Jas Flannigan - Observer's and air gunners flying log book

SWeirG19660703v090003.pdf

Title

Jas Flannigan - Observer's and air gunners flying log book

Description

Observer's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book for Jas Flannigan, wireless operator/air gunner. Covers his training and operations 13 January 1940 to 31 October 1941. He was based at RAF Evanton, RAF Bassingbourn, RAF Jurby and RAF Middleton St George. Aircraft flown were Anson, Harrow, Wellington, Whitley and Halifax Mk 1. With 76 Squadron and 77 Squadron he flew 22 operations. Targets were Boulogne, Rotterdam, Kiel, Hamburg, Bremen, Mannheim, Dieppe, Cologne, Magdeberg (but bombed Emden), Frankfurt, Leuna, Hanover, Essen, Brest, Cherbourg and Dunkirk. His pilots on operations were Sergeant Smith, Pilot Officer Ireton, Sergeant Thrower, Sergeant Hutchin, Squadron Leader Bicksord, Group Captain Opert, Sergeant Herbert, Sergeant O'Brien. He failed to return from the operation to Dunkirk and his log book is marked 'Death presumed'.

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Language

eng

Format

One booklet

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Pending review

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SWeirG19660703v090003

Citation

Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “Jas Flannigan - Observer's and air gunners flying log book,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed December 13, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/34639.

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