Roald Dahl RAF Logbook : anyone has it ?

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bobolex

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Feb 7, 2014
Hello,
Does anyone have facsimiles of the ages of Roald Dahl's wartime flying logbook ? I know the pages that are reproduced in 'Solo', mainly about his flying in Egypt and Greece, but I would be interested in the early pages, concerning his training in Kenya and such. Does anyone have those ?
The logbook is preserved at the RD foundation, so I can ask there, but I wanted to ask here first.
Thanks !
 
Regarding Raold Dahl as a pilot, I was fascinated by his account of (lack of) training in Egypt, and his flight from there to Greece without understanding use of droppable fuel tanks.
However, in an RD biography I read that his self-reporting was often exaggerated. Casting doubt on these episodes.
Does anyone have more information about his pre-combat flying?
 
Regarding Raold Dahl as a pilot, I was fascinated by his account of (lack of) training in Egypt, and his flight from there to Greece without understanding use of droppable fuel tanks.
However, in an RD biography I read that his self-reporting was often exaggerated. Casting doubt on these episodes.
Does anyone have more information about his pre-combat flying?
Going Solo has a fair bit of information on his flight training, but you may have read that. I would like more info too. I will check with the museum, but I had not thought about a biography.
Regarding the droppable fuel tanks: the ferry tanks on Hurricanes were not droppable, just meant to be removed on arrival. But yes, he did have very little flight training on the Hurricane (after flying only biplanes) before the long flight over the Mediterranean from Cairo to Athens.
 

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