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An original Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book appertaining to Flight Sergeant F. A. Lockyer, Royal Air Force, who flew as a Wireless Operator and Air Gunner in Wellingtons on at least 45 sorties with 612 Squadron, recording numerous attacks on E-boats, spine weak, contents sound £100-£140

F. A. Lockyer served as a Wireless Operator and Air Gunner with the Royal Air Force Coastal Command during the Second World War. He qualified at at No. 4 Signals School on 21 October 1942 and at No. 8 Air Gunners School, Evanton, on 21 October 1942 and 26 November 1942 respectively and, after further training courses at No. 7 O.T.U. and No. 303 F.T.U. Talbenny, he was posted to Egypt where his first operational flights were leaflet raids in Wellingtons over the Greek Islands of Scarpanto and Kos in October 1943.

Returning to England Lockyer was posted to 612 Squadron in January 1944 and flew on Anti-Submarine Patrols in Wellingtons mostly over the Bay of Biscay and the English Channel until December 1944. In January 1945 his duties switched to Anti-Shipping Patrols. He records a total of 22 attacks on E-Boats and 4 attacks on UN Boats over the course of numerous patrols during the period January to April 1945. Advanced Flight Sergeant, he completed his tour with a final patrol on 12 April 1945 on which 4 E-Boats were attacked. Over the course of at least 45 operational sorties he completed a total of 122 operational day hours and 240 operational night hours.