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Any RAF Experts?
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CLK | Report | 3 Feb 2009 15:48 |
Hi Everyone, |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 3 Feb 2009 15:51 |
my husband had his National Service in the RAF deferred because he was needed in his engineering job and had yet to finish his apprenticeship - as soon as it was finished, in he went! |
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Janet | Report | 3 Feb 2009 15:56 |
Hi |
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CLK | Report | 3 Feb 2009 15:59 |
I did wonder if he was doing some kind of apprentice - would that give him a different RAF number til he was qualified? Why the RAF number but the ARP uniform??!! Would they have done this in 1941 while we were actually at war? Anyone else come across it? |
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Claire | Report | 3 Feb 2009 22:33 |
The different numbers may be related to the fact he took a commission ie. became an Officer. Flight Sergeant is a Senior Non Commissioned Officer SNCO or 'Snecko' as they were known. Pilot Officer is a junior Commissioned rank. I think Commissioned Officers may have had a different number format. |
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CLK | Report | 3 Feb 2009 22:51 |
That hadn't occurred to me...thanks for that .Why would he have had deferred service during the war? Would he have got a commission in just over 2 years? Any ideas as to what sort of role he had...mechanic - as in engineer? Sorry 20 questions !! |
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Golfman | Report | 4 Feb 2009 02:29 |
Hope this helps in clearing things up a bit. |
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DIZZI | Report | 4 Feb 2009 04:37 |
OMG |
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CLK | Report | 4 Feb 2009 22:30 |
Aha!!! Thanks everyone for your replies and your RAF expertise, that seems to explain a lot - I wonder if there is any way of finding out what if any apprenticeship he was doing....hmmm! |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 4 Feb 2009 23:37 |
my OH was doing an engineering apprenticeship and went in as an airframe mechanic |
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