CWGC WW2 Air Forces Database (120633+ / 98.5% Done!) Just 1800 (< 1.5%) to go!

[jonheyworth]

When We kicked off this DB, and members started building it to its current form, never thought that we would get to a stage where CWGC would suggest us as a useful research tool

https://www.cwgc.org/media/miabpcuv/...-force-ww2.pdf (page 3)

Bugger me ! Right then would any of you object if I wrote to them quoting this and asking for a grant off them to complete the ones who’ll require a death certificate ?

[markpeelgb]

Absolutely agree with that suggestion, Jon. Let me know if I can help at all.

[Jagan]

Apologies for rounding out "Year 5" so late. I have some system problems at my end as such havent made an updates since the anniversary '' i.e around end of October. I have been hit with some PC problems which will be solved in a week or two.. so not many updates in recent weeks.


One year Update (2023)

120,838 records (98.70%) are "Accounted for".
1,595 (1.30%) are still unaccounted.
334 records (0.27%) have photographs
That means we added about 2892 records in the fifth year. Again all the work done by Jon Heyworth. And the progress was better than the previous year!

Year	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947
Total Records	689	6886	13036	21407	29805	33068	13728	2389	1425
Accounted	689 (100.00%)	6882 (99.94%)	12994 (99.68%)	21298 (99.49%)	29571 (99.21%)	32761 (99.07%)	13367 (97.37%)	2108 (88.24%)	1168 (81.96%)
Unaccounted	(0.00%)	4 (0.06%)	42 (0.32%)	109 (0.51%)	234 (0.79%)	307 (0.93%)	361 (2.63%)	281 (11.76%)	257 (18.04%)

Milestones achieved

< 1600 left
< 1.5 % left
Unaccounted for 1940 are 4 names away
Every year is at 99% or above, but for 1945, 1946 and 1947
We started adding "Faces to the Fallen" - another five year project?

Previous Year Update - https://www.rafcommands.com/forum/sh...093#post178093

[jonheyworth]

Any time, pleasure all mine mates. sadly I think there's little to find now. It's slightly higher though, there's a few I added to the usual thread not added yet