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2nd Lieutenant Albert Edward Osborn originally entered the Balkan Theatre of War in July 1915 as an N.C.O. with the Essex Regiment. Subsequently commissioned into the 4th Battalion, Northamptonshire
Regiment, he was seconded to the Royal Air Force between May 1918 and the end of hostilities, which period encompassed service in No. 212
Squadron in France and as a 'Large American Pilot' with No. 228
Squadron. Demobbed in April 1919, Osborn was granted the rank of Acting Pilot Officer (Technical Branch) in the 1939-45 War, being detached for service in the A.T.C
Regiment, he was seconded to the Royal Air Force between May 1918 and the end of hostilities, which period encompassed service in No. 212
Squadron in France and as a 'Large American Pilot' with No. 228
Squadron. Demobbed in April 1919, Osborn was granted the rank of Acting Pilot Officer (Technical Branch) in the 1939-45 War, being detached for service in the A.T.C