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Pilot's flying log book of Squadron Leader Harold Arthur Cooper Bird-Wilson, 28 September 1937-18 June 1943

Archives, 28 SEP 1937-18 JUN 1943, In Storage, X003-7892/001/001

Bird-Wilson joined the RAF in 1937, after completing his flying training he was posted to No.17 Squadron. In September 1938, Brid Wilson was involved in a crash and suffered severe facial injuries, undergoing pioneering plastic surgery.

Two pilots flying log books bound together in black leather. See documentation tab for digital copy, Two pilots flying log books bound together in black leather. See documentation tab for digital copy

Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding’s “No more fighters to France” letter to the Under Secretary of State for Air, 16 May 1940

Archives, In Storage, AC71/17/15

Letter from Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding to the Under Secretary of State for Air, stressing the need to stop sending fighter aircraft to France to preserve resources to face attacks on Britain, 16 May 1940

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