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Per ardua ad astra

One of my father's RAF uniform buttons, shown with the heading of the notepaper of a letter he wrote home while training in 1942. It bears the RAF motto 'Per ardua ad astra' - 'through adversity to the stars'. The writing behind is from a notebook he kept while learning to maintain and repair radio equipment

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Uploaded on June 9, 2024
Taken on June 9, 2024