Bill Eyles observer's and air gunners flying log book

LEylesCW900473v1.pdf

Title

Bill Eyles observer's and air gunners flying log book

Description

Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book for C W Eyles, bomb aimer, covering the period from 9 July 1942 to 14 October 1944. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at RAF Dumfries, RAF Abingdon, RAF Stanton Harcourt, RAF Linton-on-Ouse, RAF Breighton, RAF Warboys and RAF Graveley. Aircraft flown in were Anson, Battle, Botha, Whitley, Halifax and Lancaster. He flew a total of 62 operations with 78 Squadron and 35 Squadron. Targets were Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Essen, Wuppertal, Krefeld, Mulheim, Gelsenkirchen, Cologne, Aachen, Montbéliard, Hamburg, Remscheid, Manheim, Nuremburg, Forêt de Cerisy, Fougeres, Rennes, Lens, Sterkrade, Laon, Middlestafte, Oisemont, Villeneuve st George, Maquise-Mimoyeques, Caen, Catelliers, Nucourt, Rollez, Les Nandes, St Philibert Ferme, Foret de Nieppe, Bois de Cassan, Douai, Rüsselsheim, Le Culot, Stettin, Bremen, La Pourchinte, Le Havre, Bottrop, Calais, Saarbrucken, Fort Frederik Hendrik and Duisberg. His pilots on operations were Flight Sergeant Jenkinson and Flight Lieutenant Forde.

Language

eng

Format

One booklet

Rights

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Contributor

Mike Connock

Identifier

LEylesCW900473v1

Collection

Eyles, Bill

Citation

Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “Bill Eyles observer's and air gunners flying log book,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed December 10, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/33480.

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