Eric Hannath's flying Log book
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Eric Hannath's flying Log book
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Wireless Operator/Air Gunners log book for E Hannath covering the period from 11 July 1940 to 3 June 1942. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties, including search and rescue operations of downed aircraft in the Western Desert. He was stationed at RAF West Freugh (4 BGS), RAF Benson (12 OTU), RAF Penrhos, RAF Stradishall (214 Sqdn), RAF Luqa, Malta (115 & 148 Sqdns), RAF Heliopolis, Egypt (216 Sqdn), RAF Kabrit, Egypt (148 Sqdn), RAF Harwell (15 OTU). Aircraft flown in were Battle, Anson, Wellington, Valentia, Bombay, DC 3. He flew 23 operations (22 at night) with 148 Squadron and 15 OTU. Targets were Brindisi, Taranto, Bari, Naples, Mellaha, Castel Benito, Tripoli, Catania, Comiso, Benghazi, Derna, Barce, El Adem, Corinth Canal, Heraklion, Piraeus, Suda Bay, Albania, Gazala, Cologne, Essen. His pilots on operations were Flight Lieutenant Peroli, Flying Officer Hamman and Flight Lieutenant Rowle.
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LHannathE649545v1
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “Eric Hannath's flying Log book,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed May 1, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/33066.
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