Ernie Twells’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book

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Ernie Twells’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book

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Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for Ernie Twells, flight engineer, covering the period from 15 June 1943 to 19 August 1945. Detailing training, operations flown and post war flying. He was stationed at RAF Swinderby, RAF Woodhall Spa, RAF Bramcote, and RAF Nuneaton. Aircraft flown in were Lancaster, Wellington and Dakota. He flew 65 operations. 24 Night operations with 619 Squadron. 25 Daylight and 16 Night with 617 Squadron. Targets were Anthéor Viaduct, Berlin, Boulogne, Brest, Brunswick, Düsseldorf, Essen, Etaples, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Juvisy-Paris, Kassel, La Pallice, Le Havre, Leipzig, Lorient, Lyon, Milan, Modane, Munich, Nurnberg, Pas de Calais, Rilly La Montagne, Saumur Tunnel, Siracourt, St Cyr-Paris, St Etienne, Tirpitz-Alten Fjord, Tirpitz-Tromso, Toulouse, Watten and Wizernes. His pilot on operations was Flight Lieutenant Knights.

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Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “Ernie Twells’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed December 7, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/7525.

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