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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.
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- Battle of Britain, 1940 [2]
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- France, Invasion of, 1940 [2]
- First Trans-Atlantic crossing by jet aircraft, July 1948 [1]
- Munich Crisis, 1938 [1]