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Three photographs.
#1 Nine Wellingtons in formation, viewed from below.
#2 Three Wellingtons of 311 Squadron in formation, viewed from the side.
#3 Vapour trails over Whitehall.

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Group Captain Blacklock writes of his life, from his youth to the award of his DFC by the King.

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George was born in Chelmsford, Essex. He then moved to Clacton-on-Sea where he went to school before going to a seminary catholic college. When the war began, he and two other boys aged 15 or 16 ran away from college and went to Ipswich to join the…