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Fleming · Fleming

Does anyone have any information on the loss of Dick French on a raid over Berlin on 4th september 1943. He is/was a distant cousin of mine and came from New Zealand. I understand from "Lost Bombers" that there was one survivor Flight Sargent B.E. Thighe who was interned in Camp 4B POW # 22284...

retention41 · retention41

Happy New Year from Australia, In the write up on Verrell Weatherley 100 SQD you have missed his other Twin sister who is still alive. Her name is Gladys Carrick nee Weatherley. HOPE YOU CAN RECTIFY THIS ? Regards ...

K for Kitty Crew

Hi Everyone, This posting was made on the lancaster-archive forum by 'Sasori' Just thought I'd post this link ( fantastic Halifax Model photos ) for all to see but especially for John 'Pigeonbird'. Keep scrolling down past the text and you'll see the end product. Regards, John http://www.arcforum...

DNG332 · DNG332

On 28th of December 1944, F/O Graham flew as 2nd Pilot with S/L Mills on a 115 sqdn Lancaster (A.HK698) out of Witchford. 4 days later (3 operations) the crew with whom he had flown were all killed when their aircraft was shot down by an American ground battery. I am hoping to be able to contact F/O Graham...

Justplanedave · Justplanedave

Hello all, I am trying to track down some information for a friend of mine whose father passed a few years back. He did serve overseas, and never talked about the war with anyone. When the CWH in Hamilton was restoring the Lancaster back in the late 80's she tried to get her dad involved with it as she had th...

paulh · paulh

In my late fathers logbook there is mention of frequency check by back tuning Can anyone assist with its meaning. I think it may have been a method of calibrating a receiver by tuning on a powerful known source-say Home radio 200 mcs- then slowly tuning off of that to find the station you were looking fo...

woody190 · woody190

Good Day All, What luck to find such and awesome wealth of information. I'll just get right into it. I've always known my grandfather served with No. 75 Squadron, and that he was shot down in 41/42, and a few bits of other random information (he doesn't like to talk about it, for obvious reasons). Howeve...

paulh · paulh

Whilst my late father was training as w/op at 10 OTU Abingdon he flew on several bombing exercises. I am informed that the range was to the left of the A338 between Frilford and East Hanney. Can anyone tell me of a typical bombing exercise and if real or dummy bombs were used. I always thought live bombing...

chrisc152 · chrisc152

Hi all need a bit of help here! looking for info on an lanc landing accident-more really about the pilot (friend) William Braham. the accident happened when returning from sortie-crashed on landing and flipped. the aircraft on its prevous flight had a hard landing causing failure of the gear on tou...

dawallace · Anonymous

Hello everyone First post on here, and i'm after some help. We're doing a family history thing and have come to find out details of a Thomas Walsh who was a Sgt pilot in the Western desert in 1942/43 flying Wellington bombers. Does anyone know the Sqn that were there around this time? Any ideas how to fin...

dawallace · James Ellis Jones

Ron passed away quietly this weekend.

Tony H · Tony H

For the information of anyone who has a personal interest in No 78 Sqn RAF Exercise Halifax Shadow a 78 Sqn Memorial Weekend is being held between 4th -7th June 2010 at various locations in the York area including; Breighton, Bubwith, Linton on Ouse and the Yorkshire Air Musuem Elvington The even...

Linda · Linda

Just to wish you all a very Happy Christmas & New Year and big thanks to everyone who uses the forum for all your help on my various "projects" for Matt's site.

allmanhemel1 · allmanhemel1

Lancaster LL840 Information TypeAvro Lancaster Mk.1Serial NumberLL840Squadron50th Squadron.X1DVN-MOperationScholven/Buer Date 121st June 1944Date 222nd June 1944 Aircraft LL840 took off at 23.17 hours on 21st June 1944 from RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire. Shot down by a night-fi...

Alain Charpentier

Hello, I would like to contact the following Officer or its relative: F/LT Donald Bowes DFC 134687, who was in 97 Squadron in 1944. He was still in RAF in 1954. Thank you if you can help . Alain

paulh · paulh

I am trying to make contact with Sgt P Leeves. He made a recent posting on the Ancestry site, but I think he may not be a regular viewer of it. He served in the same crew as my late father (Ted Herod) at 35 squadron pff Graveley. I have established he was a second navigator. So if you read this or if you know of hi...

mr goon · mr goon

This is a great new site . It has thousands of Aerial pictures taken by the RAF from 1946 to the 1950s UK and Europe. well worth checking out. RCAHMS Aerial Photography Terry

William Heron · William Heron

Can anyone tell me what the abbeviation MV or MU stands for on these cards? usually preceeded by a number 48 or 45, example ---- (45MU) Also, Is there anyway to find a listing as to what "ALL" the different abbreviations mean when an aircraft was classified Cat E and so on? Thanks, Bill. --...

paulh · paulh

Can anyone help??? I am looking at my fathers service record and I see he hosptalised at erzi (Tersi) then transferred to Corzilla and back to Tersi, 10/2/43 to 22/3/43. Finally Embarking Bombay for UK on 27/3/43. It would appear that after initial training(square bashing) at RDU Blackpool( 6/3/41...

