Talk about mountains out of molehills. I posted my best guess for the aircraft and squadron and asked the original enquirer to see if the NoK details confirmed this guess. The subsequent posts seem to have decided that this is the only answer and gone round the houses twice to rehash info in posts. Ross
Thanks to you and Nicola, BFBSM for catching this first of all plus of course RAFCommands. Douwe Drijver rang me just as I looking at so I have emailed the link to him and then I get an email from Glen Turner reference Kessel so I have forwarded the link to the thread to him too!!! By the way since I will be up near Bergan Op Zoom when I visit Soarremoarre I will stop off and take pictures of William Andersons grave (for posting on here). Dee
Talk about mountains out of molehills. I posted my best guess for the aircraft and squadron and asked the original enquirer to see if the NoK details confirmed this guess. The subsequent posts seem to have decided that this is the only answer and gone round the houses twice to rehash info in posts. Ross I too looked at exactly the same CWGC site and decided not to post as there was not enough information and it would have been a guess. The next post following yours showed that the same person was recovered from the sea and buried in the cemetery mentioned. Therefore really narrowing it down to more than a guess. At the end of the day the members are only trying to assist identification, like your goodself. Regards Tom
These are the deaths at Runnymede for the rest of the suggested crew. There were no other commonwealth deaths for Runnymede for that date. 001 BEYER EH 657044 75 RNZAF SQDN 03/09/1942 ROYAL AIR FORCE 002 CLARKE LR 1166504 150 SQDN 03/09/1942 ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE 003 FISH FS 1383196 150 SQDN 03/09/1942 ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE 004 FORSYTH DS 39077 61 SQDN 03/09/1942 ROYAL AIR FORCE 005 FOSTER AL 113415 61 SQDN 03/09/1942 ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE 006 GOLDIE HE 1187044 75 RNZAF SQDN 03/09/1942 ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE 007 HUNTING ER 1291752 75 RNZAF SQDN 03/09/1942 ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE 008 JEFFRIES TA 1109614 61 SQDN 03/09/1942 ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE 009 LAING D 44412 150 SQDN 03/09/1942 ROYAL AIR FORCE 010 PEEL HO 116952 61 SQDN 03/09/1942 ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE 011 RONALDSON SB 638340 150 SQDN 03/09/1942 ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE 012 TAYLOR RC 116635 61 SQDN 03/09/1942 ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE 013 UNDERWOOD CFW 131880 61 SQDN 03/09/1942 ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE 014 WRIGHT J 1325527 61 SQDN 03/09/1942 ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE 001 MCARTER G R/87459 75 RNZAF SQDN SQDN 03/09/1942 ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE 002 PELLETTIER JG 53763 - 03/09/1942 ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
Thanks to you and Nicola, BFBSM for catching this first of all plus of course RAFCommands. Douwe Drijver rang me just as I looking at so I have emailed the link to him and then I get an email from Glen Turner reference Kessel so I have forwarded the link to the thread to him too!!! By the way since I will be up near Bergan Op Zoom when I visit Soarremoarre I will stop off and take pictures of William Andersons grave (for posting on here). Dee Dee, See post No 17 by Robert. Regards Tom
There seems to be no deaths for "Andersen" that match. The only Air Force death of that name is in Taiping War Cemetery with the initials SW. So it seems the other spelling is not applicable either. There seems to be only one RAF William Anderson buried in The Netherlands for the entire war. Cheers Geoff
Thanks to you and Nicola, BFBSM for catching this first of all plus of course RAFCommands. Douwe Drijver rang me just as I looking at so I have emailed the link to him and then I get an email from Glen Turner reference Kessel so I have forwarded the link to the thread to him too!!! By the way since I will be up near Bergan Op Zoom when I visit Soarremoarre I will stop off and take pictures of William Andersons grave (for posting on here). Dee Dee I also spoke to Douwe today as well and wondered if I should mention this query to him. Glad you took the ball and ran with it. His foundation have been very helpful so far & he has invited me to a commemoration for another Wellington that they have recently researched and found all the crew's families, so I will be off to Holland next month
That we have family that move to america or australia not sure which yet And many many thanks for the photo of my great uncle's headstone i cant put into words i feel now
Hi all here is a photo of my great uncle sgt william anderson squadron 75 x1d-aa /crew number 650736 / wellinton bomber x3794 / was based at feltwell then moved to mildenhall aug 1942 lost over dutch coast and washed ashore died age 20 3 sep 1942 buried in burgen op zoom In rememberance of sgt w anderson and all your crew men on welington x3794 And all the other men and women who fought for our country Let us never forget
Read this thread, all is explained there regarding posting photos . http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/network-information/12816-how-insert-pictures-videos-into-your-posts.html
I wont bother anymore if thats the attitude i will recieve it was to say thanks for your help I thought people were interested in our wartime history seems not that much AND I DID NOT BUMP FOR NO REASON as you can clearly see from the picture of one of my family who fought for all of us thanks for all your help
