F.A. Cramp - First RAF Apprentice from New Zealand

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F.A. Cramp - First RAF Apprentice from New Zealand Oct 13, 2024 15:38:12 GMT 12 thomarse likes this

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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 13, 2024 15:38:12 GMT 12

I wonder where Mr F.A. Cramp's Royal Air Force career took him after becoming the first New Zealand taken on as an RAF Apprentice. This is from The Dominion newspaper, 5 July 1929. I wonder if he was still in the RAF during WWII.

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errolmartyn Group Captain Posts: 2,958	F.A. Cramp - First RAF Apprentice from New Zealand Oct 13, 2024 21:27:12 GMT 12 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by errolmartyn on Oct 13, 2024 21:27:12 GMT 12 46424 : Full name Frederick Arthur Ernest CRAMP Retired as Squadron Leader, MBE, C.Eng, AFRAeS, 26 Jan 1973. Errol
	Author: Swift to the Sky – New Zealand’s Military Aviation History Author/publisher: For Your Tomorrow - A record of New Zealanders who have died while serving with the RNZAF and Allied Air Services since 1915 & A Passion For Flight - New Zealand aviation before the Great War. Publisher of Gp Capt C M Hanson’s By Such Deeds - Honours and Awards in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1923-1999

Dave Homewood Administrator Air Vice Marshal Posts: 63,216	F.A. Cramp - First RAF Apprentice from New Zealand Oct 13, 2024 21:28:35 GMT 12 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 13, 2024 21:28:35 GMT 12 Thanks Errol. Wow, a very long career then. 44 years.
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F.A. Cramp - First RAF Apprentice from New Zealand

Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 13, 2024 15:38:12 GMT 12

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