A log book belonging to one of the two Kiwi pilots who shot down the first Japanese plane over Singapore during World War 2 has been gifted to the air force museum in Christchurch - complete with bullet or shrapnel damage.
Sergeant Charlie Cronk’s log book and other possessions were sent back to his family after he was killed during a landing when his plane crashed into a fuel tanker in India four months later.
Now his great-nephew, Gradon Conroy, who lives in Christchurch and has had the log book since 2005, has decided it is time to pass it on to the Air Force Museum of New Zealand in Wigram.
His grandmother Marjorie Prince, Kronk’s sister, gave it to him when she moved into a rest home for safekeeping.
"Donating the log book is a great way to share his story and preserve his memory. The logbook was a prized possession in the family," he said.
Kronk, 23, was posted to No 243 Squadron RAF in Singapore in late 1941.
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