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Does anyone know what HP 164 S Wing (there is an off chance this might be 166) means? I can't find any references to help me figure it out.

Thanks. The first unit he was posted to was 44 M.U. at Edzell, Scotland, before he was sent to 350 Signals Depot at Newbold Revel. Nice and handy as Edzell was about 9 miles from home.

The first...

And one other thing. My father's record is endorsed "not rec. for trng in aircrew duties". In retrospect, a lucky decision, but why? There was nothing wrong with his eyesight, so what other reason...

My father’s record shows him as having served in 385 MU (there is a possibility that this might be a badly written WU, but it looks more like an MU) and, after a spell in a Military Hospital...

My father was a Wireless Operator with the RAFVR in India and Burma during WWII. The reason I am posting in this part of the forum is that the question I am asking here relates to the ship on which...

Thanks for that. Now that could well be the case. I know that he was in hospital at one point during his service, although he never told me anything about how he came to be there, nor did he tell...

Yes, my father did serve in the RAF. We did not come to Australia until 1958.

Thanks for that. Your suggestion that P.O.R. probably means "Person Of Record" makes sense in the context that it is used. Until someone comes up with a definitive answer, I will treat it as...

My father was a wireless operator (LAC) in India and Burma during WWII and I have obtained a copy of his record and am trying to work out what I can from it. I am taking it a bit at a time and have...