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Butcher, Charles, fl 1920, Major, uncle of Squadron Leader Francis Herbert Butcher With digital objects
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BUTCHER, Sqn Ldr Francis Herbert (1914-1994)

  • BUTCHER
  • Collection
  • 1920

Flying log books, 1935-1945, covering Butcher’s RAF training and his work as an instructor.  Copy papers, including a poem to mark his departure from the post of Magistrate, Dusseldorf, Germany, 1948; draft text of an unpublished book by Butcher, ‘Vital Command’, on the role of Flying Training in World War Two (subsequently used by John Golley in Aircrew Unlimited: Commonwealth Air Training Plan during World War 2, Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1993) with related correspondence between Butcher’s family and researcher Bruce Burton; list of personnel of RAF Station Montrose, 1937-1938, compiled by Burton; biographical notes on Butcher, also by Burton.  Photograph album commemorating the construction of the Mosul bridge, Iraq, 1920, by 1 King George's Own Sappers and Miners, Indian Army, presented to Butcher's uncle, Maj Charles Butcher.

Butcher, Francis Herbert, 1914-1994, Squadron Leader and colonial administrator