K W Payne's Royal Australian Air Force flying log book

K W Payne's Royal Australian Air Force flying log book

K Payne’s Flying Log Book from 14th March 1943 until 17th December 1950. Initial pilot training at No 8 Elementary Flying Training School RAAF, followed by No 8 Service Flying Training School. Posted to No 1 Air Navigation School in September 1943. In March 1944 posted to 29 Elementary Flying Training School and then 20 Advanced Flying Unit. 1250 Beam Approach Training Flight. Posted to 26 Operational Training Unit and 1652 Conversion Unit. November 1944 posted to 192 Squadron for operations. After the war returned to Australia.

He served at RAAF Narrandera, RAAF Bundaberg, RAAF Parkes, RAF Clyffe Pypard, RAF Weston on Green, RAF Kidlington, RAF Leconfield, RAF Croughton, RAF Marston Moor, RAF Foulsham, RAF Shennington (Edgehill).

Aircraft flown were Tiger Moth, Anson, Oxford, Wellington III, Wellington X, Halifax III, Catalina, Chipmunk.

Flew 17 Special Duty Night Operations with 192 Squadron and 3 Cook’s Tours and 3 Operation Post Mortem.
Targets included Dutch Coast, Wesel, Freiberg, Ladbergan, Hemmingstedt, Hamburg, Munster, Heide, Duisburg, Bremerhaven, Harburg, Kiel, Boizenburg, Lechfeld, Schwandorf, Komotau, Flensburg.

One booklet

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