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P.R.4 biographical file on Gp Capt Donald Osbourne Finlay, 1956-1959
Archives, In Storage, DC76/74/361
Group Captain Donald Osbourne ‘Don’ Finlay was a Spitfire pilot and champion hurdler. He joined the RAF in 1925 as an aero engines fitter and was commissioned Pilot Officer in 1935.
Invitation card to the blessing of the baptismal font in the Catholic Church, Halton, circa 1949
Archives, In Storage, A21
The font was named in honour of Group Captain the Right Reverend Monsignor Henry Beauchamp.
Papers of Squadron Leader Arthur Edwin Smith, 1930-1944
Archives, In Storage, X008-5383
A collection of commemorative books, a newspaper cutting and ephemera.
Flying log books of Group Captain Oliver Campbell Bryson, 1916-1937
Archives, In Storage, AC97/93/13
Five pilot's flying log books, bound into one volume of Group Captain Oliver Campbell Bryson. Bryson has quite a remarkable military career. Bryson was wounded in cavalry charge of the Dorset Yeomanry at Agagia in February 1916. After recuperating from his wounds he transferred to the RFC and began pilot training, gaining his Royal Aero Club Certificate in December 1916.
No. 4 (Apprentices) Wing, Halton Camp Christmas card
Archives, In Storage, A11
Christmas card from No.1 School of Technical Training, RAF Halton, 1920s
Photograph album and scrap books of Group Captain Arthur Percy Besley, 1918-1941
Archives, In Storage, X008-9288
Pages from a photograph album and three scrap books compiled by Group Captain Arthur Percy Besley. The photograph album pages relate to his flying training at the end of the First World War and the scrap books to his involvement with Barrage Balloons in the Second World War.
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