greg
24th February 2008, 20:42
Many of you have very kindly assisted me in the past in all aspects of my research into 1 Group, but particularly 100 Squadron.
One area of my 100 Squadron records that has always been rather lacking in "gen" has been the squadron's history during the fall of Singapore, as many of the records from that period were destroyed as the Japanese invasion progressed. In particular, the final fates of men from the squadron have often been shrouded in mystery, and several of you here have often been able to fill in some of the gaps for me. My research into the fates of those men from 100 who didn't survive either the initial invasion, or their time at the hands of the Japanese, is now almost completed, and i would like to take this opportunity to thank all those of you who have helped in one way or another. If anyone would like a copy of the section of my roll of honour that deals with this period in the squadron's history, please be sure to email me or message me here and i'd be glad to oblige.
As an aside, the other day, whilst doing some final cross-referencing, i came across an excellent website detailing, camp by camp, the 3500 men who died while in Japanese captivity. I don't doubt that some of you will know about it already, but for those of you who don't, you can find it here: -
http://homepage3.nifty.com/pow-j/e/list/bycamp.htm
Thanks again to all who have helped me with this period of 100 Squadron's history, i owe you all beer, as always!! :)
L/O
Greg
One area of my 100 Squadron records that has always been rather lacking in "gen" has been the squadron's history during the fall of Singapore, as many of the records from that period were destroyed as the Japanese invasion progressed. In particular, the final fates of men from the squadron have often been shrouded in mystery, and several of you here have often been able to fill in some of the gaps for me. My research into the fates of those men from 100 who didn't survive either the initial invasion, or their time at the hands of the Japanese, is now almost completed, and i would like to take this opportunity to thank all those of you who have helped in one way or another. If anyone would like a copy of the section of my roll of honour that deals with this period in the squadron's history, please be sure to email me or message me here and i'd be glad to oblige.
As an aside, the other day, whilst doing some final cross-referencing, i came across an excellent website detailing, camp by camp, the 3500 men who died while in Japanese captivity. I don't doubt that some of you will know about it already, but for those of you who don't, you can find it here: -
http://homepage3.nifty.com/pow-j/e/list/bycamp.htm
Thanks again to all who have helped me with this period of 100 Squadron's history, i owe you all beer, as always!! :)
L/O
Greg