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Kevin

yes I suppose it could be. I'm hoping that somebody will be able to provide some detail perhaps from an obituary or newspaper article.

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Daz

Can anyone help with the following conundrum, I have two names attributed to the same service number and don't know which is correct, although I suspect it is the latter individual. The first is R205981 FSGT WEIGHT J AIR GUNNER and the second is R205981 FSGT VOIGT J AIR GUNNER his name is also spelt...

Many thanks for posting I didn't have the press cuttings for Mulligan. He was lost after they were forced to ditch in the North Sea on return from MAGDEBURG on 21/22 January 1944.They had bombed the target but were attacked by multiple enemy fighters on the return journey and No2 and No4 fuel tanks ...

Thank you for the info on Sgt W.J. Ashworth, if you know if he was posted to a non-flying job at RAF Station Linton, or was it a transfer to another Squadron ??? I see that there were a couple of RCAF Squadrons stationed there ! George I hope this finds you well. I have now confirmed that Ashworth ...

Hi, can anyone provide any additional information on these three gentlemen, all served with No. 78 Squadron, 4 Group, Bomber Command from December 1944. The full crew comprised 3 Canadians, 3 Brits and an Australian. C2023 FO NICHOL Cecil Johnson Stuart Air Gunner C8028 FO GREGG Thomas Gordon Air Gu...

Many thanks, I’ll have a look on ancestry now. Hopefully I may be able to pick up a few others.

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Daz

Thanks for this, great detective work. Whilst his name still remains a mystery it does help with confirming the dates he returned to Canada. Can I ask where the document is from? Is it something I can search online?

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Daz

Can anyone help with the first names of R253995 SGT I K IRWIN? He served initially with No. 78 Squadron and then moved to No.35 Squadron in January 1945.

Any information greatly appreciated.

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Daz

George, another one identified today in the ORB of one of the Blind Approach Training Flights: 112298 FO Roy Charles MUNSON DFC Relinquished his commission in the RAFVR on appointment to a commission in the U.S.A.A.C. wef 09/12/42 His DFC was gazetted 4th September 1942 with No. 150 Squadron One nig...

George, another one identified today: J19671 Morris William BENTSON DFC a pilot who served with No. 78 Squadron from April to October 1944 and completed 40 ops. His death certificate shows that he was born in Lacrosse, Wisconsin, USA on the 17th December 1917 to Jaeger and Josephine Bentson. His fat...