Flight Log Books - January & February 1942

We are now in 1942 and Dad is flying Defiants, Bothas, Lysanders and Whitleys.

Flight Log Books - November & December 1941

We are finishing up 1941 here. He has moved to Lysanders and note the crash landing in the Hurricane.

Flight Log Books - August - October, 1941

Dad seems to have taken the whole month of September off. Maybe he was on a course or something. He wasn't flying, according to his log book.

Flight Log Books - July 1941

And this is July. I have included a photo of Mom and me possibly around my first birthday on July 29, 1941. It's one of my favourite pictures.

Flight Log Books - June 1941

Here I am back again. Here are the logs for June 1941. Dad is still in the Whitleys.

Flight Log Books - May & June 1941

Here is photo of Dad in the cockpit. I believe it's a Whitley. And there's also a photo of Mom and me. This one is taken at the window overlooking a small courtyard at 13 Deva Terrace, Chester.

And here are a few pages of Mom's diary. These are obviously torn out of a bigger diary. These are the only pages I have though as she didn't give me the rest of that book. I do have an entry for 1942 and I have her diaries from 1943 and 1944 which I will post when we get there. I'll add another page from July 1941 when I get to Dad's logs for next month.

Flight Log Books - March & April 1941

Dad is now O.C. of "B" Flight. And at the end of April it seems he got a promotion to Flight Lieutenant. Here is a copy of a page out of a magazine which shows Dad welcoming a Canadian to Bomber Command. And a new plane has been added to the list - a Magister.