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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.
Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Jack Robert Watchous, 11 June 2015
Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3301
Jack Watchous served as a wireless operator-air gunner in Avro Anson aircraft during the early part of the Second World War, including patrols over the evacuation beaches during Operation Dynamo.
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- Dunkirk
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- Battle of Britain, 1940 [4]
- Dynamo, 1940
- France, Invasion of, 1940 [3]
- Dunkirk, Battle of, 1940 [2]
- Atomic raids on Japan, 1945 [1]
- First Trans-Atlantic crossing by jet aircraft, July 1948 [1]
- Munich Crisis, 1938 [1]
- United Kingdom, Bombing of, 1939-1945 [1]