| Places | |
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| Accession Number | AWM2021.762.1 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | Extent: .5 cm; Wallet/s: 1 |
| Object type | Log book |
| Maker |
Gahan, Geoffrey Russell |
| Place made | Australia, United Kingdom |
| Date made | 1940-1942 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Gahan, Geoffrey Russell (Flight Sergeant, b.1915 - d.1942)
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 400174 Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Russell Gahan, 15 Squadron and 7 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia and the United Kingdom, 1940-1942.
Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one log book of Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Russell Gahan, containing entries dated between December 1940 and May 1942. This log book covers the period of Flight Sergeant Gahan’s training in Australia and the United Kingdom, and subsequent service as an air gunner with 15 Squadron and 7 Squadron in the United Kingdom. It contains details such as dates and times of flights, aircraft types and numbers, pilots, and purposes of flights. Some of the recorded purposes of flights include gunnery training, air tests, transportation, and bombing operations over Europe.