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Charles Frederick Green was born in Peckham, London, in 1921. On leaving school, he began an apprenticeship with a printing company, acting part-time as a police courier, before becoming an Air Raid Precaution warden. He then volunteered for the…

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Doug Petty was born in Shildon, County Durham and was a car maintenance apprentice before joining the Royal Air Force in 1942, as a flight engineer. He completed technical training at RAF St Athan, where he met Betty, his future wife. From there Doug…

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Ron Dawson joined the Air Training Corps at the age of 16. He trained on Ansons and Boulton Paul Defiants and remembers flying in the Whitley. He flew over 40 operations with 429 Squadron as air gunner. He crewed up at Leicester airport. Ron tells…

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James McKenzie Leith was a swimming instructor before he joined the RAF. He trained as a gunner and was posted to 429 Squadron at RAF Leeming. On their first operation their aeroplane was damaged and they attempted an emergency landing but this was…

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The letter advises Doug Petty that the bank has received £70/1/9 from the RAF and has opened an banking account in his name.

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MCurnockRM1815605-171114-018.pdf
News-sheet of the ex-Air Force POW Association. This edition covers POW's in Perpetuity, the Red Cross, a new memorial at Plymouth Hoe, Geoof Taylor -author, advance notice of a reunion in Vancouver, lost members, ex-POW histories, Obituaries, a…

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MCurnockRM1815605-171114-019.pdf
Ex-Air Force POW Association news sheet. This edition covers a planned five-day reunion planned for August 1985, a planned convention of the National POW Association in Hamilton, a planned reunion at Toronto for RCAF and RAF veterans, a reminder that…

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Robert Mitchell’s Flying Log Book, from 19th July 1943 to 7th January 1954, recording training, operations and other post-war duties as a Pilot. No flights are recorded in the years 1947-1950. Based at RAF Long Marston (No. 24 OTU), RAF Topcliffe…

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Seven airmen arranged in a row. Their names are listed in a caption above. On the image is annotated '187LMG F/L Lawlor 429'

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Seven airmen arranged in a row. Their names are listed in a caption above. On the image is annotated 'LMG. 200. F/O James. 429'

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Seven airmen arranged in a row. Their names are listed in a caption above. On the image is annotated '177LMG F/O MacDonald 429'

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Seven airmen arranged in a row. Their names are listed in a caption above. On the image is annotated '209.LMG. F/O Magee, D.T. 429'

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Seven airmen arranged in a row. Their names are listed in a caption above. On the image is annotated '256.LMG. F/O Martin. 429'

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Seven airmen arranged in a row. Their names are listed in a caption above. On the image is annotated 'LMG. 213. F/L MacDonald. 429'

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Seven airmen arranged in a row. Their names are listed in a caption above. On the image is annotated 'LMG. 198. F/O Mitchell, R.K. 429'

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Seven airmen arranged in a row. Their names are listed in a caption above. On the image is annotated '+LMG. 232. F/O Moffat. 429+'

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Seven airmen arranged in a row. Their names are listed in a caption above. On the image is annotated 'LMG 429 1.2.45 F/O Morrison'

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Seven airmen arranged in a row. Their names are listed in a caption above. On the image is annotated '251 LMG F/O Nelson 429'

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Seven airmen arranged in a row. Their names are listed in a caption above. On the image is annotated '+226.LMG. S/L Peterson. 429+'

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Seven airmen arranged in a row. Their names are listed in a caption above. On the image is annotated '248 LMG F/O Pike 429'

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Seven airmen arranged in a row. Their names are listed in a caption above. On the image is annotated '210.LMG. F/O Pope 429.'

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Seven airmen arranged in a row. Their names are listed in a caption above. On the image is annotated 'LMG. 207. F/O Powell, RO. 429'

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Seven airmen arranged in a row. Information supplied with the collection indicates the pilot is C. Ross.

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Seven airmen arranged in a row. On the image is annotated '+217.LMG. F/O Rowe. 429+'

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Seven airmen arranged in a row. On the image is annotated 'LMG172 P/O Thomas W.A.429'

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