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Old 3rd Jan 2016, 11:40
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O C Chave

The Flying Instructor's Lament - Aircrew Remembered
aircrewremembered.com/flying-instructors-lament-owen-chave.html
15 Squadron Stirling I BF448 LS-T Fl/Lt. Chave

Fl/Lt O C Chave also gets a mention in in Denis Peto-Shepherd's book 'The Devil Take The Hindmost' which is an account of the author's wartime RAF service from his initial enlistment, through his training (ITW at Torquay and Babbacombe-various hotels are mentioned!) to become a 'creamed-off' flying instructor before eventually, towards the end of the war, making it to an operational bomber squadron. He and Chave served together at one point.

'The Devil Take The Hindmost' is packed full of the sort of minutiae that readers of this thread thrive on (and a lot about his travails at a minor public school, of which I could have done with less) and I highly recommend it.
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