Good morning, I am part of the Lympne airfield history society and I was privileged to be able to visit a forward observation post in Lympne...
I have been sent the attached images of crewmen of 832 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, taken on board an aircraft carrier at some point in 1944 or 1945...
Hello I am hoping you can help with researching the above. His ancestry records from the Allied Airman Roll of Honour state "Crashed Over the...
Hi all, I hope you are well. While looking through my Grandfathers things I came a cross the following WW2 record. I am wondering if anyone could...
If this forum cannot help I don't know who can... Guy Colquhoun RICHARDSON, born 8 September 1921. Silver Medal at 1948 Olympics. RNVR (A)...
Hello I have been lurking a while, so I will start with some thanks to this forum! I never would have found any details at all about my Dad's...
I have now had a chance to look through the file, which does not seem to have been corrupted. A few observations: The deadweight of the vessels...
Personal Number: 156787 Army Number: - Rank: Lieutenant Name: Roy Campbell MacDONALD Units: Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment); 8 Highland...
Hi, I'm a first-time poster searching for information about a relative, Thomas Derrick STEELE who died in an air crash on Christmas Eve 1943 in...
I'm researching Lieutenant-Commander John 'Jock' Moffat, the man credited with crippling the Bismark. I have quite a bit on him though cannot...
Good Evening, I was recently gifted a few items which belonged to my Great Uncle. J.J. Benton RAF/FAA One of these items is a small suitcase...
Hi, I am researching the career of Lt Herbert Douglas Barr RNR, a pilot who is listed as crashing a Spitfire in 1943. The extract from the...
Hi, UK PBS Channel has been showing 4 part documentary series Tues/Fri this week about CATP in Canada. All episodes repeated in "box set" style...
I'm researching activities of the 819 NAS during World War II. Specifically, I am looking for records of operations during February 1945. I have...
I have an entry from a 1943 Navy List, under Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve - Temporary Lieutenants (A), that reads: (P) Hill Dugan Simpson 25 July...
I am wishing to establish the medals earned by David William Thomas GRAHAM (1916-1978). I have recently discovered two medals in a box which were...
Hello to anyone reading this and happy holidays. I wasn't a hundred percent sure where to post this in the forumns, but the Fleet Air Arm would...
My Dad, Peter Watson wrote this memoir a few years ago. I believe it was to send to James Holland for his excellent book "Fortress Malta". My dad...
Did anyone else see the documentary about Captain "Winkle" Brown ? If not, see it now on Catchup. The most amazing of men, a pilot in ww2 and a...
Hello my Grandad was in the Fleet air arm in 1944 he was British and was staioned in New York under the Statue Of Liberty he was an Air Mechanic...
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