[Andy Fletcher]

Hi Joe,

I can't say for certain during WWII but I would have thought not.

Certainly in the present day RAF (15 years ago anyway) maintenance documentation (F700 series) for a particular a/c is only carried on that a/c under special circumstances, ie a/c in transit to another base without any other means of transporting the documentation.

The reason maintenance docs aren't carried on the a/c they pertain to under normal circumstances is that in the event of an accident where by the a/c is lost at least the maintenance procedures carried out can be scrutinised to help with accident investigation.

Andy Fletcher