159 Charles had received his wings and commission in April 1943 with the RCAF at No. 8 Service Flying Training School in Moncton, New Brunswick. In the summer of 1943, he undertook training exercises at RAF Staverton in Gloucestershire, the home county of his Crowdy ancestors. Through October and November 1943, he logged many flights, piloting British designed Whitley twin-engine front-line bombers. An Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Bomber. A studio portrait of F/O Charles Crowdy (1943) with a service photo above..
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