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My Great Grandad, John Thomas Howard

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posted on 2024-06-05, 16:09 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

At the start of the war, my great grandad John Howard was a policeman and was one of the first to drive a police car with white bumpers and blacked out headlights. He then joined the RAF in 1942. He trained as a navigator and flew Mosquito bombers from RAF Northolt just outside London.

History

Person the story/items relate to

John Thomas Howard

Person who shared the story/items

Helen Williams

Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor

Great grandson

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Shared online as part of the SOS: Save Our Stories campaign.

School

Woodhey High School, Bury, Lancashire

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98861 | SOS