Just wondering what was the shortest time a Bomber Pilot became the Captain from joining up?
My Uncle was in A Flight Ninth Course Photo No 1 Squadron RAF Aberystwyth 25th Feb 1941 ( presumably photo was at the end of the Course?? ) I presume this was an ITW course?
On the 10th Jan 1942 some Eleven months after Course Photo he was a Wellington Captain with 40 Squadron as a Flying Officer with a Sgt Co pilot and came down off Wilhelmshaven and spent the rest of the war a POW.
PS Clearly if trained overseas it would have taken longer especially as according to books I have read the vast majority returning to the UK required further training due to weather in UK being so different.??
PPS As a retired Pilot myself I am amazed how these young pilots with so little experience suddenly were expected to launch of in charge of a 2/4 engine heavily laden bomber in the middle of the night.
Last edited by thegypsy; 11th Mar 2018 at 15:38.