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Recent acquisition: new Private Records relating to ‘G for George’

03 February 2010 by Alessandro Antonello. 2 Comments
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Detail of navigation map kept by William Gourlay, showing Nuremberg (PR04522)Detail of navigation map kept by William Gourlay, showing Nuremberg (PR04522)

The Australian War Memorial has recently received important documents relating to the Nuremberg bombing raid of 30-31 March 1944 and the iconic Lancaster bomber ‘G for George’.  Through a generous donation, the navigation log and map made by William Albert Gourlay, navigator on board ‘G for George’ for the fateful raid, have been added to the Private Records collection (PR04522).  These will complement our holdings relating to Bomber Command, and the Nuremberg raid in particular.

Detail from the navigation log of William Gourlay (PR04522)Detail from the navigation log of William Gourlay (PR04522)

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