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Coffey · Coffey

In reading about the Bomber Campaign , I am struck by how often the importance of measuring wind is mentioned. Both in navigation and target marking, it seems to have been a critical factor. The reported winds would even be broadcast to crews on their way to the target. I am having real trouble pictu...

Mike75 · Mike75

Andy Frish wrote: Just for your interest, Lancaster PB465 was delivered new to 103 Squadron and was my father's aircraft, nicknamed "Mudpool Maggie II" where my mother Margaret was affectionately known as Mudpool Maggie I. She painted the nose art of the side of the ****pit. Father Ton...

Moose · Moose

Does any one have a step by step way of finding the way through the Archives to find Liberation Reports or POW questionnaires. Sometimes I have luck finding them but most times I seem to go round and round in a circle in the Achieves website

Moose · Moose

It appears from different sources that a POW was given a number which was related to a Stalag, such as VI/357 the numbers I am seeing are in the 300s. If a POW was moved to another camp, did he keep the original number or was he given a new number. In two sources a web based one and the book Footprints On the Sa...

Coffey · Coffey

My Dad and his crew flew their final operation on Nov 9/44 against Wanni-Ecikel. On this final raid the had a replacement mid-upper gunner , a Flt. Lt. Hamblin. The regular M/U had been screened. Can anyone help me find out some more info on Hamblin? There is a William Hamblin listed in the RCAF Associ...

Spiggy · Spiggy

I read recently of a Halifax bomber which blew up over England killing all bar one of the crew. The subsequent investigation established that a ground crew member had failed to adequately tighten a fuel pump nut. Given that it is almost certain that he would have been identified from the paperwork, Is...

jamesinnewcastle · jamesinnewcastle

Hi All Does anyone have actual experience of using SBA or have a good training manual for it? I am restoring an SBA system to working order and I can't find an explanation of why there is a GLIDE-COURSE switch. I know that in the course setting there is automatic gain control for the main receiver so in the...

Moose · Moose

in this book by Foreman, Matthews and Parry there are seven columns . The third last column is the time what are the last two, I cannot get them to relate to long or lat of the places mentioned. What are they? thanks

Moose · Moose

Looking for additional information on this collision, know detail that are in Chorley books, is there more information known. Cannot find Liberation info on the captain F/L Aldridge RCAF or other crew members.

Gazza · Gazza

Folks - This forum has been exceptionally helpful in researching my Uncle Leslies war record. So I would like to reciprocate. Here are two group photographs taken in Blackpool where he did his basic training. They are from May/June/July and maybe August? 1942. Please feel free to copy and downloa...

Coffey · Coffey

Soon after arriving at Tholthorpe in February of 1944, my Dad and his crew were sent off on a training flight , practising "air to sea firing". It is the only notation of this type of training in his logbook. Can anyone tell me what this might have involved? Would a ship be towing a target of some kind, or wo...

mark · mark

I have an old photograph of my granddad it says on back long live s5k. I looked at Lancaster squadrons there isn't a s5k and I cant find my granddad on war records . I all know is at some point here was in India in 1944 says it on back of photo. he was a sergeant machine gunner / radio operator I just like to find o...

matt · matt

It seems fitting that on the 72nd anniversary of their disappearance that I should mark the occasion of the loss of the Collver crew from 431 squadron with something I wrote 12 years ago. Sadly I have come to a standstill in terms of new information. http://www.bombercrew.com/public_html/60_...

CLB · CLB

Hi I wonder if anyone can help me - I'm looking for informaion on my grandfather Sgt Josepth Robinson and the crew he flew with on the lancaster LM 471. He was the tail gunner and was take POW in March 1944 following a mission on the 24/25 March 1944 His crew included F/S L.J.Collis KIA Sgt H.Smith KIA -...

Adriano Silva Baumgartner

Good night to all members. I am looking for contacts of relatives or pictures of those two former 35 PFF Squadron airmen that flew with a Brazilian that served Bomber Command, F/L Rigby, DFC*. Any contacts and pictures of the crew are most welcomed for the book-tribute "Brazilians in RAF Service, 193...

dawallace · J.Reher

I have found in an old foot locker an identity disk belonging to an W/O P/O R M Gundy R-160449 Does any one have any info of the location of the former Bomber Pilot or his surviving Family Members in order for me to return the disk to them? As well there was also a trench art Zippo lighter inside the locker. I...

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...

barnsley · barnsley

Don Phillips was awarded an immediate DFM in April 1945 for his actions during a raid on Plauen. He came from Wentworth Creek, Nova Scotia and enlisted in Halifax in 1942. His crew were; Sgt Winston Bartlett, FE Sgt F. S. Nuttall, AB Sgt J. E. Stronoch, Nav F/Sgt A. W. Read, WOP Sgt F. J. Goode, Mid Upper Gu...

