Original Item. One-of-a-Kind. This is a tremendous piece of WWII AAF History, a pilot’s flying log book named to Lieutenant Thomas E. Fewell. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with 2 Oak Leaves clusters for service during the war, both stateside and overseas.

The book includes a “Pilot Transition Program” sheet with Fewell’s information and a pasted in sheet of instructions for pilots under training inside the front cover. The book has had paper covering the covers with T.E. FEWELL AAF written on the front. About 30% of the book’s pages are used.

The book is dated between January 1943 and February 1944. The book itself appears to be meant for the British RAF, so much of his training seems to have taken place in the UK. From our research we believe he spent the majority of his service with the 20th Ferrying Group.

The squadron was first activated at Houlton Army Air Base, Maine, a departure station for the North Atlantic ferrying route, in March 1942 as the 20th Air Corps Ferrying Squadron. The squadron was initially assigned directly to Air Corps Ferrying Command, but in June, Ferrying Command organized the 23d Army Air Forces Ferrying Wing to manage its units on the North Atlantic route and the squadron was reassigned to it. In March 1943, the squadron became the 20th Transport Squadron.

The squadron flew and managed the ferrying of various aircraft, including Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses and Lockheed P-38 Lightnings and participated in Operation Bolero, the buildup of United States forces in the United Kingdom. On 1 September 1943, the 20th disbanded and combined with support units at Houlton to form Station 3, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command.

This is a great log book to a DFC recipient who served a great deal during World War II. Comes ready for further research and display!