Alain Charpentier

Hello ! I research a or some photographs of all 619 Squadron taken from December 1943 until its disbandment in 1945. Thank you for your help . Alain.

smudgersmith · smudgersmith

Gents, A real long shot here........ Looking for any details on the above from 1939 to 1943 when he took command of No.218(Gold Coast) Squadron from the experienced and popular Aussie W/Cdr Don Saville DFC ( FTR Hamburg 24th July 1943 ). I have all the details on his career from 1936 to 1939 and post war...

leslie · leslie

My father, Lt. Col. Al Trotter, DFC,DFM, CD,CM was interviewed for Rembrance Day. You can view it by going to you tube and typing in Al Trotter. Near the end he says the biggest fear of all veterans is that they will be forgotten and thereby all the losses incurred were for naught. Thanks Leslie

matt · matt

http://www.rogerstv.com/option.asplid=237&rid=2&mid=...

paulh · paulh

my late fathers service record shows him being posted to 4 group 78 squadron on 2/7/44 then 35 squadron on 2/4/44. I thought 35 was part of 8 group. was 78 squadron at Breighton in 7/44 flying halifax III's was 35 squadron at Linton on Ouse or Graveley in 7/44 this last posting show NO/AIR P.F.F. OPL then o...

William Heron · William Heron

Has anyone heard from John Neal recently?, I haven't seen any new postings from him which I think is somewhat unusual. Bill

William Heron · William Heron

I recently received this from a lady whose father was part of an aircrew and F.T.R. As she said in her email to me "It's probably done its rounds before but is still appropriate for this time of year" The Inquisitive mind of a Child Why are they selling poppies Mummy?Selling poppies in town to...

MAURICE FRANCIS · MAURICE FRANCIS

He was one of my school teachers here in Worcester, England, some 50 years ago and I would like to find out more about his World War Two career. Early in the war it is said that he was involved in a disastrous sortie of Blenheim bombers when only one aircraft returned. Later, from what I can find out up un...

K for Kitty Crew

Hi Everyone, Just had a post on the Stirling Aircraft Society Forum, http://stirlingaircraft___________________________________________________________________All, I have done al...

William Heron · William Heron

Does anyone have or know where I can obtain a photograph on any Lancaster/any Sqdn. that was taken while on the ground during winter, preferably showing snow on the ground. The photograph MUST be copyright free (in the public domain). Thanks for your help Bill. -- Edited by William Heron on Saturday 1...

