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daveobyrne · daveobyrne

Newbie here so please excuse any errors I make ! Researching the WW2 service history of my late uncle Lawrence (Larry) O'Byrne service # 1584801. He was a flight engineer with 626 Sqn in 1944 at RAF Wickenby and was awarded an 'end of tour' DFM. However family history indicates this may have been for...

anmol94 · Gabi

Hi there, - Donald Cooper - My grandad was a P/O and then F/Lt with 102 Squadron from 1943 to 1944 with the majority of his duty being served in 1944. Does anyone have any information on him at all? The only thing that exists on the internet of him is on 102ceylonsquadron.co.uk and that's one page that has h...

DavidT · DavidT

Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum so please excuse me if I'm asking something that's already been dealt with. I haven't found my way around it yet. I'm enquiring about Sergeant Basil Martin, who was a Flight Engineer with 218 squadron, based at Chedburgh and Methwold. He was my mother's cousin, s...

Anonymous

I am looking for any info regarding Tom Taylor no.1306147 in 50 squadron. He is my late father. Thanks Michael.

dancebuliak

I am looking for any information on the Heavy Conversion Unit, specifically 1659 after 1944. Thanks all

mikew156 · mikew156

For those with an interest in aircrew who passed through 83 O.T.U, (Peplow/Childs Ercall), the page below contains three group photos of trainees. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/wardle-anthony.html I think they were taken in early to mid September 1943. Pilots ELLISON Flight Sergeant JE...

pasban1000 · dicco

A friend in my local pub stated that the bomb release mechanism in lancaster bombers was called mickey mouse .Can anybody throw any light on this . dicco

PeteT · Graye

I'm hoping that someone will be able to help me with some information. I'm starting from the point of very little information so I'm hoping to build up a picture. I am looking for information in connection with my father, who joined the RAF in December 1943. He was eighteen at the time and trained as a...

pauline · pauline

619 SQUADRON 1591783 Sgt; David Greenley (AIR GUNNER) died 12/9/1944 buried in DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY GERMANY. Was my fathers best friend and cousin,came from Yorkshire. Only child. Trying to find out what he was flying in and other crew members. Also what happened at ths event. Any help much ap...

Munro · Munro

Dear friends, can anyone helps with any info about this RCAF airman - WOP/AG, who served in the Pacific north-west and Alaska? (info is from his obituary) happy landings Munro

ROY MARSH · Roy Marsh

i have just found out datails of my wifes uncle MORRIS HENRY PEA**** who was a sgt airgunner with 76 squadron .he was shot down over HAMBERG germany on 19 11 42 and is buried in HAMBERG CEMETERY .HE WAS JUST 19 we were hoping that someone may have informatoin of his aircraft, mission , crew , base, anyt...

Linda · Linda

Just to say Matt,you have done a grand job! It looks really great,the lay out and everything else and the new squadron galleries.Splendid!

Carleton · Carleton

Hi,Sgt. Stanley Rhodes RAF(VR) last flight of WW 11 was the night of 02 Jan. 1945 on a mission to Nuremberg when his Lancaster PB477 with fellow crew members K.J. Lawson, Stanley H. Fitzhenry, Nathan Crawford, Gerald E. Geeves, Eric Cecil Duke and Dorland G. Plyley were shot down near Rohrau, Germany...

paul707 · paul707

Hello James Castles was my great uncle and he adopted me when i was 2 years old. He was known as Jim and also Paddy and was a navigator in a Lancaster during WW2. I would like to find out more about his life in the RAF, his fellow crew and the award of the DFC. I have his log book so will post further details in due...

Hock · Hock

Hello, This is my first post to this forum. I am the grandson of F/S HH Hockley who perished after the crash of the above aircraft on February 23, 1945. I have the details of the crash from Chrorley, but am looking to see if there are any members of this group that can offer any other information on other m...

Pigeonbird · Pigeonbird

Just wondered if any of the correspondants on this forum will be visiting the Trenton museum this coming Saturday, Sept. 29th, to take in the "Dedication of the Stones: event. I will be there, and just wanted to know who I might run into. You will know me by the Caterpillar Shiraz Sleeve that I wi...

IG · IG

Hello Everyone, I've just joined as a new member and I'm delighted to be amongst you. Many folks call me "IG" or "Iggy". Actually it's my initials but, over the years, the name stuck and I don't object if it helps to distinguish between several people with the same name. The fir...

NickFenton · NickFenton

I am researching details on a 139 Squadron Blenheim XD-L, V6258 shot down 1st July 1941 piloted by Sgt. Ken Fenton, navigator AA Fuller and Gunner RW McDonald. This was quite a fateful operation resulting in the loss of a Short Stirling from 7 Squadron and an HSL 108 from Gorleston. The Stirling crew we...

