He flew 28 combat sorties between August 1944 to May 1945 and then stayed with them in Transport Command until De-Mob in May 1946. He totalled 929 daylight hours and 173 night hours. My Aunt said that on their trips back from India, they'd bring back carpets and because this wasn't allowed they'd drop them out of the aircraft when on final approach and go and collect them later....

From his logbook, he was a qualified W/Op / Air Gunner / Radar Operator. On some of his photos his half wing has an "S" (Air Signaller) and on others he has "AG" (Air Gunner). I should also say that he was in the VR (I think this gave them a little extra pay and made sure they didn't end up down a coal mine!).

Charles Airey & Crew

Outten & crew with FL972 'E' - most likely RAF Ballykelly. This image was posted to the RAFB24 Liberator forum by Dugan with the following. "My quest is to identify the liberator in the picture . My brother was the skipper and he is on the left of the group .He carried the picture in his wallet until his death .It was then passed on to me it". source