Assortment of Documents/Books RAAF W/O

[RobertCOUTTS]

RAAF Documents

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[RobertCOUTTS]

RAAF Documents

some kind of Ham Radio Club information?

[RobertCOUTTS]

RAAF Documents

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[RobertCOUTTS]

RAAF Documents

more radio stuff.

[RobertCOUTTS]

RAAF Documents

last one.

[LuftMike]

Absolutely stunning! A lucky group to find, I love it. It looks like he was also promoted to Flying Officer at some point?

[byterock]

Looks like his final rank was F/O or Flying Officer which one would expect as he was a Navigator most if not all were promoted by war end.

Some cool stuff in there. The song is a real gem you might want to check with the Aussie war museum to see if they have that one of file??

Lots of nice 'chits' in that one.

Any old Raf, Raaf or Rcaf had would tell you that you that they spent most of the war dealing with 'chits' of one form or another.

[byterock]

Seems he spent his war service in the RAF (not unuaual)

here is a link to the Squadron he may have been in

http://www.raf.mod.uk/history_old/h267.html

http://www.topcatcomputing.com.au/26...n/history.html

[RobertCOUTTS]

RAAF Documents

I think your right that squadron served in all the areas he appears to have been in at one time or other. The Mediterranean Service would explain the Spanish language booklet.
thanks for the comments Im now glad I bought the lot.
cheers Robert

[LuftMike]

I checked the AWM, no viewable service record, although you can order it. Here's your chap:

Name COOPER, BRUCE ASHLEIGH
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Service Number 420542
Date of Birth 8 Dec 1921
Place of Birth BONDI, NSW
Date of Enlistment 8 Nov 1941
Locality on Enlistment Unknown
Place of Enlistment SYDNEY, NSW
Next of Kin COOPER, WILLIAM
Date of Discharge 22 Feb 1946
Rank Flying Officer
Posting at Discharge 3 ADU

No Gallantry awards, so he's a little harder to track, but at least it's a start!

[RobertCOUTTS]

Australian Airman

Mike thanks for that information. I guess the old chap has passed away recently and his family put his memories up for auction they were in an envelope marked old stuff. Its funny the things one keeps for decades only to have them thrown out by a family member. Rather sad. Of course theres the monetary attraction. In this case it wasnt much.
cheers Robert

[DJT]

Nice interesting lot, thanks for posting it.