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Jimmy Corbin, Last of the Ten Fighter Boys (2010), 2010

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0276/SEHR/1/38

Scope and Contents

Description of Selwyn College in September 1939, pp. 44-45 when 80 RAF trainee fighter pilots were billeted there for 7 weeks before flying a spitfire in 1940. Corbin is the last surviving member of his squadron of spitfire pilots.

Dates

  • Creation: 2010

Extent

2 page(s) : Paper

Immediate Source of Acquisition

A gift from Bill Gibson, Porter, Selwyn College, 2012

General

The book is housed in the Library as part of the fiction collection. The pages were difficult to copy pages because it's tightly bound book.

Finding aid date

2012-07-30 11:35:29+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Selwyn College Archives Repository

Contact:
The College Archivist
Selwyn College Archives
Selwyn College, Grange Road
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DQ United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 762014