HalifaxEQH wrote:

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I am looking for information from anyone who might be familiar with any of the crew-members:
F/Lt Ab Steeves RCAF–POW and crew from 408 Squadron, flying Halifax VII NP-810 coded EQ-H, failed to return from Castrop on the night of 21st of Novmber 1944.
Sgt Edgar Clark RAF
F/O Adelbert Rowley RCAF
F/O Llyod William Frizzell RCAF
P/O  Edmond Kenneth Wilson RCAF
Sgt James Alexander McPhee RCAF–POW
P/O Louis Basarab RCAF
Any help you could give me with regard to service records, squadron history etc would be greatly appreciated.

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Can you tell us where you are located so we can direct you where to begin?

 

Wow! Germany!

Thanks for stopping by.

A timeline of 408 sqn's history can be found at this link, it will give what types of aircraft they operated and where they were based etc.

http://www.rcaf.com/squadrons/400series/408squadron.php

Service records can be obtained for all non living crew members, I am not cetain if there is a charge for out of country requests. I know of a very good local researcher that will go to the national archives and copy the full service records for  about $25 Canadian per airmen.

Is there anything in particular you were looking for?

 

 

Can anyone tell me where the crew member Edgar Clark RAF came from.Was he killed or was he also a POW.I couldnt find him on the Commonwealth War Graves site?

Thanks very much Mr.Anonymous-you are right i did have wrong christian name!Thanks for details.

No,I am not related to Herbert Edgar Clark but thought as i am in England,might try & trace his family & see if they have any info. as i have had a bit of luck with other aircrew members in the past.If i do find out anything i will let you know.

Wow, Linda, that’s really new form me!!

Some information: Ken Wilson was still living, when he reached the ground. He had been transported to a POW-Camp in Düsseldorf (which was near my home). There he died on the same day (21.11.1944) at 11:45 PM.

A couple years ago Ken’s widow contacted Jim McPhee. He told me that she emigrated to Australia and that they didn’t had contact to each other.

It would be great to find Mrs Wilson (if she is still living and she kept the name Wilson). Maybe she is still interested about further details to he husband (and where he died).

Ab Steeves (the pilot) died a couple years ago in Canada. I don’t know much about him. Jim met him in the 1970s. Maybe he has children who are interested…

And of course I’m looking for any details regarding the rest of the crew (ages, etc.)...

Tom

P.S. I got a couple of new information in this great forum!!!

My email is:

thobol(at)web.de

Tom

 

Regarding Tom's request for further detailed information :

Commonwealth War Graves Commission & Canadian Virtual War Memorial are two on-line resources as long as named airmen were fatalities .

Educational qualifications etc are not usually recorded on either .

Individual squadron sites are usually more forthcoming - it may be useful to explore the RCAF Daily Operations site .

regards

jettisoning

With the help of very many people in Germany and DR JA McPhee and other crew relatives we have as complete a story of the last operation and its finale as anyone can.  I can share the information with connected people in the proper forum.   That may not be  in an open public environment and appropriate permissions would be needed. 
There is a great deal to relate.   At last light has been shed on an issue which has troubled me through my life.  There has been little officially to aid my search and close cooperation with German friends has had remarkable results.

John Clark