Posting some info to remember my great-uncle Basil Theodore Haylock, who was shot down and killed on 03 June 1942 during a night time bombing raid...
I've searched WW2 Talk for previous reference to Brian Dillon and been unable to find any, but if I have missed any previous reference please...
Hi all, I have just acquired the flying log book to 2208907 Flight Sergeant Joseph Wheeler, who was an air gunner in 106 and 83 Squadrons. He was...
Sir David Butler, pioneering election analyst, dies aged 98 In 1942, he arrived at New College, Oxford. He joined the Conservative, Labour and...
Here is how the 51st Div history describes this action: "On the 14th the 5/7th Gordons of 153 Brigade took over the town of Wildeshausen from a...
Personal Number: 90450 Rank: Major Name: Sir Vivian Ernest FUCHS, MiD Unit: Cambridgeshire Regiment ; Suffolk Regiment London Gazette : 11 July...
FLAK TOWER IN HUMMBOLDTHAIN PARK (BERLIN) The skeleton of the last Flak tower in Berlin was neither my priority nor the first location on the...
Hi, Trying to get to grips with the LZ used by No.620 and 190 Squadron on this operation. The ORBs are a little confusing. I have a 'A' an 'R'...
Hello, just joined, trying to find out about my fathers time in Egypt during WW2. He would NEVER discuss the war, so he obviously did not have an...
Hi all, I am wondering a bit about how close British airborne troops were to the bridge at Gervershof (Dingden map 2053). There is a bit in the...
Hella, here's another object found on the bank of the river Rhine near Emmerich at extremely low water levels. Is this of British origin,...
Hi All - just wondered if anybody had the 1945 war diary for the above name unit? If not has anyone got any ideas where I may get a copy? Thanks
Hi, I am trying to find out some information about 4544916 Sgt J G Knights who was wounded in Normandy on the 11th August 1944 with 53 Recce, he...
Today is the 78th anniversary of the operation by Bomber Command to Hamburg, 28/29-July-1944. 22 aircraft from 6-Group were lost on the raid, the...
This German map surfaced on the internet (facebook to be more specific; see https://www.facebook.com/groups/2677690869170502). It gives the...
Royal Marines watching over German Prisoners of War near or at the end of the war (1945) this might be Kriegsmarine POWs a few Naval officers....
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