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Accession Number | AWM2016.333.1 |
Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Measurement | Extent: 2.5 cm; Wallet/s: 1; Oversize: 1 |
Object type | Log book |
Maker |
Bence, Leonard Pendrell Commonwealth of Australia |
Place made | Australia, United Kingdom |
Date made | 1942-1945 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
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. |
Bence, Leonard Pendrell (Flying Officer, b.1923)
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 422915 Sergeant Leonard Pendrell Bence, No. 106 Squadron, Australia and the United Kingdom, 1942-1945.
Collection consists of one regulation issue flying log book, as well as two enclosed flight mission maps with hand written annotations. Bence's logbook covers his initial flight training with No.1 Elementary Flight Training School in Parafield, South Australia through to his transfer to the RAF and missions undertaken from England.
The maps in the collection are labelled as follows:
- Harburg to Port of Hamburg, 11/11/1944
- Rositz
These maps were used by Bence during his career as a Bomber Command pilot and were kept in his right flying boot while on missions. Bence was involved in 30 night flights over Germany with No. 106 Squadron out of Metheringham, Lincolnshire.
Leonard Pendrell Bence went on to become an artist after the war, opening a gallery in the town of Burra in South Australia. He is well known for his watercolour work featuring buildings and landscapes from the local region.
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