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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...

MESIgoal · Anonymous

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Decobeck · Decobeck

Maybe somebody can help me with information or the evasion report of WO² Cyril S. Barzacle (or Barzeele) from the 431 Squadron. His Halifax SE-B/MZ629 was shot down in Belgium during the night of 12-13/5/1944. He was hidden by Belgians in Waterloo until the liberation in September. Many thanks in an...

MESIgoal · Crowner John

I am researching one of the crew members lost from 99 Sdn on this date. John Preston Trewby F/O. According to the notes on the Ripe, Sussex Memorial, he was in Wellington 2911, but I have been told that, according to the casualty list, vol1. for Bomber Command , he was in n2956, being piloted by F/O J.C...

dave · dave

Hi All, New to this board and wondered if anyone had any background on the above aircraft....Was the plane ever recovered etc...... The background to this is that I have the Medals of one Sgt E J C Porter who was aircrew on this Halifax when it was shot down. I can see that he was in crew 60 at Croft, was 19 yea...

BossFlint · BossFlint

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Halifaxbomber · Halifaxbomber

A long shot, but looking through this forum a lot of knowledgable people amongst you and maybe just maybe one of the following names may ring a bell and maybe someone may be able to point me in the direction of a photo or two. I have lots of info ( although more is welcome ) on Sgt JJ O'Brien & Sgt Albert G...

thorthemighty · thorthemighty

Hi people,Sorry in advance about this being a long post.I am looking for information about my great uncle who was a member of raf 101 squadron during WWII. His was Flying Officer Frederick Desmond McGonigle, 179064.He was the pilot of Avro Lancaster Mk.III LM472 SR-V2, which was shot down during an o...

Dee Palmer · Dee Palmer

I am a composer commissioned to write a Cantata for performance at the Arundel Music Festival this August (2010) and am in need of some help. The Cantata is dedicated to Bomber Command aircrew kia in WW2 and with specific reference to the crew of Lancaster KM-C, 44 Squadron, Dunholme Lodge - broug...

CliveAtkinson · CliveAtkinson

Hi, my name is Clive Atkinson and I have been researching a bit of the Atkinson family history regarding my Great Uncle Jack. His name was John J Atkinson born 1922 in Ryhope County Durham he was a Sergeant Flight Engineer in 619 Squadron based at Dunholme Lodge Lincolnshire in 1944. He took off in Avro L...

debtye · debtye

I am trying to find anything about Sgt.William Mawrey Harvey - 1582500 , who would have been my uncle had he survived. He was killed whilst training with the 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit based at RAF Blyton in Lincolnshire. He was on an exercise named 'Bullseye' on 04.05.1944. They were returning to b...

Coffey · Coffey

Hi everyone, I'm hoping someone can give me some biographical info on Wing Commander D. McIntosh, RAF. He commanded 420 Squadron ( RCAF) , and took my Dad and his crew on their first flight upon their arrival at Tholthorpe in Feb of 44. They did circuits and landings in a Halifax III, with McIntosh in the...

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