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Imperial Airways. Log books and photographs belonging to Captain Henry Lawrence Matthews Glover (1907-1974), RAF and later Imperial Airways pilot, comprising ten log books for RAF and Civil flying career, all numbered (RAF No.2 missing), the RAF log books numbered 1 and 3 are for the period of 2 October 1930 to 31 January 1933, and the third RAF log book number 7 is for the period of 22 November 1940 to 3 April 1941, there are seven civil period flying log books commencing 12 July 1937 and the final log book entry is 20 September 1965, together with Air Service Training (Met) notebook 1 & 2, three RAF Notebooks including Sight Log Book, plus a black and white portrait photograph of Glover in Imperial Airways uniform, framed plus Imperial Airways cloth brevet with gold bullion embroidery, an 'Overseas Airways Corporation enamel badge numbered 930 and three WWII medal ribbon bars, plus related photographs, including Officers, Royal Air Force Station, Upper Heyford, 1933, photo postcards, documents including Provisional Certificate of Proficiency in Radiotelephony, 1936, Air Ministry Ground Engineer's Licence, December 1937, a BOAC Agreement for Service as an Aircraft Officer, dated 1 December 1944, Manual of Air Traffic Procedures for Pilots, 2nd edition, 1957 printed articles, a "Douglas" Combined Protractor & Parrallel Rule (in original case),The Observer's Planisphere of Air Navigation Stars, by Francis Chichester and other related items (Quantity: an archive) Captain Henry Lawrence Matthews Glover (1907-1974) was born in Mornington, Otago, New Zealand and joined the Royal Air Force on 12 September 1930 and rose to the rank of Flight Lieutenant until he was demobilised on 30 March 1937. He then converted to civil flying from 12 July 1937 with initial training before he was recalled for service during WWII for flying duties on active service and posted to 228 Squadron in Malta on 12 November 1940. His previous service with the RAF was 1873 Hrs 50 mins, Imperial Airways 71hrs27mins, Air Service Training (FLYING BOATS) 42hrs45mins, Imperial Airways "C" Class Empire Boats 2602hrs05mins with a total of 4530hrs07mins flying time. He flew Air Service Training (Imperial "C" Class Empire boats) and B.O.A.C. flying Empire boats on the Horseshoe Route, South Africa to the Far East during the Second World War, also flying Sunderland bombers for a short time during the siege of Malta. He served with No.24 (Communications) Squadron during the pre-war years and was one of only 4 RAF officers authorised to carry members of the Royal Family and cabinet ministers. He was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for valuable service in the air.