Lyffe
27th May 2018, 09:35
The school record of one of my subjects, living in Edmonton, London, records that in January 1928, aged 15, he left school for the RAF having passed the examination for Boy Mechanics in the RAF. His weekly wage was to be 10/6 d (10 shillings and six pence - in modern parlance £0.53). I would appreciate help with four questions:
1. Where were Boy Mechanics instructed
2. How long would he have remained under instruction
3. Would he have been required to serve a specific period on completion of his instruction
4. Should the training have been recorded on a service record. I ask this because his actual service record starts in August 1939 with him enlisting in the Meteorological Branch; there is no reference to previous service, which makes me wonder if he completed his training.
The London Electoral Register records he was living at home by April 1934 - his 21st birthday having been the previous summer, making him eligible to vote.
Brian
1. Where were Boy Mechanics instructed
2. How long would he have remained under instruction
3. Would he have been required to serve a specific period on completion of his instruction
4. Should the training have been recorded on a service record. I ask this because his actual service record starts in August 1939 with him enlisting in the Meteorological Branch; there is no reference to previous service, which makes me wonder if he completed his training.
The London Electoral Register records he was living at home by April 1934 - his 21st birthday having been the previous summer, making him eligible to vote.
Brian