RAF Local Residents - Revision history

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 Basic Training then Special Training in Radar.
-WW2   Electrical Airborne Radar (in aircraft) with postings around the Mediterranean.
+WW2   Electrical Airborne Radar (in aircraft) with postings around the Mediterranean
 '''Post war'''   University, graduating in Engineering.

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 [[File:Andrew Oliver.jpg|left|thumb|313x313px]]
-'''Andrew Oliver, RAF.'''   Post war lived at [[White House Farm or Sunnybank]], [[Highwood Bottom]], [[Tor Cottage]], [[Church Lane]] and [[Pondside]] [[Kiln Lane]] Lacey Green.
+'''Andrew Oliver, RAF.'''   Post war lived at [[Sunnybank]], [[Highwood Bottom]], [[Tor Cottage]], [[Church Lane]] and [[Pondside]] [[Kiln Lane]] Lacey Green.
-'''Pre WW2'''
+'''Pre WW2.'''   Andrew Oliver worked for the firm of Walter Baker, High Wycombe, which, by 1939 had become an acknowledged leader in plywood and veneer products.  Andrew was works manager.
-Andrew Oliver worked for the firm of Walter Baker, High Wycombe, which, by 1939 had become an acknowledged leader in plywood and veneer products.  Andrew was works manager.
+'''RAF Service Career.'''   1939. Drafted into the RAF and Posted to the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough to work on research.         '''                                           '''
-'''RAF Service Career'''
+Just weeks later he was demobbed from the RAF with instructions to report directly to Lord Beaverbrook, the Minister of Aircraft Production.
-. Drafted into the RAF and Posted to the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough to work on research.         '''                                           ''' Just weeks later he was demobbed from the RAF with instructions to report directly to Lord Beaverbrook, the Minister of Aircraft Production                       '''WW2 Civilian Career'''
+'''WW2 Civilian Career.'''   Andrew was called upon to establish premises for making plywood for the planes and gliders in High Wycombe, the specialist plywood manufacturer in East London having been bombed out.   Specialist equipment, from across the country was put at his disposal.
 Andrew also assisted directly in wooden aircraft development.   He worked many hours at Salisbury Hall, developing the prototype De Haviland 98 Mosquito.
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 He was appointed by Air Chief Marshall "Bomber Harris", Commander-in-chief of Bomber Command, Walters Ash to inspect every wooden aircraft that crashed in Britain, to check if the timber or glues were a  t fault.  He flew from the grass runway on [[Stocken Farm]], Lacey Green.  (Built in order for Harris to get to Northalt to confer with President Eisenhower). The plane was kept in a guarded, “blister” hanger on the farm.
-'''Post WW2.'''
+'''Post WW2.'''   '''Report''' by [[Rosemary Mortham]], Andrew Oliver's daughter.
 Keeping the factory running throughout the war had been very stressful.   Additional girls had been sent to work there from the bombed London factory, not very happily.  There were 3 shifts a day and Andrew had been there at the start of every one.  He kept going throughout the war, but then had a nervous breakdown that kept him in hospital for several months. (In 2018 this would probably be more acceptably called a “stress disorder”.)  He found the therapy involving farm pursuits beneficial and decided to move out to the country, moving to “Sunnybank”, now White House Farm, Lacey Green.

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-'''<u>William Bernard Frederick</u>'''. Circa 1938/9, he and his wife, Laura Matilda Frederick moved to the newly built house on [[Main Road]] in Lacey Green, which they named “[[Mandara]]”, a Hindu word meaning “Lantern of Peace”
+'''<u>William Bernard Frederick</u>'''. Circa 1938/9, he and his wife, Laura Matilda Frederick moved to the newly built house on Main Road in Lacey Green, which they named “[[Mandara]]”, a Hindu word meaning “Lantern of Peace”
 '''Service Record'''

