John Francis Bank's observer's and air gunner's flying log book

LBanksJF1578295v1.pdf

Title

John Francis Bank's observer's and air gunner's flying log book

Description

The observer's and air gunner's flying log book for Flight Lieutenant John Francis Banks, born I July 1922, (1578295 Royal Air Force) from 28 March 1943 to 9 April 1946. Detailing his training and operations flown. Served at 41 Air School South Africa, Advanced Flying Unit RAF Wigtown, 84 Operational Training Unit RAF Desborough, 192 Squadron RAF Foulsham, 221 Group and 47 Squadron South East Asia Air Force. Aircraft flown were Oxford, Anson, Wellington, Tiger Moth, Dakota, Expeditor and Mosquito. He carried out 40 operations, 32 night time and 8 day time as bomb aimer. All operations were flown in Wellington aircraft with Flying Officer Clarkson as pilot. The operations were to the coasts of Belgium, Denmark, France Germany and Netherlands, the Bay of Biscay and Western Approaches, Channel Islands, Brest, Calais, Cherbourg and the Frisian Islands.

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Language

eng

Format

One booklet

Rights

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Contributor

Lynn Corrigan

Identifier

LBanksJF1578295v1

Collection

Camlin, Alan Edwin

Citation

Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “John Francis Bank's observer's and air gunner's flying log book,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 27, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/45256.

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