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mvdv · mvdv

Hello everybody ... apologies for the bad english coming out from the frenchy-Belgian I am... My father made his Air navigation school n°2 ANS in Charlottetown (Prince Edouard). Previously he made his 17 ITW in Scarborough (England) in january 1944. I'm currently trying to write a book over my fath...

Anonymous

I have just read the aforementioned book and found it an interesting and very human account. With the attrition rate i am in awe of the courage it took to fly repeated missions. I wondered if Harry Yates is still alive? As our veterans pass on i think it critical that young folks understand what was...

Jan1934 · jan veenstra

Good day. I am looking for photo,s of the crew Halifax DK 224. On 23-6-1943 he came down on a 200 mtr. of Castle Oud Zuylen,5 Km above Utrecht. Also a photo of Gr.Capt.Douglas Ernest Lancelot Wilson,RAAF. Who can help me. Greetings Jan.

Mike Gnez · Mike Gnez

Hi, my father, RAAF 434502 WOFF George Gnezdiloff RAAF, has asked me to find out names of the RAF personnel he last crewed with in 1660 HBCU at RAF Swinderby on Lancashire A/c at cessation of hostilities. He believes the pilot was SQNLDR T Forshaw, the Navigator possibly FLTLT Paddy Lyons or Lynch, and...

daz25 · daz25

I am doing some reserch on Short Stirling W7633 from 1657 HCU whiched crashed 18/3/1944 and I was wondering if anyone has got any images of the plane and crew? and any detailed information. Thanks -- Edited by daz25 on Wednesday 24th of October 2012 09:26:31 AM

Dee Palmer · Dee Palmer

Does anyone have (or know of the existence of) a crew photograph of P/O T.G.W.Charlesworth's crew who took off from Dunholme Lodge on Mar 30 1944 (the Nuremberg Raid), six of whom were killed when their Lancaster, KM-C, serial number ND 795 was brought down near Unteressfeld?

HalifaxDG420 · HalifaxDG420

Hi Folks While visiting a crash site a while back although nothing remains here i found this item that had been ploughed up to the surface, just wondered if anyone recognised it as an aircraft part, or just a bit of old agricultural iron Jim

Kim · Kim

Dear community, A friend of mine recently found some remains of a Lancaster Bomber in southern Germany. The attached images are showing the left-overs of the German-Luftwaffe. He is unsure about the red-signal. Both of us thing it is a light signal but I was thinking about raising the question her...

Didier Jadot

Dear Friends of 630 Squadron, after several years of research and writing I am proud to announce the publication of my book on 630 Sqn RAF during WWII under the title A Share of Luck(ISBN 978-394384464-1). Over 263 pages the Sqn Operational Record Books have been analyzed mission by mission and day b...

James Matthews, Sculptor

Dear Bombercrew Forum, My name is James Matthews and I am a third generation figurative sculptor. My grandfather was the start of this sculptural lineage and he also served in Bomber Command, flying 62 missions as a wireless operator and gunner. He has inspired my latest project which is to sculpt t...

John W · John W

Hi All, Does anyone have the ORB's for 207 Sqn for the period Nov 43 to Jan 44. I am looking for details of one crew for the ops they did before they were killed in Mid Jan 1944. Thanks, John.

moira martin

Hi there I have a cousin and I have never seen a photograph of him He came from Dunoon and was shot down over Holland december 31 1944

RB · RB

Hi, I am trying to locate further information concerning my uncle (William Horsley 1198644who was (I believe) killed in an air training accident at Waterbeach on March 14th 1943 flying in a (famous) Sterling Mk 1 N6086 Any help / points in the right direction appreciated regards

Paul diggins · Paul Ronald diggins

Ronald (RED ) Diggins rear gunner on Lancaster . I have limited information about my dad's service record as he rarely talks about it but believe he completed 27 missions before being injured by flack. Was then transferred to 203 squadron on liberators flying out of Ceylon.If anyone has more info ple...

