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The Heywood WWII Letters - Part 13

Welcome back to part 13, this post covers the letters for June and July of 1944. Peter is still in South Rhodesia and is close to taking...

The Heywood WWII Letters - Part 12

Welcome back to part 12, it is now May 1944 and Peter is still in Rhodesia on a flying training course. He is having a lot of adventures...

The Heywood WWII Letters - Part 11

Welcome back to part 11 of the letters, Peter was just about to move camp from Belvedere to RAF Cranborne and writes on the 28th March...

The Heywood WWII Letters - Part 10

Welcome back to part 10 of the Peter Heywood war letters. Peter is at RAF Belvedere in Rhodesia to begin his flying training, he has been...

The Heywood WWII Letters - Part 9

Welcome back to part 9, Peter is in Rhodesia after a long trip by sea. He is to start his flying training and is happy to be there with...

The Heywood WWII Letters - Part 8

Welcome back to part 8, Peter has now been classified a pilot and will be going abroad for further training, it must have been a very...

The Heywood WWII Letters - Part 7

Welcome back to part 7, Peter is now in Burton on Trent and has started learning to fly. He writes to his mum on the 16th July 1943...

The Heywood WWII Letters - Part 6

Welcome to part 6, Peter is almost finished with his basic training for the RAF in Newquay. He writes to Joan his sister about some...

The Heywood WWII Letters - Part 5

Welcome to part 5, Peter is nearly 6 weeks into his basic training for the RAF stationed on a sea front in Newquay, UK. He writes to his...

The Heywood WWII Letters - Part 4

Welcome to part 4, Peter is still doing basic training for the RAF in Newquay, on the 1st April 1943 Peter writes to thank his dad for...

The Heywood WWII Letters - Part 3

Welcome to part 3, Peter has now been sent to Newquay for more training and describes some of the lessons in his next letter home dated...

The Heywood WWII letters - Part 2

Continuing from part one, Peter was at the Grove Court Hotel in London but in the letter below updates his parents on his new location at...

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