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Description: | A collection of papers containing a number of letters written to his family along with his flying log book. Group Captain Nixon enlisted in the Artists Rifles in 1916 and after a few months initial training he was selected to join the RFC as a cadet, flying training with No 39 (Reserve) Squadron RFC, No 58 and No 45 (Training) Squadron RFC and was posted to No 3 Squadron RFC in France in October 1917 flying Sopwith Camels. He shot down a German aircraft on 24 November and was himself shot down and captured on 5 December 1917; the rest of his letters come from the prisoner of war camp in Holzminden. In addition there are a few letters sent while he was attached to the Indian Army in the 1920s and a small collection of photographs, but the strength of the collection lies in the long series of letters covering his initial flying training, his combat experience and his life in the prisoner of war camp.
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Catalogue date 1979-02 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Nixon, L G | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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