| Accession Number | AWM2021.7.93 |
|---|---|
| Collection number | PR04855 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Wallet |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Log book |
| Physical description | 35 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Stanley, John Vernon |
| Place made | Canada, United Kingdom |
| Date made | 1941-1943 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Wallet 1 of 1 - Stanley, John Vernon (Flight Sergeant, b.1914 - d.1943)
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 412739 Flight Sergeant John Vernon Stanley, 460 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Canada and the United Kingdom, 1941-1943.
Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one log book of Flight Sergeant John Vernon Stanley, containing entries dated between 20 November 1941 and 11 June 1943. This log book covers the period of Flight Sergeant Stanley’s training in Canada and the United Kingdom, and service as a bomb aimer with 460 Squadron, based in the United Kingdom. Entries record details such as dates and times of flights, aircraft types and numbers, names of pilots, purposes of flights, and additional notes. Some of the recorded purposes of flights include navigation training, bomb aimer training, gunnery training, operational training, aircraft conversion, aerial photography, and bombing operations on targets in enemy-occupied Europe.