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Description: | Ts transcript of letters to his mother (27pp), written during his service as a pilot in the RFC and RAF in the United Kingdom (April 1917 – May 1918) and in France (June - July 1918) mentioning his daily routine, inoculations, training and examinations, uniform, his time based at Netheravon, Wiltshire and at Shawbury, Shropshire, training flights, his hopes of flying the Sopwith Camel, German air raids on the UK, Christmas celebrations in 1917, and his experiences in France with No 203 Squadron RAF (from June 1918) including a description of the front line from the air and of shooting down a German aircraft.
Cataloguer ELG | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Rudge, Arthur E | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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