Private Papers of P J Windibank

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Content description

Collections relating to his experiences as an apprentice training as an aeronautical engineer with Vickers Armstrong at Weybridge in Surrey from September 1941 - ?1946

History note

Catalogue date 1999-06-09

History note

Cataloguer SNR

Object details

Category: Private papers
Related period: Second World War (content), 1945-1989 (content)
Creator: Windibank, P J
Dimensions: whole: 2 files
Catalogue number: Documents.8189

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