Air Navigator
Solicitors’ Clerk Wins His Wings

Well-known in Rushden, where he was employed in the office of Messrs. J. T. Parker, Son, and A. N. Groome, solicitors, Sergt. W. D. (“Don”) Perkins, only son of Mrs. W. Perkins, of 119 Finedon-road, Irthlingborough, has gained his wing as a navigator, following training in Rhodesia and South Africa. He joined the R.A.F. in March 1943, at the age of 19, proceeding overseas shortly afterwards.

One of the earliest members of the A.T.C., he held the rank of Flight Sergeant in C Flight, No. 378 Mannock Squadron.