Name/Title
RAF/T: Blackpool, RichardsEntry/Object ID
2023.1293Description
Ray Richards, RAF cadet. (2 images)Context
Ray Richards was close friends with Wilf Sutton, to whom the card is signed.
They had both been four years into a seven-year apprenticeship in machine tools when they joined the RAF. Both were posted to Blackpool in January 1940 for initial training. This is an end of course photograph, which Ray gave to his friend. Date probably March-April 1940. Ray and Wilf went their separate ways thereafter, and did not meet again until after the war.
Names and addresses of some other course mates are on the back.
Donated by Judi Nurcombe.Collection
RAF Training, Y/M: Small collections or single items
