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30th September 2023, 22:47

Don Clark replied to a thread Medical gradings in General Category

All classes, for general ref, inc A3B A1B: fit for full flying duties (A1) and ground duties (B). (The medical pre-requisite for entry to the...

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21st September 2023, 21:29

Don Clark replied to a thread Abbreviation request -> AAP in General Category

Happily, Jilon905. Here they are. It was only belatedly that my tired old eyes noticed the 422 AAP note already gave the clue to looking for 422...

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21st September 2023, 21:20

Don Clark replied to a thread RAF Advance Air Striking Force //// RAF in France 1939- 1940 in General Category

A wonderful compilation and fully sourced, a most useful reference, GSinclair. Accordingly, no further need for the OOB image from Lake op cit in...

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21st September 2023, 06:14

Don Clark replied to a thread Abbreviation request -> AAP in General Category

A fascinating trail. Dave/aliemeyes ref AIR 29/822/3 as 422 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park is a real help, as Sturtivant observes: "Formed...

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20th September 2023, 21:39

Don Clark replied to a thread Abbreviation request -> AAP in General Category

Sounds reasonable, the only other AAPs I could spot in Sturtivant were all WW I related, Aircraft Acceptance Parks & Army Aircraft Park - limited...

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20th September 2023, 21:26

Don Clark replied to a thread RAF Advance Air Striking Force //// RAF in France 1939- 1940 in General Category

Wonderful. An original Source reference would be very helpful for current and future readers, please.

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20th September 2023, 21:19

Don Clark replied to a thread Does Ancestry Membership Provide Access to Actual Military Records? in General Category

re: "search for WO344 questionnaires for free via the NA catalgoue" See UK National Archives Discovery entries at...

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20th September 2023, 14:35

Don Clark replied to a thread Locations of navigational beacons 1944 in General Category

re: "would beacons be viable during WW2" See, eg Air Defence of Great Britain Vol I Growth of Fighter Command AHB...

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20th September 2023, 13:59

Don Clark replied to a thread RAF Advance Air Striking Force //// RAF in France 1939- 1940 in General Category

The RAF in France from late 1939 consisted of the Advanced Air Striking Force and the RAF Component of the British Expeditionary Force which...

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20th September 2023, 11:00

Don Clark replied to a thread Locations of navigational beacons 1944 in General Category

Briefly, along with map sheet/s with course/s already marked, there'd be a separate list of radio beacons and light beacons, appropriate for the...

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20th September 2023, 03:20

Don Clark replied to a thread Locations of navigational beacons 1944 in General Category

TNA: no, not under the expected title. Web Search on "Aviation Map of Great Britain 1944 1:500:000" found University of Texas Libraries...

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19th September 2023, 23:43

Don Clark replied to a thread Locations of navigational beacons 1944 in General Category

The standard 1:500,000 RAF Edition: Aviation Map of Great Britain sheets show, separately, two sets of symbols for combinations of aerial lights,...

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19th September 2023, 22:29

Don Clark replied to a thread N Davies-Williams "Gerald's War" in Books - Information and Reviews

For interest, Nigel tells me that Amazon sets the cover price, their commission being 70% of that. As for Gerald's War, sales in the past year ran...

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19th September 2023, 22:23

Don Clark replied to a thread Does Ancestry Membership Provide Access to Actual Military Records? in General Category

Further to WO 344 - Prisoner of War liberation questionnaires. Just noticed that Lee Richards at @RCRE www.arcre.com provides a UK National...

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16th September 2023, 04:06

Don Clark replied to a thread JF Hamlin "Bristol Beaufighter: The Full Story" (AB 2022) in Books - Information and Reviews

Good to hear from you, Errol! Read your remarks about 30 Squadron and Hamlin's Flat Out with interest: had not been aware of the deficient...

