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Above and left: In November 1937, two De Havilland 868 airliners were delivered to the E&W School. L8037 and L8040 had been constructed in May 1936 and registered to British Airways as G-ADYC and 'DVD respectively. After service at Cranwell both aircraft were transferred to 24 Squadron and then later on to the Admiralty. MAP
"George••
WEwelcome back F/Sgt. Anderson to the Instrument Makers' School, from the R.A.F. Station at Mildenhall, where he was for some time in charge of the
Automatic Control Station.
F/Sgt. Anderson is one of the very few ex-Royal Flying Corps Instrument Makers still in the Service and his association with the E. & W. School extends over some 20 years. He is still greatly interested in the sporting activities of the School, and particularly in those of " C ·• Squadron, to whose personnel he is engaged also in disclosing the mysteries of his trade.
The photograph illustrates " George," the demonstration Automatic Control Set as arranged for the visit of His Majesty the King to Mildenhall, when F/Sgt. Anderson and two ex-apprentices had the honour of demonstrating it.
C.B. T.
Cranw ell
Above: K2345 was built as a Vickers Victoria Mk.V but in January 1935 was converted to a Valencia and posted to the E&W School. This particular machine ended its days in an overshoot at Catterick on 4th September 1939.