James, Ralph Reginald (Flying Officer, b.1912 - d.1943) Accession Number: PR00661

Description

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 bombing raids over Dili and other Timor locations, Ambon, "dog fights" with Zeros, Japanese recon and bombing trips over Darwin, attitudes towards Japanese and Americans, locating crash survirors of HMAS Armidale in rafts at sea, dropping supplies to Australian operatives in Timor, accommodation, rest home for Squadron, and family news. Many tender love letters, depicting the pain of separation, to wife who was staying with family at Lake Eacham Hotel, Yungaburra. FO James went missing over the Timor Sea in April 1943.

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Accession Number
PR00661
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Logbook
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1941-1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Provenance
AWM371 92/0511
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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