Edward Saywell's Log Book

Halifx Bomber

This information is taken from Edward Saywell's log book. I'm not even sure if I am allowed to put this on the web, but I really don't see what harm it can do now???

As far as I have been able to read it, this is exactly the way that he wrote it out. In pink are are the actual raids they went on.

Date	Plane type	Pln No.	Pilot	Crew	Operation
March 8th	Halifax	W1934	F/S Mc Cormack	Self, OPS Crew	Ops. Nuremburg, bombed 13,000
March 9th	Halifax	JB836	Self	OPS Crew	X Country
March 11th	Halifax	W1934	Self	OPS Crew	Air test
March 12th	Halifax	W7935	Self	OPS Crew	Ops Essen, bombed 15000
March 18th	Halifax	HR712	Self	F/O Kelly OPS Crew	Evasive Action
March 19th	Halifax	W1934	Self	OPS Crew	To Melbourne
March 20th	Halifax	W1934	Self	OPS Crew	Melbourne to Pocklington
March 23rd	Halifax	W1934	Self	OPS Crew	Practice Bombing
March 26th	Halifax	DT743	Self	OPS Crew	Ops, Duisberg, Navigator injured, landed Cotishall
March 27th	Halifax	DT743	Self	OPS Crew	Cotishall to Pocklington
April 4th	Halifax		Self	OPS Crew	Ops Dortmund, bombed 19500.
April 7th	Halifax		Flg/S Quigly	Self, Sgt Whitticker, Sgt Hughes	Base - Cotishall
April 7th	Halifax	W7935	Self	Sgt Wisson, Cpl Salt, Sgt Smith, Sgt Lister, Sgt Mann	Cotishall – Base, Port outer engine u/s, Starboard outer engine u/s
April 14th	Halifax	W7935	Self	OPS Crew	Ops Stuttgart, followed by fighters, bombed 12000
April 15t	Halifax	W7935	Self	OPS Crew	Oakington - base
April 16th	Halifax	W7935	Self	OPS Crew	Ops Pilsen, Landed Harwell, 6000
April 17th	Halifax	W7935	Self	OPS Crew	Harwell - Base
April 20th	Halifax	W7935	Self	OPS Crew	Ops Stettin landed Melbourne, low level over Denmark 200’, bombed 12000
April 20th	Halifax	W7935		OPS Crew	Melbourne to base
April 25th	Halifax	W7935		NOT Joe	Formation Flying
April 25th	Halifax	W7935		Not Joe	Formation Flying
April 26th	Halifax	W7935		OPS Crew	Ops Duisberg bombed 12000, A/C hit by flack over target, severe icing, frozen controls - landed Cotishall
April 28th	Halifax		Sgnt Hynd	Self	Cotishall to Base
April 30th	Halifax		Sgnt Hynd	Self	Ops Essen DNCO
May 12th	Halifax		Self	OPS Crew	Ops Duisberg, bombed 19500
May 16th	Halifax		Self	OPS Crew	Practice Bombing
May 17th	Halifax		Self	OPS Crew	Formation Flying
May 21st	Halifax		Self	OPS Crew	Formation Flying
May 24th	Halifax	BB383	Self	OPS Crew	Ops Dortmund, crew short of oxygen over Holland, 19500’ Engineer collapsed, turned back – jettisoned bombs over Dutch coast
May 25th	Halifax	BB383	Self	OPS Crew	Ops Dusseldorf – bombed 17500
June 8th	Halifax	BB249	Self	OPS Crew	Consumption test
June 11th	Halifax	BB383	Self	OPS Crew	Ops Dusseldorf – bombed A/C holed by flack
June 12th	Halifax	BB383	Self	OPS Crew	Ops Bochum – bombed 22000 A/C holed by flack
June 17th	Halifax	BB383	Self	OPS Crew	Practice Bombing
June 19th	Halifax	BB383	Self	OPS Crew	Ops Le Creusot – bombed 4500 – two runs over target to recognise aiming point. Special Recco.

Somewhere around this time the crew presumably volunteer to join 35 Squadron. They transferred to N.T.U Upwood for training. They got seven hours and fifty minutes training!
June 29th	Halifax	W7808	Self	f/Lt Mc Avoy & OPS Crew	Bombing DNCO
June 30th	Halifax	BB367	Self	S/dr Lane & OPS Crew	X country
July 1st	Halifax	W7808	Self	F/lt Plute & OPS Crew	X country

35 Squadron
July 12th	Halifax	HR801	Self	OPS Crew	Local flying
July 13th	Halifax	HR863	Self	OPS Crew	Local Flying
July 13th	Halifax	HR819	Self	OPS Crew	Ops as ordered Aachen, MISSING