18 December 1936
To Dad
R.A.F. CIVIL TRAINING SCHOOL
(Phillips & Powis Aircraft, Ltd.)
WOODLEY, BERKS.
Phone : Sonning 76.
Dear Dad:
Here are a couple of poor pictures - evidently I was the only one in each picture - too bad you couldn't see other fine chaps.
I have just returned from a Hight Test which accounts for ruddy glow in my cheeks. If I look unhealthy or anything in my Flying Kit say so - as a matter of fact I'm a plenty tough guy. The other picture was taken on a bridge over the Thames in Sonning near here.
Last night we celebrated out passing out - a small hand of select souls, 11 pupil pilots out of 18 and our dear instructors. The night might have been all right but our heads weren't this morning.
Monday I report to Officers' Mess, R.A.F. Depot Uxbridge for two or three weeks disciplinary training.
- Well I'll let you know how it feels to be an officer soon.
Yours Bill