Brown, Lawrence Victor (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner b.1918) Accession Number: PR00988

Description

Original personal diary written by 416057 Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Lawrence Victor Brown and two volumes of typed transcript, with accompanying retrospective summary of events and personal experiences in Africa, prior to diary commencing in 1941. Diary content covers: training in Australia with RAAF units, including No.1 Wireless School, and training in North and East Africa with 55 Squadron RAF. In Kenya, with 70 Operational Training Unit, Brown trained and flew in "Baltimore" Light Bombers; he subsequently served with 55 Squadron RAF in Egypt, Tunisia, Sicily and Malta. Brown also served in England as a RAF instructor.

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Accession Number
PR00988
Maker
Lawrence Victor Brown
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Copy
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1941-1998
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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