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WW2 Fleet Air Arm Service Records
« on: Thursday 03 August 17 15:51 BST (UK) »
Am I able to get a copy of my father's Fleet Air Arm records from WW2 - even though he's still alive at 93?

We have HIS copy of his Service record but he says it's incomplete and that the official record should have more information about where he was. 
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Re: WW2 Fleet Air Arm Service Records
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 03 August 17 15:54 BST (UK) »
MOD holds WW2 Service records, your father could apply for his own records -

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/requests-for-personal-data-and-service-records

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Re: WW2 Fleet Air Arm Service Records
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 03 August 17 16:00 BST (UK) »
Thank you !  I had no idea.   

Will follow up as Dad has started reminiscing quite a lot about his wartime service - and about his father who served in WW1 who's records unfortunately have been lost.
CAWTHORN, SCOTT & DeSilva PALMER from Cambridgeshire & West Norfolk [and beyond]
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/genealogy/