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 until now, he might have been based at Grimsby Waltham and was badly burned when his Wellington crashed in 1944 and then could have been a member of the "Guinea Pig Club".
I am at something of a dead end at present and would appreciate any help please.
If that is all you have to go on, there's no easy route to finding out what you want Maurice. The key which will start to unlock his RAF career will be his service record - the problem with this is that service records are usually only available to next-of-kin. I believe that they have been released to non n-o-k when it has been stated there are no n-o-k so it may be worth a try, but a copy will cost you £30.00. This link will tell you more: http://www.raf.mod.uk/links/contacts.cfm
The other alternative is to go down the ancestry route and try to trace surviving members of his family - not too difficult these days with the internet etc.
Thank you very much Max for your reply, he will probably still have family around so there is no way I going to be able to get hold of his service record at this stage. Kind Regards Maurice
Hello Linda, thank you for your prompt reply, It was Worcester Technical High School in Worcester which closed in the 1960's. I have been involved in a reunion we had last month so naturally has plenty of brains to pick but without much luck. Kind Regards Maurice
Well I did say "it has been stated that there are no N-o-k", not that that's necessarily the truth! Depends on how determined you are!!! (and whether you're prepared to tell a porky or two). Max