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  • Temporal Coverage starts with "1947-05"

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Colin Deverell was born in Croydon. Upon leaving school, he worked for Oliver Typewriter Company, where he gained engineering skills to become an amateur rigger for Imperial Airways, before finding employment with Rollaston Aircraft Services in 1939.…

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Official documents recording that Philip Batty joined the regular Royal Air Force from the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

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Flight Engineer John Lambourn joined the Royal Air Force at the age of 17, after working at Stewart Turners with engines and pumps. He recollects seen London burning.
He was classed as working in a reserved occupation, but joined the Air Training…

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Photograph 1 is a group of airmen arranged in three rows, all with their arms crossed. All in khaki except one man in white. Captioned 'Command Photographic Reproduction Section. Seletar. 1st May 1947'
Front row:
Cpl Carter. Cpl Stockwell. Sgt…
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