arantxa Posted 12 May , 2022 Share Posted 12 May , 2022 This chaps commission is a normal commission but on the front it says Royal Flying Corps Military Wing none of his files are digitizes so would he have been ground crew ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRC Posted 12 May , 2022 Share Posted 12 May , 2022 (edited) 14 minutes ago, arantxa said: none of his files are digitizes AIR 76 at the National Archive. Free to download if you sign in. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8265081 Looks like he served with various Squadrons but on the Technical (Armament) side. Cheers, Peter Edited 12 May , 2022 by PRC Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arantxa Posted 12 May , 2022 Author Share Posted 12 May , 2022 Thank you..i went to Officers on the national archives and it said this has not been digitised yet Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tawhiri Posted 13 May , 2022 Share Posted 13 May , 2022 Similar information available on the RAF Museum's casualty forms website, without the need to register: https://www.casualtyforms.org/form/8660 He shows up in the Air Force list of April 1918 as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Technical branch: http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/archive/goodwin-f.h His commissioning as a probationary 2nd Lieutenant in the Special Reserve of Officers on 17 June 1916 can be found in the Gazette of 20 June 1916: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29634/supplement/6202 Appointed as an Assistant Instructor in Gunnery on 12 June 1917: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30193/supplement/7408 Promoted to be a temporary Lieutenant on 21 June 1918: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30787/page/8070 Promoted to Lieutenant on 12 December 1918: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31239/page/3637 It looks as though he went on to be a solicitor in later life if this mention from the Gazette on 11 May 1956 is anything to go by. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40776/page/2824 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arantxa Posted 19 May , 2022 Author Share Posted 19 May , 2022 Gosh that’s a lot of info Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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