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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

Recorded interview with Sergeant Frederick Victor Bashford, 21 February 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4772

Vic Bashford served as an RAF electrician during the Second World War, including participation in the Battle of France, Battle of Britain and 151 Wing’s deployment to Russia in 1941.

Image pending

Recorded interview with Corporal Frederick Ronald Spring, 18 January 2012

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6713

Recorded interview with Ronald Spring, who served as an RAF driver in the United Kingdom and in armoured cars in Iraq during the Second World War.

Image pending

Avro 504J (C4451) of 29 Training Squadron flown by HRH Prince Albert and Lt Alec Coryton, 1919

Photographs, In Storage, P004774

Prince Albert and his flying instructor Lt. William Alec Coryton in Avro 504J C4451 at Croydon, 1919. This was the first aircraft to be specifically allocated to a royal task.

Avro 504J (C4451) , under starboard rear view, coming in to land., RAF Museum