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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/

MikeH · MikeH

Hi, I am trying to put the names to the faces of a photo that shows 76 Squadron crews at Holme-on-Spalding Moor, preparing for a raid on Kassel 22nd October 1943. The photo can be seen at the link below, http://aircrewremembered.com/hulthin-leif.html If anyone can help by recognising a face or perha...

Moon · Moon

Hello , On april 17 1943 Halifax Mk II DT-752 frm No 408 RCAF crashed bear Nassogne in Belgium killing the crew. F/O Joseph Raymond Louis SergentPilot J/20028 RCAF Sgt Harry George Machell Flight engineer R/81119 RCAF Sgt Geoffrey Maxted HillSgt Dona...

art85y · art85y

If anybody has info about a 166 Squadron Reunion for 2014 (probably a bit late in the year now) or 2015 please get in touch art85y@hotmail.com thx Art

stuart · stuart

Hi, I am trying to find out as much information as I can about my uncle, Ronald Victor Osborne (dfc 166 squadron, 1466213 and 145392) thank you.

smudgersmith · smudgersmith

Hi, The follow page is taken from a pile of photo copies I have received from a former Fitter IIA on 218 Squadron. He spent 3 years on A Flight and used this document to record all the aircraft under his charge. Now, I don't think it was used for it's original purpose, has anyone seen this book before and was...

John French · John French

Smudger, I am researching my late Father's war service and have traced his operational service in 199 Squadron from Aug 1943 to Jan 1944. I have him training as a WO/AG in the US in 1942, but I want to find which HCU and OTU he served in afterwards. I would appreciate any information - specific to him or...

robwmack · robwmack

(Well, here I go again. This is the third time I've attempted to initiate this thread.) I've been trying to track down information on Pilot Officer Thomas Reginald Ashton RAFVR for some time. He was a crew member on the 408 Squadron Hampden bomber piloted by my uncle, Robert Wishart of Hamilton Ontari...

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	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	1138	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	756	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	1148	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	1572	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	1053	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	1177	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	1077	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	1065	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	828	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	2903	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	1649	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	2060	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	965	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	1224	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	2091	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	8274	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	567	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	497	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	569	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	1799	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	2702	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	554	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	542	Oct 13, 2014 by hewasahero
	76 Sqdn Kassel Photo 22/10/43 (Preview) Hi, I am trying to put the names to the faces of a photo that shows 76 Squadron crews at Holme-on-Spalding Moor, preparing for a raid on Kassel 22nd October 1943. The photo can be seen at the link below, http://aircrewremembered.com/hulthin-leif.html If anyone can help by recognising a face or perha...	MikeH	0	619	Oct 10, 2014 by MikeH
	Allied cemtry on German airfield in Belgium (Preview) Hello , On april 17 1943 Halifax Mk II DT-752 frm No 408 RCAF crashed bear Nassogne in Belgium killing the crew. F/O Joseph Raymond Louis SergentPilot J/20028 RCAF Sgt Harry George Machell Flight engineer R/81119 RCAF Sgt Geoffrey Maxted HillSgt Dona...	Moon	7	1700	Oct 2, 2014 by Moon
	166 reunion (Preview) If anybody has info about a 166 Squadron Reunion for 2014 (probably a bit late in the year now) or 2015 please get in touch art85y@hotmail.com thx Art	art85y	0	515	Oct 1, 2014 by art85y
	my uncle (Preview) Hi, I am trying to find out as much information as I can about my uncle, Ronald Victor Osborne (dfc 166 squadron, 1466213 and 145392) thank you.	stuart	1	538	Sep 28, 2014 by barnsley
	What was this documents original puposes (Preview) Hi, The follow page is taken from a pile of photo copies I have received from a former Fitter IIA on 218 Squadron. He spent 3 years on A Flight and used this document to record all the aircraft under his charge. Now, I don't think it was used for it's original purpose, has anyone seen this book before and was...	smudgersmith	1	535	Sep 28, 2014 by John French
	Sgt J E French, 199 Squadron (Preview) Smudger, I am researching my late Father's war service and have traced his operational service in 199 Squadron from Aug 1943 to Jan 1944. I have him training as a WO/AG in the US in 1942, but I want to find which HCU and OTU he served in afterwards. I would appreciate any information - specific to him or...	John French	0	510	Sep 26, 2014 by John French
	Pilot Officer Thomas Reginald Ashton RAFVR (104333) (Preview) (Well, here I go again. This is the third time I've attempted to initiate this thread.) I've been trying to track down information on Pilot Officer Thomas Reginald Ashton RAFVR for some time. He was a crew member on the 408 Squadron Hampden bomber piloted by my uncle, Robert Wishart of Hamilton Ontari...	robwmack	3	679	Sep 24, 2014 by nizwa
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