Billy Strachan
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William Arthur Watkin Strachan was a British communist, civil rights activist, and pilot. He is most noted for his achievements as a bomber pilot with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War,
Strachan in 1942
Adastral House, later renamed "Television House", where Strachan attempted to join the Royal Air Force (RAF).
Strachan's flying helmet and goggles
Strachan's 576 Squadron crew who flew from RAF Fiskerton in 1945. Billy Strachan is standing on the right, and Len Dorricott, his navigator, is on the left. The Australian wireless operator, R Fuller, is crouching bottom right.
Richard Overy
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Richard James Overy is a British historian who has published on the history of World War II and Nazi Germany. In 2007, as The Times editor of Complete History of the World, he chose the 50 key dates o
Billy Strachan
…during WWII, including a leather flying helmet, and flying goggles. One display in the museum's Second World War galleries created by History Professor Richard Overy featured objects relating to Strachan. The UK National Archives hold records relating to Trinidad barring Strachan from entering the country, and further…
Overy lecturing at King's College London in 2015
A museum display created by Overy in the Imperial War Museum featuring objects once belonging to Billy Strachan.
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