lancashirelass · lancashirelass

Hello, I'm new to this site courtesy of Linda. It's a great site and I am thoroughly enjoying the Forum. Linda is presently putting together a post about my brother W/O Albert Peter Bates,Pilot of Wellington,HF596 166 Squadron,Kirmington. He was killed August 15/16 1943 while on a mission 'gard...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Flt. lt. Richard Otway French DFC 7 Squadron RNZAF (Preview) Does anyone have any information on the loss of Dick French on a raid over Berlin on 4th september 1943. He is/was a distant cousin of mine and came from New Zealand. I understand from "Lost Bombers" that there was one survivor Flight Sargent B.E. Thighe who was interned in Camp 4B POW # 22284...	Fleming	2	1065	Feb 23, 2010 by Fleming
	Verrell Weatherley 100 SQD (Preview) Happy New Year from Australia, In the write up on Verrell Weatherley 100 SQD you have missed his other Twin sister who is still alive. Her name is Gladys Carrick nee Weatherley. HOPE YOU CAN RECTIFY THIS ? Regards ...	retention41	2	1072	Feb 22, 2010 by Fleming
	Great Halifax Model Photos (Preview) Hi Everyone, This posting was made on the lancaster-archive forum by 'Sasori' Just thought I'd post this link ( fantastic Halifax Model photos ) for all to see but especially for John 'Pigeonbird'. Keep scrolling down past the text and you'll see the end product. Regards, John http://www.arcforum...	K for Kitty Crew	1	910	Feb 18, 2010 by K for Kitty Crew
	115 Sqdn, RAF Witchford 1944. F/O Graham. (Preview) On 28th of December 1944, F/O Graham flew as 2nd Pilot with S/L Mills on a 115 sqdn Lancaster (A.HK698) out of Witchford. 4 days later (3 operations) the crew with whom he had flown were all killed when their aircraft was shot down by an American ground battery. I am hoping to be able to contact F/O Graham...	DNG332	0	853	Feb 17, 2010 by DNG332
	405 Squadron LAC Henry Charles STACEY, (AEM) (Preview) Hello all, I am trying to track down some information for a friend of mine whose father passed a few years back. He did serve overseas, and never talked about the war with anyone. When the CWH in Hamilton was restoring the Lancaster back in the late 80's she tried to get her dad involved with it as she had th...	Justplanedave	4	1597	Feb 12, 2010 by Justplanedave
	One for w/op's (Preview) In my late fathers logbook there is mention of frequency check by back tuning Can anyone assist with its meaning. I think it may have been a method of calibrating a receiver by tuning on a powerful known source-say Home radio 200 mcs- then slowly tuning off of that to find the station you were looking fo...	paulh	0	641	Feb 6, 2010 by paulh
	Need some help starting with research... (Preview) Good Day All, What luck to find such and awesome wealth of information. I'll just get right into it. I've always known my grandfather served with No. 75 Squadron, and that he was shot down in 41/42, and a few bits of other random information (he doesn't like to talk about it, for obvious reasons). Howeve...	woody190	6	1276	Feb 2, 2010 by woody190
	bombing exercises at OTU's (Preview) Whilst my late father was training as w/op at 10 OTU Abingdon he flew on several bombing exercises. I am informed that the range was to the left of the A338 between Frilford and East Hanney. Can anyone tell me of a typical bombing exercise and if real or dummy bombs were used. I always thought live bombing...	paulh	2	1293	Feb 2, 2010 by paulh
	Looking for information about lancaster accident (Preview) Hi all need a bit of help here! looking for info on an lanc landing accident-more really about the pilot (friend) William Braham. the accident happened when returning from sortie-crashed on landing and flipped. the aircraft on its prevous flight had a hard landing causing failure of the gear on tou...	chrisc152	2	845	Jan 19, 2010 by chrisc152
	Alexandria Wellington Sqn (Preview) Hello everyone First post on here, and i'm after some help. We're doing a family history thing and have come to find out details of a Thomas Walsh who was a Sgt pilot in the Western desert in 1942/43 flying Wellington bombers. Does anyone know the Sqn that were there around this time? Any ideas how to fin...	Anonymous	3	982	Jan 17, 2010 by dawallace
	Sqn Ldr R. E. Curtis, DSO. DFC and Bar Pathfinder Force (Preview) Ron passed away quietly this weekend.	James Ellis Jones	2	1361	Jan 15, 2010 by dawallace
	"Exercise Halifax Shadow" 78 Sqn Memorial Weekend 2010 (Preview) For the information of anyone who has a personal interest in No 78 Sqn RAF Exercise Halifax Shadow a 78 Sqn Memorial Weekend is being held between 4th -7th June 2010 at various locations in the York area including; Breighton, Bubwith, Linton on Ouse and the Yorkshire Air Musuem Elvington The even...	Tony H	0	972	Jan 9, 2010 by Tony H
	Happy Chrsitmas & New Year to you all. (Preview) Just to wish you all a very Happy Christmas & New Year and big thanks to everyone who uses the forum for all your help on my various "projects" for Matt's site.	Linda	3	748	Dec 31, 2009 by mr goon
	Lancaster LL840 Information Required (Preview) Lancaster LL840 Information TypeAvro Lancaster Mk.1Serial NumberLL840Squadron50th Squadron.X1DVN-MOperationScholven/Buer Date 121st June 1944Date 222nd June 1944 Aircraft LL840 took off at 23.17 hours on 21st June 1944 from RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire. Shot down by a night-fi...	allmanhemel1	0	1810	Dec 19, 2009 by allmanhemel1
