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The RAFCommands General Category forum is the main area where questions may be asked about specific research topics. Please take your time to review the other categories as well. The forum is home to the Unaccounted Airmen series threads started by the late Henk Welting - which will continue to aid web searchers for many years to come . His posts will always be Accounted and remembered with gratitude. Please use this forum for posting relevant messages for researching RAF matters. No commercial posts.

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  1. Dedicated in memory of Henk Welting who made a major contribution to the forum with his posts. His Unaccounted Airmen series will continue to aid web searchers for many years to come and ensure that his posts will always be Accounted and remembered with gratitude. ----------------------------------------------- All the discussion threads in this forum and sub-forum are prefixed by the date in the format YYMMDD. Use the google search box and input the date in YYMMDD format to locate the correct thread(s).

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  2. All threads related to the period prior to the Second World War are to be posted here. The RAF in the 1920s and 30s!

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  3. All queries related to the commonwealth airforce operations in the far east theatre, in India, Burma, Malaysia, Singapore and the Pacific. Topics related to the frontier operations in the 30s can also go here.

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  4. Forum dedicated to discussing Coastal Command Losses. The Coastal Command losses from 1939-1941 are well covered in Ross McNeill's book RAF Coastal Command Losses: Aircraft & Crew Losses 1939-1941 -Volume 1. Ross's plans to publish Volume 2 and 3 are however on hold. This forum is intended as a stop-gap till that time Ross completes his project.

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  5. Threads that did not get any replies and are languishing .. they need your attention! Threads that are more than 30 days old and 0 replies will be moved here. if any thread gets traction then it moves back to General Category

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  1. Sticky Thread Sticky: Aircraft Losses Database Corrections

    Started by davew, 8th July 2021 13:49
    9 Pages
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    • Replies: 81
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    10th June 2023, 10:33 Go to last post
  2. Sticky Thread Sticky: RAF Abbreviation Reference

    Started by munro, 8th May 2010 16:47
    25 Pages
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    • Replies: 244
    • Views: 130,778
    7th May 2023, 16:33 Go to last post
  3. Sticky Thread Sticky: POW and Evaders Database Work

    Started by Jagan, 8th February 2019 13:14
    32 Pages
    1 2 3 ... 32
    • Replies: 317
    • Views: 30,357
    25th April 2023, 16:43 Go to last post
  4. Sticky Thread Sticky: RAF Awards Database (04 July 2021: M-in-D Update)

    Started by Jagan, 23rd December 2019 13:42
    6 Pages
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    • Replies: 52
    • Views: 25,448
    16th April 2023, 16:14 Go to last post
  5. Sticky Thread Sticky: NEW SUB FORUM Forum: Pre World War II Forum

    Started by paulmcmillan, 31st March 2023 12:01
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 148
    31st March 2023, 22:49 Go to last post
  6. Sticky Thread Sticky: Probable Disruption of Forum and Site - Feb 7th or later

    Started by Jagan, 5th February 2023 15:31
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 179
    5th February 2023, 16:41 Go to last post
  1. National Archives document order choice ?

    Started by Alex Smart, 7th June 2023 22:07
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 166
    10th June 2023, 15:02 Go to last post
  2. 410404 - Unaccounted Airmen - 04-04-1941

    Started by Alex Smart, 9th June 2023 20:19
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 49
    10th June 2023, 13:36 Go to last post
  3. 410403 - Unaccounted Airmen - 03-04-1941

    Started by Alex Smart, 9th June 2023 20:16
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 31
    10th June 2023, 13:31 Go to last post
  4. Researching EF361 MG-B Stirling Loss and Crew - 26/5/1943

    Started by jilon905, 28th January 2022 02:55
    2 Pages
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    • Replies: 13
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    10th June 2023, 11:23 Go to last post
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    10th June 2023, 05:51 Go to last post
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 57
    9th June 2023, 18:06 Go to last post
  5. AW Whitley anomalies

    Started by Andy Marden, 25th June 2022 12:32
    2 Pages
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    • Replies: 14
    • Views: 286
    9th June 2023, 14:33 Go to last post
  6. AIR81 Errors

    Started by Alex Smart, 6th October 2021 10:59
    2 Pages
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    • Replies: 15
    • Views: 1,697
    9th June 2023, 09:54 Go to last post
  7. "Foreign" Decorations Post WW2

    Started by Resmoroh, 8th June 2023 12:28
    • Replies: 4
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    8th June 2023, 20:33 Go to last post
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 202
    8th June 2023, 14:51 Go to last post
  8. RAF Casualty Packs 1939-45 Public Access

    Started by Ross_McNeill, 6th October 2013 10:12
    34 Pages
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    • Replies: 332
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    7th June 2023, 19:53 Go to last post
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 114
    7th June 2023, 14:21 Go to last post
  9. A/S/Pd rank 1936?

    Started by paulmcmillan, 6th June 2023 19:35
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 71
    6th June 2023, 21:16 Go to last post
  10. Post War Rank Reductions

    Started by Resmoroh, 4th June 2023 12:17
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 134
    6th June 2023, 14:11 Go to last post
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 229
    5th June 2023, 17:32 Go to last post
  11. Anyone here Can they Read Welsh ??

    Started by paulmcmillan, 5th June 2023 12:21
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 91
    5th June 2023, 13:42 Go to last post
  12. Was Wellington 1c P9271 DBR on 11.4.1940?

    Started by Rob Stuart, 4th June 2023 12:56
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 90
    5th June 2023, 00:46 Go to last post
  13. S/L R V Wollett, Jan 1944 ?

    Started by ianh, 3rd June 2023 19:50
    • Replies: 4
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    4th June 2023, 18:32 Go to last post
  14. ID of 124 Sqn RAF pilots

    Started by Tom Semenza, 3rd June 2023 20:31
    • Replies: 2
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    4th June 2023, 00:02 Go to last post
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 129
    3rd June 2023, 19:34 Go to last post
  15. 410401 - Unaccounted Airmen - 01-04-1941

    Started by Alex Smart, 3rd June 2023 00:32
    • Replies: 2
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    3rd June 2023, 14:32 Go to last post
  16. 410330 - Unaccounted Airmen - 30-03-1941

    Started by Alex Smart, 3rd June 2023 00:21
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 58
    3rd June 2023, 05:16 Go to last post
  17. 410331 - Unaccounted Airmen - 31-03-1941

    Started by Alex Smart, 3rd June 2023 00:22
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 33
    3rd June 2023, 00:22 Go to last post
  18. RAF Chivenor 03/07/1943

    Started by Charles Smith, 2nd June 2023 11:31
    • Replies: 3
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    2nd June 2023, 23:24 Go to last post
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 230
    2nd June 2023, 22:47 Go to last post
  19. RAF Commissioned Armament Officer - Abbreviations

    Started by jonny, 1st June 2023 20:30
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 108
    2nd June 2023, 19:10 Go to last post
  20. Sub-Sector Operations Rooms

    Started by Ian Brown, 1st June 2023 10:29
    • Replies: 0
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    1st June 2023, 10:29 Go to last post
  21. Commissioning Decisions

    Started by Resmoroh, 26th May 2023 18:00
    2 Pages
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    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 220
    31st May 2023, 23:00 Go to last post

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