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Documents that back up Ludford’s information

Found the info. He had a mid-air collision with a Spitfire. His aircraft was a Hurricane IIB Z5001 . The other aircraft was Spitfire IIA P8373 If you read the last report (which contains his aircraft number), both pilots bailed out, one was seen to get in a dingy and one was struggling with his para...

georgetanksherman wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 29, 2018 5:18 pm

Flt. Lt. T.B. Little, RCAF, C/1117, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Hurricane, August 27, 1941

Info on F/L T.B. Little. I’m still looking for his aircraft number

R.C.A.F. No. 402 Squadron P.O.W.’s Sqdn Ldr D.C. Laubman, RCAF, P.O.W., April 14, 1945 Spitfire, ??????, “Recce” Aircraft hit by flak on recon flight, abandoned aircraft. From 402 Squadron Operational Record Book Spitfire RM 933 8892DF9B-72A0-4707-85C3-DA21EAD3852B.jpeg Source: Heritage Canadiana R...

No problem George. When I found the records and they confirm the aircraft number.......I could have gone back and amended my first post, but I decided to leave it......its just all part of the “search” for info. My first post reference is from “They Shall Not Grow Old”.......but althought a great so...

A fairly exhaustive list of abbrevations used by the RAF/RCAF during WW2

http://aircrewremembered.com/site-abbreviations.html

A few more code words: RAF Operation Code Names: (Further explanation) Gardening - Sea/coastal mine-laying by aircraft. Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC DSO DFC & Bar, famed leader of 617 Squadron's Attack on the Dams (The Dambusters), explained in his book Enemy Coast Ahead that the first British magne...

Follow Up. From the ORB of 403 Squadron. It confirms that “your info” indicate it was Spitfire IXB MJ 572 was the aircraft he was flying when he crashed that day

Record of his father “working” in Detroit

Looked thru his records, they confirm he was born in Detroit, Mich.......but both his parents were Canadian citizen’s, so I would suggest he had dual citizenship. 82D8F37F-5284-4553-BC28-D488FBA941D0.jpeg C7648C1C-1819-4C43-B335-B432C7FF801C.jpeg 2E809C05-B946-4312-BB37-FA98A1EA890B.jpeg B0C9FAD1-72...