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19th May 2022, 15:05

paulmcmillan replied to a thread Reading Blue Coats School Roll of Honours 1939 to 1945 RAF Names in General Category

Since then Can now correct As I have ID'd all names on memorial now this one is wrong 14) George C JEFFERIES - Freebmd has George...

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19th May 2022, 14:55

paulmcmillan replied to a thread Find My Past Subscription Request - non RAF but WW2 in General Category

Full crew Killed Wellington Ic R1538 Sergeant Thomas BUTTERLEY (1336746) Navigator Sergeant Allan PRIEST (1312544) Air Bomber Injured...

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19th May 2022, 13:56

paulmcmillan replied to a thread Reading Blue Coats School Roll of Honours 1939 to 1945 RAF Names in General Category

Full crew MZ677 Crew Killed Sergeant Eric Dudley FOULKES (1852446) Air Gunner Sergeant Clarence Arthur PARTRIDGE (1623818) Flight Engineer ...

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19th May 2022, 13:40

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Eric Charles Nunn 1186810 , attached to RAF Holmsley South , died at the station as the result of a self inflicted hanging

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19th May 2022, 12:57

paulmcmillan replied to a thread Service Number 195398 in General Category

Richard CURNE enlisted Service number 195398 circa 1918 Alfred Charles Howard JOHNSON enlisted number 1590254 circa 1941 Officer service number...

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19th May 2022, 12:46

vrajm replied to a thread F/Lt Jack Hardy Taylor RAFVR 123032 shot down incident August 1944 in General Category

Hi Dave, My notes: 15.08.1943 F/O to 186 Sqn from 56 OTU 21.11.1943 f/f with Typhoon - Local Recco 21.02.1944 from 186 Sqn - posted...

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19th May 2022, 08:56

wwrsimon replied to a thread Abbreviation on 1939 Register entry? in General Category

Thanks BVS and Col. I had indeed seen the links you've posted, but good to share them on here. There was a more detailed listing for the sale of...

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19th May 2022, 08:24

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Thomas William McLeary 1451764 , attached to 61 MU , was one of a party of Airmen who had been given £5 by a member if the public after they had won...

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19th May 2022, 01:04

HughAHalliday replied to a thread Wing Commander D.H Lee DFC in General Category

LEE, Donald Henry, W/C, DFC (33140, Royal Air Force) - No.620 Squadron - Public Record Office Air 2/9642 has recommendation for a Dutch award. This...

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19th May 2022, 00:18

COL BRUGGY replied to a thread Abbreviation on 1939 Register entry? in General Category

Simon, You will find a listing of Readhead's ops with 462 Sqn (RAAF), here: http://466and462squadrons.com/CrewOps/ReadheadWF.html And the...

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18th May 2022, 21:24

highgroundsman started a thread F/Lt Jack Hardy Taylor RAFVR 123032 shot down incident August 1944 in General Category

Hi All, Can anyone help please. I am working on airmen on our local war memorial and the obituary for F/Lt Taylor`s loss on 28.2.45 states...

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18th May 2022, 19:33

bvs replied to a thread Abbreviation on 1939 Register entry? in General Category

I am assuming you have seen this Simon but out of general interest... https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-2916618

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18th May 2022, 17:15

Kiwiwatch replied to a thread Abbreviation on 1939 Register entry? in General Category

Apologies, at the time it appears it was actually the Aeronautical Inspection Division apparently. Later to become a directorate. ...

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18th May 2022, 17:12

wwrsimon replied to a thread Abbreviation on 1939 Register entry? in General Category

Thanks for that Kiwiwatch - much appreciated! Regards Simon

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18th May 2022, 17:05

Kiwiwatch replied to a thread Abbreviation on 1939 Register entry? in General Category

Aeronautical Inspection Directorate.

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18th May 2022, 16:43

wwrsimon started a thread Abbreviation on 1939 Register entry? in General Category

Hello One of my local airmen, William Folger READHEAD, D.F.C., from Stockton-on-Tees, has the following on his entry on the 1939 Register under...

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18th May 2022, 16:22

wwrsimon replied to a thread Service Number 195398 in General Category

Alex Richard Curne, b. 1886: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/6821287 Either scroll along the timeline until the end,...

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18th May 2022, 16:06

Resmoroh replied to a thread Service Number 195398 in General Category

Alex, 1590254 Alfred Charles Howard JOHNSON (195398) - Cmd 3 Mar 45 from Sgt. His OR number is mis-printed. "Curnr" also looks like a mis-print. ...

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18th May 2022, 15:50

Alex Smart started a thread Service Number 195398 in General Category

Hello, Service Number 195398. Found these two airmen with same number. Which was first to have the Number, and when was the second airman given...

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18th May 2022, 15:01

HughAHalliday started a thread F/O (later W/C) Thomas Bernard FITZGERALD - No.103 Squadron - DFC and bio in Archives, Original Material

FITZGEREALD, Thomas Bernard, Flying Officer (40783) later Wing Commander – No. 103 Squadron – Distinguished Flying Cross – awarded as per London...

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18th May 2022, 14:48

HughAHalliday started a thread Sub-Lt. Norman Kenneth TURNER - No.881 Squadron - DSC in Archives, Original Material

TURNER, Norman Kenneth Monteith, Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Navy – No. 881 Squadron – Distinguished Service Cross – awarded as per London Gazette dated 30...

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18th May 2022, 14:45

Andy Marden replied to a thread Bristol Blenheim anomalies in General Category

Looking at the serial batch N6140/N6242, three aircraft caught my eye. Referring to the Air-Britain serials book: N6155 114/West...

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18th May 2022, 14:27

HughAHalliday started a thread Flying Officer Patrick John Richard FLYNN, – Merchant Ship Fighter Unit - DFC in Archives, Original Material

FLYNN, Patrick John Richard, Flying Officer (119765) – Merchant Ship Fighter Unit (SS Empire Tide) – Distinguished Flying Cross – awarded as per...

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18th May 2022, 14:24

COL BRUGGY replied to a thread Wing Commander D.H Lee DFC in General Category

Hello, Squadron Leader to Wing Commander 1st July 1947. D H Lee, D F C (33140) ...

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18th May 2022, 13:24

Mike4898 replied to a thread Sgt William (Bill) Robinson RAF in General Category

This photo of the crew, ground crew and aircraft, apparently taken the morning the ME699 was shot down, 4th July 1944, turned up recently (long...

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18th May 2022, 11:16

cozzy711 replied to a thread loss of a Sunderland, 21 june 1942 in General Category

Rob 10Sqd RAAF ORB can be found on line at The Australian National Archives. Hopefully this link will work...

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18th May 2022, 11:03

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Reuben Frank Mercer 1085349 , attached to Number 3 Recruits Centre , died in Cranbrook Isolation hospital , Kent , of pneumonia secondary to diptheria

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18th May 2022, 10:52

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Stanley James Winton 1472349 , attached to RAF Hamburg, was killed in a MT accident

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18th May 2022, 10:49

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Leonard Arthur Edward Stokes 1161911 , attached to 73 Squadron , was killed when flying as a passenger in Hudson EW945 , when it was involved in a...

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18th May 2022, 10:45

jonheyworth replied to a thread The Unaccounted Project - Final Stretch Updates by Jon Heyworth in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Alex Samuel Smith 1639154 , attached to Number 164 Signals Wing, was killed in a MT accident

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