Clarkson, John F (Pilot Officer, b.1916 - d.1990) Accession Number: PR00415

Description

Letters to his family describing training as a Wireless-Air Gunner, operations, leave, mail, close relations of a Lancaster crew, and later service in the SWPA with groups 569, 681, 628.

Details

Accession Number
PR00415
Maker
John F Clarkson
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Letter
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1940-1945
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Provenance
AWM371 94/0319
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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