Don Falgate's pre - AFU course photograph at RAF Perth

Don Falgate's pre - AFU course photograph at RAF Perth

Don Falgate's pre-Advanced Flying Unit formal course photograph, 32 Officers and senior non-commissioned officers, arranged in four rows. Signatures on the reverse. Captioned 'Students of pre AFU (Advanced Flying Unit) RAF Perth Scotland, about January 1943. Self second row from the front and second from right. We are now wearing the new RAF brevet (wing) on our uniforms enclosing the letter B to denote Bomb Aimer/Navigator. Some are pilots some are straight navigators.'

1943-01

One b/w photograph

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A.J. Painter
J. Moore
Norman H. Gale
B. Draper.
E.C. Cox.
AW Daines
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JS Parnell
R R Kirkby
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STUDENTS OF PRE AFU (ADVANCED FLYING UNIT) RAF PERTH SCOTLAND – ABOUT JANUARY 1943.
SELF SECOND ROW FROM FRONT AND SECOND FROM RIGHT.
WE ARE NOW WEARING THE NEW RAF BREVET (WING) ON OUR UNIFORM ENCLOSING LETTER ‘B’ TO DENOTE BOMB AIMER/NAVIGATOR. SOME ARE PILOTS SOME STRAIGHT NAVIGATORS