16-year-old boy-soldier Nicholas Date and his mother leave Exeter airport on a flight to Munich. – Vintage Photograph

Nicholas Date, a 16-year-old boy-soldier suffering from inoperable cancer, and his mother, wife of an ambulance driver, depart Exeter airport on a flight to Munich. Nicholas, who is on sick leave from the Royal Army Medical Corps, is going to the Bavarian clinic of international cancer expert Dr Josef Issels, who has accepted him as a patient.Nicholas Date, a 16-year-old boy-soldier suffering from inoperable cancer, and his mother, wife of an ambulance driver, depart Exeter airport on a flight to Munich. Nicholas, who is on sick leave from the Royal Army Medical Corps, is going to the Bavarian clinic of international cancer expert Dr Josef Issels, who has accepted him as a patient.

Dimensions: 18.8 x 22.9 cm

IMS SKU: SCAN-NQOX-04866784

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OCR computer generated text:

Exeter.2.5.1972PA: Nicholas Date, a 16-year old boy-soldier from 10 Lion Close, Kingsbridge, Devon, who is suffering from inoperable cancer, and his mother, wife of an ambulance driver, who has two younger children, leave Exeter airport today on a flight to Munich. Nicholas who is on sick-leave from the Royal Army Medical Corps, is going to the Bavarian clinic of international cancer expert, Dr Josef Issels who has accepted him as a patient. (PAP156976-1 PNR/P-O) Wy 30

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P.A. – 3 MAY 1972 4 MAY 1972