RAAF officer's cap : Flying Officer P L McCartin, 75 (NZ) Squadron, RAF

Officer's RAAF blue wool peaked cap with padded badge. The leather sweatband of the cap is impressed with the maker's name 'L. Silberston & Sons LONDON'. The crown of the hat is padded with quilted cotton and lined with clear plastic. The cap is complete with a black leather chinstrap.

419328 Flying Officer Patrick Leo McCartin was born in Geelong, Victoria in December 1915. He was named after his uncle Lieutenant Leo McCartin, MC, who was killed in action on the Western Front in 1918. He enlisted in the RAAF as a Leading Aircraftman on 18 July 1942 and began training on DH-82, Link Trainers and Anson aircraft in Australia and England from December 1942 to November 1943. In April 1944, with the rank of Flight Sergeant, McCartin began training on Wellington and Stirling bombers and then, after a promotion to Flying Officer, began flying Lancasters with 75 (NZ) Squadron, RAF in August 1944. He flew numerous operations over occupied Europe and was listed missing, later confirmed killed, on an operation over Homberg on 20 November 1944, flying Lancaster III, JN-V. He is buried at Reichswald Forest war cemetery at Kleve, Germany.

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