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Ross/Paul,

I have now had the opportunity to review the 600 Sqn ORB for the period 1925 to late 1939, and can confirm that the name Saunders does not appear in any entries. That being said, there were 14 unnamed civilian OR entrants in January 1935, and so I'm wondering if Roi Saunders could have been one of these. He would have just turned 18 at this point, so the sort of age that you might expect him to be taking such a step.

Would it be possible for him to have served as OR with 600 sqn? perhaps even to have subsequently applied for an AAF commission, been rejected.....and then applied for a reserve commission instead? Looking at the ORB it is clear that 600 Sqn had a high rejection rate, presumably the result of "pre-war gentlemans' club" type thinking. Roi Saunders was from a working class background, so not necessarily the right 'type' for 600 Sqn at that time.

Any further thoughts appreciated.

Ian