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Description: | Microfilm copy of an illustrated ts account (154pp) covering his service as a RFC air mechanic in the United Kingdom during the First World War, describing his training at Farnborough, Halifax and Reading and subsequent posting to No 11 (Training) Squadron RFC at Spittlegate near Grantham and then Scampton near Lincoln, the 'mutiny' of No 153 Squadron RFC at North Weald, his transfer to No 143 Squadron RFC at Detling where he was in charge of a mobile workshop, and with No 39 Squadron RFC/RAF at Biggin Hill; and his recall to active service in August 1939, describing the completion of his training at RAF Henlow before being posted to No 13 Maintenance Unit and then to No 54 Maintenance Unit in Cambridge for salvage duties, the problems encountered by the salvaging force and their solutions, his award of the British Empire Medal, and the completion of his service in Nassau in the Bahamas.
Cataloguer JSK
Catalogue date 2002-04-22 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Burdett, S | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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