Steve sykes · Steve sykes

Does anyone know how I can find the I'd no of jb789 it came to a tradgic end when it hit st James church spire on 10 may 1944. Infact any info or pics relating to plane and crew.cheers steve.

William Heron · William Heron

I have been checking the Bomber Command War Diaries book using it as a reference for my book on 431 Squadron and I came across this, "Serrate Patrols" used in conjuction with a reference to minor operations 23/24Feb.1944. Does anyone know what this terminology means???? there was, accor...

matt · matt

Hopefully someone with a Chorleys can assist, I am trying to find out the details of the crash in which F/O Paul Tokar was killed on June 29, 1944. Looking for the unit he was with, aircraft serial #, crash details etc. I believe he was with an OTU but do not know which one. All help is appreciated. Matt ...

Anonymous

Hi folks As a young lad a family friend, an ex lancaster bomber pilot used to tell me about some of his exploits during his time as a bomber pilot. he was shot down ,bailed out ,taken in by the resistance . He was not to forthcoming with the details. I have always wanted to know the full story I'm sure it's ou...

B Olson · B Olson

I was impressed to see the wealth of information related to the German night fighter wings available through the Internet, especially the recorded victories - unfortunately, I wasn't able to find a likely match with the account of my Great Uncle's Lancaster and his final mission (reference recent...

Treez · Treez

I am looking for any info on this event, especially if any of his aircrew gave accounts of the sortie. No mention of his a/c type either. Unfortunately his plane was shot down by a UK coastal battery a few months later in 1945. One night in September 1944, Flying Officer Hay was the navigator of an aircra...

Ron Goldstein · Ron Goldstein

Fraternal greetings to all Bomber Command veterans & researchers. My interest in this site is simply because my late brother Jack Goldstein of 166 Squadron was lost over Nuremberg on the night of the 16th March 1945, the only member of his crew to perish, the other members having sucessfully ba...

lisaa · Robertebeith@tiscali.co.uk

If anyone has info of the raid to wurzburg march 1945 when my wife's uncle was lost he was a rear gunner in LL617 Lm260 His name was sergeant John David Baker known as jack. We know that the crew are buried in Durnbach but know little of the actual events which led to the aircraft being lost , any info would...

hayleyjt · hayleyjy

Hello, I have to admit i am very new to all this,but since returning from a trip, with my dad, to the Sage War Memorial Cemetary near Bremen, I feel compelled to find out more and hope someone can help me, or point me in the right direction to obtain the right infomation. My dad was only a month old when his fa...

beemergb · beemergb

Hello forum people I am looking for any information about my late father ,Henry Reginald Cowley (nickname Tim ) who was in Bomber Command in the second world war . He didnt talk about it at all to me , I can now understand , but would like to find out more of what and where he was He was a radio operator or a na...

Geoff McNelly · Geoff McNelly

Hi There, I am looking for some assistance to locate my paternal Grandfather, all I know about him is the following - * He survived the war * he was Canadian * He was based in, or near Lincolnshire * My father was concieved around May 1941 * He was a navigator on a Wellington bomber * He wanted to stay in conta...

Karacho · Karacho

Hello gentlemen, last weekend we found the crashsite from a Lancaster MK-1 in the area of Duisburg / Moers in germany..... On the crashsite we found a lot of dural-parts with part-numbers 129.... and 329...., a navigation-calibration-plate with REF-number, some other parts.... the wreckparts f...

