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[…]l in 1945 and left at sixteen; wanted a career as a customs officer; he became a clerical officer in the civil service at the Air Ministry, moving to London in 1951; 1952 – National Service in the RAF as a clerk; at 21 he went back to the Air Ministry for eight months before looking for a new career[…]
[…]echnical arrangement. I do remember when they installed this new production method they imported all parts from America and it was like they exported London Bridge, it was all numbered and all assembled back in this country. So it was all stuff that was old as far as America was concerned but new as[…]