Hockley Heath. Edgar Thomas [Tom] Abbott at Airfield
![8 pilots training at Hockley Heath, 1944. Man with goggles on is Edgar Thomas [Tom] Abbott, 1918-2002 | Image courtesy of the Tom Abbott Collection](https://d23iiv8m8qvdxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/1944.-8-at-Hockley-Heath-1944-1.jpg "8 pilots training at Hockley Heath, 1944. Man with goggles on is Edgar Thomas [Tom] Abbott, 1918-2002")
8 pilots training at Hockley Heath, 1944. Man with goggles on is Edgar Thomas [Tom] Abbott, 1918-2002
Image courtesy of the Tom Abbott Collection
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8 Pilots at Hockley Heath aerodrome. Man with goggles on is Edgar Thomas [Tom] Abbott, 1918-2002
Tom Abbott Collection
I have more detail – but broadly: Tom Abbott, b. Beverley, Yorkshire in 1918. Lived in London. Joined Metropolitan Police, Joined the RAF(1941), trained pilots in USA. Returned to UK(1944). Retrained as a teacher. Taught in Hackney, London. was a Captain in Army Cadet force. Retired to Somerset. died 2002
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