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Mathers, Ronald. Album
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45 page scrapbook of Squadron life and The Goodwill Tour to the United States by 35 Squadron in 1946. It includes photographs, newspaper cuttings, and programmes. The tour visited stations on both the East and West coasts of the United States and the airmen were entertained with visits to Hollywood.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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SMathersRW55201v1
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2017-07-17
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WOKING PILOT’S “TOUGH” HOLIDAY
HE MET AMERICA’S NOTABILITIES
A “Review” Interview with Flt-Lt R.W. Mather
Generals, politicians, film stars and ambassadors all helped give a Woking man the “toughest holiday” he has ever had. The man is Flt-Lt R.W. Mather [inserted] s [/inserted] of 143, Maybury Road, and his “holiday” consisted of piloting one of the aircraft in the famous 35 Squadron which went on a goodwill tour of America.
He said that before he went he expected the trip to be a glorified party, but he found it was the toughest time he had ever had. During the trip which started in July, he met many of the famous people on the other side of the Atlantic, British film stars in Hollywood came to Los Angeles to greet the men from the “Home Country”. Among them were Sir C Ambery Smith, Nigel Bruce, Herbert Marshall and Merle Oberon.
General Spaatz was there, the British Ambassador, and another screen lovely “Ginger” Rogers. In every state the Flt-Lt. Mather [inserted] s [/inserted] and his co-pilots visited they were given a really royal reception. Dinners, lunches parties and night clubs, and in Texas, a full scale rodeo for their special benefit.
The Texans really put themselves out to show Western hospitality to the British pilots. The Group Captain in charge of the Squadron was made a Deputy Sheriff and Flt-Lt Mather [inserted] s [/inserted] was made an Hon. Texan. An old time barbecue was staged and feasting, dancing and riding went on until a late hour.
The trip, however, was not all partied, for there was plenty of serious fling in between times. The Lancasters of the Squadron has to fly in formation, not an easy task for a heavy aircraft, but after V-Day celebration practice they gave a very creditable show to the Americans.
It was 1938 that Flt-Lt Mather [inserted] s [/inserted] joined the R.A.F. He wanted to be a pilot, but started in the ranks of an armourer. During the Battle of Britain he was with 65 Fighter Squadron at Hornchurch, and his experiences with the fighter pilots made him even more keen to fly. He took his pilots course in 1941 and later went to No. 9 Squadron of heavy Bombers. In the ‘Lancs’ he made many flights over enemy territory, including 10 flights over Berlin.
He says he likes the R.A.F. and is determined to stay in the Service, and if possible keep on flying the Lancasters. The people who saw the Battle of Britain fly past saw the aircraft piloted by Flt-Lt Mather for he was in the formation.
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Woking Pilot's "Tough" Holiday
Description
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Item 1 is a newspaper cutting about Ron Mathers' trip to the United States.
Item 2 is a photograph of a Lancaster 'TL-C' on the ground.
Creator
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Woking Review
Date
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1946
Language
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eng
Type
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Photograph
Identifier
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SMathersRW55201v10049
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
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United States
Temporal Coverage
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1946
Format
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One newspaper cutting and one b/w photograph on a scrapbook page
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Claire Monk
35 Squadron
9 Squadron
Goodwill tour of the United States (1946)
Lancaster