Marks, Rodney Stuart (Warrant Officer, b.1921 - d.?)

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Accession Number AWM2017.1112.2
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement Extent: 1 cm; Wallet/s: 1
Object type Log book, Memoir
Maker Commonwealth of Australia
Marks, Rodney Stuart
Place made Australia, United Kingdom
Date made 1943-1945
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required., 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

Collection relating to the Second World War service of 422280 Warrant Officer Rodney Stuart Marks, No. 466 Squadron Squadron (RAAF), United Kingdom and Australia, 1943-1945.

Collection includes W/O Marks' RAAF 'Oberserver's Air Gunner's and W/T Operator's Flying Log Book' and records his service as an air gunner in various aircraft, but primarily Halifaxes as part of Bomber Command. Also included is a typescript account entitled 'God Help Me!' of W/O Marks' experience in a Halifax when two of four engines failed, causing an emergency landing in a field. All survived despite most of the aircraft's payload still being in situ.