How to access posts on old board

[Jagan]

Dennis,

Yes it was an automation script - done in VBScript that parsed the text files into php files. converting the special characters, inserting linebreaks , formatting titles etc..

it ran very fast. Conversion of the 14000 files took just a couple of minutes once the final script was done .. only the uploading was slow, taking atleast a couple of hours..

[Jagan]

Indexes added for the DCBoard Archive..

http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/index1.php (note the links to the 77 pages )

Around 470 old threads from May to Nov 2007 are not indexed, but the rest 14000 odd threads re linked through these 77 pages

The archive can also be accessed via the "DC Board Archive" menu link from the front page (next to RAF Commands Forum Menu Link)

[Jagan]

I was told that some of the individual posts that were coming up in Google were not linked to the index page. sure enough, it seems the index pages missed out nearly 13 more pages worth of posts.

So I have regenerated all the index pages. They now total 90
http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/index1.php


Going through the final pages I discovered another minor issue - Henk had made several posts on the older board which covered 1939 and early days of 1940. At some point we may want to move these to Henk's archive in the General Category forum? His 1939 posts start on Index Page 82

[dennis_burke]

i'm still compiling this when time allows, the dated index to threads
http://skynet.ie/~dan/war/henksthreads.html

[Jagan]

Dennis,

More for you

1939

'Unaccounted' airmen 14-9-1939
'Unaccounted' airman 26-9-1939
'Unaccounted' airman 25-9-1939
'Unaccounted' airmen 27-9-1939
'Unaccounted' airmen 28-9-1939
'Unaccounted' airman (FAA) - 3-10-1939
'Unaccounted' airman - 7-10-1939
'Unaccounted' airmen - 8-10-1939
'Unaccounted' airman - 1-10-1939
'Unaccounted' airman 10-10-1939
'Unaccounted' airman - 9-10-1939
'Unaccounted' airmen 13-10-1939
'Unaccounted' airman 31-10-1939
'Unaccounted' airmen 1-11-1939
'Unaccounted' airman 14-10-1939
'Unaccounted' airman 7-11-1939
'Unaccounted' airman 8-11-1939
'Unaccounted' airman 6-11-1939
'Unaccounted' NAVAL airman 10-11-1939
'Unaccounted' airman 9-11-1939
'Unaccounted' airman 13-11-1939
'Unaccounted' airman 15-11-1939
'Unaccounted' airmen 19-11-1939
'Unaccounted' airman 20-11-1939
'Unaccounted' airman 18-11-1939
'Unaccounted' airman 29-11-1939
'Unaccounted' airman 12-12-1939
'Unaccounted' air cadet - 13-12-1939
'Unaccounted' airman 18-12-1939
'Unaccounted' airman 19-12-1939
'Unaccounted' airman 16-12-1939
'Unaccounted' airman 30-12-1939
'Unaccounted' airman 24-12-1939
'Unaccounted' airmen 29-12-1939
'Unaccounted' airman 20-12-1939
'Unaccounted' airman 15-12-1939


1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 2-1-1940
'Unaccounted' airman 7-1-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 8-1-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 5-1-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 4-1-1940
'Unaccounted' airman (FAA) - 6-1-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 9-1-1940
'Unaccounted' airman 13-1-1940
'Unaccounted' airman 23-1-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 26-1-1940
'Unaccounted' airman 23-1-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen - 25-1-1940
'Unaccounted' airman 28-1-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 29-1-1940
'Unaccounted' airman - 17-1-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 31-1-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 5-2-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 9-2-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 11-2-1940
'Unaccounted' airman 6-2-1940
'Unaccounted' airman 21-2-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 23-2-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 2-3-1940
'Unaccounted' airman 3-3-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 4-3-1940
'Unaccounted' airman 9-3-1940
'Unaccounted' airman 16-3-1940
'Unaccounted' airman 25-2-1940
'Unaccounted' airman 18-3-1940.
'Unaccounted' airman 19-3-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen - 4-4-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 30-3-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 1-4-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 3-4-1940
'Unaccounted' airman 12-4-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 8-4-1940
'Unaccounted' airman 11-4-1940
'Unaccounted' airman 7-4-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 17-4-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 15-4-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 22-4-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 23-4-1940
'Unaccounted' airman 5-5-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 3-5-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 13-5-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 12-5-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen - 11-5-1940
'Unaccounted' airman 18-5-1940
'Unaccounted' airman - 17-5-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 16-5-1940
'Unaccounted' airman 20-5-1940
'Unaccounted' airman 21-5-1940
'Unaccounted' airman 19-5-1940
'Unaccounted' airman - 23-5-1940 (France)
'Unaccounted' airman 23-5-1940
'Unaccounted Airmen'
'Unaccounted' airmen - 24-5-1940 (France)
'Unaccounted' airmen - 26-5-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen 25-5-1940
'Unaccounted' airman - 26-5-1940 (France)
'Unaccounted' airman - 27-5-1940
'Unaccounted' airmen - 27-5-1940 (Norway)
'Unaccounted' airmen - 28-5-1940 (France)
'Unaccounted' airmen - 28-5-1940 (Germany)
'Unaccounted' airmen - 28-5-1940
Unaccounted Airmen 3/6/40 France - Recovered Post
Unaccounted airmen 05/06/40 - Recovered Post
Unaccounted airmen 29/05/40 - Recovered Post
Unaccounted airmen 02/06/40 - Recovered Posts
Unaccounted airmen 02/06/40 France - Recovered Posts
Unaccounted airmen 30/05/40 - Recovered Post
Unaccounted airmen 07/06/40 France - Recovered Post
Unaccounted airmen 05/06/40 France - Recovered Post
Unaccounted airmen 30/05/40 - Recovered Post
Unaccounted airmen 06/06/40 - Recovered Post
'Unaccounted' airman 9-6-1940
'Unaccounted' airman - 8-6-1940 (France)
'Unaccounted' airmen - 10-6-1940

Not necessarily in order of date.. but clubbed by the year

[Ian Erskine]

Hi from Australia. There was an earlier post on the old site where a guy named Steve Smith was enquiring about Cpl Robert Strang Bryson of 99Sqn Bomber Command, missing in 1942 on raid to Stravanger, Norway. Robert was my great uncle. I am curiuos as to Steve's interest as I am not aware of a Smith family connection. Thanks, Ian. My father FS Robert Erskine, 576 Sqn Bomber Command Fiskerton.

[Steve Brew]

Hi Ian

I'm also Downunder - in Brisbane.

It appears that 'Smudger' hasn't posted on the forum since December 2021, so may have stopped researching. In any case, as a member, while logged on, if you click on his name on the post you refer to, it will take you to his profile, and from there you should be able to send him a private message or an e-mail. Given the fact he's been inactive for nine months, you may be best to e-mail him.

Not sure if anyone else has any gen on Steve, but try to contact him directly via his profile.

Steve [a different one :-)]