GB 0099 KCLMA Haw - HAW, Sqn Leader Charlton (1920-1993)

3 files, 1 audio cassette

GB 0099 KCLMA Haw Created [1939-1951], 1956, 1984-1985, [1987], 1991, [1993] Collection (fonds) 3 files, 1 audio cassette

Born in 1920; trained as a lithographer; joined RAF, 1939; served with 504 Sqn, Battle of Britain, 1940, and with 151 Wing, Murmansk, USSR, 1941; awarded Order of Lenin, 1941; commanded RAF squadron at Coolham Airfield, West Sussex, and took part in invasion of Normandy (Operation OVERLORD), 1944; Flight Lt, 1946; commanded 65 Sqn on mission to Sweden, 1948;retired, 1951; died in 1993.

Placed in the Centre by the family in 1995.

Papers relating to his RAF career, 1939-1951, dated [1939-1951], 1984-1985, [1987], 1991, 1993, particularly his service in the USSR, 1941, and Sweden, 1948, principally comprising photographs of Haw and his RAF colleagues, [1939-1951]; press cuttings, 1941, [1946], 1948, 1956, [1987], 1991, [1993]; 'Pilot's notes for Spitfire 22 and 24 Griffon 61 engine' (Air Publication 2816 B andC), prepared by the Air Ministry, 1947, with amendments list, 1950. Audio tape of interview with Paul Hamlin, 1993, concerning Haw's service at Coolham Airfield in 1944.

3 files, 1 audio cassette

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
English, and some Russian

Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm,and published in hard copy in the Centre's reading room

Coolham Airfield remembered, memories and anecdotes of a Sussex D-Day fighter station and village compiled by Paul Hamlin and Ann Davies (Paul Hamlin, Horsham, 1996) and Hurricanes over Murmansk by John Golley (Stephens, Wellingborough, 1996).

Nov 1996 RAF , Royal Air Force x Royal Air Force International relations International conflicts War Military engineering Warfare Air warfare State security Armed forces Wars (events) World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Transport Vehicles Aircraft Military aircraft Organizations Military organizations London England UK Western Europe Europe USSR Eastern Europe Sweden Northern Europe Coolham Sussex

Placed in the Centre by the family in 1995.

Papers relating to his RAF career, 1939-1951, dated [1939-1951], 1984-1985, [1987], 1991, 1993, particularly his service in the USSR, 1941, and Sweden, 1948, principally comprising photographs of Haw and his RAF colleagues, [1939-1951]; press cuttings, 1941, [1946], 1948, 1956, [1987], 1991, [1993]; 'Pilot's notes for Spitfire 22 and 24 Griffon 61 engine' (Air Publication 2816 B andC), prepared by the Air Ministry, 1947, with amendments list, 1950. Audio tape of interview with Paul Hamlin, 1993, concerning Haw's service at Coolham Airfield in 1944.

3 files, 1 audio cassette

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

• English

• Latin

English, and some Russian

Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm,and published in hard copy in the Centre's reading room

• English