The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 424646 Flight Lieutenant Vernon Warwick Ashes DFC, 101 Squadron RAAF. Collection consists of three notebooks kept by Ashes, photocopy of extracts from Ashes flying log book, his RAAF Official Identity Card, and a citation for Ashes's Distinguished Flying Cross from the Governor General office with envelope.
Ashes originally joined the Army, serving with 111 Anti Tank Regiment. He switched over to the RAAF in October 1942. Ashes trained at Narrandera and Canada as part of EATS and then went to the UK as a pilot with RAF Bomber Command. He served with No 101 Squadron RAF. He flew 27 night and 5 daylight missions and was awarded the DFC. No 101 Squadron was a special squadron flying Lancasters equipped with ABC - this required an 8th (German speaking) crew member.
Pair of brown leather gloves with stitching around the thumb and between each finger. Three raised ridges are stitched in the leather down the centre of the back of each glove. Worn with winter serv
Collection relating to the service of Flight Lieutenant Douglas Charles Hurst DFC, 77 Squadron. The collection includes a citation (and envelope) for Hurst's DFC and an article from ‘Pix’ magazine on
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 412023 Flight Lieutenant Francis James Kelly DFC, No. 101 Squadron, United Kingdom, 1941-1944. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of Kelly's flying logboo
FLYING LOGBOOK DETAILING TRAINING AND EVENTUAL POSTING TO AN OPERATIONAL BOMBER COMMAND UNIT ACTIVE OVER GERMANY AND VARIOUS PERSONAL PAPERS CONCERNING THE AWARD OF HIS DFC AND LATER DEMOBILIZATION
Papers relating to Flight Lieutenant Turnau's service as a Polish airman with the RAF and the conferring of his DFC. Also references on Flight Lieutenant Turnau. Covers period 1947. Certificate of dis
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 421224 Flight Lieutenant Laurie Raymond Jones, 160 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Bahamas, India, and Ceylon 1943-1944. Wallet 1 of 1 –