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	Flt Sgt Lawrence William O'Byrne DFM (Preview) Newbie here so please excuse any errors I make ! Researching the WW2 service history of my late uncle Lawrence (Larry) O'Byrne service # 1584801. He was a flight engineer with 626 Sqn in 1944 at RAF Wickenby and was awarded an 'end of tour' DFM. However family history indicates this may have been for...	daveobyrne	3	828	Feb 24, 2015 by honey9
	102 Squadron Halifax Bomber (Preview) Hi there, - Donald Cooper - My grandad was a P/O and then F/Lt with 102 Squadron from 1943 to 1944 with the majority of his duty being served in 1944. Does anyone have any information on him at all? The only thing that exists on the internet of him is on 102ceylonsquadron.co.uk and that's one page that has h...	Gabi	3	962	Feb 20, 2015 by anmol94
	Basil Martin (Preview) Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum so please excuse me if I'm asking something that's already been dealt with. I haven't found my way around it yet. I'm enquiring about Sergeant Basil Martin, who was a Flight Engineer with 218 squadron, based at Chedburgh and Methwold. He was my mother's cousin, s...	DavidT	6	1064	Feb 18, 2015 by smudgersmith
	tom taylor 150 squadron no 1306147 (Preview) I am looking for any info regarding Tom Taylor no.1306147 in 50 squadron. He is my late father. Thanks Michael.	Anonymous	3	644	Feb 16, 2015 by Anonymous
	Heavy Conversion Unit (Preview) I am looking for any information on the Heavy Conversion Unit, specifically 1659 after 1944. Thanks all	dancebuliak	8	2540	Feb 16, 2015 by Anonymous
	83 O.T.U. Peplow, Sept 1943 - Group Photos (Preview) For those with an interest in aircrew who passed through 83 O.T.U, (Peplow/Childs Ercall), the page below contains three group photos of trainees. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/wardle-anthony.html I think they were taken in early to mid September 1943. Pilots ELLISON Flight Sergeant JE...	mikew156	0	755	Feb 15, 2015 by mikew156
	bomb release mechanism (Preview) A friend in my local pub stated that the bomb release mechanism in lancaster bombers was called mickey mouse .Can anybody throw any light on this . dicco	dicco	3	2095	Feb 9, 2015 by pasban1000
	Bomber Command WOP/Navigator training (Preview) I'm hoping that someone will be able to help me with some information. I'm starting from the point of very little information so I'm hoping to build up a picture. I am looking for information in connection with my father, who joined the RAF in December 1943. He was eighteen at the time and trained as a...	Graye	13	1805	Feb 7, 2015 by PeteT
	SGT DAVID GREENLEY (Preview) 619 SQUADRON 1591783 Sgt; David Greenley (AIR GUNNER) died 12/9/1944 buried in DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY GERMANY. Was my fathers best friend and cousin,came from Yorkshire. Only child. Trying to find out what he was flying in and other crew members. Also what happened at ths event. Any help much ap...	pauline	10	2098	Feb 7, 2015 by AW
	Stanley F. Husty (Preview) Dear friends, can anyone helps with any info about this RCAF airman - WOP/AG, who served in the Pacific north-west and Alaska? (info is from his obituary) happy landings Munro	Munro	2	1057	Feb 3, 2015 by amber14
	nephew of sgt airgunner pea**. (Preview) i have just found out datails of my wifes uncle MORRIS HENRY PEA** who was a sgt airgunner with 76 squadron .he was shot down over HAMBERG germany on 19 11 42 and is buried in HAMBERG CEMETERY .HE WAS JUST 19 we were hoping that someone may have informatoin of his aircraft, mission , crew , base, anyt...	Roy Marsh	6	903	Feb 3, 2015 by ROY MARSH
	New design to site (Preview) Just to say Matt,you have done a grand job! It looks really great,the lay out and everything else and the new squadron galleries.Splendid!	Linda	3	1077	Jan 25, 2015 by Anonymous
	St. Sidney RHODES, RAF(VR) #1680670 - No. 405 (R.C.A.F.) Sqn (Preview) Hi,Sgt. Stanley Rhodes RAF(VR) last flight of WW 11 was the night of 02 Jan. 1945 on a mission to Nuremberg when his Lancaster PB477 with fellow crew members K.J. Lawson, Stanley H. Fitzhenry, Nathan Crawford, Gerald E. Geeves, Eric Cecil Duke and Dorland G. Plyley were shot down near Rohrau, Germany...	Carleton	7	1161	Jan 21, 2015 by Carleton
	Flight Lieutenant James Castles DFC (Preview) Hello James Castles was my great uncle and he adopted me when i was 2 years old. He was known as Jim and also Paddy and was a navigator in a Lancaster during WW2. I would like to find out more about his life in the RAF, his fellow crew and the award of the DFC. I have his log book so will post further details in due...	paul707	10	1119	Jan 21, 2015 by AW
	Halifax III LW139 AL-P (Preview) Hello, This is my first post to this forum. I am the grandson of F/S HH Hockley who perished after the crash of the above aircraft on February 23, 1945. I have the details of the crash from Chrorley, but am looking to see if there are any members of this group that can offer any other information on other m...	Hock	9	737	Jan 10, 2015 by Hock
	National Air Force Museum - Trenton (Preview) Just wondered if any of the correspondants on this forum will be visiting the Trenton museum this coming Saturday, Sept. 29th, to take in the "Dedication of the Stones: event. I will be there, and just wanted to know who I might run into. You will know me by the Caterpillar Shiraz Sleeve that I wi...	Pigeonbird	3	1131	Jan 1, 2015 by huezang6
