Flying-Officer J. E. LYDALL
Does anyone of this congregation know of the above WW2 pilot?
My mother (92 years young ex-WReN) found his 2nd log book, (runs Dec 1940 - Feb 1943) at an antiques fair/curio sale and was upset that such an item should end up thus. She purchased it, (the stallholder thought it had come from a house clearance), now some years later, she has given it to me, and interesting reading it makes. This log book covers his service with 267 Comm Sqdn, 113(B)Sqdn, 272 (Beaufighter) Sqdn (all of these in the middle east). After his return to UK and leave in 1942, he goes to fly for the Parachute Training School at Ringway and that is where this log book ends in Feb. 1943.
His Aircraft Flown page has 35 types logged and his Aerodromes landed at totals 100 in the UK, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Cyprus, Libya, Crete, Greece, and Sudan.
Here's hoping someone here can tell me more
Ian BB