224276 AC1. Gordon Howard Royal Air Force Regiment Anti-Aircraft Flight from:Moston, Manchester Gordon Howard enlisted in January 1942 aged 19. He was not selected for aircrew training at that time but told to reapply in four months and in the meantime placed in the reserves. In August 1942 he was posted to 1 Regiment School, and in the following month posted to the Anti-Aircraft Flight at RAF Hawkinge. In October he was sent to RAF Ronaldsway for two weeks ground to air gunnery training at the Ground Defence Gunnery School. Gordon returned to Hawkinge at the end of that month but in March 1943 was admitted to Canterbury Municipal Hospital, and discharged as "Physically unfit for Air Force Service in May 1943" with a gratuity of 11s 3d a week.
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