Stephen Dawson's pilot's flying log book. Two

LDawsonSR142531v2.pdf

Title

Stephen Dawson's pilot's flying log book. Two

Description

Pilots flying log book for Stephen Dawson, covering the period from 6 April 1942 to 30 August 1944. Detailing his instructor duties, flying training and operations flown. He was stationed at RAF Swanton Morley, RAF Cottesmore, RAF Swinderby, RAF Wigsley, RAF Bourn, RAF Gransden Lodge, RAF Market Harborough, RAF Silverston and RAF Boscombe Down. Aircraft flown in were, Oxford, Wellington, Lancaster, Boston, Mitchell, Buckingham, Marauder, Halifax, Liberator, Harvard, Avenger, Defiant, Barracuda, Hampden, Black Widow, Hurricane and Mosquito. He flew a total of 32 Night operations with 97 Squadron. Targets were, Krefeld, Mulheim, Wuppertal, Cologne, Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Essen, Nuremberg, Milan, Leverkusen, Berlin, Mannheim, Munich, Hannover, Frankfurt, Ludwigshafen, Modane, Cannes and Ludwigshafen. The log book included pictures of examples of some of the aircraft flown, also handwritten list of targets and bomb loads.

Language

eng

Format

One booklet

Rights

This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.

Contributor

Mike Connock

Identifier

LDawsonSR142531v2

Citation

Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “Stephen Dawson's pilot's flying log book. Two,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed November 14, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/6710.

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