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Group captain leonard cheshire biography of barack
Leonard Cheshire in the Second World War
Leonard first learned to fly with the Oxford University Air Squadron. Flying appealed to his flamboyant, slightly reckless attitude and sense of adventure. Aircraft combined speed, technology and new sensations and, for the more traditional, the RAF was seen as slightly disreputable, appealing to the non-conformist.
He joined the RAF immediately after graduating and after further training commenced operations in the summer of 1940, joining No.
102 Sqn, based in Yorkshire and flying Whitley bombers. He soon proved himself a capable and effective captain, and was awarded the DSO for bringing his badly damaged aircraft back from Cologne in November 1940.
- Leonard in uniform
Leonard was thorough in everything that he did.
Group captain leonard cheshire biography of barack obama
He learned all he could about the aircraft he flew and how to get the best from them. He took an interest in the work of the rest of his crew, and the groundcrew who serviced the machines. His interest in