Sunday 5 May 1918 – Penultimate Flying Day at Yatesbury

Greg’s last-but-one day at Yatesbury, and the last on which he would fly DH.6s saw a couple of outings around the aerodrome, for aerial fighting and general practice:

Log book entry
Log book entry
Date: 5.5.18 
Hour: 8.0 
Machine type and No.: DH 5155 
Passenger: – 
Time: 55 m 
Height: 2000 
Course: Aerodrome 
Remarks: Aerial fighting
Date: 5.5.18 
Hour: 3.5 
Machine type and No.: DH 5463 
Passenger: – 
Time: 50 m 
Height: 2000 
Course: [Aerodrome] 
Remarks: Practice

Perhaps Greg would miss friends he’d made at Yatesbury.  A later entry in his diary suggests that he was in touch for a while with Albert Gertrey, at least.  And maybe Holmes and Jones were particular friends, too:

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