On the outbreak of; war in 1939, he volunteered for service with the R.A.F. and was called up in June 1940. He received his “‘Wings” in December the same year’ and became a Sergeant Pilot in a Whirlwind Fighter Squadron, with which he has been serving since. He received a comm...
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit Text: 78 Sqdn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 29/06/1941 Service No: 964420 Additional information: Son of Henry James Green and Clara Green, of Mitcham, Surrey. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 44....
The numbers are either his RAF service number or the date he assumed his rank. Other abbreviations are “T” (Temporary), “P/O” (Pilot Officer) and then “F/O” is Flying Officer, “F/Lt.” is Flight Lieutenant and “WS” is War Service. “Prob” is “on probation”. As far ...
Hi guys, I recently got my great uncle’s service record and have matched up the locations where he did his pilot training both in the UK and Southern...
Sir John Cotesworth Slessor was a British marshal of the Royal Air Force (RAF) who was one of the architects of British air strategy during and after World War II. A childhood victim of polio, Slessor was at first rejected for military service in World W