Mexborough and Swinton Times, March 3, 1939

Jump Airman

His Ambition Is To Be a Pilot

Special Training at Bristol

People of Jump who admire the evolutions of airmen flying over the village every day will perhaps be surprised to learn that they have an aviator of their own. This is L.A.C. Harry Lee, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Lee of 22, Preston Avenue. He is at present doing special training at Bristol and hopes to gain his pilot’s licence in the course of the next few weeks.

Harry Lee attended the village school at Hemingfield and at the age of ten went to Wath Grammar School on a County Minor Scholarship. When he was sixteen there was an urgent call for recruits for the R.A.F. and Harry was considered to be physically fit for flying and of the right type to train.

The first part of his training was at Cranwell and Mildenhall, but later he came nearer home to Finningley and was one of the youngest at that aerodrome to go in for a pilot’s certificate. He has had over three hundred hours of flying and has taken solo flights. He is keen on his work in the R.A.F. and enjoys the life immensely.