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15th September 2023, 21:46

Don Clark replied to a thread JF Hamlin "Bristol Beaufighter: The Full Story" (AB 2022) in Books - Information and Reviews

Just as virtually all original records are subject to loss, inconsistency and error, so too are published books, even the good, liable to the same...

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15th September 2023, 21:35

Don Clark replied to a thread N Davies-Williams "Gerald's War" in Books - Information and Reviews

In this sincere tribute to a close relative's war service and death, Nigel chose, after some advice, to take the core formal records he had uncovered...

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14th September 2023, 23:18

Don Clark started a thread JF Hamlin "Bristol Beaufighter: The Full Story" (AB 2022) in Books - Information and Reviews

Bristol Beaufighter: The Full Story JF Hamlin (Air Britain 2022) A comprehensive account of the Beaufighter as an aircraft, in Squadron service,...

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14th September 2023, 08:52

Don Clark replied to a thread 101 Squadron in General Category

Misleading labelling: well, perhaps at first glance, however... M. Vogels has put a great deal of work into his Back To Normandy site, across a...

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13th September 2023, 21:47

Don Clark replied to a thread Does Ancestry Membership Provide Access to Actual Military Records? in General Category

I avoid Ancestry as far as humanly possible, rarely referring to it. To add to two posts here, for possible future ref 1. Luc at #2 "The last...

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13th September 2023, 00:58

Don Clark replied to a thread Aircraft Losses Database Corrections in General Category

Beaufighter VI V8501 and F/O LJ Summers 414871 shown at https://www.rafcommands.com/database/awards/details.php?qnum=414871&qname=SUMMERS...

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8th September 2023, 22:11

Don Clark replied to a thread Franciszek Grabowski Liberator AL523 in Books - Information and Reviews

Thanks, Franek, appreciated: likewise, Polish Air Force out of scope for me! Agree, no Poles known to me 211 Sqn 1938-1946. I forget who it was...

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8th September 2023, 22:02

Don Clark replied to a thread 98.5 percent Achieved. Where do we go from here ? in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Re Jon's #25 RAAF list, Quite beyond me, unfortunately. Bear in mind at least the main Record of Service files are being progressively digitised...

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8th September 2023, 21:50

Don Clark replied to a thread S/L Ambrose May 1944 in General Category

Franek, Paul is correct. The RAF Museum London 2007 list of Flying Logbooks was made available by a member here several years ago and I kept a...

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8th September 2023, 02:01

Don Clark replied to a thread 98.5 percent Achieved. Where do we go from here ? in Unaccounted Airmen and Airwomen Project

Brief current status note, outstanding RAAF personnel: Davis 89474 still pending file access assessment: due by 26 Oct 2023 Hunt 128743 request...

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8th September 2023, 01:10

Don Clark started a thread Davies 44072 casualty page errors in General Category

Browsing about in Database :: Commonwealth Air Forces War Dead :: Individual Casualty Pages I came across the casualty page for Gerald Davies...

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7th September 2023, 21:52

Don Clark started a thread N Davies-Williams "Gerald's War" in Books - Information and Reviews

N Davies-Williams Gerald's War: The true and tragic tale of one man's life in peace and war (Davies-Williams 2021). Released December 2021 on...

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7th September 2023, 21:43

Don Clark replied to a thread Franciszek Grabowski "Skalski: Against All Odds" in Books - Information and Reviews

Ah, softback: that'd account for the 2021 publish date. Appreciate the added detail, what a career... Thanks, Franek.

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7th September 2023, 21:29

Don Clark replied to a thread Franciszek Grabowski Liberator AL523 in Books - Information and Reviews

Franek, Thanks, most interesting. Referring back to your latest "10 Years" post: "...it would be a shame if my research, often unique, would...

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7th September 2023, 01:40

Don Clark replied to a thread Parachute deployed window in General Category

Jim, Perhaps thinking of AP 3407 Signals Vol VII Radio Counter-measures In the highly useful AHB collection, text searchable PDF here:...

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