Texans in the RCAF, Individual's pictures ???

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Re: Texans in the RCAF, Individual's pictures ???

Post by georgetanksherman » Tue May 19, 2020 2:29 pm

Yeah, I had the two aircraft involved in the mid-air collision swapped around, EP164 was the other aircraft involved with Pilot: Flt Sgt M.E. Shaw, R/77481, RCAF, Ogden, Utah, U.S.A. Thank You for the correction !

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Re: Texans in the RCAF, Individual's pictures ???

Post by Temujin » Tue May 19, 2020 6:50 pm

Pilot: Flt Sgt P.C. Noel, R/83366, RCAF, Marlin, Texas
Vickers Wellington, X3201, July 28, 1942, R.A.F. No. 22 Operational Training Unit
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Photo below is when he was at Texas A&M 1941
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Re: Texans in the RCAF, Individual's pictures ???

Post by Temujin » Tue May 19, 2020 8:50 pm

Obs: W/O 2 R.B. Clements, R/67894, RCAF, Goldthwaite, Texas, U.S.A.
Vickers Wellington, ES989, February 18, 1942, R.A.F. No. 37 Squadron

I “believe” this is a photo of R.B. Clements, from the Yearbook of Texas A&M, Fencing Team
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Re: Texans in the RCAF, Individual's pictures ???

Post by Temujin » Wed May 20, 2020 1:15 pm

Pilot: Sgt R.F. Anderson, R/83108, RCAF, Houston, Texas
Vickers Wellington, R1047, February 6, 1942, R.A.F. No. 21 Operational Training Unit

I found him in the New Mexico A&M but I don’t know which one is him

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UPDATE

I “may” have found him, his enlistment documents tells us he was in “animal husbandry” while at NM A&M.......

Source: http://contentdm.nmsu.edu/cdm/compoundo ... 5552/rec/4
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Re: Texans in the RCAF, Individual's pictures ???

Post by Temujin » Wed May 20, 2020 3:02 pm

Pilot: Sgt O.N. Elwell, R/106525, RCAF, Pittsburgh, Texas
Avro Anson, X7063, May 17, 1942, R.A.F. No. 11 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit

Orville Norman Elwell.......found some photo’s, trying to find better. The is Univesity of Texas
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Source: https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/bit ... sAllowed=y


UPDATE:

Thought I would pass this on also, Elwell family lost two sons in WW2, one at Pearl Harbor, and Norman
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