bharris · bharris

I'm researching this aircraft, as it was the one that a cousin of my wife's, Fl/Off Raymond Yarwood Higginson, DFM, 9 Squadron's Bombing Leader, was killed in on a minelaying mission on 22nd April 1943 and I plan to build a model of it. I realise that this is the sort of aircraft-related question that w...

matt · matt

Sorry for all the spam in the group lately, suffice to say nobody here will be buying kitchen cabinets from the spamming imbeciles that were trying pawn their junk in here. I have taken steps to remedy the situation, hopefully we have seen the last of them. Matt

Crystal · Crystal

Hi, I am looking for some information on a David McDonald (MacDonald) he would have been stationed out of Regina, or Moose Jaw Saskatchewan in 1941, he would have been in mid twenties. From my understanding he was in RCAF, what exact position I am not sure. I can not find any records of him, he could have b...

Anonymous

I am researching the crash of the above aircraft. At least two members of the crew survived, one was later killed by a German SS Division while fighting with the US 507th PIR. The other got back to the UK in July 1943. The flight was one of 16 from 106 Squadron - RAF Metheringham - tasked with bombing bri...

MikeH · MikeH

http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/news/index.cfm?storyid=59557552-5056-A318-A81F70FADEAE34DD-- Edited by MikeH on Friday 30th of May 2014 12:28:11 AM

qpb · qpb

Hi there ... this is a very long shot, but I'm hoping someone may have some information on these two men. Keith Whynn Hodgson was navigator (trained in Canada); Jack K Wilson was the skipper, from Edinburgh. Both survived the war. Sadly at this time that is all the information I have to go on ... qpb

big al 900 · big al 900

I have a lot of books researching the Lancaster, and I have the Chorley series and BC War Diaries, but in identifying and researching specific aircraft, Harry Holmes' "Avro Lancaster - The Definitive Record" is almost my bible. From this I can identify all that I need to know about a speci...

Berry · Berry

Hi Gordon Ralph Berry My Dad flew with 166 Squadron as a Rear Gunner between July 1944 until the end of the war. His fellow crew members were Pilot F/L Arscott, - Flight Engineer F/S Jones, - Air Bomber F/S Marlow, - Navigator Sgt Diggins, - Wireless Operator W/O Auckram (NZ), MU Gunner - Sgt Bell. D...

MikeH · MikeH

Hi, can anyone help with any information regarding the loss a Avro Anson EG138,that crashed near Godmanchester on the 25th April 1944. The Anson belonged to the Advanced Flying Unit (AFU) at Moreton Valence, working as part of No6 AOS (Air Observer School). All 4 crew were killed. The Anson may...

MOL69 · MOL69

I have been given the go-ahead to create a memorial to the crew of NE150 who died in the early hours of 7th June 1944, when their Avro Lancaster crashed into a field on the outskirts of St Jean de Daye in Manche. Not so good news is the mayor is keen for it to be in place for the 70th anniversary commemoratio...

nial

Hi im a new member but was wondering if anyone can help me , my grandmas brother in law was called DONALD DEAN and was married to a DOREEN ( nee MILBURN ), any details i have are a bit hazy but my grandad ( still alive ) says he flew lancasters or flew in a lancaster with 617 sqn during ww11, grandad seems to...

big al 900 · big al 900

It seems like most, if not all crews had a crew photo taken at some point. Was this something official - one of the things that had to be done, or was it something that crews just liked to do. I have seen some photos with info written across the bottom, so I would guess that they are more likely to be officia...

AW · AW

I thought i had come to the wrong forum for a minute, seems like the site has finished with BC, and gone over to advertising kitchens

PeteT · Lyz Shaw

Hello, I am am wondering if anyone could possibly help me, I am currently exhausting the internet looking for some information on my Grandfather, he was a bomb aimer in the second World War and flew in planes such as Lancaster PB150 and Lancaster NG337. His name was David Bernard Colebrooke, he pass...

