Colin Hannah
Senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and a Governor of Queensland (1914-1978) · Australia · On the map · Politicians · Died at 63
Air Marshal Sir Colin Thomas Hannah was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and a Governor of Queensland. Born in Western Australia, he was a member of the Militia before joining the RAAF in 1935. After graduating as a pilot, Hannah served in Nos. 22 and 23 Squadrons from 1936 to 1939.
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Flying Officer Hannah (front row, right) as adjutant at RAAF Station Pearce, beside Wing Commander Ray Brownell, 1938
Beauforts of Nos. 6 and 8 Squadron at Goodenough Island, November 1943
Group Captain Hannah (right) with Air Vice Marshal V.E. Hancock (left) and Group Captain A.G. Carr, the commander of No. 91 Wing RAAF, in Japan, October 1952![RAAF Memorial in Canberra. Air Marshal Hannah was on the committee that approved the monument as unveiled in 1973; the rear panels date from 2002.[25][26]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Royal_Australian_Air_Force_Memorial%2C_Canberra-Close_view.jpg/1280px-Royal_Australian_Air_Force_Memorial%2C_Canberra-Close_view.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
RAAF Memorial in Canberra. Air Marshal Hannah was on the committee that approved the monument as unveiled in 1973; the rear panels date from 2002.[25][26]Awards
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During the early years of World War II, he was the RAAF's Deputy Director of Armament. He then saw action in the South West Pacific as commander of No. 6 Squadron and, later, No. 71 Wing, operating Bristol Beaufort bombers. By 1944, he had risen to the rank of group captain, and at the end of the war was in charge of Western Area Command in Perth.
