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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...

sid · sid

I am looking for any reference to my Fathers brother 1894088 Warrant Officer SHW Tarrant (probably Stan to his mates) all we know that is he served in Sterling Bombers as a Flight Engineer. Any help would be gratefully received.

Karacho · Karacho

Hello gentlemen, my name is Rene ( in this forum = Karacho ) from germany and i´m member of Uwe Benkel´s " Arbeitsgemeinschaft-Vermisstenforschung" / Heltersberg. The "AG" is an private organisation from Uwe Benkel, working since 25 years in germany to find lost WW-2-aircr...

leslie · leslie

I am looking for information on the subject gentleman who was a navigator on Wellingtons with 40 Squadron based out of Italy. He was shot down twice, the first time on the Peenemunde raid, where he was successful in evading capture and made it back to allied forces,. The second time he was found by Miha...

pinuche0706 · Anonymous

I am trying to put together a history of my family and am seeking help with some of the details of my father's and mother's history during their service during the war. My father, who passed away in November 2010, was Flight Sergeant Pilot Paul Michael Ashpitel, DFM, 1378365, RAFVR. He did two tour...

hewasahero · hewasahero

https://hewasahero.wordpress.com/2014/10/16/eric-harper/

hewasahero · hewasahero

http://hewasahero.wordpress.com/2014/10/13/raf-1335580-fs-cyril-william-dovey/

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	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	2108	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	1816	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	2108	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	1067	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	913	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	1085	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	1174	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	1129	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	747	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	1141	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	1564	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	1046	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	1157	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	1066	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	1056	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	820	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	2893	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	1636	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	2048	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	956	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	1215	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	2032	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	8261	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	558	Oct 29, 2014 by Karacho
	Sterling Bomber Crews. (Preview) I am looking for any reference to my Fathers brother 1894088 Warrant Officer SHW Tarrant (probably Stan to his mates) all we know that is he served in Sterling Bombers as a Flight Engineer. Any help would be gratefully received.	sid	0	489	Oct 25, 2014 by sid
	losses of Lancaster PD265 and Lancaster ED353.... (Preview) Hello gentlemen, my name is Rene ( in this forum = Karacho ) from germany and i´m member of Uwe Benkel´s " Arbeitsgemeinschaft-Vermisstenforschung" / Heltersberg. The "AG" is an private organisation from Uwe Benkel, working since 25 years in germany to find lost WW-2-aircr...	Karacho	0	559	Oct 24, 2014 by Karacho
	Norman L Reid - 40 Squadron (Preview) I am looking for information on the subject gentleman who was a navigator on Wellingtons with 40 Squadron based out of Italy. He was shot down twice, the first time on the Peenemunde raid, where he was successful in evading capture and made it back to allied forces,. The second time he was found by Miha...	leslie	3	1790	Oct 21, 2014 by angel10
	Request for information on 40 and 514 squadron operations (Preview) I am trying to put together a history of my family and am seeking help with some of the details of my father's and mother's history during their service during the war. My father, who passed away in November 2010, was Flight Sergeant Pilot Paul Michael Ashpitel, DFM, 1378365, RAFVR. He did two tour...	Anonymous	9	2692	Oct 19, 2014 by pinuche0706
	134213 F/O Eric Harper of 619 Squadron (Preview) https://hewasahero.wordpress.com/2014/10/16/eric-harper/	hewasahero	0	545	Oct 18, 2014 by hewasahero
	1335580 F/S Cyril William Dovey of ND897 (MG-C) (Preview) http://hewasahero.wordpress.com/2014/10/13/raf-1335580-fs-cyril-william-dovey/	hewasahero	0	533	Oct 13, 2014 by hewasahero
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