Accession Number | PR03104 |
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Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Measurement | 2 wallets: 4cm |
Object type | Log book, Photograph |
Maker |
Linn, Colin Cecil |
Place made | Australia, Netherlands East Indies |
Date made | 1942-1945 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Linn, Colin Cecil (Flight Lieutenant, b.1915 - d.2004)
Description
Collection relating to the service of 422863 Flight Lieutenant Colin Cecil Linn, 7 Operational Training Unit, RAAF, 1942-1945. Collection consits of one RAAF Flying log Book; a photograph album and 17 loose photographs; two Christmas cards from 21 Squadron; 19 aerial photographs showing regional targets and bombing in Indonesia, 1945; and a signed novelty menu from the 'Hot Air Publication 1030mbs, the Air Almanac, of 33 Course Dinner, Wednesday June 23 1943'. The collection documents both professional and personal aspects of Linn's flying career with the RAAF, highlighting not only training and missions, but also recreational activities and squadron humour.