Military Museum

Greetings, I thought you might be interested in this bomber tale.Fraser Muir ( age 90) contacted us at the Hamilton Military Museum in Ontario to seek help in finding relatives of a former comrade (John McLea, Squadron 426) that died in a gunner mission in WWII.I was able to track down the nephew of the...

Warhawk · Warhawk

Greetings, My name is Aleksandar, and I am about to start building a Lancaster 1/72 model.At this topic, I came along an information that the machine gunner of Lancaster PD441 (PG-B, No. 619 Sqn) claimed a V1 Buzzbomb!I am interested whether there are any decals for this machine in 1/72 scale avai...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Charlottetown (Preview) Hello everybody ... apologies for the bad english coming out from the frenchy-Belgian I am... My father made his Air navigation school n°2 ANS in Charlottetown (Prince Edouard). Previously he made his 17 ITW in Scarborough (England) in january 1944. I'm currently trying to write a book over my fath...	mvdv	3	574	Jul 25, 2014 by mvdv
	Luck and a lancaster (Preview) I have just read the aforementioned book and found it an interesting and very human account. With the attrition rate i am in awe of the courage it took to fly repeated missions. I wondered if Harry Yates is still alive? As our veterans pass on i think it critical that young folks understand what was...	Anonymous	0	525	Jul 24, 2014 by Anonymous
	Halifax DK 224--MP-Q. (Preview) Good day. I am looking for photo,s of the crew Halifax DK 224. On 23-6-1943 he came down on a 200 mtr. of Castle Oud Zuylen,5 Km above Utrecht. Also a photo of Gr.Capt.Douglas Ernest Lancelot Wilson,RAAF. Who can help me. Greetings Jan.	jan veenstra	2	1434	Jul 21, 2014 by Jan1934
	1660 HBCU RAF Crew Members at RAF Swinderby at end of WW2 serving with RAAF Wireless Operator (Preview) Hi, my father, RAAF 434502 WOFF George Gnezdiloff RAAF, has asked me to find out names of the RAF personnel he last crewed with in 1660 HBCU at RAF Swinderby on Lancashire A/c at cessation of hostilities. He believes the pilot was SQNLDR T Forshaw, the Navigator possibly FLTLT Paddy Lyons or Lynch, and...	Mike Gnez	11	2514	Jul 12, 2014 by flightlevel350
	Stirling w7633 (Preview) I am doing some reserch on Short Stirling W7633 from 1657 HCU whiched crashed 18/3/1944 and I was wondering if anyone has got any images of the plane and crew? and any detailed information. Thanks -- Edited by daz25 on Wednesday 24th of October 2012 09:26:31 AM	daz25	2	1205	Jul 1, 2014 by Steve
	44 Sdn - Crew photographs (Preview) Does anyone have (or know of the existence of) a crew photograph of P/O T.G.W.Charlesworth's crew who took off from Dunholme Lodge on Mar 30 1944 (the Nuremberg Raid), six of whom were killed when their Lancaster, KM-C, serial number ND 795 was brought down near Unteressfeld?	Dee Palmer	2	973	Jun 24, 2014 by Anonymous
	Halifax part or just a bit of old tractor (Preview) Hi Folks While visiting a crash site a while back although nothing remains here i found this item that had been ploughed up to the surface, just wondered if anyone recognised it as an aircraft part, or just a bit of old agricultural iron Jim	HalifaxDG420	2	774	Jun 24, 2014 by HalifaxDG420
	Lancaster Bomber - remains found in southern Germany (Preview) Dear community, A friend of mine recently found some remains of a Lancaster Bomber in southern Germany. The attached images are showing the left-overs of the German-Luftwaffe. He is unsure about the red-signal. Both of us thing it is a light signal but I was thinking about raising the question her...	Kim	0	607	Jun 24, 2014 by Kim
	630 Sqn new Publication (Preview) Dear Friends of 630 Squadron, after several years of research and writing I am proud to announce the publication of my book on 630 Sqn RAF during WWII under the title A Share of Luck(ISBN 978-394384464-1). Over 263 pages the Sqn Operational Record Books have been analyzed mission by mission and day b...	Didier Jadot	0	943	Jun 22, 2014 by Didier Jadot
