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The Old Haltonians
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Brat Art
THE ARTISTIC TALENT OF BRATS Halton Apprentices were renown for their inventiveness (think, Sir Frank Whittle [8th] and the jet engine)...
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The James McCudden Flight Heritage Centre (JMFHC)
The James McCudden Flight Heritage Centre (JMFHC) is a branch of the Trenchard Museum created to promote air mindedness in RAF recruits,...
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Newsletters
Association Newsletters are regularly produced. As each new edition is published, the previous one is filed here. Click on the following...
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Halton Apprentices - The Gallantry Awards and Honours (Part 2)
A continuation of part one. Air Force Cross The Air Force Cross was instituted in 1918. It is awarded "for gallantry while flying but...
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Halton Apprentices - The Gallantry Awards and Honours (Part 1)
All Apprentices went onto greater glories once they had graduated from RAF Halton, none more so than those who saw active service in...
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Halton Apprentices - The State Awards and Honours
Knight Commander of the Bath (KCB) The name derives from the elaborate medieval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing...
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Wing Commander ‘Taffy’ Holden’s inadvertent flight in Lightning XM135
Family Tale as told by Dan Rostron and related on his Website - www.danrostron.com - and reproduced with his permission here: Recently,...
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The Stained Glass Windows of St. George's Church (Part 2)
A continuation from part 1
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The Stained Glass Windows of St. George's Church (Part 1)
In 1997 the then RAF C of E Padre at St Georges Church, the Rev Richard Lee, suggested that the Association encourage its members to...
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The Halton Grove at the National Arboretum
Created in 1997, the National Memorial Arboretum (NMA) is a living tribute that will forever acknowledge the personal sacrifices made by...
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The Halton Tribute to the Apprentice Scheme
The two views shown are the front and reverse faces of 'The Tribute'; a sculpture which is located in front of Kermode Hall, previously...
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A Definitive History of the RAF Aircraft Apprentice Scheme - Min Larkin
Gp Capt Min Larkin CBE MRAeS Min joined the RAF as an aircraft apprentice in 1949. He remustered to aircrew as an Air Signaller/Air...
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