Jeffress, Neville (Flying Officer, b.1920 - d.?)

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Accession Number PR03125
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet: 1 cm
Object type Memoir, Digital file, Log book
Maker Jeffress, Neville
Place made Australia
Date made 1943-1945
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copying Provisions Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Description

Papers of 403270 Flying Officer Neville Jeffress, 271 Squadron RAF. In 2001 Jeffress wrote a memoir about his service in the Second World War. He describes his RAAF training at Amberly Queensland, through the Empire Training Scheme. Jeffress served with the 230 Sunderland quadron in Egypt and North Africa and the 271 Squadron RAF on Transport command in Europe. He was later posted for further training in Canada from August-November 1944. The collection also includes his logbook during the period he was a flight officer in 1941. The book records his air gunning excercises in August 1941 and wireless training in Parkes. Operations from 1942-1945 include flights to Malta, Mombasa and Cairo.