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  • Temporal Coverage is exactly "1939-09-04"

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A document from the West Bromwich Education Committee providing information and advice on the evacuation of West Bromwich.

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An obituary published in the Times with a second cutting with a correction from an air vice-marshal.

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A biography of Jack, as he was known, from his birth to his early death.
Jack Hanne enlisted on his eighteenth birthday in 1931, he rose through the ranks to become a proficient pilot, serving overseas in Iraq and Karachi. By 1939, he was flying…

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LMitchellJEF550261v1.pdf
L Mitchell’s air gunner’s flying log book covering the period from 1 July 1936 to 17 September 1941. Detailing his flying training and operations flown as air gunner. He was stationed at Upper Heyford, Driffield, Boscombe Down and Linton-on-Ouse (58…

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Flight Sergeant Albion John Turner number 561939, 9 Squadron, Wellington Bomber, over Kiel Harbour 4 Sept 1939.

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Shows entry as apprentice on 30 august 1927. Details next of kin, and description. Shows service as fitter at Gosport and Khartoum before No 4 Flying Training School, 216 Squadron and 9 Squadron. Promoted Flight Sergeant in June 1939. Discharged on 4…

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Notification that Flight Sergeant A J Turner was killed in action on operations in the Wilhelmshafen area on 4 September 1939.

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From a friend of John Turner expressing horror on news of John Turners was a casualty. Passes condolence from himself and from other acquaintances at RAF Scampton. Writes other eulogy comments about John Turner and Bill Borley. Hopes they might be…

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ATurnerP170529.mp3
Penny Turner’s father, Flight Sergeant Albin John Turner, pilot of a Wellington bomber, was killed in action during the first bombing operation on the 4th of September 1939. Years later, when she was five years old, her mother told her that her…

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