator
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Contributor
Terry Hancock
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Format
One booklet
Language
Identifier
LLatimerJF1551478v1
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Collection
Citation
Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “J F Latimer’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed January 16, 2021, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/26954.
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