Fleming, Edward Lloyd (Wing Commander, b.1925 - d.2021)

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Accession Number AWM2019.1030.1
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement Extent: 2.5 cm; Wallet/s: 1
Object type Log book
Maker Fleming, Edward Lloyd
Royal Australian Air Force
Place made Australia, United Kingdom, Vietnam
Date made 1943-1980
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

Collection relating to the Second World War and Vietnam War service of O318689 (430651) Wing Commander Edward Lloyd Fleming, 550 Squadron, RAAF Reserve and 4 RAAF Hospital, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Australia, United Kingdom, Australia, the United Kingdom and Vietnam, 1943-1980.

Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one flying logbook of Wing Commander Edward Lloyd Fleming, containing entries dated between June 1943 and July 1980. This logbook covers the periods of Wing Commander Fleming’s training in Australia and the United Kingdom; service with 550 Squadron in the United Kingdom; service with the RAAF Reserve as a senior surgical specialist; and service with 4 RAAF Hospital in Vietnam as a locum surgeon. The log book includes details such as dates and times of flights, aircraft types and numbers, names of crew members, and purposes of flights. Purposes include operational training, cross country flights, instructional flights, recreational flights, medivac flights, and transportation to surgeries. Also contained in the log book are certificates, licences, newspaper clippings and weather reports.