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A booklet issued to RAF volunteers on arrival at a Receiving Centre. It summarises what is about to happen to the volunteer.

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Lists to bring: civilian clothing, a large suitcase (for return of civilian clothing) marriage and birth certificates.

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Contents list - Book 1. A list of four significant events in Bob's service.

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Notes to encourage women to enlist in the RAF.

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Biography by Steve Bond. Include photograph of Gerry Stone in uniform at the beginning. There are several photographs throughout the document of aircrew and aircraft. Chapter 1 - enlistment and training. Covers joining up, training as wireless…

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Declaration on joining Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve for aircrew. On the reverse findings of medical board fit for aircrew positions.

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Gives personal details and lists document attached.

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Writes welcoming him to RAF. States he has been selected for aircrew training. Continues with mention of waiting lists to start and a little about the RAF and why he would have to wait to start training.

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General welcome as member of the RAF and selection for aircrew. Explains that the start of training might be delayed for some time and gives reasons.

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A message from the Secretary of State for Air welcoming airmen into the RAF.

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Welcome letter congratulating recipient on being selected for aircrew training with immediate entry. Goes on to exhort recipient to keep fit and that the honour of the Royal Air Force is in recipient hands.

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Welcome to the Royal Air Force and that selection for aircrew training is a great distinction. Explains how waiting list works and explains why he will have to wait. Encourages him to keep fit while waiting and to carry on with current job.

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Top - article subsidiary headline: US hears premiers words. Round up of news from France and broadcast by prime minister Winston Churchill relayed to the United States. Bottom - article headline every man to arms accompanied by photograph of RAF…

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BGambleATGambleATv1.pdf
Part 1. Covers the period from Alan Gamble's years as a schoolboy in Worthing in the late 1930's, up to joining the RAF in 1943, where he trained, before moving to RAF Fairford in 1944. He flew 29 bombing and mine laying sorties over Germany and…

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Two forms, the first partially completed by Jose.
The second completed by Jose.

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RAF Form 432 with details of vacancies.

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Transcript of F Dunn's memoir describing life before and after joining the RAF. It includes induction and starting off in the RAF in England and then his sea voyage to South Africa, where he underwent initial training in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

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SBondS-BromfieldJv10020.pdf
Jack talks in detail about joining the RAF, initial induction and training as a wireless operator and air gunner. He crewed up with an otherwise Canadian crew (pilot, navigator, bomb aimer and air gunners) at OTU and describes some of them, as well…

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RAF Form 1764 completed by Tony for the RAFVR.

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BPayneTPPayneTPv1.pdf
An autobiography of Tom Payne, mainly pre-war in Hemel Hempstead. At the start of the war he became a fire watcher. He joined the RAF, aged 15, after altering his birth certificate. His cousin, Vivian Gunning, died in June 1940 whilst flying in a…

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A list of names and addresses of Regional Committee on Adult Education plus a slip with items not to be brought on enlistment.

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Notes for candidates to be trained as pilot, wireless operator or air gunner. Includes a syllabus and advice on physical fitness.

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Thomas' Notice Paper, Certified Copy of Attestation and Oath.

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A poem written in December 1942 after her first love was shot down over France. After his death Betty resolved to join the Royal Air Force and became a wireless operator. According to a note, she later found out that some of what she wrote down went…

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BPerkinsFWJPerkinsFWJv1.pdf
Fred's memoirs cover joining the RAF, training as an engineer and first posting to RAF Christchurch, which undertook radar research. He writes of life and flying as observer in Fairey Battle on radar measurement flights, before his unit moved to RAF…

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