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stansgrandson · stansgrandson

HELLO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY mk 11 ORBS please

charlieross · charlieross

I am very keen to find any information about the last few days of John Miller Bliss who was shot down (I assume )just East of Paris on the 18th of November in 1943 .I believe that his squadron was No 15 and I know that the whole crew (of his Stirling bomber ?) are buried in a municipal cemetery in Suippes. It is...

52missions · 52missions

Father was a WW2 pilot. Initially he was a trainer for fighter pilots. The local general refused to let pop go to war so he chocked up his trainer and blew out all the head quarters windows. The general wanted pop shot but couldn't find a way to do it. He was a good fighter pilot but the generals want him tak...

snowdrop · snowdrop

Hi all, I anyone can help me?. When I was the landlord of the Chopper I had the opportunity to host a reunion for the Sqn and met three members of the crew of "The Chopper".When I left I was presented with an oil painting of the lanc flying over the pub.I still have this painting . I mentioned this...

Adoubleyoo · julie bell

I'm Julie Bell Bradford West Yorkshire England. I hv some information - on my grd father Walter Bell. He was a Mechanic/Engineer, based in Lincolnshire, but I don't know if he was part of 619 or 626 Squadron. I do know, the Squadron he was with, was next to The Dambuster's Base, in Lincolnshire. Walter w...

dizzy-t · dizzy-t

Dear Sirs. I am writing on behalf of the Gerald Norman Edgar Yeates 's daughter Last year a chap contacted me regarding some parts that he had found in 1947 from Gerald's crashed aircarft in which he lost his life together with his co pilot Kenneth Weeks Driver (in 1947) . the crash took place near Woott...

melbeams · melbeams

Hello. I live in Rutland close to what used to RAF Cottesmore and am researching the background of 3 young NZ airmen who are buried in the village cemetery and just wondered if anyone could help me? The 3 men are Sgt Pilot Vincent Herbert Griffiths (aged 29 yrs from Auckland), Sgt Pilot Jack Edward Wall (...

Anonymous

My uncle, Leslie George Jones, was the wireless operator on Lancaster R5471 which crashed into the North Sea with the loss of all crew members. They had left Woodhall Spa en route to Saarbrucken when they reported having some technical problems. They were told to ditch some of their load before retur...

Anonymous

My uncle Leslie George Jones was in 97 squadron based at Woodhall Spa, Lincs. He was the wireless operator on Lancaster R5537 - one of 6 Lancasters from Woodhall Spa to take part in the Augsburg raid in April 1942. Are there any relatives out there of any of the other crew members who might know anything a...

Anonymous

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dleggett · dleggett

Hi AllI am trying to find some information regarding a crash of a Wellington bomber X3424 that my great uncle was involved in on Aug 18, 1943 at 23 OTU Pershore. The only info I have is the plane ID X3424, and that my uncle P/O H D Paddison and P/O F M Potter were unhurt. Any additional info that could be provi...

barnsley · Sharon

Hello, Can someone point me in the right direction for an online resource. I am trying to find out the squadron that my grandpa from Alberta, Canada was on during WW2 with the RCAF. He survived the war. Thanks!

dleggett · dleggett

Hi I am trying to find information regarding which German night fighter pilot shot down my great uncle's RCAF Halifax Bomber on the night of January 20th, 1944 near Stapel Germany. Oral history given to the family by the sole surviving crewman from the crash stated that a German night fighter shot do...

Martin Baker · Martin Baker

Looking for any information about Richard Hainsworth. Particularly any family contacts, and a confirmed photograph of Richard would really useful. He was one of the crew of seven on Lancaster LL908 which was flying from Fiskerton, Lincolnshire on a bombing mission to Schweinfurt in Bavaria. ...

dleggett · dleggett

Does anyone know where one might find copies of the Mission Maps, or navigational coordinates for individual bomber raids? I would like to be able to map out the actual routes flown by my uncle during his missions from Nov 1943 - Jan 1944 with 429 Squadron. Thanks David

dleggett · dleggett

Anyone here have any relatives who flew in the RCAF 429 "Bison" Squadron? My Great Uncle Harold Paddison flew with the 429 from Oct 43 - Jan 44 when he was shot down. Would love to connect with other 429 buffs on the boards. David

Anonymous

hi all im les from southampton and was just wondering if anyone has some pics of her kicking around before her last mission?

dleggett · dleggett

Does anyone know if it is possible to find the actual flight paths of specific bombing raids? Specifically I am trying to find the flight path for the 429 bomber squadron on the January 20th Berlin raid. If the info is available for other raids I have some others in nov and dec 1943 I would love to find. ...

