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Old 25th Nov 2015, 10:00
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Danny42C
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Old Comrades.

Walter,

I recall going to ITW at Newquay on or about 9 May 1941. Now I am really puzzled. Surely we must have met?
My start date was 8.6.41. at No.8 ITW, Newquay. So you were exactly four weeks ahead of me. Now the course was exactly 54 days long (I left on 1.8.41), so we were there together from 9 May to 1 Aug. (I'll PM you my name).

We were billeted in the "Trebarwith Annexe" just outside the Trebarwith Hotel, which was the HQ, and had in it the Airmens' Mess and all the classrooms. I've few names in memory, but Cpl. Shepherd ("the Good Shepherd") was the Drill Instructor and one of my two room-mates was Ron Sweetlove (later sadly killed on Bomber Command).

Hail - well met ! Danny.