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Hi All, Here's a tough one, with many possible errors. F/L Duval MiD RAF (Can.) was lost from 403 Squadron April 27, 1942, when he collided with the Squadron CO S/L C.N.S. Campbell DFC RAF over France. S/L Campbell was taken PoW. They Shall Grow Not Old references that F/L Duval had flown in the Bat...

Hi All, Sorry for the delay in replying and Thanking all those who responded. For some reason I could not log into the site. Well, from the information, I think there might well have been two T.J. Delaney's from Newfoundland. One, Sgt Air Gunner Delaney who was killed, and the other a commissioned p...

Hi All, I have a question about Sgt Thomas Joseph Delaney 798558 RAF, of Plancentia, Newfoundland, killed April 12, 1942, 107 Sqn. Boston W8355 shot down into the sea off France by flak. He is listed as an Air Gunner in most sites, but an article from the Hamilton Spectator reproduced on the Canadia...

Hi All, Got the book. Canadians on Radar in South East Asia 1941-45 by Angus Hamilton, Canadian Radar History Project, 1998. He lists sixteen known Canadians on RDF (Radar) in Singapore / Indonesia when the war in the Pacific began. For future users, with some information from other sources: AC2 Rus...

Thank You Temujin, Much more information that I had before, but still not clear what happened to Cpl Pink. But he was last reported before the general surrender of the NEI, so less likely to be a prisoner than killed in action. It does confirm what I suspected, that Cpl Pink was a radar (575 AMES), ...

Hi All, I have reached the entry for Corporal Walter Steele Pink R18057 . This airman has always intrigued me. He is list as missing in fighting with ground forces March 7, 1942, fighting Japanese soldiers 30 miles west of Batavia, NEI. His trade is given as radio mechanic. Is it possible he was an ...

Thank You again Temujin, It's not often I see a possible error in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site, and I don't assume anything unless I can check it. It's too easy publish something that then gets quoted as fact. (It's what I am trying to do, compare the records on the Internet with the ...

Hi Again georgetanksherman, Some more details. June 23, 1943 Sgt J. Alexander, R/52619, RCAF, Merriton, Ontario, Canada Armourer. Death by natural causes June 23, 1943 413 Sqn. Sgt J. Alexander RCAF was found unconscious on the runway of RAF Koggala, Ceylon and died of a fractured skull (www.rafcomm...

Hi georgetanksherman, I have noted temujin posted the following: February 15, 1943 F/O R.S.E. Greenway, J/6399, RCAF, Simpson, Saskatchewan, Canada (Pilot) KIA, Navigator, Target - Trappes, France, 156 Squadron. Halifax aircraft #LK 875, missing during a night attack against Trappes. I have this los...

Hi Wartimes, I have reached the entry in They Shall Grow Not Old for P/O Roy Barrington Keedwell, who died in hospital on or near February 11, 1942, in Palembang, Sumatra, either from wounds or injuries. TSGNO gives his serial number as 'J15227' which is in the range for RCAF officers promoted overs...