Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1938-1960 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
3 volumes
Scope and content
Flying log books (3 volumes) of Gp Capt Trenham Christopher Musgrave, covering his RAF career, 1938-1960, including details of bombing and airborne support missions over North West Europe with 53 Sqn, 1942-43 and 296 Sqn, 1944-45, including the Battle of Arnhem (Operation MARKET GARDEN), Sep 1944.
System of arrangement
3 volumes
General Information
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born 1916, joined RAFVR 1938; Sgt 1938; Pilot Officer 1939; Flying Officer 1940; 53 Sqn, Thorney Island, Jan-Apr 1941, flying Blenheims, made 17 operational flights, mainly against shipping and French coastal targets; Flight Lt 1941; 297 Sqn, Hurn, May 1942- Jan 1943, mainly involved in airborne troop training; Sqn Ldr 1942; AFC 1942; Sqn Ldr "Tactics" 38 Wing, Northavon, Feb 1943 - Aug 1944; Wg Cdr 1944; commanded 296 Sqn, Sep 1944 - May 1945, mainly involved in airborne training and operations including Battle of Arnhem (Operation MARKET GARDEN), Sep 1944; OBE 1945; Wg Cdr Ops, HQ 38 Group, 1947-48; Staff College 1948; Gp Capt 1948; retired 1960; died 1999.
Repository
Custodial history
Presented by family, 2001
Conditions governing access
Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied from open material for research purposes only.
Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, via the Archives.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Existence and location of originals
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Place access points
People and Organisations
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Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.
Script(s)
Archivist's note
Source RAF Lists. Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.