Private papers of Flying Officer Frank Charles Hannan

Documents and photographs relating to the service of Flying Officer Frank Charles Hannan, a Bomb Aimer in 428 'Ghost' Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) during the Second World War. Collection includes: RCAF Service and Pay Book. RCAF Pilot's Flying Log Book detailing training and operations from August 1942 to July 1944, which is appended with damage assessment photographs and newspaper clippings relating to individual operations over Western Europe. The log book also includes his record of service and list of aircraft flown. RCAF Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot detailing training and operations from October 1942 to January 1945, and including various certification stamps and documents, newspaper clippings and photographs. The log book also includes his record of service and list of aircraft flown. RCAF Note Book with hand-drawn technical diagrams. 'Snaps and Scraps – My Life in the Air Force' photo album and scrapbook, including photographs of Hannan on active service and on leave in Canada, various pieces of printed ephemera and newspaper clippings. Court summons issued by Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon for cycling at night without lights, 9 September 1943. Three newspaper clippings from the Toronto Daily Star, 28 September 1944, one of which features a photo of Hannan and female family members taken on his return from Europe. One newspaper clipping from an unidentified newspaper, featuring an article on Bomber Command's raid on rail marshalling yards at Juvisy, France, 18 April 1944. One modern newspaper clipping relating to the institution of the Canadian Bomber Command clasp for the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal. Loose photographs including two portraits of Hannan as an infant in 1924, portrait of Hannan in RCAF uniform, 1949 University of Toronto graduation portrait, photograph of Hannan and brother Edward at the Savern Hotel with three others during the early 1950's and two photographs taken in 1981 of a former Luftwaffe Nachtjagd Squadron Commander who held a banquet after discovering that his son's hockey team was playing the team of Frank's son. Photocopies of: a British propaganda leaflet titled 'Deutschland hat den Krieg verloren' dropped by Hannan's Halifax over Ludwigshafen-Mannheim on 18 November 1943; 428 Squadron weekly operational aircrew return for 18 February 1944; 428 Squadron crew lists for operation on 25 February 1944. Two-page typed research document on 428 Squadron.

Documents and photographs relating to the service of Flying Officer Frank Charles Hannan, a Bomb Aimer in 428 'Ghost' Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) during the Second World War. Collection includes: RCAF Service and Pay Book. RCAF Pilot's Flying Log Book detailing training and operations from August 1942 to July 1944, which is appended with damage assessment photographs and newspaper clippings relating to individual operations over Western Europe. The log book also includes his record of service and list of aircraft flown. RCAF Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot detailing training and operations from October 1942 to January 1945, and including various certification stamps and documents, newspaper clippings and photographs. The log book also includes his record of service and list of aircraft flown. RCAF Note Book with hand-drawn technical diagrams. 'Snaps and Scraps – My Life in the Air Force' photo album and scrapbook, including photographs of Hannan on active service and on leave in Canada, various pieces of printed ephemera and newspaper clippings. Court summons issued by Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon for cycling at night without lights, 9 September 1943. Three newspaper clippings from the Toronto Daily Star, 28 September 1944, one of which features a photo of Hannan and female family members taken on his return from Europe. One newspaper clipping from an unidentified newspaper, featuring an article on Bomber Command's raid on rail marshalling yards at Juvisy, France, 18 April 1944. One modern newspaper clipping relating to the institution of the Canadian Bomber Command clasp for the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal. Loose photographs including two portraits of Hannan as an infant in 1924, portrait of Hannan in RCAF uniform, 1949 University of Toronto graduation portrait, photograph of Hannan and brother Edward at the Savern Hotel with three others during the early 1950's and two photographs taken in 1981 of a former Luftwaffe Nachtjagd Squadron Commander who held a banquet after discovering that his son's hockey team was playing the team of Frank's son. Photocopies of: a British propaganda leaflet titled 'Deutschland hat den Krieg verloren' dropped by Hannan's Halifax over Ludwigshafen-Mannheim on 18 November 1943; 428 Squadron weekly operational aircrew return for 18 February 1944; 428 Squadron crew lists for operation on 25 February 1944. Two-page typed research document on 428 Squadron.

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