Mackey · Michelle Duxbury

I am asking for a friend of my dads now livining in New Zealand, I think she is looking for a specific name, but has asked via Facebook to try to find a list. So can you help? Thanks Michelle

Cookie · Cookie

I am looking for further information on Sgt/P/O Andrew Jenkinson Dick DFC DFM who flew as a Flight Engineer on both squadrons between May '43 and September '45 (84 'ops' in total of which I have the details of, along with his awards). Only 11 F/E's gained both awards during WW2. Many thanks

michel · michel

Hello, I,m doing research after lancaster NF-975 576 squadron. This plane crashed on 02-21-1945 after a raid on Dortmund. All crewmembers are KIA/MIA. Is anyone wo can tell me the exact Crashplace of this plane??????? Michel

Shipo · Shipo

Hi I am trying to help a friends mother out by finding all the information i can on her fathers brother. His name is Alfred Ernest Fisher, born 19/12/17 . Served as a pilot in 57 sqdn at Raf Scampton. Serial number 143669. Death 30/03/43. I am presuming this was on a bombing mission over Berlin? . We kn...

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John · John

Lost over Holzhausen Germany night of October 22nd 1943 on Bombing mission to Kassel. have located the buriel place of my Uncle ( John Cahill ) in Hanover War Cemetry but would love to visit the site of the crash if anyone knows if it even exists at this late stage or any details about its loss as document...

Coffey · Coffey

Hi folks, here is a strange one ! I met yesterday with the grandson of my Dad's BombAimer, Flt. Lt. Malcolm Dingwall. Glenn, the grandson, recalled some stories his Grandfather had told him, including one very strange one ....Glenn recalled his grandfather telling him that the groundcrew at 405 sq...

Howard622 · Howard622

Dear all, I have been asked if I would assist the church by researching the airmen buried in Thirsk churchyard. I am struggling to find information on the list below, you will notice that some are the rank of LAC. I assume they died by accidents or enemy attack on an airfield? Any help would be greatly...

alieneyes · Anonymous

Hello I wonder if anyone could help, I'm looking to find out some information on my Grandfat her, sadly he passed away before I was born. But I would really like to learn more about his life and his journey as a soldier. He was a tail gunner in lancasters, and his name is Austin Gerard Harney, unfortunatel...

spitty80 · spitty80

Hi, My first post ;). In my neighbourhood, two Lancasters crashed in the Second World War. Lancaster M4171- 207sqdn, april 27th 1943Sgt.Jones Iorwerth BeynonSgt.Glare Geoffrey JohnSgt.Gillespie John (RCAF) Sgt.Hollet William Alfred F/OHyland Basil Paul Malcom Sgt.Davies Frank Wells S...

nom1s65 · nom1s65

My grandmother gave me some photos of my late grandfather during WW2 as I had explained that I could not find out anything about his war record. I had always been told that he trained in Spitfires in Canada before seeing active service over here. However, the pictures seem to tell a different story. Fir...

