Year by Year › 1941
1941
The King, a film, and HMS Indomitable
Bill is the first naval pilot to take the advanced instructors' course at the RAF Central Flying School, then teaches at Yeovilton. On 20 May King George VI presents his DSC. In September, flying Hurricanes at Sumburgh, he earns the name “Moose”, and in October he joins 880 Squadron as Senior Pilot aboard the new carrier HMS Indomitable. His surviving log book begins in July.
24 letters · 194 flights, 134 hours 35 minutes · 1 newspaper cutting · 3 books
January
February
March
Places named
Wrote
April
Wrote
May
June
July
Places named
Flew
65 flights, 39 hours 25 minutes: Master 29, Gladiator 12, Hurricane 10, Swordfish 7, Skua 4, Moth 3
August
Places named
Flew
52 flights, 35 hours 5 minutes: Master 26, Hurricane 18, Martlet 3, Proctor 2, Chesapeake 1, Sea Hurricane 1, Oxford 1
September
Places named
Flew
28 flights, 18 hours 40 minutes: Hurricane 28
October
Flew
23 flights, 19 hours 10 minutes: Hurricane 21, Walrus 2
November
Flew
15 flights, 14 hours 5 minutes: Hurricane 15
December
Places named
Flew
11 flights, 8 hours 10 minutes: Hurricane 11
In the books
- Sea Flight Hugh Popham, 1954
- Bader Michael G. Burns, 1990
- Naval Fighter Pilot A. H. Wren, 1998