	Bomber Command Veteran Portrait Sculpture Project - SPREAD THE WORD!!! (Preview) Dear Bombercrew Forum, My name is James Matthews and I am a third generation figurative sculptor. My grandfather was the start of this sculptural lineage and he also served in Bomber Command, flying 62 missions as a wireless operator and gunner. He has inspired my latest project which is to sculpt t...	James Matthews, Sculptor	0	569	Jun 16, 2014 by James Matthews, Sculptor
	207 Sqn ORB's November 43 to January 44. (Preview) Hi All, Does anyone have the ORB's for 207 Sqn for the period Nov 43 to Jan 44. I am looking for details of one crew for the ops they did before they were killed in Mid Jan 1944. Thanks, John.	John W	0	529	Jun 15, 2014 by John W
	photograph mof my cousin Alexander Martin pilot officer of 166 killed in action 31st december 1944 (Preview) Hi there I have a cousin and I have never seen a photograph of him He came from Dunoon and was shot down over Holland december 31 1944	moira martin	0	930	Jun 15, 2014 by moira martin
	Newbie! - advice request (Preview) Hi, I am trying to locate further information concerning my uncle (William Horsley 1198644who was (I believe) killed in an air training accident at Waterbeach on March 14th 1943 flying in a (famous) Sterling Mk 1 N6086 Any help / points in the right direction appreciated regards	RB	2	741	Jun 8, 2014 by John W
	My dad (Preview) Ronald (RED ) Diggins rear gunner on Lancaster . I have limited information about my dad's service record as he rarely talks about it but believe he completed 27 missions before being injured by flack. Was then transferred to 203 squadron on liberators flying out of Ceylon.If anyone has more info ple...	Paul Ronald diggins	7	975	Jun 8, 2014 by Paul diggins
	Lancaster Mk III ED799 WS-G (Preview) I'm researching this aircraft, as it was the one that a cousin of my wife's, Fl/Off Raymond Yarwood Higginson, DFM, 9 Squadron's Bombing Leader, was killed in on a minelaying mission on 22nd April 1943 and I plan to build a model of it. I realise that this is the sort of aircraft-related question that w...	bharris	2	1338	Jun 7, 2014 by Hugh Bland
	Apologies for the recent spam (Preview) Sorry for all the spam in the group lately, suffice to say nobody here will be buying kitchen cabinets from the spamming imbeciles that were trying pawn their junk in here. I have taken steps to remedy the situation, hopefully we have seen the last of them. Matt	matt	2	645	Jun 5, 2014 by Anonymous
	David Mcdonald (Preview) Hi, I am looking for some information on a David McDonald (MacDonald) he would have been stationed out of Regina, or Moose Jaw Saskatchewan in 1941, he would have been in mid twenties. From my understanding he was in RCAF, what exact position I am not sure. I can not find any records of him, he could have b...	Crystal	0	537	Jun 4, 2014 by Crystal
	Lancaster NE150 - Crashed in Normandy 7th June 1944 (Preview) I am researching the crash of the above aircraft. At least two members of the crew survived, one was later killed by a German SS Division while fighting with the US 507th PIR. The other got back to the UK in July 1943. The flight was one of 16 from 106 Squadron - RAF Metheringham - tasked with bombing bri...	Anonymous	14	4953	Jun 1, 2014 by Cpmac
	2 Lancaster display dates (Preview) http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/news/index.cfm?storyid=59557552-5056-A318-A81F70FADEAE34DD-- Edited by MikeH on Friday 30th of May 2014 12:28:11 AM	MikeH	0	805	May 30, 2014 by MikeH
	information on Keith Hodgson (RNZAF) who flew with "Jack" K Wilson (RAF) in Lancasters (Preview) Hi there ... this is a very long shot, but I'm hoping someone may have some information on these two men. Keith Whynn Hodgson was navigator (trained in Canada); Jack K Wilson was the skipper, from Edinburgh. Both survived the war. Sadly at this time that is all the information I have to go on ... qpb	qpb	0	849	May 25, 2014 by qpb
