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D Flight No 19 OTU circa 1943-44. |
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| I would like to thank Ted Hutchinson and his son Clive for the information on this page. Webmaster. | ||
| The photograph was taken in the Pilmuir area of the aerodrome. Posing in front of a Mark V Whitley are the complete staff of "D" Flight except for one sergeant and six groundcrew who had been on night duty. The officers on the front row were operational flyers, who, resting after a period on operations, performed the flight training. Note their medals. Also on the front row were the senior flight NCOs. Corporals and LACs were on the second row with airmen on the other rows. | ||
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| Front row (L to R): Sergeant Foley (Engines), P/O ?, F/O Gallantry, Flt/Lt Mair, Sqn Ldr Sturmer (Aircrew CO "D" Flight), Flt Lt Lucas, F/O?, F/O? , Flt Sgt Hutchinson (Airframes, i/c "D" Flight), Sgt Clode (Engines) |
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| Sadly, Ted cannot remember the names of other airmen in the picture. The LAC on the far right of the second row wears a medal he received for being on duty at George VI’s coronation. During the war, Gallantry flew a badly damaged aircraft back from Germany, saving the aircrew and the aircraft. "A very decent man," my father recalls. Squadron Leader Sturmer had borrowed the cup from somewhere to make the photograph more impressive! | ||
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