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Auction: 22101 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 493

Air Gunner's Log Books of Air Gunner R. C. Jones, Royal Air Force, who flew operationally on the North-West Frontier in the late 1930s with No. 39 Squadron and also saw active service during the Second World War

Air Gunner's Log Books, covering the dates 4 October 1937-31 August 1939 and 1 September 1939-25 April 1945, with a total of 1171.50 hours noted, spines lacking on both and cloth peeling off, a rare survivor, fine (2)

R. C. Jones flew with No. 39 Squadron and earned a 2-clasp India General Service Medal 1935-39. He flew a number of operational bombing missions in Harts in April 1938 and 'tribal bombing' at Splitoi on 13 May 1938. In October 1938 he flew on another 'tribal bombing' mission. By the time of the Second World War, Jones flew in Blemheim 1498 for the bombing of Diradawa Air Field, Abyssinia on 12 June 1940 and on the Macaaca on 7 July 1940. He saw further action working with the Somaliforce in August 1940, bombing troop concentrations and convoys and visited Diredawa on numerous occasions.

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