Weir, Greg. Hickey, Ronald R

Title

Weir, Greg. Hickey, Ronald R

Description

Seventeen items. Collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Ronald Roy Hickey DFC (b 1922, Royal Australian Air Force). He completed a tour of 35 operations as a Halifax pilot on 466 and 462 Squadrons after which he transferred to Transport Command. Collection contains photograph, his log books, decorations and pilot's brevet.

Date

2017-04-26

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Weir, G

Collection Items

Royal Australian Air Force pilot's brevet
Cloth pilots brevet with RAAF.

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Decorations
Nine decorations. Distinguished Flying Cross, 1939–1945 Star, Burma Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939–1945, Australia Service Medal 1939–1945, Australian Service Medal 1945–1975 with three clasps and Australian…

Page from pilot's flying log book
Gives total flying while on 38 Squadron RAAF on C-47 and assessment of ability.

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Ronald Hickey - Royal Australian Air Force flying log book. Two
Logs civilian flights for Trans Australia Airways from September 1950 to June 1961. Aircraft flown were DC-3 (C-47), Loadstar, Viscount and F-27.This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are…

Ronald Hickey - Royal Australian Air Force flying log book. One
Royal Australian Air Force flying log book for Ronald Hickey, pilot. Covers the period from 9 August 1942 to 23 August 1950. It details his training, Bomber Command operations, flights in Transport Command and post-war civilian flying. He was based…

Group having tea
Three men, a woman and a girl sitting on the ground with plates and cups in front of them. On the reverse 'Mr and Mrs Armstrong and Sheila, myself and a Belgian soldier on the creek bank behind their place having tea'.

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Man and woman
A man and woman standing arm in arm on grass with trees in the background. On the reverse 'June and myself, doesn't do June justice, in their front yard, notice no fence'.

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Sergeant and girl
On the left a sergeant with uniform shirt with wearing fancy dress skirt and ladies hat kneeling down by a girl wearing dress. In the background shrubbery.

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Family group
A man, girls and woman standing in line in a garden with a dog in front. On the reverse 'Mr and Mrs Armstrong and Sheila and their dog'.

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Three men a woman and a dog
Three men, two wearing shorts, the other long trousers and a woman wearing shorts all standing holding golf clubs. A dog is sitting up in front of the woman. In the background a row of houses, On the reverse 'Mr Armstrong and Sheila, Dick and myself…

Four airmen
Four airmen wearing battledress with brevet standing in the doorway. On the reverse 'Top left to right, Bill and Alex one of Dick's crew. Bottom left to right, Dick my cobber, Len my wireless operator'.

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Man standing in front of railway signal box
A man in civilian clothes standing on a platform in front of stairs leading to a signal box. Sign on side of building 'Perranwell Signal Box'. On the reverse 'The hive of industry, Perranwell Stn Srpt 48, I admit its a trifle unusual but I go no…

Man and boy
A man wearing civilian shirt, tie and trousers standing next to a boy wearing shorts. Both standing on grass with trees in the background. On the reverse 'Myself and [....] youngest brother, He's not been well'.

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A pilot leaning against a tree
Full length image of a pilot wearing side cap as well as tunic with pilot's brevet and sergeants rank standing in open ground. To the left a tree trunk. On the reverse 'Ronnie boy'.

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Reverse of photograph
Reverse side of unidentified photograph.

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A pilot
Three-quarter length image of an airman wearing khaki uniform with shorts and side cap. Shirts has pilot's brevet and sergeant rank. Behind him a metal railing and part of a building. In the distance city buildings. On the reverse 'Dick'.

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Group of aicrew
A large group of airmen most with visible brevet sitting and standing in four rows. In the background three arches in brick building with door in centre and windows either side.

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