Ninth Initial RAF Flying Training Course at Sywell, 1937

Ninth Initial RAF Flying Training Course at Sywell, 1937

This picture shows the 9th regular Initial RAF Flying Training Course at Sywell which ran from August to October 1937.

This picture comes from the archive of Sqdn Ldr C J Callingham AFC. Many thanks to his daughter Carol Gilbert for sending us this picture and letting us post it on the site.

Sqdn Ldr CJ Callingham AFC ( then Acting Pilot Officer) is fourth from the right on the back row. This was his first stop after travelling from New Zealand to Britain to join the RAF.

How to cite this article: Rickard, J (5 October 2012), Ninth Initial RAF Flying Training Course at Sywell, 1937, http://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/pictures_ninth_course_sywell.html

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