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4th June 2023, 00:02

Tom Semenza replied to a thread ID of 124 Sqn RAF pilots in General Category

Excellent stuff, Dave. Many thanks. Regards, Tom

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3rd June 2023, 21:32

alieneyes replied to a thread ID of 124 Sqn RAF pilots in General Category

Tom, Albert Eli Nelson. From his obituary it would appear he was commissioned but I don't have the number. ...

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3rd June 2023, 20:31

Tom Semenza started a thread ID of 124 Sqn RAF pilots in General Category

Seeking to further ID the following two 124 Sqn. pilots: W/O Albert E. Nelson RCAF R60066 (middle name? Was he ever commissioned?) P/O A. G....

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3rd June 2023, 19:50

ianh started a thread S/L R V Wollett, Jan 1944 ? in General Category

Hi all Long shot here but has anyone ever come across the above-named chap and could tell me which squadron he belonged to? According to the...

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3rd June 2023, 19:34

BruceMk1 replied to a thread John Leslie COGGAN. Captain 235246 Australian Army Aviation Corps in General Category

Ok, thanks. Good luck with your publication

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3rd June 2023, 14:32

malcolm_raf replied to a thread 410401 - Unaccounted Airmen - 01-04-1941 in General Category

Hi "BLEASDALE, George John - Cpl - 508717 - RAF. Nantwich (All Saints) Church Cemetery, Cheshire. Died in Bovingdon camp hospital of injuries...

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3rd June 2023, 10:25

wwrsimon replied to a thread Flying Officer Walter Robert Bannister (RAFOj killed flying accident 2nd October 1934 in General Category

Paul A little more on Bannister. The Lancashire Evening Post of December 15th 1931 reported the death of the Hon. George Garrow Tomlin, son of...

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3rd June 2023, 09:30

paulmcmillan started a thread Flying Officer Walter Robert Bannister (RAFOj killed flying accident 2nd October 1934 in General Category

Bannister was killed 02-OCT-1934 in de Havilland DH-89 Dragon Rapide G-ACPM of Hillman’s Airways As a member of the Reserve of Air Force Officers...

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3rd June 2023, 05:30

vrajm replied to a thread 410401 - Unaccounted Airmen - 01-04-1941 in General Category

Hi Alex, The four German - crew of: Ju 88 A-5 Werk # 6245 "V4 + BS" 8/KG-1 KIA 1 April, 1941 at Burwarton; struck an obstruction during the...

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3rd June 2023, 05:16

vrajm replied to a thread 410330 - Unaccounted Airmen - 30-03-1941 in General Category

Hi Alex, Gunner: Unteroffizier. Hans Steigerwald. Ju 88A Nr.0115 4U + GH, 1 Staffel./Fernaufklärungsgruppe 123 This aircraft was intercepted...

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3rd June 2023, 00:32

Alex Smart started a thread 410401 - Unaccounted Airmen - 01-04-1941 in General Category

Hello, 410401 - Unaccounted Airmen - 01-04-1941 From Henk's List - EGYPT SMITH, Sidney - Lac - 531465 - RAF - 70 Sqdn. Ismailia War...

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3rd June 2023, 00:22

Alex Smart started a thread 410331 - Unaccounted Airmen - 31-03-1941 in General Category

Hello, 410331 - Unaccounted Airmen - 31-03-1941 From Henk's List - EGYPT LEESE, Herbert Fellows - Lac - 550459 - RAF - 30 Sqdn....

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3rd June 2023, 00:21

Alex Smart started a thread 410330 - Unaccounted Airmen - 30-03-1941 in General Category

Hello, 410330 - Unaccounted Airmen - 30-03-1941 From Henk's List - UK DRAYCOTT, Norman - AC1c - 1153710 - RAFVR - 14 OTU. Long Eaton...

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2nd June 2023, 23:24

Don Clark replied to a thread RAF Chivenor 03/07/1943 in General Category

Few traces of this, but the Lancaster Bombers site, Form 78 Movement Cards archive set for Wellingtons by serial records Wellington X HZ532 196...

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2nd June 2023, 22:47

GREG1953 replied to a thread Charles Robert Edwards 617 Goodwill tour USA/Canada 1947 in General Category

Have this week discovered the very same photograph whilst clearing my late parents attic. Dad, Gordon (Bob) Gregory, born 1921 was a pilot on this...

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2nd June 2023, 21:17

Charles Smith replied to a thread RAF Chivenor 03/07/1943 in General Category

Brian, Yes I have, that is why I am asking, would like more info than what's in the 196 ORB. Chaz

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2nd June 2023, 19:10

jonny replied to a thread RAF Commissioned Armament Officer - Abbreviations in General Category

Cheers Malcolm.

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2nd June 2023, 14:20

malcolm_raf replied to a thread RAF Commissioned Armament Officer - Abbreviations in General Category

Hi Jonny He was assigned to the Ministry of Aircraft Production, hence why he was on the Special Duties List. DAI = Directorate of Aeronautical...

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2nd June 2023, 13:43

Lyffe replied to a thread RAF Chivenor 03/07/1943 in General Category

Chaz, Have you looked at the 196 Sqn ORB? Operating from Chivenor HZ532 was one of four tasked to lay mines off St Nazaire. All aircraft...

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2nd June 2023, 11:31

Charles Smith started a thread RAF Chivenor 03/07/1943 in General Category

Hi, Any details on a 196 Squadron Wellington that over shot its landing on return from a mining sortie. Wellington HZ532 ZO-T. TIA Chaz

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2nd June 2023, 07:58

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

Ronald George Roberts 1532188 ] A medically discharged airman at the time of his death, described as a motor driver, died at 14 Tudor Street,...

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2nd June 2023, 07:55

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

John Thomas Gaze 1411309 ] A medically discharged airman at the time of his death, described as a coal heaver, died at 1 Upper Alma Terrace,...

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1st June 2023, 21:01

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

Clifford Wayland Early NZ 415229 ] attached to 61 OTU ] drowned in Ellesmere lake, Ellesmere, Shropshire on the morning of 26 August whilst...

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1st June 2023, 20:30

jonny started a thread RAF Commissioned Armament Officer - Abbreviations in General Category

Dear all, I am researching a commissioned armament officer (later Technical Branch) who was posted to the RAF Special Duties List on 1 Jan 41. His...

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1st June 2023, 10:29

Ian Brown started a thread Sub-Sector Operations Rooms in General Category

Is it normal for the fighter airfields within a Sector in the UK (not counting the Sector Station) to have Operations Rooms? There's an entry in the...

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31st May 2023, 23:00

David Duxbury replied to a thread Commissioning Decisions in General Category

Not quite the same thing as subject of this thread, but I have noticed that NCO members of wartime RNZAF (on attachment to RAF and serving in UK) had...

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31st May 2023, 19:12

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

Leonard Roscoe 1306106 ] attached to Number 102 PDC ] died at home on leave in a suicidal hanging

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31st May 2023, 19:11

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

Edward Sydney Gymer 1189134 ] attached to Number 100 PDC ] died at home at Stebert Street, Blackheath, London, SE3 whilst on discharge leave, of a...

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31st May 2023, 17:39

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

Albert Smith 1690693 ] attached to RAF Wyton ] died in Middlesbrough General hospital of Cancer of the stomach whilst awaiting discharge

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