19 OTU Title

A Wireless Operators Hours on No. 19 OTU RAF

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Extract from Derek Hemingray's Aircrew Logbook listing his flying as a Wireless Op on the OTU. (No 94 Course Aug 1944)
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Date Hour Aircraft     *** Pilot Duty H/F Base H/F Non MF Loops MTB MFB F/C Hom B'cast Day Night
  All W/Op   Base Fix Brgs Vis Aural              
13.8.44 1023 Anson P 476 AX476 P/O Clegg X Country 2 3   3 1 1 2   2 1 4/5 3.00  
15.8.44 0828 Whitley F 1418 N1418  F/O Morgan Local Conversion   6              1     2.58  
15.8.44 1420 Whitley F 1418 N1418  F/O Morgan Local Conversion   11             2     3.40  
16.8.44 0928 Anson W 107 DJ107 F/O Picken X Country 3 8 1 1 2   1   1 1 4/6 3.08  
18.8.44 0930 Whitley K 9429 Z9429  F/O Morgan Local Conversion   4                   1      1.02  
20.8.44 0927 Whitley F 1418 N1418  F/O Morgan Local Conversion   11             2   2/2 3.39  
22.8.44 0928 Whitley J 777 LA777  F/lt Hodgeson Bombing   6             1   1/2 1.30  
22.8.44 1234 Whitley D 269 BD269  W/O Collins Bombing 1 11             2   1/2 1.13  
22.8.44 1623 Whitley D 269 BD269  W/O Collins Bombing 1 11             2   3/3 2.00  
25.8.44 0944 Whitley J 777 LA777  F/O Picken X Country 1 10 2 1 5   1 1 1   5/6 3.39  
26.8.44 0930 Whitley D 269 BD269  W/O Collins X Country 2 13 2 5     2 1 1   11/11 5.50  
27.8.44 0855 Whitley D 269 BD269  W/O Collins Bombing   17             3   5/5 2.20  
28.8.44 0746 Whitley I 1359 N1359  W/O Collins X Country 2 11 5 5 1 2 4 1 1   10/11 5.51  
30.8.44 0831 Whitley M 6419 Z6419  W/O Collins X Country 1 11 2 4 5 4 2 1 2   11/11 5.18  
31.8.44 2159 Whitley F 1418 N1418  F/O Morgan Local Conversion   8             1   1/1   3.44
3.9.44 0908 Whitley D 269 BD269  P/O Clegg X Country 1 10 2 2 2   1   2   6/6 2.46  
7.9.44 2128 Anson W 107   P/O Clegg X Country 1 5 1 1     1   2   5/5   2.53
9.9..44 2159 Whitley F 1418 N1418  F/O Peterson Local Conversion 2 10             2   5/5   6.40
11.9.44 2212 Whitley F 1418 N1418  F/O Peterson Local Conversion 2 9             1   4/4   5.38
12.9.44 2216 Whitley H 231 BD231  F/O Highton X Country 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 1 2   4/4   2.45
14.9.44 1155 Whitley E 704 AD704  W/O Collins F/Affiliation   3                 1/1 0.35  
14.9.44 1509 Whitley B 235 BD235  W/O Collins F/Affiliation   2                 1/1 0.21  
18.9.44 1025 Whitley E 704 AD704  W/O Collins F/Affiliation   5             1     0.35  
18.9.44 2015 Whitley H 231 BD231  F/O Peterson X Country 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 1   7/7   4.05
21.9.44 1020 Whitley F 1418 N1418  W/O Collins F/Affiliation   2             2     0.30  
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Date Hour Aircraft     *** Pilot Duty H/F Base H/F Non MF Loops MTB MFB F/C Hom B'cast Day Night
  All W/Op   Base Fix Brgs Vis Aural              
22.9.44 1046 Whitley I 1359 N1359  W/O Collins F/Affiliation   5             1     0.30  
23.9.44 2124 Whitley J 777 LA777  W/O Collins X Country 2 10 1 7     3 1 1   11/11   5.17
24.9.44 2029 Whitley E 704 AD704  W/O Collins X Country 1 1 2 6     1       10/10   5.51
30.9.44 2021 Whitley G 852 LA852  W/O Collins X Country 2 4   7 4 2 4 1     14/14   7.10
1.10.44 1915 Whitley G 852 LA852  F/Lt Brunskill Bombing 1 9         2   2       4.15
2.10.44 1920 Whitley G 852 LA852  W/O Collins Bombing 2 7         2       1/1   3.20
4.10.44 1533 Whitley B 235 BD235  F/O Ellcock Bombing 1 5         1   2     1.00  
4.10.44 2010 Whitley K 9429 Z9429  W/O Collins Bombing 1 7         1           1.15
5.10.44 1945 Whitley G 852 LA852  W/O Collins Bombing 1 1             1       0.35
6.10.44 2056 Whitley L     W/O Collins Bombing   7                 5/5   2.05
7.10.44 2030 Whitley G 852 LA852  W/O Collins Bombing 2 5         1   1   2/2    
*** This column added by webmaster from known serials of the OTU.
(Derek's logbook being a valuable source of information concerning serial/code correlation.)
MFB=Message from Base
MTB=Message to Base
F/C  =Flying Control Comms.
Hom=Homing

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