Flockhart, Colin Kelvin (Flight Officer, b.1924 - d.1945) Accession Number: PR84/091

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Collection relating to the Second World War service of Flying Officer Colin Kelvin Flockhart, RAAF. Collection consists of an original handwritten three page letter (and envelope) written by Flockhart on 1 December 1944 from England, to his family in Australia. Flockhart wrote the letter in the event he was killed to describe to his family his positive and happy experience with the RAAF, his belief in what he was doing, his faith in God and the contentment he felt, and his appreciation of them as a family. Flockhart was killed in a flying battle over France on 8th January 1945.

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Accession Number
PR84/091
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Letter
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1944
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
AWM315 419/002/029
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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