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-'''<u>Clive Adams RAF.</u>'''   Owned '[[Summer Hayes]]', [[Main Road]], Lacey Green in the 1930s and 1940s.
+'''<u>Clive Adams RAF.</u>'''   Owned '[[Summer Hayes]]', Main Road, Lacey Green in the 1930s and 1940s.
 '''The Background.'''
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 [[File:Bob Barcelon.jpg|left|thumb|The Black Arrows, pre. Red Arrows]]
-'''Air Commodore Robert "Bob" Barcelon'''.    Lived at "[[Byways]]", [[Goodacres Lane]], then "[[Windyridge]]", [[Main Road]], Lacey Green.
+'''Air Commodore Robert "Bob" Barcelon'''.    Lived at "[[Byways]]", [[Goodacres Lane]], then "[[Windyridge]]", Main Road, Lacey Green.
 '''Service Career'''
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 [[File:Geoffrey Bateman.jpg|left|thumb]]
-'''<u>Wing Commander Sir Geoffrey Hirst Bateman</u>'''   Lived at [[Grymsdyke]], [[Main Road]], Lacey Green, following WW2.
+'''<u>Wing Commander Sir Geoffrey Hirst Bateman</u>'''   Lived at [[Grymsdyke]], Main Road, Lacey Green, following WW2.
 '''Pre WW2'''

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 A replica Tornado at RAF Coningsby.
-A replica Spitfire at Entrance to RAF High Wycombe at Walters Ash ([[Bomber Command]])                                                                                       The Gymnasium, RAF Halton.
+A replica Spitfire at Entrance to RAF High Wycombe at Walters Ash ([[Bomber Command]])                                                                                      The Gymnasium, RAF Halton.
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 [[File:Ivor Keloway.jpg|left|thumb]]
-'''<u>Ivor William Kelloway</u>''', RAF.  by Ian Kelloway, his son.  Ivor and Joan Kelloway lived at “[[The Haven]]”, Main Road, Lacey Green, post WW2
+'''<u>Ivor William Kelloway</u>''', RAF.  by Ian Kelloway, his son.  [[Ivor & Joan Kelloway]] lived at “[[The Haven]]”, Main Road, Lacey Green, post WW2
 Ivor Kelloway decided the RAF was the career for him, when aged 4, on holiday near the prime naval port of Portland, he witnessed an air battle when some Swordfish took on some German bombers.

