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Pilot's flying log book of Lieutenant Lionel Arthur West, 17 December 1917-7 September 1921
Archives, 17 DEC 1917-07 SEP 1921, In Storage, X007-1071
Lionel West from Handsworth, Birmingham joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1917. After completing his flying training he was posted to No.2 Aeroplane Supply Depot in August 1918.
Pilot's flying log book of Flight Lieutenant John Carlisle Orr, 27 October 1917-12 February 1919
Archives, In Storage, DC73/105/1
Flight Lieutenant John Orr Learned to fly at 25 Training Squadron, RFC in 1917.
Pilot's flying log book of Captain Donald Daere Walrond-Skinner, 14 September 1916-3 October 1917
Archives, In Storage, X007-9146/001
Captain Walrond-Skinner was posted to France to Join No.20 Squadron in late September 1917. After only six days in France the aircraft which he was piloting was hit by anti-aircraft fire and was then chased by seven or eight enemy aircraft. The aircraft crashed and both Walrond-Skinner and his observer were slightly injured.
Pilot's flying log book of Second Lieutenant Maurice Alfred Kay, 8 September 1916-29 April 1917
Archives, 08 SEP 1916-29 APR 1917, In Storage, B1705
Alfred Kay on completing his flying training served as an instructor in the UK before being posted to No.56 Squadron in France in the spring of 1917.
Pilot's flying log book of Squadron Leader Bernard Curtis Rice MC, 1915-1918
Archives, 1915-1918, In Storage, X002-5429/001/002
Largely blank log book which only records the number of hours flown on different aircraft types and the numbers of hours flown in different units with which Rice served.
Pilot's flying log book of Squadron Leader Bernard Curtis Rice MC, 1916-1928
Archives, In Storage, X002-5429/001/001
Bernard Rice enlisted into the army four days after the outbreak of war, where he joined the Army Service Corps and served in France as a despatch rider.
Pilot's flying log book of Second Lieutenant Andrew Frederick Weatherby Beauchamp Proctor, 25 May 1917-17 August 1918
Archives, 25 MAY 1917-17 AUG 1918, In Storage, DC77/38/1
Second Lieutenant Beauchamp Proctor was a South African born fighter ace. During his time with No.84 Squadron, he claimed 54 aerial victories all in the Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5, making him the highest scoring S.E.5 ace.
Pilot's flying log book of Second Lieutenant Collingwood James Thompson, 1916-1919
Archives, In Storage, B613
Pilot's flying log book of Second Lieutenant Collingwood Thompson, who spent much of his service as a flying instructor and later an examiner in the United Kingdom.
Pilot's flying log book of Captain Charles Henry Nicholas, 24 August 1914-11 May 1917
Archives, 24 AUG 1914-11 MAY 1917, In Storage, X004-6030/001
Charles Nicholas was an officer in the South Wales Borderers and saw service at Gallipoli in 1915 where he was wounded. After recovering from his wounds he transferred to the RFC and began pilot training in 1915 at Catterick Bridge.
Pilot's flying log book of Captain Richard Stanley Davies RFC/RAF, 1916-1918
Archives, In Storage, X001-2352/001
the log book covers Davies' flying training in the UK, his brief service with No.1 Squadron from June to July 1917, where he is injured on 17 July 1917 and returns to the UK to recover from his wounds.
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