All, here is the next plea from my ebay buys. F/L Frederick Walter Street ....I think, pics attached. Anyone help with his ID and service? Thanks Danny
The closest on CWGC is STREET-PORTER, FREDERICK WALTER OLLIS. Flying Officer. Service Number 83000. Died 14/01/1942 114 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Commemorated at RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Panel 67. Chorley has T/O West Raynham 17:35 Shot down by flakship and crashed 20:42 in the sea off Schiermonnikoog. F/Lt BJ Adam RAAF (pilot); Sgt JA Willis; F/O FWO Street-Porter ... but having signed with two forenames, would he had omitted the third, or his double barrelled surname? No other Frederick xxxx Street on CWGC, so hopefully your chap survived.
Found a potential service number, 1336893 Found the following death info copied from Ancestry....... the full name fits, there is a south west link, and the year of birth would also work for serving in WW2 .... needs further work to prove / disprove. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 DEATH, BURIAL, CEMETERY & OBITUARIES Record information. Name Frederick Walter Street Birth 04/08/1921 Death 09/1988 Torbay Devon England Paul
Terrible OCR scan in the Gazette has his NCO number as "J1336893". Commissioned Pilot Officer 3 March 1944. New number 174495: Page 2342 | Supplement 36524, 19 May 1944 | London Gazette | The Gazette Promoted to Flying Officer 3 September 1944. Page 4262 | Supplement 36701, 12 September 1944 | London Gazette | The Gazette Promoted Flight Lieutenant 23 December 1944. Page 1125 | Supplement 36957, 23 February 1945 | London Gazette | The Gazette Regards, Dave
Wouldn't a J prefix indicate a Canadian service number, which doesn't seem to fit - I guess it's the copy quality, or maybe a misprint? Can't open the link on my phone to look.
The LG links are fine, Pat. It's the search results which show a J in lieu of the number 1. The J series of RCAF officers' numbers never went as high as 7 digits. Regards, Dave