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Flying Log Book covering his training and service as a pilot/co-pilot in the RAF from August 1941 to his death in action in a raid over France on 10 May 1944, covering his postings with 16 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School (August 1941 - January 1942), 35 Service Flying Training School (January - October 1942), 14 Advanced Flying Unit (October - December 1942), bomber conversion units (December 1942 - April 1943), flying Lancasters on bombing raids over Italy and Germany with 619 Squadron (July - December 1943, including the Berlin Raid of 18 November) and over France with 50 Squadron (May 1944); also: a citation for his DFC (15 February 1944; the decoration is held by the Department of Exhibits and Firearms), photographs of him, his grave, and of 16 EFTS in 1941, his RAF identity document (RCAFG 84), a letter from the King offering sympathy on his death in action and an invitation to attend a posthumous presentation (1946).
History note
Catalogue date 1989-08
History note
Cataloguer PHR
