| Accession Number | AWM2021.7.4 |
|---|---|
| Collection number | PR03263 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Wallet |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Log book, Newspaper cutting, Letter |
| Physical description | 28 Image/s captured |
| Date made | 1941-1942, 1945, 1949 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Wallet 1 of 2 - Fairfax, Allan Graham (Pilot Officer, b.1917 - d.1942)
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 412502 Pilot Officer Allan Graham Fairfax, 19 Bombardment Group, Australia, New Guinea, 1940-1942.
Wallet 1 of 2 - Consists of a letter acknowledging Fairfax's application for entry into the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), his flying log book, and a news clipping from December 1942 reporting recent RAAF casualties killed or missing on operations; the list includes Fairfax and Flight Sergeant Rawdon Middleton VC. Fairfax's log book dates from November 1941. It documents his training as an observer and navigator at No 2 Air Observers School in Mt Gambier and No 19 Air Observers Advanced Navigation Course in Parkes, as well as his subsequent operational service over New Guinea with the 19th Bombardment Group, United States Army Air Force (USAAF). Fairfax's final logged flight is 17 November 1942; five days before he was posted as missing on air operations.