ANightofHeroes · ANightofHeroes

Hi there, I am urgently trying to find details as to the whereabouts of the following air crew who flew with 619 squadron as part of Bomber Command. I believe they may have been based in the London area during WW2. 619 SquadronPeter Brown: rear GunnerBill Bishop: Mid Upper GunnerStan Mays: Bomb Aimer I...

mr goon · mr goon

My brother in law's father was groundcrew with 625 Sqn from 1943 onwards and he has six pics taken during the war of the Lancaster he worked on , C for Charlie, it's ground crew and the air crew. I have most of the names But just wondered if anyone can add anything at all about the Lancaster ( on one of the pic...

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...

MikeH · MikeH

Hi, I'm looking for possible information from the book regarding Halifax BB365 and Flight Sergeant K.A Heaton on either of the following dates, 27/28 August 1943 24th February 1944 Regards, MikeH

Stewart1966 · Stewart1966

Hi, new to the forum. I would appreciate any advice on how I can find any info at all on F/O Stanley Gibbens who was from Cardiff. We believe he flew a few missions over France and Germany in both Wellingtons and Lancasters during WW2 and apparrantly started out as a gunner but this is as much as we know at...

MikeH · Iain Saville

GRS was my uncle. I'm eager to understand more about his regrettably very brief service and how he died. He was a WO/AG. thank you for advice!

Glenn

Wondering if anyone can share info on the crew of Lancaster Bomber LL960 that was shot down during (target Duisburg, Germany) - Operation Hurricane 22 May 1944 Pilot: Flt/Lt Edwin Laurence, Royal Air Force, 27 yo Flight Engineer: Sgt Raymond William, Royal Air Force Navigator: P/O Douglass-Smith...

MikeH · MikeH

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-32663953

stansgrandson · stansgrandson

I read many of our boys lost their lives on the home run though damaged aircraft .Can someone tell me would it be classified that the crew died in action or was there another term used by the senders of such bad news .

James F · James F

Trying to contact BrianC who posted March 10th 2013 enquiring about his uncle Fred Smoker , wireless operator in 195 squadron end '44 / '45 in crew of Lancaster JE-A "Fanny by Searchlight". My father , Tim Fanning , was the pilot in this crew. I can provide much info on this aircraft and i...

leslie · leslie

Is anyone out there able to provide information on the survival odds of bomber crews along with survival odds for Pathfinder crews Thanks Leslie

vortex100 · vortex100

My father was second pilot on this aircraft. The aircraft was brought down by flak after a raid on Duisburg at a place called Beckerswerth. This was on night of 21/21 May 1944. The soul survivor was a FltSgt Noon the wireless operator who was taken as a POW. His service number was 1295792... No further i...

