Air Force Log Book 1941

YEAR:   1941   AIRCRAFT.   PILOT, OR 1ST PILOT.   2ND PILOT, PUPIL, OR PASSENGER.   DUTY (INCLUDING RESULTS AND REMARKS).   SINGLE-ENGINED AIRCRAFT.   DAY.   NIGHT.   MONTH.   DATE.   Type.   No.   DUAL. (1)  PILOT. (2)  DUAL. (3)  PILOT. (4)  DUAL. (5)  TOTALS BROUGHT FORWARD

58.10   221.35   2.05   4.10

MAY   21   SPITFIRE   P7985   SELF   PATROL SWANAGE   .35
22   P7898   AIR TEST   .15
22   P7898   AIR FIRING   .30
23   P7898   SCRAMBLE   .40
24   P7757   CAMERA GUN   .20
24   P7599   CAMERA GUN   .20
24   P7898   PATROL PORTLAND   .20
27   P7898   WEATHER TEST   .25
27   P7898   WARMWELL TO EXETER   .35
27   P7898   MID-CHANNEL SWEEP   1.15
27   P7898   EXETER TO WARMWELL   .20
28   P7757   WARMWELL TO EXETER   .30
28   P7757   EXETER TO WARMWELL   .30
30   P7898   FORMATION FLYING   1.00
30   P7898   LOCAL RECCO   .55
30   P7757   SCRAMBLE SWANAGE   .30

GBM Rose   F/Lt O.C.“A” FLIGHT
M.I. Plahry[?]   S/LDR. O.C. 234 SQDN.

SUMMERY [SUMMARY] FOR MAY   SPITFIRE   33.05   .40
UNIT: – 234 SQUADRON   MAGISTER   1.00
DATE: – 1-6-41SIGNATURE: – R.S. Masters.

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[R S MASTERS LOG BOOK]
YEAR:   1941   AIRCRAFT.   PILOT, OR 1ST PILOT.   2ND PILOT, PUPIL, OR PASSENGER.   DUTY (INCLUDING RESULTS AND REMARKS).   SINGLE-ENGINED AIRCRAFT.  DAY.  NIGHT.   MONTH.   DATE.   Type.   No.   DUAL. (1)  PILOT. (2)  DUAL. (3)  PILOT. (4)  DUAL. (5)
TOTALS BROUGHT FORWARD

58.10   441.50   2.05   10.30

OCTOBER   25   SPITFIRE   W3931   SCRAMBLE SWANAGE 20,000   .20
26   W3931   FLIGHT FORMATION   .35
26   W3931   CONVOY PATROL   1.30
27   W3936   FLIGHT FORMATION   1.10
28   W3967   AIR TEST   .20
29   W8336   TO HENDON   .40
30   W8336   HENDON TO WARMWELL   .35

E D Hasen   F/o F./LT. O.C. “B” FLIGHT

H.M. Stephen   S/LDR. O.C. 234 SQDN

 

SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER   SPITFIRE   39.20   .30
UNIT: –   234 SQUADRON
DATE: –   1-11-41
SIGNATURE: – R. S. Masters

The best pilot I ever lost – good luck!!

NOVEMBER  1   W3931   BEAT UP LULWORTH CAMP   .30

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Bob Masters died 20 November 1941 during air operations in the Western Desert, Middle East

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Royal Air Force

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Handwritten log book

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May-October 1941

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