Richard Davies · Richard Davies

My late father, CE Davies, was a navigator in 35 Squadron from May 1943 until he completed his tour in March 1944. His pilot was Ron Cozens, Bomb aimer Doug Harris. Rest of hid crew were G Fenwick, F Taylor, A Moss, J D Atkinson. Would love to make contact with any relatives of his crew or anyone else who kn...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Measuring wind (Preview) In reading about the Bomber Campaign , I am struck by how often the importance of measuring wind is mentioned. Both in navigation and target marking, it seems to have been a critical factor. The reported winds would even be broadcast to crews on their way to the target. I am having real trouble pictu...	Coffey	3	662	Sep 4, 2016 by PeteT
	Lancaster PB465 ("Mudpool Maggie II") Piloted by Tony Frish, 103 Squadron (Preview) Andy Frish wrote: Just for your interest, Lancaster PB465 was delivered new to 103 Squadron and was my father's aircraft, nicknamed "Mudpool Maggie II" where my mother Margaret was affectionately known as Mudpool Maggie I. She painted the nose art of the side of the ****pit. Father Ton...	Mike75	2	974	Sep 1, 2016 by Andy Frish
	Using National Archives to find POW questionaires (Preview) Does any one have a step by step way of finding the way through the Archives to find Liberation Reports or POW questionnaires. Sometimes I have luck finding them but most times I seem to go round and round in a circle in the Achieves website	Moose	9	786	Aug 29, 2016 by Moose
	POW numbers (Preview) It appears from different sources that a POW was given a number which was related to a Stalag, such as VI/357 the numbers I am seeing are in the 300s. If a POW was moved to another camp, did he keep the original number or was he given a new number. In two sources a web based one and the book Footprints On the Sa...	Moose	2	603	Aug 29, 2016 by Moose
	Flight Lt. Hamblin (Preview) My Dad and his crew flew their final operation on Nov 9/44 against Wanni-Ecikel. On this final raid the had a replacement mid-upper gunner , a Flt. Lt. Hamblin. The regular M/U had been screened. Can anyone help me find out some more info on Hamblin? There is a William Hamblin listed in the RCAF Associ...	Coffey	4	948	Aug 18, 2016 by Coffey
	Inept air/ground crew - what punishment ? (Preview) I read recently of a Halifax bomber which blew up over England killing all bar one of the crew. The subsequent investigation established that a ground crew member had failed to adequately tighten a fuel pump nut. Given that it is almost certain that he would have been identified from the paperwork, Is...	Spiggy	11	897	Aug 17, 2016 by Moose
	Actually Using Standard Beam Approach (SBA) (Preview) Hi All Does anyone have actual experience of using SBA or have a good training manual for it? I am restoring an SBA system to working order and I can't find an explanation of why there is a GLIDE-COURSE switch. I know that in the course setting there is automatic gain control for the main receiver so in the...	jamesinnewcastle	0	673	Aug 16, 2016 by jamesinnewcastle
	Luftwaffe Night Fighter Claims book (Preview) in this book by Foreman, Matthews and Parry there are seven columns . The third last column is the time what are the last two, I cannot get them to relate to long or lat of the places mentioned. What are they? thanks	Moose	3	698	Aug 8, 2016 by Moose
	115 Squadron collision Aug 26th 1944 over Russelheim (Preview) Looking for additional information on this collision, know detail that are in Chorley books, is there more information known. Cannot find Liberation info on the captain F/L Aldridge RCAF or other crew members.	Moose	2	648	Aug 7, 2016 by Moose
	RAFVR 2 Group Photos in Blackpool May/June/July 1942 (Preview) Folks - This forum has been exceptionally helpful in researching my Uncle Leslies war record. So I would like to reciprocate. Here are two group photographs taken in Blackpool where he did his basic training. They are from May/June/July and maybe August? 1942. Please feel free to copy and downloa...	Gazza	0	563	Aug 7, 2016 by Gazza
	Air to Sea Firing (Preview) Soon after arriving at Tholthorpe in February of 1944, my Dad and his crew were sent off on a training flight , practising "air to sea firing". It is the only notation of this type of training in his logbook. Can anyone tell me what this might have involved? Would a ship be towing a target of some kind, or wo...	Coffey	2	623	Aug 7, 2016 by Coffey
	s5k lancaster bomber walter mccluskey (Preview) I have an old photograph of my granddad it says on back long live s5k. I looked at Lancaster squadrons there isn't a s5k and I cant find my granddad on war records . I all know is at some point here was in India in 1944 says it on back of photo. he was a sergeant machine gunner / radio operator I just like to find o...	mark	4	680	Jul 31, 2016 by PeteT
	Op Hamburg July 28/29 - 431 Squadron Crew (Preview) It seems fitting that on the 72nd anniversary of their disappearance that I should mark the occasion of the loss of the Collver crew from 431 squadron with something I wrote 12 years ago. Sadly I have come to a standstill in terms of new information. http://www.bombercrew.com/public_html/60_...	matt	1	665	Jul 31, 2016 by John W
	Lancaster LM471 (Preview) Hi I wonder if anyone can help me - I'm looking for informaion on my grandfather Sgt Josepth Robinson and the crew he flew with on the lancaster LM 471. He was the tail gunner and was take POW in March 1944 following a mission on the 24/25 March 1944 His crew included F/S L.J.Collis KIA Sgt H.Smith KIA -...	CLB	10	4100	Jul 19, 2016 by Anonymous