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 [[File:Ivor Keloway.jpg|left|thumb]]
-'''<u>Ivor William Kelloway</u>''', RAF.  by Ian Kelloway, his son.   [[Ivor and Joan Kelloway]] lived at “[[The Haven]]”, [[Main Road]], Lacey Green, post WW2
+'''<u>Ivor William Kelloway</u>''', RAF.  by Ian Kelloway, his son.  Ivor and Joan Kelloway lived at “[[The Haven]]”, Main Road, Lacey Green, post WW2
 Ivor Kelloway decided the RAF was the career for him, when aged 4, on holiday near the prime naval port of Portland, he witnessed an air battle when some Swordfish took on some German bombers.
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 March 1947.  Posted to Swindon as R.T.O. (rail transport officer) to assist service personnel travelling by rail.
-Ivor had applied for a place at St. Lukes College, Exeter for a two year course for teachers.   The RAF agreed to his discharge and also agreed sponsorship for him.
+Ivor had applied for a place at St. Luke's College, Exeter for a two year course for teachers.   The RAF agreed to his discharge and also agreed sponsorship for him.
 '''Personal History'''
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 Spring 1945.  Frank Chilton, stalwart of Lacey Green Sports Club, hearing there was a good cricketer at [[Bomber Command]], cycled over to the base to invite him to come and play.
-February 1947 (a winter of record snow) Ivor Kelloway, from Somerset, married Joan, the daughter of Frank and Elsie Chilton, of Lacey Green. Ivor never lost his enthusiasm for sport and was for many years a school headmaster in High Wycombe.
+February 1947 (a winter of record snow) Ivor Kelloway, from Somerset, married Joan, the daughter of [[Frank & Elsie Chilton]], of Lacey Green. Ivor never lost his enthusiasm for sport and was for many years a school headmaster in High Wycombe.
-For more links in Ivor's history above --for Ian Kelloway click [[Ian & Sue Kelloway]] , <u>for Lacey Green Sports Club click [[The Sports Club]],</u> <u>for Frank and Elsie Chilton click [[Frank & Elsie Chilton]]</u>
+For more links in Ivor's history above --for Ian Kelloway click [[Ian & Sue Kelloway]] <u>,</u> <u>for Frank and Elsie Chilton click [[Frank & Elsie Chilton]]</u>
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 He only had two years in the RAF, but he was lucky, as during that time he gained valuable knowledge and hands-on experience that furthered his chosen career.
-PS.   On a visit to Brooklands Air Museum Tony met three "old friends", a Viscount 800, a Vanguard and a Viking, all of which he had worked on whilst in BEA.   Also at Duxford Air Museum the Canberra mentioned above (WH725) is on static display
+PS.   On a visit to Brooklands Air Museum Tony met three "old friends", a Viscount 800, a Vanguard and a Viking, all of which he had worked on whilst in BEA.   Also at Duxford Air Museum the Canberra mentioned above (WH725) is on static display.
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 He was too old to train for air crew (nearly 40).   He was posted to a base near Yarmouth, then to RAF Harwell, finally to RAF Bomber Command at Walters Ash
-the Headquarters of Bomber Command.  He now found it difficult to maintain the fitness required in the service and spent the remainder of the war, workceing there on maintenance of buildings and the market garden that produced food for the base.
+the Headquarters of Bomber Command.  He now found it difficult to maintain the fitness required in the service and spent the remainder of the war, working there on maintenance of buildings and the market garden that produced food for the base.
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 Exhibition research by [[Joan West]]
-The '''Royal Air Force was''' formed from the '''Royal Flying Corps''' in 1918.   A number of men and  women who served in the RFC and the RAF had homes here before, during and after WW2, many high ranking officers.
+'''''Researcher's Comment'''.''   ''I was given this research task because I knew a few of the ex-RAF local residents.  Just like dropping a pebble into water the project simply spread all around.   I met many incredible people who gave me their career details with great pleasure and suggested others I should approach or their widows if they were no longer with us.  Their friends and neighbours added interesting details. Others whose names I was given I found on the rafweb site.   I hope you enjoy gettin''g ''to know them as I have''.   They are listed below in alphabetical order.  I have added a few names as a PS for which I had not enough information to include them in the main index.
-A full history of each was given at an exhibition by [[The Local History Group]] in 2018 giving photographs, details of their lifetime careers, their honours and awards, families and their association here with other details such as the planes they flew.
+'''The Royal Air Force was formed from the Royal Flying Corps in 1918.'''   A number of men and  women who served in the RFC and the RAF had homes here before, during and after WW2, many high ranking officers.
-'''''Researcher's Comment'''.''   ''I was given this research task because I knew a few of the ex-RAF local residents.  Just like dropping a pebble into water the project simply spread all around.   I met many incredible people who gave me their career details with great pleasure and suggested others I should approach or their widows if they were no longer with us.  Their friends and neighbours added interesting details. Others whose names I was given I found on the rafweb site.   I hope you enjoy gettin''g ''to know them as I have''.   They are listed here in alphabetical order.  I have added a few names as  PS for which I had not enough information to include them in the main index.
+'''A full history of each''' was given at an exhibition by [[The Local History Group]] in 2018 giving photographs, details of their lifetime careers, their honours and awards, families and their association here with other details such as the planes they flew.
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 '''<u>Clive Adams RAF.</u>'''   Owned '[[Summer Hayes]]', [[Main Road]], Lacey Green in the 1930s and 1940s.

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   Awarded, with other veterans the ATA Service Medal.
---      '''                                                                                                                                                                                                                           ''' <u>'''Vic Southon'''.</u>   Lived at [[Beggar's Roost]], [[Foundry Lane]], Loosley Row.
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 Vic joined the RAF in 1949.   After basic training he trained as a radio technician.