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                <text>126 items. The collection concerns Arthur Ernest Biscoe (b.1922, 129587 Royal Air Force) and contains his log books, letters, photographs, and two albums. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/1373"&gt;Album One&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/1374"&gt;Album Two&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He flew operations as a pilot with 605 Squadron &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by David J Biscoe and catalogued by Barry Hunter.</text>
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Pilot Officer Arthur Ernest Biscoe. son of Mr. and Mrs. V.W. Biscoe, of 35, Paddington Road North End, Portsmouth, who has recently passed his examinations for a pilot instructor, having received his wings and commission last August.&#13;
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He is 20 years of age, and attended Drayton Road Elementary School and Evening Institute. He did his training in Canada, and on a recent leave visited relatives in Ontario and also spent a few days in New York. He was formerly a Scoutmaster and also belonged to the [missing letters].S, (part-time) before joining u[missing letter].</text>
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