Air cadets learn the basics of flight at RNAS St Merryn in Cornwall, February 1944. A22064

Air cadets learn the basics of flight at RNAS St Merryn in Cornwall, February 1944.
Flight Lieutenant Prince Birabangse, well known in peacetime as the racing motorist B Bira, but now Chief instructor at the school, shows a cadet how to handle the controls of an elementary glider. From left to right: Sub Lieut (A) W A Murray, RNVR, an instructor; Lieut Cdr (A) K Garston-Jones, RNVR, Chief Liaison Officer to the ATC for HMS VULTURE; Squadron Leader Sir John Mclesworth St Aubyn; Air Commodore W Sawrey; Flight Lieut Prince Biribangse, Capt W P McCarthy, RN, Commanding Officer HMS VULTURE; Flying Officer J Wills, Commanding Officer of Liskeard, Cornwall ATC, cadets and Lieut M H Powell, of the Home Guard. The Wren Officer is Second Officer K B Morris, of HMS VULTURE.