	Newbie Just Arrived (Preview) Hello Everyone, I've just joined as a new member and I'm delighted to be amongst you. Many folks call me "IG" or "Iggy". Actually it's my initials but, over the years, the name stuck and I don't object if it helps to distinguish between several people with the same name. The fir...	IG	6	1550	Dec 31, 2014 by IG
	Blenheim V6258 shot down 1st July 1941. (Preview) I am researching details on a 139 Squadron Blenheim XD-L, V6258 shot down 1st July 1941 piloted by Sgt. Ken Fenton, navigator AA Fuller and Gunner RW McDonald. This was quite a fateful operation resulting in the loss of a Short Stirling from 7 Squadron and an HSL 108 from Gorleston. The Stirling crew we...	NickFenton	2	1039	Dec 26, 2014 by zanghue
	halifax bomber jb789 (Preview) Does anyone know how I can find the I'd no of jb789 it came to a tradgic end when it hit st James church spire on 10 may 1944. Infact any info or pics relating to plane and crew.cheers steve.	Steve sykes	3	1151	Dec 19, 2014 by MikeH
	Terminology (Preview) I have been checking the Bomber Command War Diaries book using it as a reference for my book on 431 Squadron and I came across this, "Serrate Patrols" used in conjuction with a reference to minor operations 23/24Feb.1944. Does anyone know what this terminology means???? there was, accor...	William Heron	3	1057	Dec 16, 2014 by lizookom
	Looking for info on F/O P. Tokar RCAF - Chorleys help please (Preview) Hopefully someone with a Chorleys can assist, I am trying to find out the details of the crash in which F/O Paul Tokar was killed on June 29, 1944. Looking for the unit he was with, aircraft serial #, crash details etc. I believe he was with an OTU but do not know which one. All help is appreciated. Matt ...	matt	7	1044	Dec 13, 2014 by alieen
	lancaster bomber pilot. (Preview) Hi folks As a young lad a family friend, an ex lancaster bomber pilot used to tell me about some of his exploits during his time as a bomber pilot. he was shot down ,bailed out ,taken in by the resistance . He was not to forthcoming with the details. I have always wanted to know the full story I'm sure it's ou...	Anonymous	4	810	Dec 4, 2014 by Anonymous
	Who shot down Lancaster DV227 (Preview) I was impressed to see the wealth of information related to the German night fighter wings available through the Internet, especially the recorded victories - unfortunately, I wasn't able to find a likely match with the account of my Great Uncle's Lancaster and his final mission (reference recent...	B Olson	10	2877	Dec 2, 2014 by N Grantham
	F/O Colin Maxwell HAY ( RCAF navigator ) - DSO - No.432 Squadron - landed the plane (Preview) I am looking for any info on this event, especially if any of his aircrew gave accounts of the sortie. No mention of his a/c type either. Unfortunately his plane was shot down by a UK coastal battery a few months later in 1945. One night in September 1944, Flying Officer Hay was the navigator of an aircra...	Treez	3	1625	Nov 30, 2014 by Treez
	166 Squadron (Preview) Fraternal greetings to all Bomber Command veterans & researchers. My interest in this site is simply because my late brother Jack Goldstein of 166 Squadron was lost over Nuremberg on the night of the 16th March 1945, the only member of his crew to perish, the other members having sucessfully ba...	Ron Goldstein	4	2029	Nov 19, 2014 by Ron Goldstein
	630sqd raid over wurzburg march 1945 (Preview) If anyone has info of the raid to wurzburg march 1945 when my wife's uncle was lost he was a rear gunner in LL617 Lm260 His name was sergeant John David Baker known as jack. We know that the crew are buried in Durnbach but know little of the actual events which led to the aircraft being lost , any info would...	Robertebeith@tiscali.co.uk	4	945	Nov 18, 2014 by lisaa
	help needed with information (Preview) Hello, I have to admit i am very new to all this,but since returning from a trip, with my dad, to the Sage War Memorial Cemetary near Bremen, I feel compelled to find out more and hope someone can help me, or point me in the right direction to obtain the right infomation. My dad was only a month old when his fa...	hayleyjy	10	1204	Nov 16, 2014 by hayleyjt
	My father Henry Reginald Cowley (Preview) Hello forum people I am looking for any information about my late father ,Henry Reginald Cowley (nickname Tim ) who was in Bomber Command in the second world war . He didnt talk about it at all to me , I can now understand , but would like to find out more of what and where he was He was a radio operator or a na...	beemergb	2	1962	Nov 8, 2014 by beemergb
	Surviving Grandfather? (Preview) Hi There, I am looking for some assistance to locate my paternal Grandfather, all I know about him is the following - * He survived the war * he was Canadian * He was based in, or near Lincolnshire * My father was concieved around May 1941 * He was a navigator on a Wellington bomber * He wanted to stay in conta...	Geoff McNelly	22	8245	Nov 7, 2014 by Anonymous
	crashsite found from Lancaster 550.sqdr / NG 133....? (Preview) Hello gentlemen, last weekend we found the crashsite from a Lancaster MK-1 in the area of Duisburg / Moers in germany..... On the crashsite we found a lot of dural-parts with part-numbers 129.... and 329...., a navigation-calibration-plate with REF-number, some other parts.... the wreckparts f...	Karacho	0	546	Oct 29, 2014 by Karacho
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