Log book of Gerard Henderson Cowan

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Accession Number AWM2019.22.260
Collection number 3DRL/3660
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Object type Log book
Physical description 28 Image/s captured
Maker Cowan, Gerard Henderson
Place made France, United Kingdom: England
Date made 1918-1919
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Source credit to This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.
Description

Log book relating to the First World War service of Flying Officer Gerald Henderson Cowan, 2nd Squadron, Australian Flying Corps.

This flying log book records flights that Cowan made between 1 June 1918 and 15 January 1919, and includes details such as dates, instructors, type of aircraft, and time flown. It also records the reasons for flights, including practicing turns, landings and loops, formation flight training, cross country flights, Cowan’s first solo flight on 6 July 1918, engine running, altitude testing, and practice for flying in clouds.

Gerard Henderson Cowan qualified as a pilot and flew with the Australian Flying Corps in England and France. However, he died of illness on 22 February 1919.