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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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Saturday 1 June 1918 – Posted to 42 Squadron

In Berck Plage, at the HQ of 2 Aeroplane Supply Depot, Greg learnt that he was posted to 42 Squadron, one of the RAF’s ‘corps’ squadrons.  That evening, he began his journey to Aire-sur-la-Lys, the railhead for the squadron’s base, but didn’t get very far…

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Saturday June 1st. Posted to No 42 Squadron, together with Cooper, Charlesworth & Mesinger.

Left Bercque [sic] at 8 pm by lorry for Rang du Fliers, for train to Aire.

Caught a train as far as Etaples.  Stayed the night at the Officers’ Club.

So he travelled about 11 miles (18 km), going north back towards Boulogne:

The first stage of Greg’s journey from Berck Plage to Aire on a modern map (courtesy Google). Click for a larger, zoomable map (opens in new tab)
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