Back to work at Rely and back in the air, but only for a 10 minute evening machine test flight.
Log Book
Date: 4.10.18 Time Out: 18.00 Rounds Fired – Lewis: - Rounds Fired – Vickers: - Bombs: - Time on RE8s: 161 hrs 00 mins RE8: 2517 Observer: 2/A.M. Nixon War Flying: 0 hrs 10 mins Height: 2000 Course/Remarks: Machine test – O.K.
Machine Test on RE8 2517
Although 2517 was deemed ‘OK’ in the machine test with Air Mechanic (2nd Class) Nixon, Greg didn’t actually fly it again until 22 October, at which point it became his regular ‘bus’.
This first flight after Greg’s leave was much less eventful than his flight exactly four months ago when he had just arrived at Rely and joined 42 Squadron:
Tuesday 4 June 1918 – Near Disaster on the First Day on the Front