19-Year-Old Pilot Officer killed

19-Year-Old Pilot Officer killed

Fighter plane in night crash

Two newspaper clippings and a photograph.
The first clipping has a row of civilian pilots standing in front of a variety of club training aircraft. The caption talks about the flying club at Broxbourne and the formation of the Civilian Air Guard. Patrick flew here and gained his civilian pilots licence.
The photograph is of Patrick and another man standing among trees, captioned Epping Forest 1939.
The second newspaper clipping reports the death of a young Pilot Officer.

1939

Two newspaper cuttings and a b/w photograph on an album page

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