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Air Navigator's Certificate Second Class
A certificate awarded to Alan North.
List of Alan North's Campaign medals
A document addressed to Alan North's mother with a list of three medals awarded to Alan.
Letter to Alan North from RAF Record Office
The Record Office ask for his log book for scrutiny, or if this is not available details about his flying career and operational sorties.
Letter from Alan North to his parents
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Alan writes that he has finished his exams and is waiting for the results. Something has affected his future training and he expects to return to England soon.
Letter from Alan North to his parents
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Alan writes thanking his parents for the newspapers and airgraph. He has been studying for his final exams.
Letter from Alan North to his parents
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Alan writes that he has not received any mail for over a month. Work has been busy. He complains about the food.
Letter from Alan North to his parents
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Alan writes thanking his parents for their airgraph. He has been very busy with exams. He has been to see a film but was not impressed, then a dance where the girls only spoke French.
Letter from Alan North to his parents
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Alan writes that he had a free weekend and went into Montreal and went to a film then a dance. On the Sunday they went to Mount Royal and watched the winter sports.
Letter from Alan North to his parents
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Alan writes thanking his parents for their letter. He has settled down and studying hard.
Letter from Alan North to his parents
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Alan writes thanking his parents for their letters. He has moved to St Johns, near Montreal.
Letter from Alan North to his parents
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Alan writes thanking his parents for letters and newspapers. He is about to start his exams and also flying a lot.
Letter from Alan North to his parents
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Alan writes thanking his parents for letters, parcel and papers. He enjoyed his visit to Chicago and found the locals very friendly.
Letter from Alan North to his parents
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Alan writes that he has moved to Mountain View, Ontario. He enjoyed the train journey back east.
Letter from Alan North to his parents
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Alan writes that he had 14 days leave. He writes from Vancouver and has visited Calgary and Banff.
Letter from Alan North to his parents
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Alan writes that he has moved back to Saskatchewan. He moans about the scenery and climate.
Letter from Alan North to his parents
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Alan thanks his parents for their letters. He is finding his course easy and expects to be flying again soon. He has just had a weekend in the Rockies.
Letter from Alan North to his parents
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Alan writes that he has moved to Edmonton. He finds the scenery repetitive and not varied like England.
Letter from Alan North to his parents
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Alan writes thanking them for his first airgraph. He has had mid-term exams and remarks that his first flying test was grim.
Letter from Alan North to his parents
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Alan writes he has been busy flying and is very tired. He has moved on from Tiger Moths and is now flying faster monoplanes.
Letter from Alan North to his parents
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Alan writes that he has moved to Regina, Saskatchewan. The weather is hot and he should be there for eight weeks.
Letter to Alan North's mother from Basil Noglett
He wishes her the compliments of the season and asks after Alan.
Letter to Alan North from RAF Records
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The letter accompanies a document and requests a receipt.
C Flight No 1 Squadron No 11 ITW June 1941
48 trainee airmen in three rows, four instructors front and centre.
Jack Whalley
Jack in uniform with Observers brevet standing outside a house.
Bob Hope quote
'I never left home', a quote about navigators.