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	MK 11s (Preview) HELLO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY mk 11 ORBS please	stansgrandson	0	514	Jul 28, 2015 by stansgrandson
	John Miller Bliss (Preview) I am very keen to find any information about the last few days of John Miller Bliss who was shot down (I assume )just East of Paris on the 18th of November in 1943 .I believe that his squadron was No 15 and I know that the whole crew (of his Stirling bomber ?) are buried in a municipal cemetery in Suippes. It is...	charlieross	4	1245	Jul 26, 2015 by Adoubleyoo
	Fathers 52 missions (Preview) Father was a WW2 pilot. Initially he was a trainer for fighter pilots. The local general refused to let pop go to war so he chocked up his trainer and blew out all the head quarters windows. The general wanted pop shot but couldn't find a way to do it. He was a good fighter pilot but the generals want him tak...	52missions	1	567	Jul 23, 2015 by alieneyes
	Lanc know as the chopper (Preview) Hi all, I anyone can help me?. When I was the landlord of the Chopper I had the opportunity to host a reunion for the Sqn and met three members of the crew of "The Chopper".When I left I was presented with an oil painting of the lanc flying over the pub.I still have this painting . I mentioned this...	snowdrop	2	587	Jul 14, 2015 by snowdrop
	RAF 626 Squadron Crew (Preview) I'm Julie Bell Bradford West Yorkshire England. I hv some information - on my grd father Walter Bell. He was a Mechanic/Engineer, based in Lincolnshire, but I don't know if he was part of 619 or 626 Squadron. I do know, the Squadron he was with, was next to The Dambuster's Base, in Lincolnshire. Walter w...	julie bell	2	934	Jul 12, 2015 by Adoubleyoo
	Gerald Norman Edgar Yeates. (128485) DFC & Bar. 248 Squadron Mosquito's (Preview) Dear Sirs. I am writing on behalf of the Gerald Norman Edgar Yeates 's daughter Last year a chap contacted me regarding some parts that he had found in 1947 from Gerald's crashed aircarft in which he lost his life together with his co pilot Kenneth Weeks Driver (in 1947) . the crash took place near Woott...	dizzy-t	3	1317	Jul 11, 2015 by Adoubleyoo
	14 OTU Cottesmore accidents 1941 and 1942 (Preview) Hello. I live in Rutland close to what used to RAF Cottesmore and am researching the background of 3 young NZ airmen who are buried in the village cemetery and just wondered if anyone could help me? The 3 men are Sgt Pilot Vincent Herbert Griffiths (aged 29 yrs from Auckland), Sgt Pilot Jack Edward Wall (...	melbeams	4	1569	Jul 9, 2015 by Anonymous
	Loss of Lancaster R5471 1/2 September 1942 (Preview) My uncle, Leslie George Jones, was the wireless operator on Lancaster R5471 which crashed into the North Sea with the loss of all crew members. They had left Woodhall Spa en route to Saarbrucken when they reported having some technical problems. They were told to ditch some of their load before retur...	Anonymous	0	598	Jul 8, 2015 by Anonymous
	Augsburg raid April 17th 1942. (Preview) My uncle Leslie George Jones was in 97 squadron based at Woodhall Spa, Lincs. He was the wireless operator on Lancaster R5537 - one of 6 Lancasters from Woodhall Spa to take part in the Augsburg raid in April 1942. Are there any relatives out there of any of the other crew members who might know anything a...	Anonymous	0	643	Jul 6, 2015 by Anonymous
	Tempat Tidur Ukir (Preview) Tempat Tidur Ukir pusat mebel furniture jepara www.jatipribumi.com menjual tempat tidur ukir jepara dengan harga murah dan berkualitas produk mebel jati furniture jepara asli	Anonymous	0	455	Jul 3, 2015 by Anonymous
	Aug 18, 1943 Wellington Crash at 23 OTU Pershore (Preview) Hi AllI am trying to find some information regarding a crash of a Wellington bomber X3424 that my great uncle was involved in on Aug 18, 1943 at 23 OTU Pershore. The only info I have is the plane ID X3424, and that my uncle P/O H D Paddison and P/O F M Potter were unhurt. Any additional info that could be provi...	dleggett	5	917	Jun 25, 2015 by dleggett
	Finding the squadron of my Grandpa in RCAF (Preview) Hello, Can someone point me in the right direction for an online resource. I am trying to find out the squadron that my grandpa from Alberta, Canada was on during WW2 with the RCAF. He survived the war. Thanks!	Sharon	1	528	Jun 23, 2015 by barnsley
	Who Shot Down Halifax Bomber Jan 20/21 1944 (Preview) Hi I am trying to find information regarding which German night fighter pilot shot down my great uncle's RCAF Halifax Bomber on the night of January 20th, 1944 near Stapel Germany. Oral history given to the family by the sole surviving crewman from the crash stated that a German night fighter shot do...	dleggett	7	948	Jun 20, 2015 by dleggett
	Richard Beetham Hainsworth, Flight Engineer on Lancaster LL908, shot down 27th April 1944 Richard Beetham Hainsworth Richard Hainsworth LL908 Fiskerton 49 Squadron Ugny-sur-Meuse (Preview) Looking for any information about Richard Hainsworth. Particularly any family contacts, and a confirmed photograph of Richard would really useful. He was one of the crew of seven on Lancaster LL908 which was flying from Fiskerton, Lincolnshire on a bombing mission to Schweinfurt in Bavaria. ...	Martin Baker	0	677	Jun 11, 2015 by Martin Baker
