Enlisted at No.3 Recruit Centre (3 RC), Padgate, Warrington, Cheshire, as Aircraftman Second Class (AC2), mustering as Air Crew Hand (Pilot/Observer).

Transferred to the Reserve, pending call-up.

Called up to No. 1 Air Crew Reception Centre (1 ACRC), Lord’s Cricket Ground, St John’s Wood, London

RAF Station, South Cerney, Gloucestershire; presumably for pilot aptitude tests, possibly at No.3 Flying Training School (3 FTS)

Tiger Moth

Promoted to Leading Aircraftman (LAC), and remustered as under training Pilot.

Air Crew Disposal Wing (ACDW), Metropole or Abbots Hotels, Regency Square, Brighton, Sussex

No.50 (Training) Group Pool, 'Sylvesters', Berkeley Road, Reading, Berkshire.
Here he would have undergone Pilot aptitude testing, probably in the Tiger Moth, at an Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) tbc.

Tiger Moth tbc

Remustered as under training Observer.

Air Crew Disposal Wing (ACDW), Metropole or Abbots Hotels, Regency Square, Brighton, Sussex.

No.1 Elementary Air Observers School (1 EAOS), Sandhurst Hotel, Eastbourne, Sussex

Embarked UK for South Africa (port & vessel n/k).

Disembarked Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Clairwood Transit Camp, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal tbc.

Elementary Air Navigation School (EANS), 48 Air School, Woodbrook, East London, Eastern Cape.

Tiger Moth/Tutor tbc

Navigation & Bombing School, 44 Air School, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape.

Oxford/Anson/Battle tbc

Awarded Air Bomber’s (B) brevet, promoted to Sergeant, and remustered as Air Bomber (2).

Embarked Durban, KwaZulu-Natal tbc for the UK (port & vessel n/k).

Disembarked UK (port n/k).

No.7 Personnel Reception Centre (7 PRC), Harrogate, Yorkshire.

No.1 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit (1 (O)AFU), Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Anson

No.81 Operational Training Unit (81 OTU), Whitchurch Heath, (Tilstock), Shropshire; joins F Ball crew

Whitley

No.1667 Heavy Conversion Unit (1667 HCU), Faldingworth, Lincolnshire

Halifax/Lancaster tbc

No.1 Lancaster Finishing School (1 LFS), Hemswell, Lincolnshire TBC
(Only if Lancaster not flown at 1667 HCU)
Precise date of joining not known

Lancaster

No. 576 Squadron, ‘B’ Flight, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire.

Lancaster

Frankfurt; Lost in W4123 UL-R2, aged 23. First operation.

Shot down by a Bf-110 or a He-219 flown by Oblt. Werner Baake of 3./NJG 1 from Venlo airfield. The aircraft came down at De Plank, Voeren, Limburg Belgium to the NE of Liège. There were no survivors.

Initially buried at Brusthem (St Trond) Cemetery in grave 364, but reinterred later on 25 Mar 47 at the Heverlee War Cemetery, Louvain, Belgium, grave 5.B.4.

Lancaster

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