Pilot's flying log book of Captain Norman Howard Bottomley, 17 December 1915-16 October 1917

Norman Bottomley was commissioned into the East Yorkshire Regiment before transferring to the RFC in late 1915. Bottomley did not fly operationally during the First World War, but after completing his flying training, spent the war instructing both in the UK and in France.

Bottomley remained in the RAF at the end of the First World War and rose to senior rank in the Second World War. He was appointed Air Officer Commanding Bomber Command in September 1945. After retiring from the RAF he joined the BBC where he was Director of Administration until 1956.