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  • Collection: Mann, Alan

BMannAMannAv5.pdf
The memoir starts with early life and interest in aviation, including photographs of pre WW2 aircraft seen at Croydon airport. He recalls going to last open day at RAF Biggin Hill, and continues with an account of events of the lead up to, and start…

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BMannAMannAv4.pdf
Introduction and reasons for writing. He recalls he was 12 when the war started. He mentions his introduction to popular music was the Skyrockets, a resident RAF dance band. The document includes a copy of a letter to Dr June Balshaw explaining why…

BMannAMannAv3.pdf
He reminisces about pre-war and early war days as a schoolboy in Lewisham, recalling events at the beginning of the war. Includes photographs of aircraft and naval ships. He continues with history of events through the war's early years including:…

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AMannA160130.mp3
Alan Mann was born in 1926 and was 12 when war was declared. At age 14 he began an apprenticeship at RAF Kidbrooke at the maintenance unit and balloon barrage centre. His first job was repairing Merlin engines, which lasted for two years. Mann wanted…

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