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13 October 2021

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№ 492

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13 October 2021

Hammer Price:
£420

An Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book.
The Log Book of Navigator 1395184
Warrant Officer D. V. H. Evans, Royal Air Force, covering the period 24 November 1942 to 20 February 1944, good condition £80-£120

D. V. H. Evans served as a Navigator with 550 Squadron (Lancasters), and was shot down by a night fighter east of Hannover en route to Leipzig on 20 February 1944, and was taken Prisoner of War. Previous sorties, commencing on 27 August 1943, had included Nuremburg; Munchen Gladbach; Hannover (2); Mannheim; Stuttgart; Leipzig (2); Kassel; and six raids on ‘the Big City’ Berlin.