Windback Wednesday - Flight Sergeant William Dean

This Christmas card was released by the RAAF in 1944.

Flight Sergeant William Dean (1920 - 2011), served in the RAAF during World War II and collected this card in 1944. The three planes pictured are Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boats, which Dean’s Squadron flew out of Darwin during the war.

During his retirement, William Dean was a long-serving volunteer at the City of Burnside and enthusiastically gave his time to helping the community.

His family donated this card, along with other items relating to the Dean family to the Local History Collection.

Also pictured: Flight Sergeant William Dean, circa 1944.