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16th September 2023, 10:51

Andy Marden replied to a thread 410516 - Unaccounted Airmen - 16-05-1941 in General Category

The serial of this one is incorrectly listed as K7616 (Fairey Battle) in AIR81/6432, which led to the links being wrong in our database. Now...

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16th September 2023, 10:44

Andy Marden replied to a thread 410515 - Unaccounted Airmen - 15-05-1941 in General Category

Crew of Ju88A-5 3201 B3+HH of 1./KG54, which struck a balloon cable at Falmouth

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16th September 2023, 10:35

Andy Marden replied to a thread 410515 - Unaccounted Airmen - 15-05-1941 in General Category

Works fine for me. You are hitting the link and not cutting and pasting it, yes?

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13th September 2023, 15:54

Andy Marden started a thread Westland Whirlwind codes - photo proven in General Category

Whilst browsing the interesting book "The Whirlwind Years" (Robert Bowater, Fonthill, 2013) I made a note of all codes which can be photographically...

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12th September 2023, 17:25

Andy Marden replied to a thread Aircraft Losses Database Corrections in General Category

Two cases where an incorrect serial on the Casualty Report led to wrong links in our database have been corrected:...

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12th September 2023, 11:41

Andy Marden replied to a thread Aircraft Individual Codes in General Category

Thanks for all the useful comments. I’m well aware that this would be an enormous undertaking, but at least making some sort of start might assist...

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11th September 2023, 15:13

Andy Marden replied to a thread 08/09/1944 Lancaster of n°115 lost with a Free French Flight Engineer in General Category

Bertrand, HK577 only served with 149 Sqn. It was HK579, as confirmed by the aircraft AM78 card. If you put HK579 into our database it will give...

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11th September 2023, 09:07

Andy Marden replied to a thread Aircraft Losses Database Corrections in General Category

Chris, Thanks, database amended. Andy https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=HF852...

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10th September 2023, 18:04

Andy Marden replied to a thread Aircraft Losses Database Corrections in General Category

Our current entry for Whirlwind P6991 shows it as crashing on 9 Jan 43. The correct date was 9 Feb 43. Entry amended:...

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10th September 2023, 16:51

Andy Marden started a thread Aircraft Individual Codes in General Category

As can be seen from a lot of the threads on this forum, aircraft individual codes seem to be of interest to many on this forum. However, there...

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9th September 2023, 15:45

Andy Marden replied to a thread Seeking RCAF pilot William H Wislon in General Category

Can I just confirm that this chap's surname really was WISLON, and not WILSON?

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9th September 2023, 11:03

Andy Marden replied to a thread 410512 - Unaccounted Airmen - 12-05-1941 in General Category

ADOMAT Crew of Ju88A-5 2388 B3+LH of 1./KG54, shot down off Cowes: https://aircrewremembered.com/KrackerDatabase/?q=Adomat AUSSERFIELD, Herbert ...

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9th September 2023, 10:55

Andy Marden replied to a thread 410512 - Unaccounted Airmen - 12-05-1941 in General Category

Crew of Ju88A-5 5168 F1+BS of 8./KG76, shot down over Scampton. This loss does not appear in the Kracker Archive.

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9th September 2023, 10:43

Andy Marden replied to a thread 400511 - Unaccounted Airmen - 11-05-1940 in General Category

The Germans: BAERWALD, Bruno - GAF. HERMANN, Josef - GAF. MAIHOEFER, Johannes - GAF. >> Crew of He111P-2 1G+IS of 8./KG27, shot down by a...

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9th September 2023, 10:19

Andy Marden replied to a thread 400511 - Unaccounted Airmen - 11-05-1940 in General Category

Very minor, but R6817 had been converted to Spitfire Va by the time of the incident leading to the death of AC Bacon.

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9th September 2023, 10:11

Andy Marden replied to a thread Curtiss Kittyhawk II AK595 in General Category

Mojmir, Thanks for that. AK595 could have been lost on a non-operational flight I suppose (airtest?), so it would not be entered in the ORB. The 9...

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7th September 2023, 10:09

Andy Marden started a thread Curtiss Kittyhawk II AK595 in General Category

A recently closed auction on ebay shows Curtiss Kittyhawk II AK595: https://www.ebay.de/itm/256197757472 The serial is clearly visible, and it is...

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6th September 2023, 10:35

Andy Marden replied to a thread Fortress entries… and beyond in General Category

Robert, I've been taking on a lot of the aircraft database work to take some of the pressure off Jagan. He is the "main man", so will be much better...

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4th September 2023, 13:07

Andy Marden replied to a thread Aircraft Losses Database Corrections in General Category

Don, Thanks for pointing this out. Correction made. Andy

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3rd September 2023, 11:19

Andy Marden replied to a thread 450129 - Unaccounted Airmen - 29-01-1945 in 1945

I have tidied the entry for Anson NL128: https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=NL128 Looks like we are still missing some...

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2nd September 2023, 14:03

Andy Marden replied to a thread 410508 - Unaccounted Airmen - 08-05-1941 in General Category

The Cannock Chase Germans: HIRNSCHALL, Ernst - GAF. RITTERSHAUS, Oscar- GAF. Crew of He111H-2 2432 6N+FL of 3./KGr100, crashed near Malpas,...

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2nd September 2023, 13:40

Andy Marden replied to a thread 410508 - Unaccounted Airmen - 08-05-1941 in General Category

Crew of He111P-4 2951 G1+KL of 3./KG55, lost off Portland: https://aircrewremembered.com/KrackerDatabase/?q=Tibusch

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2nd September 2023, 13:36

Andy Marden replied to a thread 410508 - Unaccounted Airmen - 08-05-1941 in General Category

Crew of He111H-5 3987 5J+ZB of Stab I./KG4, shot down by a Hurricane of 151 Sqn: https://aircrewremembered.com/KrackerDatabase/?q=hoffmann&qand=3987

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2nd September 2023, 13:33

Andy Marden replied to a thread 410510 - Unaccounted Airmen - 10-05-1941 in General Category

Forgot to add, Ortmann's first name was Erwin.

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2nd September 2023, 13:32

Andy Marden replied to a thread 410509 - Unaccounted Airmen and Civilians - 09-05-1941 in General Category

The Germans: DECKER, - - GAF. - first name was Hermann KAMINSKI, Johannes - GAF. LONDON, Willi - GAF. STIEGLITZ, Hans - Jacob - GAF. Crew...

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2nd September 2023, 13:04

Andy Marden replied to a thread 410510 - Unaccounted Airmen - 10-05-1941 in General Category

Crew of He111P-2 1389 1G+GR of 7./KG27, shot down by a Beaufighter of 29 Sqn on the night of 10/11 May:...

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2nd September 2023, 12:12

Andy Marden replied to a thread 410509 - Unaccounted Airmen and Civilians - 09-05-1941 in General Category

Alex, The connection to V7548 in the case of the air raid on Waddington is erroneous, one of a large number of such links that exist. I have...

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2nd September 2023, 12:04

Andy Marden replied to a thread 410508 - Unaccounted Airmen - 08-05-1941 in General Category

17 OTU was a Blenheim unit. As per this post:...

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2nd September 2023, 11:50

Andy Marden replied to a thread 410508 - Unaccounted Airmen - 08-05-1941 in General Category

Isn't this the wrong Harry Jackson? There are currently two listed in our entry at:...

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1st September 2023, 10:56

Andy Marden replied to a thread Hawker Hurricane anomalies in General Category

Dave, Thanks. The crash report signal is useful. For those that want to see it: https://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/BlackHE.htm I have amended our...

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