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  • ...ond World War]], Chisholm signed on with the [[w:Royal Air Force|Royal Air Force]] and joined the RAF Dance Orchestra (known popularly as [[w:the Squadronai [[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]
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  • ...ollege of Speech and Drama]] in Sidcup and continued at the [[York Theatre Royal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/05/11/gar [[Category:20th-century Royal Air Force personnel]]
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  • He trained at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] and made his first stage appearance in July 1924. ...nt]] in the [[First World War]], in 1918 transferring into the [[Royal Air Force]], ending the war as a [[Subaltern (military)|subaltern]] when he was demob
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  • ...ian-born British actor. He was best known for playing stern-faced military officers in British films of the 1950s and 1960s. ...July 1947, including service with [[No. 111 Air-Sea Rescue Flight RAAF|111 Air Sea Rescue Flight]].<ref>[https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=10448
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  • ...ss-date=8 August 2016}}</ref> He served in the [[Royal Air Force|Royal Air Force]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]] as a rear gunner and radio o [[Category:Royal Air Force personnel of World War II]]
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  • ...lerk]], [[police officer|police officer]], and [[Royal Air Force|Royal Air Force]] [[aviator|pilot]]. [[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]
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  • | branch = [[w:Royal Air Force|Royal Air Force]] ...ervice as a [[w:Flight Lieutenant|Flight Lieutenant]] in the [[w:Royal Air Force|RAF]]. During the war, he served as a flight instructor in [[w:Canada|Canad
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  • ...l=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gw-_DwAAQBAJ&dq=dick+clement+royal+air+force&pg=PT18}}</ref> ...|Billy]]'', starring [[Michael Crawford]], which ran at London's [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane|Drury Lane Theatre]] for two and a half years. By this time the
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  • ...nnaught Theatre in [[Worthing]]; when called up he served in a [[Royal Air Force]] [[Ultra|Special Liaison Unit]], reaching the rank of [[flight lieutenant] ...tting at the bedside of his dying wife was regarded by many as a ''tour de force''.<ref name="telegraph" />
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  • ...Yorkshire|Bradford]] and [[Amersham]]. In 1940, he joined the [[Royal Air Force]] and served in Africa, the United States, the Middle East and the Mediterr ...1977;''[[The Old Country]]'', Queen's Theatre, 1978; [[Bedroom Farce]], [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] at The Prince of Wales, 1978; ''[[The L
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  • Edwards served in the [[Royal Air Force|Royal Air Force]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]], was commissioned in April 1 ...bed by [[Roy Hudd]] as being "a mixture of university lecture, [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] slang, the playing of various loud wind instruments and old-fashioned
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  • ...ity surveyor]] and later volunteered for the [[w:Royal Air Force|Royal Air Force]] in 1941 but was not accepted because of a [[w:perforated eardrum|perforat ...he performed in nine seasons between 1949 and 1958. He also worked at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, [[Edinburgh]] before gaining notice at the Arts Theatre Clu
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  • [[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:Royal Air Force personnel of World War II]]
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  • | branch = {{air force|United Kingdom}} ...t he served as an [[w:airman|airman]] in the [[w:Royal Air Force|Royal Air Force]] before ending the war as an officer. From the rank of [[w:leading aircraf
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  • ...|War]] he served as a [[Flying Officer|Flying Officer]] in the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]].<ref>{{Cite journal|date=29 August 1941|title=BALLOON. BRANCH|url=htt * ''[[It's in the Air]]'' (1938) – Commanding Officer Hill
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  • ...[Second World War]] he took a break from acting and joined the [[Royal Air Force]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/edward-chapman-p12354 ...ortuning male persons for immoral purposes", Chapman started a petition to force him to resign from [[British Actors' Equity Association|Equity]].<ref>{{cit
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  • When the [[platoon]] engage a low-flying [[German Air Force|German plane]] with rapid fire, a [[Court of inquiry|Court of Inquiry]] is As the 'all clear' air raid siren blares, Mainwaring and Wilson wake up from a snooze, but both ar
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  • ...d the country and made a film adaptation of it. Serving in the [[Royal Air Force]] during the [[Second World War]], Murdoch met a fellow officer, [[Kenneth Murdoch appeared on air and on stage in Australia, Canada and South Africa, and continued acting an
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  • ...[World War II|World War II]], Black joined the [[Royal Air Force|Royal Air Force]], and became involved in managing the entertainment of servicemen based at [[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]
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  • ...ed. However, no one must know who he is. He goes as Lieutenant Farrow, a [[Royal Navy]] [[public relations]] officer. The bomber is hit over [[Nazi Germany| ...sent to a [[prisoner of war]] camp mostly occupied by [[Royal Air Force]] officers. His excellent command of German causes him to be suspected of being a spy,
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