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RAF Regiment Serviceman Holding Up Document, 8th Sept 1948

1948
RAF Regiment Serviceman Holding Up Document, 8th Sept 1948
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Willie Haswell.

Willie was called up in July 1941, trained and was stationed in England, before being deployed to Europe. He served in the RAF Regiment, tasked primarily with building and maintaining airstrips.

Willie was born and brought up in the Canongate.

Donor number: 0460-022

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Location:
Germany, Lower Saxony, Lüneburg
Categories:
Daily Life
Tags:
1940s 1948 beret boots chain document fence forces Germany holdng certificate letter Lüneburg men path peacetime RAF Royal Air Force Second World War shirt smiling standing THELMA training tree trousers uniform world war two
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Willie Haswell From The Canongate

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