	Flt Donald Bowes (Preview) Hello, I would like to contact the following Officer or its relative: F/LT Donald Bowes DFC 134687, who was in 97 Squadron in 1944. He was still in RAF in 1954. Thank you if you can help . Alain	Alain Charpentier	0	722	Dec 14, 2009 by Alain Charpentier
	Sgt P J Leeves (Preview) I am trying to make contact with Sgt P Leeves. He made a recent posting on the Ancestry site, but I think he may not be a regular viewer of it. He served in the same crew as my late father (Ted Herod) at 35 squadron pff Graveley. I have established he was a second navigator. So if you read this or if you know of hi...	paulh	1	906	Dec 7, 2009 by paulh
	Aerial pictures (Preview) This is a great new site . It has thousands of Aerial pictures taken by the RAF from 1946 to the 1950s UK and Europe. well worth checking out. RCAHMS Aerial Photography Terry	mr goon	2	758	Dec 3, 2009 by mr goon
	Abbreviations on Aircraft Movement Cards (Preview) Can anyone tell me what the abbeviation MV or MU stands for on these cards? usually preceeded by a number 48 or 45, example ---- (45MU) Also, Is there anyway to find a listing as to what "ALL" the different abbreviations mean when an aircraft was classified Cat E and so on? Thanks, Bill. --...	William Heron	5	839	Nov 23, 2009 by William Heron
	Terzi & Corzilla India 1943 (Preview) Can anyone help??? I am looking at my fathers service record and I see he hosptalised at erzi (Tersi) then transferred to Corzilla and back to Tersi, 10/2/43 to 22/3/43. Finally Embarking Bombay for UK on 27/3/43. It would appear that after initial training(square bashing) at RDU Blackpool( 6/3/41...	paulh	2	1012	Nov 20, 2009 by alieneyes
	619 Squadron (Preview) Hello ! I research a or some photographs of all 619 Squadron taken from December 1943 until its disbandment in 1945. Thank you for your help . Alain.	Alain Charpentier	0	678	Nov 19, 2009 by Alain Charpentier
	W/Cdr William Gordon Oldbury OBE DFC 37708 RAF (Preview) Gents, A real long shot here........ Looking for any details on the above from 1939 to 1943 when he took command of No.218(Gold Coast) Squadron from the experienced and popular Aussie W/Cdr Don Saville DFC ( FTR Hamburg 24th July 1943 ). I have all the details on his career from 1936 to 1939 and post war...	smudgersmith	0	644	Nov 19, 2009 by smudgersmith
	You tube interview (Preview) My father, Lt. Col. Al Trotter, DFC,DFM, CD,CM was interviewed for Rembrance Day. You can view it by going to you tube and typing in Al Trotter. Near the end he says the biggest fear of all veterans is that they will be forgotten and thereby all the losses incurred were for naught. Thanks Leslie	leslie	6	949	Nov 16, 2009 by leslie
	Video of park Dedication to F/O Roy Carter 431 Sqn (Preview) http://www.rogerstv.com/option.asplid=237&rid=2&mid=...	matt	2	1270	Nov 15, 2009 by Fred Carter
	posting to 78 squadron then 35 squadron (Preview) my late fathers service record shows him being posted to 4 group 78 squadron on 2/7/44 then 35 squadron on 2/4/44. I thought 35 was part of 8 group. was 78 squadron at Breighton in 7/44 flying halifax III's was 35 squadron at Linton on Ouse or Graveley in 7/44 this last posting show NO/AIR P.F.F. OPL then o...	paulh	1	870	Nov 15, 2009 by alieneyes
	Pigeonbird? (Preview) Has anyone heard from John Neal recently?, I haven't seen any new postings from him which I think is somewhat unusual. Bill	William Heron	2	703	Nov 9, 2009 by Pigeonbird
	Remembrance Day (Preview) I recently received this from a lady whose father was part of an aircrew and F.T.R. As she said in her email to me "It's probably done its rounds before but is still appropriate for this time of year" *The Inquisitive mind of a Child* Why are they selling poppies Mummy?Selling poppies in town to...	William Heron	0	674	Nov 9, 2009 by William Heron
	SERGEANT LESLIE "LES" COLE (Preview) He was one of my school teachers here in Worcester, England, some 50 years ago and I would like to find out more about his World War Two career. Early in the war it is said that he was involved in a disastrous sortie of Blenheim bombers when only one aircraft returned. Later, from what I can find out up un...	MAURICE FRANCIS	6	1953	Nov 9, 2009 by MAURICE FRANCIS
	7 Squadron - LEJ Davenport - Photos and or Contacts? (Preview) Hi Everyone, Just had a post on the Stirling Aircraft Society Forum, http://stirlingaircraft___________________________________________________________________All, I have done al...	K for Kitty Crew	0	750	Nov 9, 2009 by K for Kitty Crew
	Photograph of ANY Lancaster (Preview) Does anyone have or know where I can obtain a photograph on any Lancaster/any Sqdn. that was taken while on the ground during winter, preferably showing snow on the ground. The photograph MUST be copyright free (in the public domain). Thanks for your help Bill. -- Edited by William Heron on Saturday 1...	William Heron	5	1135	Nov 8, 2009 by William Heron
	Flight Training,So Rhodesia (Preview) Hello, I'm new to this site courtesy of Linda. It's a great site and I am thoroughly enjoying the Forum. Linda is presently putting together a post about my brother W/O Albert Peter Bates,Pilot of Wellington,HF596 166 Squadron,Kirmington. He was killed August 15/16 1943 while on a mission 'gard...	lancashirelass	6	1099	Nov 7, 2009 by lancashirelass
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