	Halifax - definitive record ? (Preview) I have a lot of books researching the Lancaster, and I have the Chorley series and BC War Diaries, but in identifying and researching specific aircraft, Harry Holmes' "Avro Lancaster - The Definitive Record" is almost my bible. From this I can identify all that I need to know about a speci...	big al 900	3	749	May 25, 2014 by jettisoning
	Finding Crew of B Flight of 166 Squadron (Preview) Hi Gordon Ralph Berry My Dad flew with 166 Squadron as a Rear Gunner between July 1944 until the end of the war. His fellow crew members were Pilot F/L Arscott, - Flight Engineer F/S Jones, - Air Bomber F/S Marlow, - Navigator Sgt Diggins, - Wireless Operator W/O Auckram (NZ), MU Gunner - Sgt Bell. D...	Berry	2	602	May 22, 2014 by Anonymous
	Avro Anson EG138 / Moreton Valence ORB? (Preview) Hi, can anyone help with any information regarding the loss a Avro Anson EG138,that crashed near Godmanchester on the 25th April 1944. The Anson belonged to the Advanced Flying Unit (AFU) at Moreton Valence, working as part of No6 AOS (Air Observer School). All 4 crew were killed. The Anson may...	MikeH	3	1314	May 22, 2014 by John W
	Memorial to the crew of NE150 (Preview) I have been given the go-ahead to create a memorial to the crew of NE150 who died in the early hours of 7th June 1944, when their Avro Lancaster crashed into a field on the outskirts of St Jean de Daye in Manche. Not so good news is the mayor is keen for it to be in place for the 70th anniversary commemoratio...	MOL69	0	538	May 20, 2014 by MOL69
	infomation on DONALD DEAN 617 SQN ? (Preview) Hi im a new member but was wondering if anyone can help me , my grandmas brother in law was called DONALD DEAN and was married to a DOREEN ( nee MILBURN ), any details i have are a bit hazy but my grandad ( still alive ) says he flew lancasters or flew in a lancaster with 617 sqn during ww11, grandad seems to...	nial	27	4473	May 19, 2014 by Anonymous
	crew photos (Preview) It seems like most, if not all crews had a crew photo taken at some point. Was this something official - one of the things that had to be done, or was it something that crews just liked to do. I have seen some photos with info written across the bottom, so I would guess that they are more likely to be officia...	big al 900	0	583	May 15, 2014 by big al 900
	Wrong page (Preview) I thought i had come to the wrong forum for a minute, seems like the site has finished with BC, and gone over to advertising kitchens	AW	0	533	May 14, 2014 by AW
	Squadron 625 missing bomb aimer (Preview) Hello, I am am wondering if anyone could possibly help me, I am currently exhausting the internet looking for some information on my Grandfather, he was a bomb aimer in the second World War and flew in planes such as Lancaster PB150 and Lancaster NG337. His name was David Bernard Colebrooke, he pass...	Lyz Shaw	2	1189	May 12, 2014 by PeteT
	Crew reunion and memorial dedication! (Preview) Greetings, I thought you might be interested in this bomber tale.Fraser Muir ( age 90) contacted us at the Hamilton Military Museum in Ontario to seek help in finding relatives of a former comrade (John McLea, Squadron 426) that died in a gunner mission in WWII.I was able to track down the nephew of the...	Military Museum	0	612	May 12, 2014 by Military Museum
	Lancaster PD441 references needed (Preview) Greetings, My name is Aleksandar, and I am about to start building a Lancaster 1/72 model.At this topic, I came along an information that the machine gunner of Lancaster PD441 (PG-B, No. 619 Sqn) claimed a V1 Buzzbomb!I am interested whether there are any decals for this machine in 1/72 scale avai...	Warhawk	0	621	May 8, 2014 by Warhawk
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