George Royall's observer's and air gunner's flying log book

LRoyalGL1801494v1.pdf

Title

George Royall's observer's and air gunner's flying log book

Description

George Royall's log book, detailing his RAF flying from September 1943 to November 1945. It records his training as an observer, gunner and bomb aimer, initially at 48 and 42 Air Schools in South Africa. It then records his flying training with 8 Observer Advanced Flying Unit at RAF Mona, 10 Operational Training Unit at RAF Abingdon and finally 1667 Heavy Conversion Unit at RAF Sandtoft. His log book then records his flying with 166 Squadron at RAF Kirmington. This comprises nine bombing operations to Germany, numerous training and practice sorties in Britain and three round trips for Operation Dodge. His pilot on operations was Flight Lieutenant Mansfield.

Date

1945-11-06

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One booklet

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LRoyalGL1801494v1

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Citation

Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “George Royall's observer's and air gunner's flying log book,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 29, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/40432.

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