	Mission Maps for Bomber Command (Preview) Does anyone know where one might find copies of the Mission Maps, or navigational coordinates for individual bomber raids? I would like to be able to map out the actual routes flown by my uncle during his missions from Nov 1943 - Jan 1944 with 429 Squadron. Thanks David	dleggett	2	585	Jun 9, 2015 by dleggett
	RCAF 429 "Bison" Squadron (Preview) Anyone here have any relatives who flew in the RCAF 429 "Bison" Squadron? My Great Uncle Harold Paddison flew with the 429 from Oct 43 - Jan 44 when he was shot down. Would love to connect with other 429 buffs on the boards. David	dleggett	0	920	Jun 7, 2015 by dleggett
	lancaster ND559 (Preview) hi all im les from southampton and was just wondering if anyone has some pics of her kicking around before her last mission?	Anonymous	0	562	Jun 6, 2015 by Anonymous
	Bomber flight plans/paths (Preview) Does anyone know if it is possible to find the actual flight paths of specific bombing raids? Specifically I am trying to find the flight path for the 429 bomber squadron on the January 20th Berlin raid. If the info is available for other raids I have some others in nov and dec 1943 I would love to find. ...	dleggett	2	483	Jun 5, 2015 by dleggett
	Urgently searching for crew members (619 squadron - TV enquiry) (Preview) Hi there, I am urgently trying to find details as to the whereabouts of the following air crew who flew with 619 squadron as part of Bomber Command. I believe they may have been based in the London area during WW2. 619 SquadronPeter Brown: rear GunnerBill Bishop: Mid Upper GunnerStan Mays: Bomb Aimer I...	ANightofHeroes	3	2200	Jun 3, 2015 by Anonymous
	Photo's 625 Sqn (Preview) My brother in law's father was groundcrew with 625 Sqn from 1943 onwards and he has six pics taken during the war of the Lancaster he worked on , C for Charlie, it's ground crew and the air crew. I have most of the names But just wondered if anyone can add anything at all about the Lancaster ( on one of the pic...	mr goon	4	1557	Jun 3, 2015 by BeadyBubb
	Wellington crash at Old Leake, Lincs, 7 February 1943 cottesmore saltby wellington crash old leake commonside KIA Sykes death February 1943 training (Preview) 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...	Christopher Sykes	9	1445	May 27, 2015 by davepattern
	Chorleys HCU Losses - Help wanted (Preview) Hi, I'm looking for possible information from the book regarding Halifax BB365 and Flight Sergeant K.A Heaton on either of the following dates, 27/28 August 1943 24th February 1944 Regards, MikeH	MikeH	2	549	May 23, 2015 by MikeH
	F/O Stanley Gibbens - Wellingtons and Lancasters (Preview) Hi, new to the forum. I would appreciate any advice on how I can find any info at all on F/O Stanley Gibbens who was from Cardiff. We believe he flew a few missions over France and Germany in both Wellingtons and Lancasters during WW2 and apparrantly started out as a gunner but this is as much as we know at...	Stewart1966	3	1015	May 21, 2015 by sbaz2836
	Information please - George Robert Saville killed in action July 1942 Sq 156 (previously Sq 218) (Preview) GRS was my uncle. I'm eager to understand more about his regrettably very brief service and how he died. He was a WO/AG. thank you for advice!	Iain Saville	4	914	May 21, 2015 by MikeH
	Lancaster Bomber LL960 (Preview) Wondering if anyone can share info on the crew of Lancaster Bomber LL960 that was shot down during (target Duisburg, Germany) - Operation Hurricane 22 May 1944 Pilot: Flt/Lt Edwin Laurence, Royal Air Force, 27 yo Flight Engineer: Sgt Raymond William, Royal Air Force Navigator: P/O Douglass-Smith...	Glenn	5	2061	May 17, 2015 by paul kurn
	Lancaster to miss VE Day Flypast. (Preview) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-32663953	MikeH	0	520	May 10, 2015 by MikeH
	losses on return (Preview) I read many of our boys lost their lives on the home run though damaged aircraft .Can someone tell me would it be classified that the crew died in action or was there another term used by the senders of such bad news .	stansgrandson	0	509	May 6, 2015 by stansgrandson
	Fred Smoker and Lancaster JE-A of 195 Squadron (Preview) Trying to contact BrianC who posted March 10th 2013 enquiring about his uncle Fred Smoker , wireless operator in 195 squadron end '44 / '45 in crew of Lancaster JE-A "Fanny by Searchlight". My father , Tim Fanning , was the pilot in this crew. I can provide much info on this aircraft and i...	James F	0	580	May 3, 2015 by James F
	Survival odds (Preview) Is anyone out there able to provide information on the survival odds of bomber crews along with survival odds for Pathfinder crews Thanks Leslie	leslie	3	937	Apr 28, 2015 by xvzolty
	Lancaster ND754 RAF Witchford (Preview) My father was second pilot on this aircraft. The aircraft was brought down by flak after a raid on Duisburg at a place called Beckerswerth. This was on night of 21/21 May 1944. The soul survivor was a FltSgt Noon the wireless operator who was taken as a POW. His service number was 1295792... No further i...	vortex100	9	2442	Apr 25, 2015 by Craig Baldock
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