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Reference NoASBcty/9/4
Alt Reference NoBC9/3/4/1
TitleBanff County: "Wings for Victory" Log Book awarded to Banffshire Savings Committee
DescriptionWith covering letter dated 10 June 1947 from the Scottish Savings Committee Area Organiser at Aberdeen, to the County Clerk.
The sum of £382,229.19.10 raised by the people of Banfffshire during the Second World War (World War Two), represented the cost of 4 Sunderlands, 25 Spitfires and 6 sea rescue aircraft.
The log book was awarded to the Committee in commemoration of the fundraising efforts in "Wings for Victory" week in April 1943. The log records the operational activities of a Sunderland flying boat, number W4018, part of 201 squadron, between August and October 1943.
Date1943-1947
Extent2 items
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