260215 Gnr. John Francis Nolan British Army 4th Medium Regiment, 9/13th Battery Royal Artillery from:Blackburn, Lancastershire My father, Frank Nolan, served with the 9/13th Medium Battery, 4th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery in the BEF in 1939-40.
He joined the Aeronautical Inspection Directorate in March 1942, after 14 months in 3 military hospitals and being invalided out of military service after severe wounding at Dunkirk; he was a motor mechanic/ fitter. He served with the Aeronautical Inspection Directorate at Vickers Armstrong, Squires Gate from 14th of August 1944 to 13th of August 1945.
I have two photos of AID staff under a Wellington bomber's wing. One has signatures on the reverse, and my father is in both photos. I have two other small domestic photos taken at the time, one showing my mother and father at the beach, the other me (2 yrs. old); we are eating an ice cream, a wartime treat! Finally, I have two photos (or really a double one), taken by a typical seaside pavement photographer, of my father and another male AID Examiner.
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