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Flight Lieutenant Emblin
Call Sign: Madov - with No. 41 Squadron since 2020-05-11
PILOT'S FLYING LOG BOOKJuly, 2020 |
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| Year: | Aircraft. | Pilot, or 1st Pilot. |
2nd Pilot, Pupil, or Passanger. |
DUTY (Including Results And Remarks). |
Single-Engine Aircraft. | Multi-Engine Aircraft. | ||||
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| 2020 | Type. | No. | Pilot, or 1st Pilot. |
2nd Pilot, Pupil, or Passanger. |
Pilot, or 1st Pilot. |
2nd Pilot, Pupil, or Passanger. |
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| Month. | Date. | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Totals Brought Forward | 17h 36 | 0h 0 | 0h 0 | 0h 0 |
| 7 | 1 | Spitfire IX | EB-ESM823 | Self | Offensive Sweep from Le Culot. Patrol between Venlo and Wassenberg. | - | ||||
| F/Lt Emblin failed to return and is missing. | ||||||||||
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| 7 | 4 | Spitfire IX | EB-ESM823 | Self | Flying Training from Gent. Air fighting excersise. | 1h 0 | ||||
| 7 | 15 | Spitfire IX | EB-ESM823 | Self | Defensive Patrol from Y-45 near Aachen. Patrol over bomb line between Cologne and Bonn.F123 | 0h 45 | ||||
| 7 | 17 | Spitfire IX | EB-ESM823 | Self | Defensive Patrol from Gilze. Patrol as ordered between Arnhem and Emmerich.F125 | 1h 0 | ||||
| The OC Sqn, Sqn Ldr Steve 'Skipper ' Merfort was killed this evening. I saw his a/c nosedive into the ground and Gunny saw it explode. Very sombre evening in the Mess. | ||||||||||
| 7 | 18 | Spitfire IX | EB-ESM823 | Self | Ground Attack from B.58. Dive-bombing dugouts.F129A16 | 1h 0 | ||||
| Gunny got himself killed today, shot down into the water. Claimed to have seen a Me262 on the R/T before he went in. Poor chap! Red Two buggered up my lovely 'E' and now it has to go to an MU in the rear for repair. Bloody clot! He ran into me on landing. | ||||||||||
| 7 | 19 | Spitfire IX | EB-ESM823 | Self | Ground Attack from Gilze. Dive-bombing of a fuel depot.F136 | 1h 15 | ||||
| Ran out of fuel over Tilburg on way back today after a gruelling mission. Upside was a perfect dead stick landing at Glize which was only a few miles away and I was at a good enough altitude to glide without difficulty. Skills and drills! | ||||||||||
| 7 | 20 | Spitfire IX | EB-ESM823 | Self | Ground Attack from Gilze. Bombing enemy airfield Kirchhellen.F140 | 1h 0 | ||||
| Poor bombing performance. Different drill required for shallow angle attack and training to be organized. | ||||||||||
| 7 | 21 | Spitfire IX | EB-ESM823 | Self | Intercept from Gilze. 'A' Flight up on an intercept mission out east to the patrol line of Veghel to the bombline. Heavy snow conditions with a strong northerly wind and thick overcast from 3000 ft to over 7000 ft. Flight of enemy Junkers Ju-88 intercepted and totally destroyed. F/O Steele is missing in action from the air combat at that time. All pilots returned to Gilze except P/O Z.Lamothe who put down at Nijmegen.F142A21 | 0h 45 | ||||
| GRAND TOTAL [ Cols. (1) to (4) ] | Totals Carried Forward | 24h 21 | 0h 0 | 0h 0 | 0h 0 | |||||
| .........24......... Hrs. .........21......... Mins. | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | ||||||