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Letter from Royal Air Force Cadet Eric Searle to His American Flight Instructor Butch Jackson

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CreatorEric SearleDescriptionHandwritten letter from RAF pilot Eric Searle to his American Instructor Butch Jackson. Mr. Searle trained at Falcon Field (Mesa, Ariz.). He was appointed as a Pilot Officer in 1942 and awarded a Distinguished Service Cross for his service in 1944. He survived the war (RAF Bomber command had a casualty rate of more than 50%), became a dentist and died in 2006, when he would have been well into his 80s.SubjectGreat Britain--Royal Air ForceFalcon Field (Mesa, Ariz.)Military operations, Aerial--BritishWorld War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, BritishDate Original1941-12-27Date Range1940s (1940-1949)TypeTextOriginal FormatLetters (correspondence)LanguageEnglishContributing InstitutionThunderbird School of Global ManagementCollectionSouthwest Airways and Thunderbird Field #1Rights StatementCopyright to some materials in this resource is held by the Arizona Board of Regents for and on behalf of Arizona State University and is provided here for educational purposes only. Materials may not be published or distributed in any format without written permission of Arizona State University, for more information please visit us here http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/permission.htm

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