Geoffrey North’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book

LNorthGJ173836v1.pdf

Title

Geoffrey North’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book

Description

Royal Air Force observer's and air gunner's flying log book for Pilot Officer Geoffrey North, air gunner, covering the period from 17 June 1942 to 29 September 1945. Detailing training, operations, repatriation and post war flying. He was stationed at RAF Llandwrog, RAF Harwell, RAF Dalton, RAF Driffield, RAF Topcliffe, RAF Middleton-St-George, RAF Dishforth, RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor, RAF Catfoss, RAF Warboys, RAF Graveley, RAF Huntingdon. Aircraft flown in were, Whitely, Wellington, Halifax, Lancaster, C-47. He flew 71 operations, 26 Night operations with 428 Squadron, 4 daylight and 12 Night operations with 76 Squadron and 9 daylight and 20 night operations with 35 Squadron. Targets were Wilhelmshaven, St Nazaire, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Mannheim, Dortmund, Bochum, Aachen, Essen, Peenemünde, Leverkusen, Berlin, Nurenberg, Mönchengladbach, Munich, Hannover, Frankfurt, Trouville, Hasselt, Boulogne, Orléans, Bourg-Leopold, Juvisy, Laval, Longueau, Douai, Fouillard, Laon, Noyelle-en-Chaussée, Blainville, Saint-Martin-l'Hortier, Chateau Bernapre, Calais, Bottrop, Saarbrucken, Sterkrade, Düsseldorf, Gelsenkirchen, Duren, Wanne-Eickel, Urft Dam, Soest, Merseburg, Hanau, Magdeburg, Bohlen and Chemnitz. He failed to return from his 71st operation to Duisberg on 21 February 1945, becoming a prisoner of war. His log book shows him being repatriated on 8 May 1945 from Landshut via Rheims and Juvincourt to RAF Westcott. His pilots on operations were Flying Officer Morgan, Sergeant Williamson, Sergeant Staight, Sergeant Silvester, Warrant Officer Harrison, Pilot Officer Cole, Group Captain Dean, Squadron Leader Hall, and Flight Lieutenant Tropman.

Language

eng

Format

One booklet

Conforms To

Review Oct 2024

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Contributor

Mike Connock

Identifier

LNorthGJ173836v1

Citation

Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “Geoffrey North’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 27, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/8038.

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