Nowland, Raymond Waller (Flight Lieutenant, b.1917 – d.1980)

Collection relating to the Second World War service of 406366 Flight Lieutenant Raymond Waller Nowland, 84 Squadron and 1579 Calibration Flight, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, United Kingdom, Middle East and India, 1941-1945.

Wallet 1 of 1 – Contains two folders of material relating to Flight Lieutenant Raymond Waller Nowland.

Folder 1 of 2 consists of one flying log book of Flight Lieutenant Nowland, containing entries dated between 10 January 1941 and 12 January 1945. It covers the period of Flight Lieutenant Nowland’s training in Australia and the United Kingdom, and service with 84 Squadron and 1579 Calibration Flight in South-East Asia. The entries record details such as dates and times of flights, aircraft types and numbers, other crewmembers, purposes of flights, and additional notes. Some of the purposes of flights include elementary flying training, service flying training, operational training, aircraft conversion, aircraft tests, transport of supplies and personnel, air fighting training, bombing operations targeting Japanese positions in Burma and Thailand, equipment calibration, and cooperative exercises with the Army.

Folder 2 of 2 consists of three items relating to Flight Lieutenant Nowland. It contains:
1x Copy of photograph of Raymond Waller Nowland, [date unknown]
1x Fortress Commander’s Permit for Karachi Protected Area issued to Flight Lieutenant Nowland, India, issued 20 May 1942
1x Certificate of Service and Discharge of Flight Lieutenant Nowland, issued 26 February 1943

Flight Lieutenant Raymond Waller Nowland enlisted to the Royal Australian Air Force on 11 November 1940. He undertook his flying training in Western Australia, and went on to complete his operation training in the United Kingdom. Flight Lieutenant Nowland went on to serve as a pilot with 84 Squadron, based in India. With his squadron, Flight Lieutenant Nowland participated in aerial operations targeting Japanese positions in Burma and Thailand. He was also attached to 1579 Calibration Flight for several months. Flight Lieutenant Nowland was discharged on 15 January 1946.

• Wallet 1 of 1 - Flying logbok and papers of Raymond Waller Nowland