- Contributed by听
- KidattheTime
- People in story:听
- Air Trianing Corps
- Location of story:听
- Hinchley Wood, Surrey
- Background to story:听
- Royal Air Force
- Article ID:听
- A2756793
- Contributed on:听
- 17 June 2004
All wouldbe airmen in the making
Kids were also involved
Most people involved in WWII have recalled what it was like for an "adult", but we were involved as Kids , in many ways, even if we didn't wear a tin hat and carry a rifle.
This site will contain some of my personal experiences.
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My photo is of a wartime Air Training Corps parade Hinchley Wood School near Kingston upon Thames and Thames Ditton, Surrey, where I lived.
When I reached call-up age, I was disconcerted that my ATC training proved useless because I was by then working as a trainee draughtsman at Hawker Aircraft Co in Kingston and consequently found myself in a reserved occupation.
As far as the ATC was concerned, my Commanding Officer could only retain me by arranging for me to be upgraded - with Air Ministry permission - to the RAF position of Warrant Officer. It was the nearest I could get to joining the RAF.
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