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The Airmen's Stories - Sgt. H J Pavitt

 

Harold John Pavitt was born on 9th February 1917. He joined the RAF in June 1935 as an Aircrafthand.

When he joined 235 Squadron at Bircham Newton on 18th September 1940 he was a Sergeant WOp/AG. He flew his first operational sortie on the 21st.


Commissioned from Flight Sergeant in September 1942, his subsequent service is currently undocumented but it is known that he stayed in the RAF postwar and retired on 10th January 1958 as a Squadron Leader.

Pavitt died in December 1972 at Rochford.

 

 

 




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