I am seeking any information concerning my father in laws father,who he never knew. Patrick joined 107 sqn in May 44 and was crewed with F/O Basil Lambert according to information received Patrick flew a number of missions from RAF Lasham and was lost on a low level night operation on the night of the 4th or5th July, a last radio message is believed to report an engine fire climbing to bale out, both crew were killed in the crash and are buried in NW France, Any further information or pictures of 107 sqn crew would make a senior citizen very proud Thank you
Coincidentally, that wasn't the only loss that night. I can't find the incident you describe. 107 Squadron Mosquito VI NS886 OM-Q F/O. Ross, RAF Lasham, Orleans-Tours, France
107 sqn lost 2 aircraft that night. F/O Ross and F/O Green i have copies of the ORB Its a long shot as I have posted previously on this topic in Jan of last year, and received a lot of information, Looking for anymore as a DFC/DFM group to 107 sqn have just come on the market
Mosquito NT151. Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI NT151, 05 Jul 1944 Adrian, someone was looking to contact you a week after you last posted on RAF Commands: Flying Officer Patrick Thomas Green 107 sqn Regards, Dave
Thank you we made contact, very helpful. The link states abandoned after an engine fire ! I thought the mosquito was one of the most difficult aircraft to abandon, especially with an engine failure
This is what the manual says......they make it sound easy (but I’m not a pilot, also that door looks pretty “small” with a parachute on) Also, right below its says “aircraft MAY be successfully ditched”........”but WHENEVER POSSIBLE ABANDON BY PARACHUTE”......so not sure if they are that confident in “MAY be successfully ditched”........(but I’m not a pilot....so I’ll leave it to Pilot’s to decide if this is easy, or NOT) http://zenoswarbirdvideos.com/Images/Mosquito/MosquitoFB6Manual.pdf
You really should send off for his service records from the MOD forms here Request records of deceased service personnel Not quite sure about the speculation of them getting out, your initial post stated they were 'low flying' so I guess they had zero time to bale out irrespective of the size of the emergency door, and even if they did get out then they probably didnt have enough time to open and deploy chutes TD
This is your other thread might be an idea to keep them together save forum members doubling up on info Assistance in tracing father in laws, aircrew father and uncle As TD states send off for the service records Get a copy of military service records and all you require is the cert from CWGC to confirm his death FLYING OFFICER PATRICK THOMAS GREEN Service Number: 144635 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 107 Sqdn. Date of Death Died 05 July 1944 Buried or commemorated at MONTGAROULT COMMUNAL CEMETERY France Country of ServiceUnited Kingdom Download certificate regards Clive
The record has been applied for,and signed by NOK Could an administrator please link the threads from January I m unsure as to how, that would avoid any duplication
hello Adrian you didnt require the next of kin signing anyone can apply Apply for the records of someone who's deceased You can apply for a copy of someone else’s service records if any of the following apply: you’re their immediate next of kin, for example their spouse or parent you’ve got consent from their immediate next of kin you have a general research interest - you’ll only have access to limited information, unless they died more than 25 years ago You need to know the person’s full name, date of birth and service number.( you dont require the service number but it is helpful)
Request records of deceased service personnel Next of kin form: Next of kin form (v6.2) (PDF, 117KB) or Next of kin form (v6.2) (MS Word Document, 158KB) Part 1 not the immediate next of kin forms: for use by third party applicants Application part 1 form: General enquirer's form (v6.1) (PDF, 106KB) or General enquirer's form (v6.1) (MS Word Document, 134KB) AND Part 2 service specific form: Service Number and/or date of birth must be included * TD
Thank you, MOD have taken payment so assume it is all going through. As a medal collector can i request the service records of my other ACE groups, even though I have no relationship to the deceased
