Frederick Chadwick’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book. Log book one.
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Frederick Chadwick’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book. Log book one.
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Frederick Chadwick’s Flying Log Book as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner from 4th February 1941 to 17th December 1957. Started training at No. 2 Signals School, and then No. 10 Bombing and Gunnery School. Posted to 16 Operational Training Unit. Posted to 144 Squadron for operations in August 1941. In April 1942 posted to 29 Operational Training Unit flying Wellingtons as Wireless Operator. Further operational posting to 83 Squadron in December 1943. Shot down over Germany on the night of 25/26th April 1944. Four crew were killed but three, including Frederick, were captured and made prisoners of war.
Served at RAF Yatesbury, RAF Dumfries, RAF Upper Heyford, RAF North Luffenham.
Aircraft flown were Whitley, Hampden, Anson, Wellington, Lysander, Martinet, Oxford and Lancaster. Post war the aircraft flown were Proctor, Anson, Lancaster, Shackleton and Neptune.
With 144 Squadron he flew 35 bombing, mining and leaflet dropping operations (3 day, 32 night). Targets included Rotterdam, Braunschweig, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Brest, Berlin, Rostock, Helgoland, Bremen, Friesian Islands, Hamburg, Aachen, Hüls Rubber Factory, Mannheim, Kiel, Paris, Lorient, Lubeck and German Railway Lines. His pilot for the majority of operations was Flight Sergeant Woodhead. Other pilots were Flight Sergeants Bland and Lequeax, Pilot Officers Adams and Chrystal, Flight Lieutenant Radly and Squadron Leader Foster.
Whilst with 29 OTU he flew one night operation to Bremen. His pilot was Squadron Leader Pim.
In 83 Squadron he flew 12 night operations. Targets included Berlin, Magdeburg, Schweinfurt, Augsburg, Stuttgart and Frankfurt. His pilot on these operations was Flight Lieutenant Mirfin, who was killed on the last operation.
Recalled to service in April 1951 until December 1957 with various training units including School of Maritime Reconnaissance, 236 Operational Conversion Unit, Maritime Operational Training Unit and 37 Squadron. Served at RAF Swanton Morley, RAF St Mawgan, RAF Kinloss, and RAF Luqa (Malta).
Served at RAF Yatesbury, RAF Dumfries, RAF Upper Heyford, RAF North Luffenham.
Aircraft flown were Whitley, Hampden, Anson, Wellington, Lysander, Martinet, Oxford and Lancaster. Post war the aircraft flown were Proctor, Anson, Lancaster, Shackleton and Neptune.
With 144 Squadron he flew 35 bombing, mining and leaflet dropping operations (3 day, 32 night). Targets included Rotterdam, Braunschweig, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Brest, Berlin, Rostock, Helgoland, Bremen, Friesian Islands, Hamburg, Aachen, Hüls Rubber Factory, Mannheim, Kiel, Paris, Lorient, Lubeck and German Railway Lines. His pilot for the majority of operations was Flight Sergeant Woodhead. Other pilots were Flight Sergeants Bland and Lequeax, Pilot Officers Adams and Chrystal, Flight Lieutenant Radly and Squadron Leader Foster.
Whilst with 29 OTU he flew one night operation to Bremen. His pilot was Squadron Leader Pim.
In 83 Squadron he flew 12 night operations. Targets included Berlin, Magdeburg, Schweinfurt, Augsburg, Stuttgart and Frankfurt. His pilot on these operations was Flight Lieutenant Mirfin, who was killed on the last operation.
Recalled to service in April 1951 until December 1957 with various training units including School of Maritime Reconnaissance, 236 Operational Conversion Unit, Maritime Operational Training Unit and 37 Squadron. Served at RAF Swanton Morley, RAF St Mawgan, RAF Kinloss, and RAF Luqa (Malta).
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “Frederick Chadwick’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book. Log book one.,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed February 11, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/47061.
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