Hi all, If you have a minute I would love to chat about Grandads war. By the time war was declared, my Grandfather already had 17 years service...
[ATTACH] © IWM CH 13826 118435 Squadron Leader Joseph BERRY 501 Squadron R.A.F.V.R. 28th February 1920 Quarrington, Teesdale, Co. Durham - 2nd...
I am reading Norman Frank's older book 'Sky Tiger- The Story of Sailor Malan'. There is a section where it talks about the loss of Pilot Officer...
Hello, does anyone have further information on Operation Gatwick? There is very little information on the internet - maybe not a surprise, as it...
Numbers: 51894 (580715) Rank: Flying Officer Name: Michael Joseph JOYCE (MM Cancelled) Unit: 61 Squadron Royal Air Force London Gazette : 8 June...
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36994/supplement/1550/data.pdf https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36350/supplement/523/data.pdf...
On the night of 20/21 October 1941 Wellington N2852 NZ-D of 304 was shot down and crashed in the sea South east of Heligoland. The plane got off...
Im looking for documents of RAF Fairford related to Operation Market Garden. Does someone have the Stationbook records and appendixes for Sept 44?...
Hi, Can anyone please confirm if and when Wellingtons of No.38 Squadron operated from Wick in support of the Norwegian campaign. Trying to...
Hi all Could anyone help decode some of the abbreviations from a service record? On the mustering column there is an entry I can't understand....
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Anyone got half a million spare? And the probable several million to get it liveable... :unsure: I mean, who wouldn't want to reside in a...
I've been looking through my late uncle's memorabilia and found his medals. One is clearly the Air Crew Europe Star, but the other has me puzzled....
A forum member, Fatboy Coxy, since December 2021 has been writing a thread on this often controversial subject for the British Commonwealth,...
So I've just received my grandfathers (who I never met) service record and I'm struggling to understand it all. Might anyone be able to help make...
I'm looking into my Sister in laws Grandfathers war. Lawrence Clarke We know he served in the RAF and had a service number 1497745. He served...
Hi all, I'm trying to find information on RAF air search and rescue squadrons/flights operating between India-Burma-Sumatra region in 1945. I am...
All, Very grateful for some help in understanding the attached extract from a WW2 RAF LAC's service record, more specifically the middle entry...
I am researching my father's WW2 RAF service. He was a bomb aimer on Stirlings and served in 149 Squadron. I know he was awarded the...
I am looking at a German plane that crashed on the 8/9th May 1941 just north of Patrington, East Riding of Yorkshire. The identity of the aircraft...
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