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The Queen's Flight Log Books. A collection of items belonging to Squadron Leader William Dewi Rees, DFC, 26 Squadron, Royal Air Force and Queen's Flight Wireless Operator for "V.I.P. Duties", completing 147 Royal Sorties log book 1 commencing 6 May 1947, No 24 Squadron, Bassingbourn, 29 May, MW 102 (Passengers: Viceroy & Vicereine of India and Lord Ismay), 15 July (South African Cricket Side), 13 November titled;Tour of Africa by Field Marshall[sic] Montgomery C.I.G.S', 16 October 1948 'Based at Wurnstorf for Berlin Airlift', 2 February 1949 'Based at Wurnstorf for Berlin Airlift', 7 March 1949 'Tour of Medme by Field Marshal Slim C.I.G.S.', 16 September (Passengers: Marshal of the R.A.F. Lord Tedder and Lady Tedder to U.S.A.), 31 August 1951, 31 Squadron Log book 2 commencing 23 September 1952, No 31 Squadron, 15 December "Posted to the Queen's Flight, Benson", 13 February 1953 (H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh), 16 February VL 247 (H.M. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother), 6 May, London to Edzell (H.M. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and H.R.H. Princess Margaret), 9 May, London to Aberdeen (H.M. Queen Elizabeth II), 15 September, Aberdeen to London (Rt. Hon Sir Winston and Lady Churchill), 1 October 1955 Bovington to Aberdeen (The Prime Minister Rt Hon Sir Anthony Eden and Lady Eden), the V.I.P Flying Record at the back of the log book records approximately 110 V.I.P flights, the final entry in this log book is on 31 August 1956, VL232, 3481hrs25mins (day), 837hrs35mins (night) log book 3 commencing 1 September 1956, Viking VL232, 5 September 1957 Wick to London (Rt. Hon Harold Macmillan M.P. The Prime Minister), the final entry for Queen's Flight is 30 April 1958, a total of 4086hrs10mins (day), 930hrs05mins night) with a total of 147 Royal Sorties, together with two photographs / scrap albums representing Rees' career in the Royal Air Force, Berlin Airlift and Queen's Flight member for example snapshot photographs of Lord Mountbattens aircraft on a runway and newspaper cutting titled Mountbatten 'back alive', another photograph of Montgomery with newspaper cutting titled 'Montgomery Arrives in Khartoum' dated 18 December 1947 and nine Air Travel Arrangement for various royals including three for Her Majesty the Queen, Ghana and Sierra Leone 9 November to 6 December 1961 and Canada 5 to 13 October 1964 plus Ethiopia and the Sudan, 1 to 12 February 1965 and other related ephemera DFC: London Gazette 6 June 1944 Flying Officer William Dewi Rees (146276) Squadron Leader William Dewi Rees was awarded his DFC for courage and skill shown in an attack on Dusseldorf in November 1943, the citation declares that en route to his target his aircraft was attacked by enemy night fighters and so badly damaged that control was temporarily lost. Nevertheless his mission was completed despite the hazardous counter.