Prince Albert ‘Jake’ Jacob
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Prince Albert ‘Jake’ Jacob was born in Trinidad in 1925 as one of 14 siblings in the family of a Roman Catholic headmaster. He was brought up to love Britain as the Mother Country.
Jake was recruited to the RAF during the Second World War and arrived to train at RAF Hunmanby Moor in November 1944. He served in the air force in Britain between then and 1947. He married his white, Jewish wife Mary in 1948 and both of them suffered discrimination because of his colour and their mixed marriage, struggling to find accommodation in post-war Birmingham. Jake pursued a successful career in the Post Office and British Telecom.
He was finally awarded the British service medals he was owed from his time in the RAF at the age of 97.
Media Archive – Jake’s Story
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Jake’s Full Interview
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Interview Highlights
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