Observer's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book of Basil Bowerbank Day, South African Air Force, during World War 2 from 3 April 1944 to 20 February 1946.

Day, Basil Bowerbank

Publication Date: 1944

About this Item

Very good condition hardback book. Clean pages and tight binding. Front label scuffed but legible. Name of holder and author hand written on crimson cloth spine. Stamps indicating courses passed, including ab initio course from 3 April 1944 with good average results and certificate of qualification as an Air Observer on 31 March 1944 and passed his Gunnery Course on 27 November 1944. He passed his Air Navigator course on 31 March 1945. Full details of all marks received with breakdowns. The flight logs once qualified and training flights are meticulously hand written in neat script by Day, including bombing training missions. Bombs dropped in error are written in red! Names of pilots given. Planes flown include Anson, B 34, Dakota, and others. Day was normally navigator, sometimes bomb aimer. Details of Turret Manipulation Exercises at 44 Air School given. Of particular interest are the runs from Cape Town to Cairo and back over a number of days indicating all the stops in Zambia, Tanzania and other stopovers. Incident comments, durations of flights, and other details all hand written. Stops in Lusaka, Salisbury Rhodesia, Ndola, N'Changa included. Certified and hand signed by the author. Looks to be complete until February 1946 when Day left service. About 50 hand written pages. A fabulous detailed record of South African Airforce training and activities during the World War 2 period. Now very scarce.

Seller Inventory # 88114

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Observer's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book of Basil Bowerbank Day, South African Air Force, during World War 2 from 3 April 1944 to 20 February 1946.
• Publication Date: 1944
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)