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26th January 2023, 07:33

bvs replied to a thread 3-Group practice of Master Bombers and “Captain of the Aircraft” in General Category

Hi Jim Yes according to Rafweb - WD Watkins was OC XV Sqn Wg Cdr W D Watkins DFC, DFM 15 Apr 1944 until 21 Nov 1944 when Wg Cdr N G Macfarlane...

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21st January 2023, 23:07

bvs replied to a thread Daring young RAF men in flying machines in General Category

Hi Stuart Was it possible that he was trained to help ferry a Catalina across the Atlantic ?Quite often the Ferry Catalina Captain was from Ferry...

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19th January 2023, 13:13

bvs replied to a thread Daring young RAF men in flying machines in General Category

5a 1332 Heo perhaps = 1332 HCU (heavy conversion unit) ?

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19th January 2023, 08:30

bvs replied to a thread Daring young RAF men in flying machines in General Category

Re #2 and # 9 on post #16 When people were commissioned in the RAF/RAFVR - they were 'discharged' from non commissioned service and 'Re Engaged'...

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19th January 2023, 08:24

bvs replied to a thread Daring young RAF men in flying machines in General Category

Hi Stuart Sorry forgot to reply to this. Gerhard seemed to be quite a character,he wrote at least 2 autobiographical books about his flying...

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15th January 2023, 07:58

bvs replied to a thread Abbreviation ROS on Form 1180 in General Category

Hi Luc According to this website ROS = Repaired on site https://www.lancasterbombers.net/abbreviations-form-78/ PS sorry about slow...

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13th January 2023, 19:32

bvs replied to a thread 1252626 James William Worden in General Category

I did another couple of searches in the LG,using a variety of search terms :) As Geoff (Smith) kindly posted previously there were a couple more...

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13th January 2023, 10:27

bvs replied to a thread Daring young RAF men in flying machines in General Category

Hi Stuart 1334 TSCU = Transport Support Conversion Unit From...

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11th January 2023, 14:12

bvs replied to a thread 1252626 James William Worden in General Category

Hi Franek No I have not - if I obtained the service records of all the RAF guys I take an interest in - I would have no money left for malt whisky...

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11th January 2023, 09:21

bvs replied to a thread 1252626 James William Worden in General Category

Hi Geoff I will have another go later - the info is obviously there. It would be interesting to find out which sqns/units he flew with. I picked...

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11th January 2023, 08:41

bvs replied to a thread 1252626 James William Worden in General Category

Many thanks Geoff. I wonder if you could post a linky to the post commissioning LG entries,I struggle with some LG searches and yet other officer...

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10th January 2023, 11:30

bvs replied to a thread 1252626 James William Worden in General Category

The only other thing I have found online is Jim Worden (oral history) (1994). Their description states Aircrew 1941 - 1949,which is why I earlier...

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9th January 2023, 11:25

bvs replied to a thread 1252626 James William Worden in General Category

Hi Simon Thanks for that ARR post. He probably did not have Pilots Wings in 1945 - there is one picture of him in his Legionnaire book which is...

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8th January 2023, 20:28

bvs replied to a thread 1252626 James William Worden in General Category

Would you Adam and Eve it - just tried his number again and found his commissioning 'Gazette' entry (got no 'hits' last time :) ) 1252626 James...

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8th January 2023, 20:24

bvs started a thread 1252626 James William Worden in General Category

Hi all Just a question out of interest following Steve Brews thread about French Foreign Legion records. Jim Worden was an Air Gunner 1941 - 45...

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8th January 2023, 15:55

bvs replied to a thread Off Topic: French Foreign Legion Records? in General Category

Sorry Steve Yes autobiography - he mentions at the end of the book that he was a member of the Amical des Anciens Combattants de la Legion Etrangere...

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8th January 2023, 08:17

bvs replied to a thread Off Topic: French Foreign Legion Records? in General Category

Hi Steve Obviously not your man but I have a book by James William Worden (Wayward Legionnaire) who did it a little later. He was an RAF Air...

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3rd January 2023, 11:30

bvs replied to a thread RAFVR Pilot's Block in General Category

The lower of the 2 posters is of course the 'RAF Poster Boy' - Peter Parrott DFC,AFC This picture was apparently taken in france 1940.

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3rd January 2023, 11:07

bvs replied to a thread RAFVR Pilot's Block in General Category

I know the RAFVR u/t pilot recruitment age limits started out as 18 - 25,but at some stage became 18-30. Whether the relaxation of the age limit was...

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2nd January 2023, 08:15

bvs replied to a thread RAFVR Pilot's Block in General Category

If 'Jack Frost' was born in 1908 - his age alone would probably have counted against him for pilot training,whether it precluded him from training or...

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1st January 2023, 19:54

bvs replied to a thread Escaping from the airacobra in General Category

I could not find anything in either of Ted Park's Books (Nanette +Angels Twenty) about bailing out of a P39,to be fair I only flicked through the...

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1st January 2023, 14:47

bvs replied to a thread Escaping from the airacobra in General Category

Hi Greg ISTR that both doors could be jettisoned in flight ? I guess the unusual arrangement was partly because of the built in turnover...

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31st December 2022, 15:34

bvs replied to a thread Unusual Flight Engineeer's training in General Category

Hi John As posted above by Ross. There were quite often long waiting times for a place on aircrew courses and there were no overseas training units...

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