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    5th September 2023, 06:17
    bvs replied to a thread Navigator as Captain of Aircraft in General Category
    Hi Nipper There were never that many Observer/Navigator Captains during WW2 (although I never found an exact figure) - the role did resurface with...
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    2nd September 2023, 19:33
    bvs replied to a thread Sir Keith Park Battle of Britain in General Category
    Hi Jim I am assuming (rightly or wrongly) that the museum is Hawkinge. If correct AFAIK it is a privately owned museum and contains an absolute...
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    30th August 2023, 08:29
    bvs replied to a thread Aircrew rank? in General Category
    The Wartime RAF was sometimes a very pragmatic and flexible service - one of the more unusual pilot entries might well have been R.A Carter who...
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    30th August 2023, 07:58
    bvs replied to a thread Aircrew rank? in General Category
    Yes he was an apprentice with the Grahame White Flying School,and got his 'ticket' as a civvy,after joining up he was originally just doing normal...
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    30th August 2023, 06:38
    bvs replied to a thread Aircrew rank? in General Category
    As a 'qualified' Pilot yes Greg,of course during WW2 training the pupil pilots were 'generally' LAC whilst doing flying training - once they got...
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    29th August 2023, 21:05
    bvs replied to a thread Aircrew rank? in General Category
    Just copied from Wiki for quickness....
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    29th August 2023, 21:02
    bvs replied to a thread Aircrew rank? in General Category
    Hi Greg It was a short lived (1946 - 1950) and very unpopular rank system - the only surviving rank from it is Master Aircrew (Master Pilot,Nav,Eng...
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    28th August 2023, 13:47
    bvs replied to a thread RAF NCO Aircrew Laundry in General Category
    Just as a little aside - sometimes nothing much changes. I worked as a civvy for the Zimbabwe AF in 1984/85 and stayed in the Sergeants Mess -...
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    28th August 2023, 13:40
    bvs replied to a thread RAF NCO Aircrew Laundry in General Category
    Hi Hali I am afraid the answer is probably a bit of everything :) At home in Blighty - the 'proper' RAF Stations would have a Station Laundry but I...
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