K B Wears’ RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
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K B Wears’ RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
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K B Wears’ RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 2 July 1940 to 12 January 1945, detailing training, operations and instructional duties as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner. He was stationed at RAF Jurby (No. 5 Bombing and Gunnery School), RAF Upwood (No. 17 Operational Training Unit), RAF Dishforth (No. 78 Squadron), RAF Berka (No. 38 Squadron), RAF Ballah (No. 13 Air Gunners School), RAF Ein Shemer (No. 78 Operational Training Unit), and RAF Khormaksar (No. 8 Squadron). Aircraft in which flown: Battle, Blenheim, Anson, Whitley, Wellington. Records 16 night operations with 78 Squadron on the following targets in Germany, France and Poland: Politz, Ruhland, Bordeaux, Kiel, Lorient, Dunkirk, Calais, Cologne, Duisburg, Schwerte, Bremen. Pilots on operations with 78 squadron: Sergeant Holden, Sergeant Cooke, Sergeant Thorpe, Flight Lieutenant Lawrence, Wing Commander Robinson, Sergeant Jepson, Pilot Officer Cant, Sergeant Hutchin. Also records 40 operations (36 night, 4 day) with 38 Squadron, including anti-shipping and anti-submarine operations and the following named targets in Greece, Tunisia, Italy, Libya and Yugoslavia: Salamis, Sirte, Tunis, Heraklion, Palermo, Messina, Taranto, Pantelleria, Sousse, Enfidaville, Catania. Pilots on operations with 38 Squadron: Flight Lieutenant Cant, Sergeant Dunmore. Also records 12 operations with 8 Squadron, no named targets, including convoy escort, anti-submarine patrols and sea rescue search. Pilots on operations with 8 Squadron: Flying Officer Moore, Flight Lieutenant Spencer, and Flying Officer Tweddle.
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LWearsKB631597v1
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “K B Wears’ RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 27, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/52465.
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