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Flying log book, diaries, letters and telegrams relating to FO Crapp's training as a navigator in Canada and England and his service with 460 Squadron and 100 Squadron RAF. There are 3 diaries and over 70 letters covering the period August 1941 to March 1943, the letters expanding on details recorded in the diaries. The letters are mainly addressed to his father, a Methodist minister in Singleton, and contain many reflections on his faith, the meaning of the war and the Allied cause as a Christian crusade. The letters and diaries describe his impressions of Auckland and Vancouver, training in Edmonton and at No 5 Bombing and Gunnery School, Dafoe, visits to friends and people associated with church, sightseeing and entertainments, the culture shock of leave in New York, bombing attacks on Britain and damage from bombs in London, his reluctance to serve "overseas", the patronising attitude of RAF officers towards "colonials", accidents and deaths in the squadron, periods of idleness, enthusiasm for the Lancaster aircraft, operations over enemy territory including bombing raids on Bremen, Essen and Berlin, the unreality of his life in England and reflections on death and dying. FO Crapp died in France on 4 March 1943.
Extensive collection of papers (including letters, diaries, logbooks) describing enlistment, training in Australia and Canada, and active service in Europe. Includes `Australia Remembers' souvenir lea
Collection of original letters sent to his family in Australia by NX40492 Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Hedley Spencer Crapp, and written from Malaya in 1941 before he became a prisoner of war of the Japanes
Flying logbook, telegrams, newspaper cuttings, letters written to wife while stationed at Darwin with Group H (later Group 662), 2 Squadron RAAF. Describes flying Hudsons on reconnaissance trips and b
Collection of 2 original letters written in 1943 and 1944 by portrait artist, Norman St Clair Carter, to the family of 421127 Flying Officer (FO) Alexander Sommerville Roulston, 587 Squadron RAF, Roya
Typescript copy of diary detailing journey to the United Kingdom via the United States, operational training with night fighter squadron before posting to Pathfinder Force with operations over Europe.
Extensive collection of papers of Flying Officer (FO) Max John Nottage from his service with 460 Squadron RAAF during the Second World War. Includes note books, training notes, programs for functions