Plotting the significant events related to signers of The Log Book in chronological order.
Date | Event |
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1943-01-13 | David Craig, British Merchant Navy joins the SS Dover Hill as third radio officer. |
1943-01-27 | Raymond Glensor, Navigator, RNZAF returns to UK after having escaped occupied France through Spain and Gibraltar. |
1943-02-15 | David Craig, British Merchant Navy, sails with SS Dover Hill on Convoy JW 53 bound for Murmansk, Russia. |
1943-02-25 | David Craig, British Merchant Navy, SS Dover Hill in Convoy JW53 is bombed by Luftwaffe JU-88's causing minimal damage but wounding one gunner. |
1943-02-27 | David Craig, British Merchant Navy, SS Dover Hill, arrives Kola Inlet in Russia with Convoy JW53. |
1943-04-04 | David Craig, British Merchant Navy, SS Dover Hill is attacked by two Luftwaffe JU-88's while anchored in Murmansk, Russia. One bomb hit the ship but fails to explode, burying itself in the ships coal bunker. |
1943-04-06 | David Craig, British Merchant Navy, SS Dover Hill, the unexploded 500kg bomb is finally located and defused by Russian officer Major Pavel Alexeevich Panin. |
1943-05-23 | Sydney "Stevie" Stevens of 57 Squadron RAF flies his first mission as a Lancaster captain on a night raid to Dortmund. |
1943-11-01 | Larry Kirby, USMC, E-Co, 2/9, 3rd MarDiv participates in the landing at Cape Torokina which starts the Bougainville campaign. |
1943-11-20 | Douglas Devaux, USAF, graduates from Flight Radio Operator course at Air Transport Command Transition Training School in Miami, Florida. |
1943-12-20 | Les Rutherford, Bomb Aimer, No. 50 Squadron RAF is blown clear of his Lancaster midair over Germany but parachutes safely. |
1943-12-30 | Lester Schrenk, USAF, B-17 Ball Turret Gunner, 327th BS, 92BG flies his 1st mission and participates in raid "VIII Bomber Command 169" of the oil refinery and port area of Ludwigshafen, Germany. |