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A large group of airmen wearing khaki uniform and side caps sitting and standing in four rows in front of a hangar door. Submitted with caption 'Reginald, as a trainee pilot, in group photo at no 5 BFTS, Florida, USA, c 1942. He's in the second row…

Two airmen wearing khaki uniform and side caps standing in front of a PT-19 trainer.

Submitted with caption 'Reginald with unidentified fellow trainee pilot. Believed to be at no 5 BFTS in Florida, USA, c 1942'.

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No 5 British flying training school based on Riddle-McKay aero college - Clewiston Florida. First anniversary publication with photographs of aircraft (Harvard), RAF staff, inspection, colour hoisting, headquarters and staff, evolution of airfield…

Cover and qualifications, record of service and aircraft flown pages. Indicates training as pilot in United States.

In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this item is available only at the University of Lincoln.

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Thanks him for letter with latest news and information. Mentions rough crossing to the United States and other travels through Canada to the States. Talks at length about primary flying training and other activities. Mentions leave after course in…

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Idwal is now at Riddlefield, Florida and in good health.

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#1 is the barracks at Clewiston.
#2 is three airmen sitting under a sun umbrella.

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Bill sitting on a concrete wall.

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SBondS-MercerTv10001.pdf
Includes brief outline of service career. Mentions joining up in 1941, training in England and the Florida in the United States. Comments on being quarantined on return and training prior to joining 83 Squadron on Lancaster. Mentioned flying…

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Peter Greenwood was born February 2, 1926, in Halifax, and grew up in the Yorkshire countryside, where his father ran a dairy business. He studied at Sowerby Bridge Grammar School with a particular interest in physics and chemistry. He was later…

LPrickettTO40427v3.pdf
Pilots flying log book, three, for Thomas Other Prickett, covering the period from 21 June 1944 to 2 November 1966. Detailing his flying training, instructor duties, staff duties with the RAF Delegation to the USA, Empire Central Flying School,…

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A large group of trainee airmen wearing battledress and side caps in four rows. All are named at the top of the photograph. Arthur Hollis is second row up, fourth from right. On the reverse 'No 5 Course, RAF Clewiston, Florida, 1941/42'.

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A wing commander on the left, with peaked cap on ground and a squadron leader on the right wearing peaked hat, both wearing tropical khaki uniform sitting on the ground laughing. In the background a trainee airman in tropical uniform is holding a…

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Buildings inside a diamond shaped pattern of roads. Photo dated on front Nov 1968. On the reverse 'Clewiston, 1968'.

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Buildings inside a diamond shaped pattern of roads with airfield in middle distance left. Photograph dated on front Nov 1968. On the reverse 'Clewiston, 1968 looking WSW'.

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Oblique aerial photograph showing buildings surrounded by diamond shaped pattern of roads with airfield in the middle distance on the right. Photograph dated on front Nov 1968. On the reverse 'Clewiston, 1968 looking SSE'.
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