In May of 2010 I had the great priviledge of meeting Ron Gerelli and his wife. Sadly Ron passed away late last year at the age of 89.
Summerscale, Timperley and McInnes were killed when ND562 (captained by F/L Cook) was shot down on the night of 30/31 March 44. At that time Harry Tuck had been posted to 11 Base RAF Lindholme.
Robert Timperley was aged 26 and the son of George and Agnes Rose Timperley and the husband of Edith Edna Haynes Timperley, of Whalley, Blackburn, Lancashire.
Jack McInnes was the Son of Arthur and Hettie E. McInnes, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Harry Tuck was aged 21 and was the son of Arthur Edward and Patience Tuck, of Withington, Manchester.
He was posthumously awarded the DFC.
I would be pleased to hear from anyone with any information about Harry Tuck or any of his 12 Sqn crew and I'm happy to pass on my findings about them. Regards Mike
-- Edited by mikew156 on Saturday 5th of February 2011 03:55:43 AM
I think I have all the images from the 625 Sqn ORB that relate to Harry Tuck's period there. I have also photographed Kelstern's ORB from April to July 44.
Similarly I have the relevant pages from the 12 Sqn and Wickenby ORBs.
Harry Tuck joined his second crew at 1656 CU (first flight in a Halifax on the 22nd of March 44) then there was a short period at No.1 LFS and they arrived at 625 Sqn on the 22nd of April.
Hello. I am the grand-daughter of Robert Timperley to whom you refer in this thread and I would be very interested to see a copy of the photograph you mention, if that is at all possible?
Hi have you any other information on 625 squadron, my grandfather was po frank collet and flew with the squadron may to July 1944 untill he was shot down and captured
I have amassed a lot of information on his wartime service and 625 squadron
I thought I would update the information on Jack McInnes as I now have copies of the documents in his service file.
(Many thanks to Alieneyes for his assistance here)
Jack Ernest McInnes was born in June 1920 in Uxbridge, England.
His mother was also from England.
He enlisted in July 1942 and was commissioned on the 29th of March 1944
A great surprise was to learn that his logbook is amongst the documents in the Ottawa archives.
One thing that particularly interests me in the logbook is a period, between 28 OTU and 1657 CU, at 1481 (B) Gunnery Flight - Binbrook.
There were 7 flights in Wellingtons of 1 to 2 hours duration each.
The flights are annotated C.G.A. No.s 1 to 7. Perhaps C.G. refers to Cine Gun or maybe Combat Gunnery.
On the 2nd Nov 43, at 1656 CU, one of the flights is marked "weather test" and the pilot is Wing Commander Holford DSO, DFC.
This officer was only 22 when he was killed. He had taken command of 100 Sqn on the 20th of November and was pilot of Lancaster JB560 which crashed near to Kelstern after returning from Berlin in December 1943.
Another flight noted in McInnes' logbook at 1656 CU is with a Flying Officer Caldow DFM, likely to have been William Fleming Caldow DFM, AFC, DSO.
I am the grand-daughter of Ronald Gerelli mentioned in this thread who was part of the Bomber crew you mention.
I would love to see a copy of this photograph please and would be most grateful for any further information you can provide me with.
Also Michelle, my husbands, mother's maiden name, was Timperley and she was from Salford, Manchester. Any chance this could be a connection to your grand-father Robert?
I've sent you some information about John Pollard, my late father, on the rafcommands forum. I'll copy it here if you haven't seen it.
I would dearly love a copy of any photos which include my father. I'm currently researching his service record, but have no photos of his time at Wickenby. I do have copy of his logbook, though, which shows Harry Tuck as the pilot of several of the missions which my father few in early 1944. I'd be very happy to send you a copy, if it would be of of interest.
