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F H P Austin | Wg. Cdr. F H P Austin OBE RAF Joined the RAF in September 1932 as an aircraft apprentice. After three years at Cranwell he was posted to No16 (AC) Squadron and trained as an Air Gunner. In 1937, he joined No. 36 (TB) Squadron in Singapore and in January 1939 he returned to the UK for training as an Air Observer. He was promoted to Sergeant and joined 149 (B) Squadron at Mildenhall. He flew his first operational sortie on 4th September 1939 (Kiel Canal) and continued operating with the squadron until his captain (Wg. Cdr. P. I. Harris DFC) was selected to command No7 Squadron. After aircraft familiarisation on Stirling aircraft he arrived at Oakington in October 1940. Now commissioned he was a crew member on the very first Stirling Operation on 10th February 1941, targeting oil tanks at Rotterdam. In September 1941, he was selected for Specialist Armament training, followed by spells as Chief Armament Instructor at Moreton-in-Marsh and Wellesbourne Mountford. Posted to Air Headquarters in India, in September 1945 and subsequently moved to the RAF Staff College in Haifa in 1946. After a flying refresher course he served with the Bomber Command Development Unit at Marham until 1948. After an exchange posting with RAAF HQ Melbourne he returned to the UK in January 1954 on promotion to Wg. Cdr. (Admin) at RAF Kinloss. His final posting was to the Supreme HQ Allied Powers Europe in 1959, retiring in 1965. |
Items Signed by Wg. Cdr. F H P Austin OBE RAF |
  | Teamwork by Philip West. Price : £150.00 | As night falls, Short Stirlings of XV Squadron based at Mildenhall, Cambridgeshire, await their crews for yet another nocturnal mission. One of the almost forgotten Bomber Command aircraft that made a very significant contribution to the war effort. ...... | |
| | Teamwork by Philip West. (AP) Price : £195.00 | As night falls, Short Stirlings of XV Squadron based at Mildenhall, Cambridgeshire, await their crews for yet another nocturnal mission. One of the almost forgotten Bomber Command aircraft that made a very significant contribution to the war effort....... | |
  | Final Preparations by Philip West. (AP) Price : £195.00 | Soon to be cloaked in darkness, Wellington aircraft of 150 Squadron, RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire, prepare for another dangerous mission, never knowing if they would return....... |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Wg. Cdr. F H P Austin OBE RAF |
   | Short Stirling Print Pack. Pack Price : £220.00 Saving : £290 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Teamwork by Philip West. Tribute to the Crews of the Stirling by Graeme Lothian. Stirlings of No.90 Squadron by Ivan Berryman. Preparing To Go - Crew of a Short Stirling by Ivan Berryman. | |
| | Short Stirling Bomber Prints by Philip West and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £130.00 Saving : £150 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Teamwork by Philip West. Stirlings of No.90 Squadron by Ivan Berryman. | |
| | Bomber Command Stirling Aircraft Prints by Ivan Berryman and Philip West. Pack Price : £125.00 Saving : £155 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Teamwork by Philip West. Preparing To Go - Crew of a Short Stirling by Ivan Berryman. | |
| | Stirling Bomber Prints by Graeme Lothian and Philip West. Pack Price : £135.00 Saving : £155 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Teamwork by Philip West. Tribute to the Crews of the Stirling by Graeme Lothian. | |
 | Short Stirling Aircraft Prints by Ivan Berryman and Philip West. Pack Price : £140.00 Saving : £130 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Teamwork by Philip West. Tugs of War (Stirling & Gliders) by Ivan Berryman. |
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