These profiles and stories were donated to the RAAF Museum by the Gold Coast Branch of the Air Crew Association.

Service Profile: Quentin Snow

Quentin Francis Snow DFC (ACA 13801) served in the Royal Australian Air Force for a precisely even period of four years during World War 2. He was attested on 28 January 1942 and was discharged on 28 January 1946, with the rank of Flying Officer.

During his aircrew training, he attended Initial Training School Sandgate, Queensland, No. 3 Wireless Operator/Air Gunner School(WAGS) Maryborough, Queensland, and No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School (BAGS) Evans Head, NSW.

Being posted to the United Kingdom for flying duties in the European theatre, he went to No. 19 Operational Training Unit (OTU) Kinloss, Scotland; No. 5 Group Gunnery Unit Fulbeck, England; No. 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU) Winthorpe (Nottinghamshire); No. 44 (Rhodesian) Squadron Dunholme Lodge (Lincolnshire); No. 5 Group Aircrew School Scampton; Central Gunnery School Catfoss (Yorkshire); No. 1664 HCU Wigsley (Nottinghamshire); and RAF No. 49 Squadron Fulbeck and Syerston (Nottinghamshire).

Quentin flew in Tiger Moths, Wackett Trainers and Fairey Battles, followed by Whitleys, Manchesters, Wellingtons and Lancasters.

Quentin saw active service as an air gunner in the RAF's Bomber Command, and in recognition of his meritorious service, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

As It Happened: The Ruhr Valley [105K PDF]

A letter from Snowy

FLTLT Bert Wright DFC (RAF) was an English pilot and Snowy's skipper for almost three years in RAF Bomber Command.

After Bert's death in 1993, his daughters, Valerie and Alison, were at a loss to understand their father's wartime experiences. Like thousands of others, Bert never spoke much of his exploits, so they appealed to Snowy to enlighten them. This is his reply.

Valerie was four years old when Snowy first met her in Bolton, but he never met Alison, who was born just after the war. However, there is a strong bond now.

A letter from Snowy [2Mb PDF] is a 60-page booklet with a foreword by Josephine Brown BA.