Signees Archives - The Log Book Project

Air Marshal Douglas King Lee

29 October 2020 Lars McKie 0

Douglas King-Lee was commissioned as a pilot officer in the Indian Air Force (IAF) in November 1944. During WWII, the Indian Air Force (IAF) played an instrumental role in halting the Japanese advance in Burma. [Read more]

Henry Parham

9 October 2020 Nick Devaux 0

One iconic image from D-day is one of beached LSTs on Omaha beach. Floating above the ships are silver oval shaped balloons as military vehicles drives off the LSTs. These balloons are known as “barrage [Read more]

Joseph “Joe” Joiner

9 September 2020 Nick Devaux Comments Off

Joseph “Joe” Joiner amassed a staggering 10,000 hours in fighter planes over a 30 year US Air Force career. During WWII, Joiner flew 84 missions encompassing 374 combat hours over Europe, shooting down 4 Luftwaffe [Read more]

Albert Jarret

10 May 2020 Lars McKie 0

He was only 17 years old when he joined the RAF in 1942 on his home island of Jamaica. He left his home in 1943 crossing the Atlantic to join the armed forces of Britain. [Read more]

Mrs Merle Taylor

23 January 2020 Lars McKie 0

Mrs Merle Taylor served as a Wireless Operator Ground (WOG) instructor at No 4 SFTS Saskatoon. Her late husband, Fred Taylor, served as a Wireless Electric Mechanic and was stationed at No. 3 SFTS Calgary [Read more]

Louis Graziano

7 December 2019 Nick Devaux 0

Few words that are sufficient to adequately describe the story of Mr Louis Graziano. It is hard to put perspective to the experiences and perils endured. From a stormy Atlantic crossing with his ship nearly [Read more]

Nikolai Imchuk

20 October 2019 Lars McKie 0

NIKOLAI IMCHUK – Soviet Army, 328th Katyusha Rocket Launcher Regiment As war broke out the 11 year old Nikolai Imchuk was at an orphanage in Uman, near Kiev, Ukraine, when it was bombed by the [Read more]

Nina Mikhailovna DANILKOVICH

20 October 2019 Lars McKie 0

Mrs Nina Mikhailovna Danilkovich is 12 years old when the Great Patriotic War started in June of 1941. She lives in the region of Brest in western Belarus that becomes occupied by German troops. Similar [Read more]

Sydney “Stevie” Stevens

12 October 2019 Lars McKie 0

SYDNEY “STEVIE” STEVENS – Fl. Lt., No. 57 Squadron RAF, Lancasters Sydney “Stevie” Stevens joined the RAF after his family’s home was bombed, parents surviving but everything he owned, down to a single pair of [Read more]

Mrs Gabriel “Bie” Verlinden

15 September 2019 Nick Devaux 0

The journey of the Log Book is completely circumstantial and coincidental. To whom and where it goes next has been fluid from day one. The first intended signatory was a Japanese pilot named Kename Harada [Read more]