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CHS - FEATURE OF THE MONTH
AUGUST
FIRST REVISION
Commemorating V-J Day 15 August, we offer our tribute to Cranwellian's who served in the Far East. Some were taken PoW and held in intolerable conditions; here, therefore, we also take the opportunity to pay respect to all Cranwellian PoWs lest their sacrifice is overlooked.
Completing this month's feature albums are an update on College Prize Winners and Training Stats, as well as Cranwellians involved in WWII Operation CROSSBOW missions that started in August 1943.
To commemorate the anniversary of V-J day, this album gives a short account of RAF operations in the Far East and of Cranwellian casuaties throughout the campaign.
Operation CROSSBROW was the Bomber Command campaign against the German V1 and V2 threat. This tribute album summarises Cranwellian connections from the first mission, Operation HYDRA to the analysis by a Cranwellian's father of the V weapon dvelopments in Germany immediately after the war ended.
A sister booklet to the tributes to Cranwellians of WWII Fighter and Bomber Commands, this tribute is still in draft but intends to cover Cranwellians who fought in Coastal and Overseas Commands. As we celebrate the Cranwellian Many in July (for Bomber Command Day) and the Cranwellian Few in September (for Battle of Britain Day), we celebrate Cranwellians of other Commands in August.
In this LookUp Table, we have filtered the College SFTS entries to include those who were taken Prisoner of War during WWII, adding the Pre-WWII flight cadets who were also interned. NOTE ALL TRAINED AS PILOTS.
This album gives an explanation of prizes awarded at graduations and lists the lucky prize winners.
Edited video clips of IOT and IOTC cadets receiving their prizes during their graduation parade.
Having recorded the names of nearly 28,000 cadets, SFTS aircrew, GE, IOT and IOTC graduates to heve been trained at the RAF College, the album attempts to portray the throughput of training during the College's 100 year history. The analysis is approximate, giving trends by decade, and data on later years is still awaited. REVISED IN JULY 2021 TO INCLUDE LATEST IOTC ENTRIES.
