RAF Training in South Africa

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posted on 2024-06-05, 19:27 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

My uncle Reginald Levi was posted to South Africa and learnt to fly for the RAF. It was a revelation for a lad from North London. The war finished a week before he earned his "Wings." He was tempted to stay in South Africa and the airforce but returned to England, eventually settling in Somerset, working for the railways as a civil engineer.

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1. Photo of RAF training group with Reginald Levi (back row 5th from the left). On the reverse signatures of all the trainees. 2. Reginald Levi in flying suit 1944 3. Group of RAF trainees including Reginald Levi (second from right).

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Reginald James Levi

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Elizabeth Anne Ford

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Uncle

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Shared at The Lee Parish Hall, Buckinghamshire on 19 February 2023.

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90574 | LEE009

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