ASSIGNED TO THE PRINCE OF WALES SQUADRON.—Prince Charles is spending a five-month course at Cranwell, the Royal Air Foce college for officer training and flying instruction in Lincolnshire. The Prince, who holds the rank of flight lieutenant, will undergo various stages of flying and aerobatics at the college to earn his wings. The photograph shows some of the men who will be helping him. From left are Mr J. Willows, batman to Prince Charles; Flying Officer J. Giles, the Prince’s flat-mate; Pilot Officer J. Mustard, and Flying Officer H. McKay, who will be in Prince Charles’s squadron; and Squadron Leader R. Johns, who will teach the Prince aerobatics in a 550 m.p.h. jet Provost.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32554, 13 March 1971, Page 2
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114ASSIGNED TO THE PRINCE OF WALES SQUADRON.—Prince Charles is spending a five-month course at Cranwell, the Royal Air Foce college for officer training and flying instruction in Lincolnshire. The Prince, who holds the rank of flight lieutenant, will undergo various stages of flying and aerobatics at the college to earn his wings. The photograph shows some of the men who will be helping him. From left are Mr J. Willows, batman to Prince Charles; Flying Officer J. Giles, the Prince’s flat-mate; Pilot Officer J. Mustard, and Flying Officer H. McKay, who will be in Prince Charles’s squadron; and Squadron Leader R. Johns, who will teach the Prince aerobatics in a 550 m.p.h. jet Provost. Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32554, 13 March 1971, Page 2
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