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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.
Documents enclosed in pilot's flying log book of Sqdn Ldr Harold Arthur Cooper Bird-Wilson, 1938-circa 1990
Archives, In Storage, X003-7892/001/001/001
Among the miscellaneous papers enclosed in Squadron Leader Bird-Wilson's log book is a collection of letters and documents relating to his shooting down and baling out of his Hawker Hurricane during the Battle of Britain on 24 September 1940.
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