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1st March 2021, 13:26

paulmcmillan started a thread Silk and Barbed Wire. Paperback – 1 Jan. 2000 by Brian Walley: (Author in General Category

Has anyone got this ? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Silk-Barbed-Wire-Brian-Walley/dp/B0028RSE7E On Page 58 is reference to J F Payne ...

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1st March 2021, 13:07

paulmcmillan started a thread AE315 Hampden 1941-09-03 Pow J F Payne in General Category

BTW Find this new free resource on ancestry ...

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1st March 2021, 12:45

PeterColwill replied to a thread Avro Manchester crash landing Fowlmere nr Duxford in General Category

Hi Robert Kirby book again (2nd Ed) - First Manchester L7307 taken on charge 18.3.41 And bases - Hemswell. 1.3.41 - 17.7.41 North...

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1st March 2021, 11:49

MSIMPSON replied to a thread Avro Manchester crash landing Fowlmere nr Duxford in General Category

Hi there, The accident card gives night as time of crash, nothing more specific, and pilot as P/O D.S.Stevenson. Regards, Mark.

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1st March 2021, 11:40

Franek Grabowski replied to a thread Searching for a Polish pilot in General Category

This looks a bit like searching for a needle in a haystack. I guess it might be easier to check locally, ask the neighbours, find address or phone...

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1st March 2021, 11:37

Franek Grabowski replied to a thread RAF VIP Dakotas - technicalities in General Category

I agree, I think that there should be few VVIP aircraft like the Mountbatten's one, with all the luxuries fitted. Then there should be a number of...

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1st March 2021, 11:14

Andy Marden replied to a thread Avro Manchester crash landing Fowlmere nr Duxford in General Category

Looking at "Bomber Command Losses", it records losses on: 26/27 Jun 41: L7304 (t/o Hemswell) 5/6 Jul 41: Hampden AD806 (t/o Hemswell) 7/8 Jul 41:...

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1st March 2021, 10:50

bvs replied to a thread Sgt FIIE in General Category

As I alluded to in my previous posts - The FE trade took a long time to 'settle' and become established,another quote from the Association website....

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1st March 2021, 10:42

bvs replied to a thread Sgt FIIE in General Category

Thanks John - he would definitely have been able to retain/wear his FE Badge then unless there were other factors in his grounding.

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1st March 2021, 10:39

bvs replied to a thread Sgt FIIE in General Category

The reason I mentioned the date was because of the way that the new Flight Engineer badge/trade came about ..... from the Royal Air Force Flight...

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1st March 2021, 10:39

John Williams replied to a thread Sgt FIIE in General Category

Hi Lads, He did six Ops, and would have got his half wing late 1942 early 43, went to instructor school August 1943. John.

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1st March 2021, 10:29

bvs replied to a thread Sgt FIIE in General Category

Hi Jonny I only worded it that way as I did not know how much operational flying he had done and when (date) he qualified as a Flight Engineer,there...

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1st March 2021, 10:08

Andy Fletcher replied to a thread Sqn Ldr Donald Garth Ross 32161 and General Duties in General Category

Hi Rob, Ross was a Hudson pilot with the PDU/PRU prior to joining ATFERO. Best regards Andy Fletcher

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1st March 2021, 09:45

jonny replied to a thread Sgt FIIE in General Category

A minor point, but surely he would have retained his wing if he qualified for it, regardless of whether he participated in ops? Rgds Jonny

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1st March 2021, 09:30

John Williams replied to a thread Sgt FIIE in General Category

Thanks for the conformation bvs, he was a Flight Engineer so this seems to make sense. Cheers, John.

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1st March 2021, 08:44

bvs replied to a thread Sgt FIIE in General Category

Yes if he was a Flight Engineer - as David posted above - he would have reverted to his original trade but would have retained and worn his Half Wing...

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1st March 2021, 08:31

jonheyworth replied to a thread Jon’s illiterate updates for Jagan in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Hyman Isaac Rosenfield 1904778, attached to RAF Kandy, accidently drowned at Victoria dam

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1st March 2021, 07:51

Robbo1966 replied to a thread Avro Manchester crash landing Fowlmere nr Duxford in General Category

Peter and Col - thanks for the additional info. Interesting that the internet says that 61 didn’t convert to the Manchester until the following...

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1st March 2021, 02:13

Timobeanie started a thread Details wanted for Hurricane Mk1, serial No:P3593 in General Category

Hi. I have very recently researched and published a remarkable story concerning the crash of Hurricane Mk1 serial No:P3593, and piloted by Sgt Pilot...

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1st March 2021, 01:05

John Williams replied to a thread Sgt FIIE in General Category

Hi David, Many thanks mate that looks like it would fit as he was a Flight Engineer and if he was unfit for flying he may have returned as an...

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1st March 2021, 00:30

jonheyworth replied to a thread Jon’s illiterate updates for Jagan in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

UPGRADE to Barbara Mary Dee 2071844, she Died in Hugh's coloege hospital in Oxford of head Injuries

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28th February 2021, 23:59

jonheyworth replied to a thread Jon’s illiterate updates for Jagan in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

UPGRADE to Rowena Hullton 888042, a clerk GD attached to HQ Number 14 Group, she Died in Inverness northern infirmary of cancer off the bile duct

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28th February 2021, 23:54

David Duxbury replied to a thread Sgt FIIE in General Category

Looks to me like he was now a Fitter IIE (Aero-engines), this may have been his original technical trade before he volunteered to aircrew; this was...

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28th February 2021, 23:49

COL BRUGGY replied to a thread Searching for a Polish pilot in General Category

Hello, A possibility for your man (no more than that!): https://listakrzystka.pl/en/knapik-stanislaw Col.

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28th February 2021, 23:11

jonheyworth replied to a thread Jon’s illiterate updates for Jagan in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

UPGRADE to Stanley C S S Rolfe 539361, he died when he was overcome by dope fumes whilst engaed in balloon repair

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28th February 2021, 23:02

jonheyworth replied to a thread Jon’s illiterate updates for Jagan in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

UPGRADE to Eric Percy French 614356, he died of tubercular meningitis

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28th February 2021, 22:48

jonheyworth replied to a thread Jon’s illiterate updates for Jagan in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

UPGRADE to Charles Edward Usher 41140, he died in St George's hospital, Westminster, of injuries sustained when a car he was travelling in collided...

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28th February 2021, 22:41

jonheyworth replied to a thread Jon’s illiterate updates for Jagan in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

UPGRADE to John Joseph Walsh 233835, he died in Inverness infirmary of a perforated gastric ulcer complicated by peritonitis and cardiac faliure

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28th February 2021, 22:31

COL BRUGGY replied to a thread Avro Manchester crash landing Fowlmere nr Duxford in General Category

Hello, Additional snippet from Robert Kirby's, The Avro Manchester*: Next, L7389 QR-J of 61 Squadron had an engine fire in the air and...

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28th February 2021, 22:09

Jagan replied to a thread Jon’s illiterate updates for Jagan in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Updated to this point: 122,434 casualty records in this database. 115,197 records (94.09%) are "Accounted for". 99,690 are aviation. 15,507 are...

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