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10th June 2023, 10:12

malcolm_raf replied to a thread Pathfinder Squadrons - more dangerous to serve in than Bomber Command?? in General Category

Hi Greg I'm not sure of the precise name of the device, but as 'Airborne Cigar' (ABC) was jamming the GCI frequencies, it wouldn't have needed to...

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9th June 2023, 17:13

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

William Gorech ( GORLECH in the certificate) Williams 1283105 ] A medically discharged airman at the time of his death, died at Rookwood hospital,...

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9th June 2023, 16:54

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

Charles Love Smith 82264 ] attached to RAF Hunsdon ] died in SSQ of a heart attack

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9th June 2023, 16:52

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

Thomas William Richardson 1123683 ] attached to 21 OTU ] was admitted seriously ill to RAF hospital Evesham on 9 May where he died of a perforated...

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9th June 2023, 16:50

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

Fred Allen Read 1543736 ] attached to 95 MU ] was admitted dangerously ill to Leicester City General Hospital on 26 November, where he died it...

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9th June 2023, 16:46

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

Henry Frederick Papworth 752165 ] attached to 44 Base ] was admitted dangerously ill to Killingbeck Hospital, Leeds on 4 April, where he died at...

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9th June 2023, 16:42

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

Reginald Palframan ] attached to RAF Gravesend ] was admitted dangerously ill to the Stancliffe County Hospital at Dewsbury where he died of a...

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9th June 2023, 16:39

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

Richard Ogersby 1695466 ] was admitted seriously ill to the EMS hospital at Stratford Upon Avon on 6 December 1943 suffering with pneumonia. He...

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9th June 2023, 16:34

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

John Stanley Matthew 1020381 ] attached to RAF Hemswell ] was admitted dangerously ill to Lincoln Military Hospital on 18 April where he died of an...

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9th June 2023, 16:31

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

Arthur Kershaw 1879586 ] attached to Number 11 Recruits Centre ] was admitted to SSQ at Skegness on 24 November. He became seriously ill on 30...

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9th June 2023, 16:28

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

Walter Ernest Jones 1445184 ] a medically discharged Airman at the time of his death who had been attached to the Mill Green Plant Depot, was...

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9th June 2023, 16:24

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

Albert Ernest Horwell 1213513 ] was admitted dangerously ill to the Mount Vernon hospital, Northwood, Middx., on 24 December 1943, where he died of...

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9th June 2023, 16:21

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

Albert Horsfield 872310 ] was admitted dangerously ill to Orpington EMS hospital on 24 August suffering with pleural effusion. He was discharged to...

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9th June 2023, 16:18

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

Raymond Knighton Banks 1064885 ] attached to RAF West Kirby ] died in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, of an abscess on the chest

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9th June 2023, 16:17

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

Edward Aston 1518332 ] attached to RAF Shawbury ] was admitted dangerously ill to RAF hospital Cosford on 24 January where he died of anaemia

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9th June 2023, 14:14

malcolm_raf replied to a thread Pathfinder Squadrons - more dangerous to serve in than Bomber Command?? in General Category

Hi Bear in mind however, that the most 'dangerous' squadron to be in was actually No 101 Sqn in No 1 Group, they suffered the highest losses of...

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8th June 2023, 19:40

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

Arthur Stott 747009 ] attached to Number 101 PDC ] died in Leeds Infirmary whilst on release leave of pericarditis

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8th June 2023, 19:39

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

Atgur Theodore Brett 1256678 ] attached to Number 100 PDC ] died whilst on 98 days release leave at 08:30 Hours in the North Middlesex hospital of...

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8th June 2023, 19:36

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

Francis Charles Buckley 1181515 ] attached to Number 100 PDC ] was on release leave when he underwent an operation in Stafford Infirmary for an...

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8th June 2023, 19:26

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

Arthur Augustus Clifton 975729 ] attached to Number 1 PHU, died of bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis

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8th June 2023, 19:24

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

John Donald Craig 128700 ] attached to Number 100 PDC ] was dangerously injured whilst on release leave, when his motorcycle collided with a taxi on...

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8th June 2023, 19:20

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

Harold Arthur Patchesa 1169691 ] attached to 152 MU ] was reported to be a POW in Japanese hands on 19 March 1943. He died whilst still a POW at...

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8th June 2023, 19:17

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

Henry John Whiting 1337430 ] most certainly did not die in Lancaster ME566 and needs to revert to UNACCOUNTED

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8th June 2023, 19:09

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

Fred William Long 917192 died in the station hospital of acute heart faliure

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8th June 2023, 18:56

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

James Logue 1422984 ] attached to RAF Hullavington ] was admitted seriously ill to RAF Hospital Wroughton on 9 January. He was removed from all lists...

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8th June 2023, 18:53

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

Norman Douglas Fern 1703226 ] attached to RAF Boscombe Down ] was killed at Broughton when his motorcycle collided with a car. His body was removed...

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8th June 2023, 18:29

malcolm_raf replied to a thread National Archives document order choice ? in General Category

Alex My digital orders have always been set as a download, but each page is a separate jpg file so you will have 104 downloads Malcolm

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8th June 2023, 17:29

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

Aldridge Wright 1263808 ] attached to Number 1 PHU ] committed suicide whilst at home at Geneva Road, Ipswich Suffolk, being dead on arrival at...

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