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MUSGRAVE, Gp Capt Trenham Christopher, ([c.1918]-1999)

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Musgrave

Held at: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

Title: MUSGRAVE, Gp Capt Trenham Christopher, ([c.1918]-1999)

Date(s): 1938-1960

Level of description: Collection (Fonds)

Extent: 3 volumes

Name of creator(s): MUSGRAVE | Trenham Christopher | [c.1918]-1999 | Group Captain

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born c.1918, joined RAFVR 1938; Sgt 1938; Pilot Officer 1939; Flying Officer 1940; 53 Sqn, Thorney Island, Jan-Apr 1941, flying Blenheims, made 17 operational flights, mainly against shipping and French coastal targets; Flight Lt 1941; 297 Sqn, Hurn, May 1942- Jan 1943, mainly involved in airborne troop training; Sqn Ldr 1942; AFC 1942; Sqn Ldr "Tactics" 38 Wing, Northavon, Feb 1943 - Aug 1944; Wg Cdr 1944; commanded 296 Sqn, Sep 1944 - May 1945, mainly involved in airborne training and operations including Battle of Arnhem (Operation MARKET GARDEN), Sep 1944; OBE 1945; Wg Cdr Ops, HQ 38 Group, 1947-48; Staff College 1948; Gp Capt 1948; retired 1960; died 1999.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Flying log books (3 volumes) of Gp Capt Trenham Christopher Musgrave, covering his RAF career, 1938-1960, including details of bombing and airborne support missions over North West Europe with 53 Sqn, 1942-43 and 296 Sqn, 1944-45, including the Battle of Arnhem (Operation MARKET GARDEN), Sep 1944.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

3 volumes

Conditions governing access:

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

Conditions governing reproduction:

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.

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Presented by family, 2001

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Archivist's note: Source RAF Lists. Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.