Hi, sorry for the short plea, can anyone help with the following. - A wartime photo of this senior officer. - His middle name, initials were L -...
In a letter that I am researching, written by a soldier in the Royal Corps of Signals, attached to the 10th battalion, Rifle Brigade, I have come...
I was looking through a box file of my late fathers papers and memorabilia looking for the menu for his 1944 Christmas dinner in Ostend. I post...
Trying to find out any information about my dad William Stuart Bates based at RAF Wickenby 1943 onwards with 12 Squadron. He was a Flight Sergeant...
Hello I’m new to forum my father John Jones from Anglesey was in the RAF and was a rear gunner ( sergeant) I believe flying in Lancaster bombers...
I've attached papers for my Uncle Cyril Waters. I would appreciate some help in deciphering the papers and particularly would like to know what...
All, Have just got the records back for an officer James Gordan Paterson MVO and cant decipher his WW2 postings home duty in London i believe in...
I have this POW card for a man from the same village as me, I was wondering if anybody could help with a couple questions I have Firstly it lists...
My father Roy Henry Swann was posted to Ceylon with 222 Group in December 1941 until the end of 1944. He spent the last four or five months at the...
What it says on the tin. I have reasonable info on German radar during the period, but sweet FA on the RAF. I know they used radar, and that...
My great-grandad Albert served in the Pacific Theatre over Burma and Thailand, his plane was shot down and he was put into a POW camp, where they...
Hi, can anyone help me to decipher my wife's grandfathers RAF service records please. I have attached them to this post.
Hi, I'm trying to find more information about an RAF pilot helm that was found in the Dutch place called Helden in the forest "Bovensbos". There...
On 27 August 1940, a lone Hudson of 220 Sqn attacked a large cluster of Danish fishing smacks, they were flying the German flag, hence being...
On the 7th of November 1942 Pilot officer Donald Ross Gill failed to return from a routine bombing raid “Rhubarb” flight to Valognes in Normandy...
Dear Members, We need photos of WW2 fallen airmen. As you know, the WW2 fallen airmen database over at RAFCommands is getting close to 99%...
Hi, I was wondering if anyone had any information or links to recourses on the raid on Berlin that formed part of the Battle of Berlin (RAF...
Hello Could anyone tell me what the letters at the side of each of the test results he passed mean on my grandad’s medical examination...
Hi Could anyone tell me what the correct procedure was for reporting a bomber unserviceable on return to base? EG: it lost and engine on an...
For a crash that occured in the UK, Scotland in particular, what was the procedure to secure the site, clear it, and investigate it ? And hence,...
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