Wednesday 5 June 1918 – Did Not Fly

Rather unsurprisingly after yesterday’s crash, Greg was in some pain and did not fly:

Log Book

Log bookLog book

Date: 5.6.18 
Remarks: Did not fly

Diary

Diary

Wednesday June 5th 1918.  Did not fly.  Found I had flattened my nose and blackened my eye.

Shoulder painful.

Daily Orders

On this day of being confined to the ground, 42 Squadron’s CO’s Daily Orders noted that Greg and the three others who came with him from Berck Plage (Cooper, Charlesworth and Mesinger; see link below) were posted to the squadron with effect from 3 June 1918:

Daily orders
Daily orders. Click for larger image.

Greg is allocated the wireless number 48, which he will include in signals from the aircraft to an artillery battery or the Central Wireless Station. 

 

Saturday 1 June 1918 – Posted to 42 Squadron

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