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PrivatePrice · PrivatePrice

Dear Forum, I am trying to conduct some family research on an uncle of mine, Gerald Price, who was killed over Stuggart on the night of the 28/29 July 1944 whilst flying in Lancaster ND699, PH-P. I know the site of the crash of the aircraft, near Renningen, near Stuggart ,but was hoping some of the more kn...

adrian1 · adrian1

On the 22nd June 1943 an 158 Sqdn Halifax HR735 was intercepted over Berlicum/Den Bosch area when it was underway to a target at Krefeld. The aircraft was shotdown and crashed on a farmland at Kaathoven/Berlicum which took the lives of eight young airmen. Three of these airmen are still missing and ar...

Dave090945 · Dave090945

Hi all, This is my first posting here. Along with another relative of one of the crewmembers, we are researching Lancaster R5696 97 Squadron RAFVR, My father's cousin John Forsyth Service number 1007363 Sgt/Pilot RAFVR, was co-pilot on the mission when shot down over Danzig 11 Jul 1942. The Pil...

Seeking a missing crew member · Dave Donaghy

HELP NEEDED PLEASE TO FIND THE LAST MISSING MEMBER OF A No. 97 SQUADRON BOMBER CREW. 'Timeless Images' has been contacted by Dave Donaghy & Sandy Cannings, asking for our help with information regarding a crew member of Sandy's Father's on No. 97 Squadron at Bourn and Coningsby in Nos. 8 (PFF) &am...

barnsley · barnsley

Anyone out there with queries about 166 squadron,particularly family members with connections to this squadron,I would be happy to help. 25 years of research into the squadron means I should be able to answer most questions about aircrew who served with them.Best Wishes,B

jon herron · jon herron

I am researching my Fathers Uncles plane crash , which happened on January 19th 1940. He was a leading Aircarftsman and was on a Avro Anson N5050 of No 502 Squadron, which crashed in the Rhyl/Prestatyn area. I have found out that it carshed in a possible snow storm and that an ambulance took 7 hours to re...

MESIgoal · Anonymous

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df94d · df94d

A retired RAF Officer living in Vendée I was privileged to lay a commemorative Roundel on behalf of the RAF Association at a ceremony in Angles Cemetery on 24 July 2015, on the graves of 5 of the crew. This was part of a ceremony led by the Mayor of Angles in the presence of about 40 villagers. Three other wr...

MESIgoal · Anonymous

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Mr hubby · Mr hubby

Hello every one I am hoping someone will be able to help me source some detailed info on the last flight of PG-S for Sugar 619 squadron. The info I have to date is that it took part in the raid on Nuremberg on 30 March 1944, when 94 bombers were shot down and 71 damaged, out of 795 aircraft. one of these being...

James W · James W

Hello, I'm helping a friend to locate a 'class list' for a specific course (81A) of No. 1 Air Observers' School at Malton, Ontario. His uncle (a Polish airman) was a trainee there under the BCATP between July and December 1943. He has a group photo of his uncle's course with a number of signatures on t...

hrenama · hrenama

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barnsley · barnsley

I am reposting my original offer of help to anyone looking for information about 166 squadron RAF 1943-45,particularly family/relatives of 166 Airmen.My original posting was getting a little 'cluttered' and I was missing some of the requests for assistance. Please post your queries on the site...

smudgersmith · smudgersmith

Gents, Looking for a photograph of this officer for a forth coming book on 218 Squadron. Regards and thanks, Smudger

MESIgoal · N H Mckeown

Hi I am trying to compile a document for the family on my Great Uncle Thomas Scullion Brady whos plane went into theBaltic Sea on the night of August 29th 1944 during the raid on Stettin. Here is his crew. ALEXANDER, ROBERT LAWSON. Rank: Flight Sergeant. Service No: 989463. Date of Death: 30/08/194...

MESIgoal · Auroraceleste

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MESIgoal · Jonathan Clay

I have been commissioned to paint a picture of the above aircraft, which was shot down over Germany on 4th May 1943. All crew (except the pilot, whi dies) became POWs. The picture is for the daughter of one of the crew- F/O J B Thompson. Has anyone got a 'photo of the plane, or know what the fuselage codes we...

MESIgoal · Auroraceleste

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BossFlint · BossFlint

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Mike Hughes · Mike Hughes

I am trying to assist the sister of one of the crew. She would dearly like to know more about the circumstances of her brother's loss in this incident. Mike Hughes -- Edited by Mike Hughes on Friday 7th of April 2017 03:57:40 AM

Christopher Sykes · Christopher Sykes

Hello, I'm new here and I'm keen to find out as much as I can about what happened to my uncle, Sgt John Sykes, who trained in Canada (where he became RCAF Table Tennis Champion in, I think, late 1942!) and then transferred to RAF Cottesmore for further training as a bomb-aimer in Wellingtons. He and the ot...

Jimbo · Jimbo

Hi all, I've been trying to discover as much as I can about my great-uncle's Lancaster PB-200 which was lost on 10th November 1944 at Cernay-en-Dormois. I've written to the RAF and received a reply which suggested that they believed the a/c was brought down by United States Army ground fire. Is there...

Klinka · Klinka

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Garregin · Garregin

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grahamspitfire · grahamspitfire

Hi, I am trying to find photos of a 76 squadron halifax from may 1943 in which my uncle was the mid- upper gunner and was shot down over Belgium on a raid to Dusseldorf.It had nose art which was a gauntlet with a finger pointing upwards and i believe the motto EXCELSIOR underneath. This raid was the subject...

Gazza · Gazza

In the last few months I have done a lot of research into my Uncle Leslie Turner and visited his grave in Hannover. He was lost on his 8th Raid on Kassel on 03/10/1943. The anecdotal evidence I have passed on through the family was that they were attacked by a night fighter, this came after the sole survivo...

MESIgoal · Anonymous

I am researching the crash of the above aircraft. At least two members of the crew survived, one was later killed by a German SS Division while fighting with the US 507th PIR. The other got back to the UK in July 1943. The flight was one of 16 from 106 Squadron - RAF Metheringham - tasked with bombing bri...

MESIgoal · A McDonald

I am researching the raid on Le Creusot, June 19/20 1943 made by Halifaxes from 408 Sqn. One aircraft (Halifax JD-107 EQ-Y) failed to return having been hit by light flak near Caen. The navigator P/O James Denholm, a friend of my father, was killed. Any information would be gratefully recieved.

avane · avane

Searching for information about Pilot E.F. Boyle. He flew with the 431 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn. on a Halifax III MZ-514 SE-P431, Iroquois flight. He is buried at the REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Germany together with his crew: Flying Officer Peter George Harvey MACGREGGOR J22743 (RCAF) Pilot Off...

dicco · dicco

my late father len cliff service no1682447 flew with flt lt boyd as navigator between 16/11/1944 and 5/4 1945 he was awarded the dfm promulgated in the london gazette november 1945 .i have his medal but am unable to find the citation .can anyone help in this quest. he flew with 195 sqd from wratting co...

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