	Looking for relatives of 35 PFF Squadron airmen: F/Sgt Ernest Clifford Leslie Coombs, DFM and Sgt Roy Frank Cooper, DFM (Preview) Good night to all members. I am looking for contacts of relatives or pictures of those two former 35 PFF Squadron airmen that flew with a Brazilian that served Bomber Command, F/L Rigby, DFC*. Any contacts and pictures of the crew are most welcomed for the book-tribute "Brazilians in RAF Service, 193...	Adriano Silva Baumgartner	0	536	Jul 7, 2016 by Adriano Silva Baumgartner
	identity disk from R M Gundy. (Preview) I have found in an old foot locker an identity disk belonging to an W/O P/O R M Gundy R-160449 Does any one have any info of the location of the former Bomber Pilot or his surviving Family Members in order for me to return the disk to them? As well there was also a trench art Zippo lighter inside the locker. I...	J.Reher	1	661	Jun 30, 2016 by dawallace
	Halifax LK904T 76 Squadron lost 03/10/1943 Kassel raid (Preview) 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...	Gazza	9	1887	Jun 26, 2016 by John W
	Donald Leroy Phillips, Flight Sergeant DFM RCAF 166 Squadron (Preview) Don Phillips was awarded an immediate DFM in April 1945 for his actions during a raid on Plauen. He came from Wentworth Creek, Nova Scotia and enlisted in Halifax in 1942. His crew were; Sgt Winston Bartlett, FE Sgt F. S. Nuttall, AB Sgt J. E. Stronoch, Nav F/Sgt A. W. Read, WOP Sgt F. J. Goode, Mid Upper Gu...	barnsley	1	1149	Jun 23, 2016 by alieneyes
	is there a list of the 55,573 airmen who gave their lives serving in Bomber Command ? (Preview) I am asking for a friend of my dads now livining in New Zealand, I think she is looking for a specific name, but has asked via Facebook to try to find a list. So can you help? Thanks Michelle	Michelle Duxbury	3	881	Jun 20, 2016 by Mackey
	102 and 35 Squadron Enquiry (Preview) I am looking for further information on Sgt/P/O Andrew Jenkinson Dick DFC DFM who flew as a Flight Engineer on both squadrons between May '43 and September '45 (84 'ops' in total of which I have the details of, along with his awards). Only 11 F/E's gained both awards during WW2. Many thanks	Cookie	2	621	Jun 12, 2016 by Cookie
	Lancaster NF-975 576 Squadron (Preview) Hello, I,m doing research after lancaster NF-975 576 squadron. This plane crashed on 02-21-1945 after a raid on Dortmund. All crewmembers are KIA/MIA. Is anyone wo can tell me the exact Crashplace of this plane??????? Michel	michel	11	4146	Jun 10, 2016 by DrGould
	Pilot officer Alfred Ernest Fisher 57sqn (Preview) Hi I am trying to help a friends mother out by finding all the information i can on her fathers brother. His name is Alfred Ernest Fisher, born 19/12/17 . Served as a pilot in 57 sqdn at Raf Scampton. Serial number 143669. Death 30/03/43. I am presuming this was on a bombing mission over Berlin? . We kn...	Shipo	17	4261	Jun 2, 2016 by LizMH
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	Crash Site Halifax LW 297 (Preview) Lost over Holzhausen Germany night of October 22nd 1943 on Bombing mission to Kassel. have located the buriel place of my Uncle ( John Cahill ) in Hanover War Cemetry but would love to visit the site of the crash if anyone knows if it even exists at this late stage or any details about its loss as document...	John	3	1275	Jun 1, 2016 by unknown
	Erks and bottlecaps (Preview) Hi folks, here is a strange one ! I met yesterday with the grandson of my Dad's BombAimer, Flt. Lt. Malcolm Dingwall. Glenn, the grandson, recalled some stories his Grandfather had told him, including one very strange one ....Glenn recalled his grandfather telling him that the groundcrew at 405 sq...	Coffey	0	690	May 24, 2016 by Coffey
	Airmen buried in Thirsk N/Yorks Cemetery (Preview) Dear all, I have been asked if I would assist the church by researching the airmen buried in Thirsk churchyard. I am struggling to find information on the list below, you will notice that some are the rank of LAC. I assume they died by accidents or enemy attack on an airfield? Any help would be greatly...	Howard622	7	1963	May 24, 2016 by James Robson
	Information on Lancaster tail gunner (Preview) Hello I wonder if anyone could help, I'm looking to find out some information on my Grandfat her, sadly he passed away before I was born. But I would really like to learn more about his life and his journey as a soldier. He was a tail gunner in lancasters, and his name is Austin Gerard Harney, unfortunatel...	Anonymous	1	563	May 22, 2016 by alieneyes
	Crash Lancaster ND715 and M4171 (Preview) Hi, My first post ;). In my neighbourhood, two Lancasters crashed in the Second World War. Lancaster M4171- 207sqdn, april 27th 1943Sgt.Jones Iorwerth BeynonSgt.Glare Geoffrey JohnSgt.Gillespie John (RCAF) Sgt.Hollet William Alfred F/OHyland Basil Paul Malcom Sgt.Davies Frank Wells S...	spitty80	3	630	May 20, 2016 by alieneyes
	Flight Sgt. Vincent Howarth (Preview) My grandmother gave me some photos of my late grandfather during WW2 as I had explained that I could not find out anything about his war record. I had always been told that he trained in Spitfires in Canada before seeing active service over here. However, the pictures seem to tell a different story. Fir...	nom1s65	2	600	May 19, 2016 by nom1s65
	Flt.Lt Charlie Davies (Preview) My late father, CE Davies, was a navigator in 35 Squadron from May 1943 until he completed his tour in March 1944. His pilot was Ron Cozens, Bomb aimer Doug Harris. Rest of hid crew were G Fenwick, F Taylor, A Moss, J D Atkinson. Would love to make contact with any relatives of his crew or anyone else who kn...	Richard Davies	3	520	May 19, 2016 by PeteT
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