Description
Object description
Photocopies of a well-written ts memoir (124pp), written in 1990, of his experiences as a Sergeant Pilot (later commissioned, April 1944) with Bomber Command, including: pre service life in Coventry, September 1934 - February 1942; training at ACRC, St John's Wood, London, February - May 1942; EFTS, Bowden, Alberta, May - September 1942; SFTS at Swift Current, Saskatchewan, and Calgary, Alberta, September 1942 - March 1943; AFU, RAF South Cerney, Gloucestershire, June 1943; No 82 OTU, RAF Ossington, near Newark, ?July - ?October 1943; pre-HCU course, RAF Feltwell, Cambridgeshire, and 1651 HCU, RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, ?October - December 1943; operations flying Stirlings with No 90 Squadron RAF, Bomber Command, RAF Tuddenham, Suffolk, December 1943 - June 1944; as a Flying Instructor with No 3 Flying Instructors School, RAF Lulsgate Bottom, near Bristol, August - September 1944; 1657 HCU, RAF Shepherd's Grove, near Bury St Edmonds, September 1944, and RAF Stradishall, October - December 1944; 1651 HCU, RAF Woolfox Lodge, Near Stamford, Rutland, December 1944 - June 1945; 1660 HCO, RAF Swinderby, June - September 1945; 1333 TSCU, September - November 1945; flying shuttle flights to the Far East with No 242 Squadron RAF, Transport Command, RAF Stoney Cross, Hampshire, November 1945 - September 1946; and making interesting comments on the training, operations, conditions, aircraft and comradeship of aircrew in Bomber Command.
Content description
Photocopies of a well-written ts memoir (124pp), written in 1990, of his experiences as a Sergeant Pilot (later commissioned, April 1944) with Bomber Command, including: pre service life in Coventry, September 1934 - February 1942; training at ACRC, St John's Wood, London, February - May 1942; EFTS, Bowden, Alberta, May - September 1942; SFTS at Swift Current, Saskatchewan, and Calgary, Alberta, September 1942 - March 1943; AFU, RAF South Cerney, Gloucestershire, June 1943; No 82 OTU, RAF Ossington, near Newark, ?July - ?October 1943; pre-HCU course, RAF Feltwell, Cambridgeshire, and 1651 HCU, RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, ?October - December 1943; operations flying Stirlings with No 90 Squadron RAF, Bomber Command, RAF Tuddenham, Suffolk, December 1943 - June 1944; as a Flying Instructor with No 3 Flying Instructors School, RAF Lulsgate Bottom, near Bristol, August - September 1944; 1657 HCU, RAF Shepherd's Grove, near Bury St Edmonds, September 1944, and RAF Stradishall, October - December 1944; 1651 HCU, RAF Woolfox Lodge, Near Stamford, Rutland, December 1944 - June 1945; 1660 HCO, RAF Swinderby, June - September 1945; 1333 TSCU, September - November 1945; flying shuttle flights to the Far East with No 242 Squadron RAF, Transport Command, RAF Stoney Cross, Hampshire, November 1945 - September 1946; and making interesting comments on the training, operations, conditions, aircraft and comradeship of aircrew in Bomber Command.
History note
Cataloguer SNR
History note
Catalogue date 1992-06-08