problem with pilot ID and Spitfire ID from database, casualty pack (AIR 81) and CWGC

[jossleclercq]

Hello

The database has the following entry http://www.rafcommands.com/database/...php?uniq=BS114

based on the AIR 81 files.

Trouble is that BS114 is not a Spitfire Mk V, but a Mk VI, lost on 16 April 1943 with S/L P.W. LEFEVRE http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/sho...8651#post48651

I also wonder about Sgt Keans, as I couldn't find him in the CWGC registers...


Joss

[paulmcmillan]

GEORGE WILHELM KRAUS


GEORGE WILHELM KRAUS
Sergeant
Service Number: 1313571
611 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
United Kingdom
Died 02 November 1942
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Panel 87.
United Kingdom

His Air 78 has

George Wilhelm Keans 1313571 1940 Royal Air Force

[davew]

Keans/Kraus was shot down in Spitfire IX BS113.

DaveW

[paulmcmillan]

Son of Robert and Helen Elizabeth Kraus, of Paddington, London.

I wonder if he used the name Keans to sound less 'German' in event of capture

[jossleclercq]

Hello

Thanks Paul and Dave !

A typo from one digit for the serial number, but the change of name was trickier ! I had found Kraus on the CWGC through a search by date, but without Keans' service number to compare with, I didn't make the connection.

Joss

[paulmcmillan]

Hobson has him

Name George William Keans-Kraus
Rank Sergeant
Death Date 2 Nov 1942
Military Base Biggin Hill, Kent
Service Number 1313571
Unit 611 Squadron
Command Fighter Cmnd
Ship Spitfire Ix
Occupation Pilot
Casualty Killed in action
Residence Place Paddington, London
Burial Place Runnymede Memorial, Surrey
Notes Shot Down By Fw190s Off Dungeness, Kent During Rodeo 107 to the Abbeville Area By the Biggin Hill Wing

[Andy Marden]

Thanks gents, entries tidied up:
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/...php?uniq=BS113
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/...php?uniq=BS114