Pilot's flying log book of Air Vice Marshal Henry Algernon Vickers Hogan, 1937-1943

Henry Hogan was a member of the Long Range Development Units, that in December 1938 broke the world non-stop distance record by flying from Ismailia, Egypt to Darwin, Australia. The aircraft that Hogan was piloting did not make Darwin, it landed in West Timor being short of fuel.

In June 1940, Hogan was appointed to command No. 501 Squadron, which he commanded throughout the Battle of Britain, on 18 September 1940 whilst attacking a formation of Heinkel He 111s and Messerschmitt Bf 109s he was shot down, but managed to bale out and land unhurt, all of these flights are recorded in the log book. Hogan retired from the RAF in 1962.