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Planenut56
29th December 2016, 00:23
Hi,
I have two logbooks for this gentleman, who originally flew as second pilot for Imperial Airways, then when war broke out flew civil aircraft to France, the Channel Islands, and then Stockholm presumably with NAL. After qualifying as a First Pilot he flew for some time on the Takoradi shuttle and then as an instructor on twins in South Africa. Post-war he flew for BOAC.
Can anyone advise where might be the best place to pass these logbooks on to? The information on wartime flights is a primary resource for RAF researchers, which suggests I should donate them to the RAF Museum, but he also flew for civil concerns as well, and I would want civil researchers to be able to access the logbooks.
Unfortunately I am missing his first logbook.
Thanks,

Jagan
29th December 2016, 05:07
Planenut56

Wherever the logbooks are donated to - the best way to ensure the logbooks are accessible for researchers is to take Digital photos of all the pages and upload them on any photo hosting site. If you can use a camera to take pictures of all the pages, you can transfer the photos via dropbox or wetransfer.com to one of us and we can host it on a photo hosting site. Once its on the internet, its accessible for all researchers!

-Jagan

Errol Martyn
29th December 2016, 08:40
The British Airways Heritage Collection would, I'm sure, wlecome the original logbooks after copying.

See here for further info:

http://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/information/about-ba/history-and-heritage/heritage-collection#contact

Errol

Planenut56
2nd January 2017, 18:52
The British Airways Heritage Collection would, I'm sure, welcome the original logbooks after copying.

See here for further info:

http://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/information/about-ba/history-and-heritage/heritage-collection#contact

Errol

Thanks,
I have used the link to contact them by e-mail.
Yours,
Chris Semmens