Sydney Grimes' observer's and air gunner's flying log book

LGrimesS1271597v1.pdf

Title

Sydney Grimes' observer's and air gunner's flying log book

Description

Royal Air Force observer's and air gunner's flying log book for Sydney Grimes, wireless operator, covering the period from 2 July 1942 to 22 August 1945. Detailing training, operations flown, instructional duties and post war flying. He was stationed at RAF Evanton, RAF Madley, RAF Cottesmore, RAF Wigsley, RAF Syerston, RAF Balderton, RAF Scampton, RAF Winthorpe, RAF Woodhall Spa, RAF Bardney and RAF Sturgate. Aircraft flown in were Dominie, Proctor, Botha, Wellington, Anson, Manchester, Halifax and Lancaster. He flew a total of 41 operations, 24 night operations with 106 squadron and 15 daylight and 2 night operations with 617 squadron. Targets were Kiel, Frankfurt, Spezia, Pilsen, Stettin, Duisburg, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Essen, Wuppertal, Bochum, Gelsenkirchen, Cologne, Turin, Hamburg, Berlin, Tromsø, Urft Dam, Ijmuiden, Politz, Rotterdam, Oslo Fjord, Emden, Cologne, Poortershaven, Viesleble [Bielefeld] viaduct and Ladbergen. His pilots on operations were Flight Lieutenant Stephens and Flight Lieutenant Gumbley.

Language

eng

Format

One booklet

Conforms To

Review Oct 2024

Rights

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Contributor

Mike Connock

Identifier

LGrimesS1271597v1

Collection

Grimes, Syd

Citation

Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “Sydney Grimes' observer's and air gunner's flying log book ,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 27, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5770.

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