Foto identification Raymond Clifford Pitman

Hello everyone.
I am new in here .
I live in holland nearby Venray where I adopted a grave to honour these men and women.
A flying officer Raymond Clifford Pitarm ,service number 16308,Royal Air force volunteer Reserve/101 Squadron.I am very interested in finding some foto's of this young man and try to find out something more about him.
Can someone help me a little more in this search maybe?

sorry: A flying officer Raymond Clifford Pitman ,service number 16308,Royal Air force volunteer Reserve /101 Squadron

 

Welcome aboard. Others may come along and help. Always apply for his Service Record, even if the turnaround is reported as a year plus now. See: Get a copy of military service records Upload the records here once you've obtained them and then the forum can get to work on them.

Please do not pay for any site on the internet who promise you his service records they will not have them, and you would have wasted your money.

Adding what you have already found can help, saves others from duplication. A Date of Birth and a Service Number help, though the experts here can surmount that gap.

I have noted the 'Other Ranks' rarely feature in Google searches unless they have been awarded gallantry medals or written their memoirs.

Searching Google will sometimes bring you back here. The site’s search engine is rather simple; two examples 53rd will bring back all mentions of 53rd; an Army unit can have after 53rd an additional official name, in one case 53rd (Bolton). You must be agile and keep going.

War diaries can contain almost anything. At the very least, they give the daily movements and most important actions of every unit. They may also contain information on casualties, message logs, rolls of officers (but not O.R.'s), maps, orders, and much else. They are available at the PRO to everyone. Drew5233 and some others are willing to scan them for the benefit of those who cannot get to the National Archives at Kew.

It depends of course how much you want to know, just one battle or campaign for an example.

Please come back and tell us what you found. Scanning threads it is clear some discover the site years after your posts and add their information or request help. Good luck.

 

Ancestry has a family tree with the below photo of him while under training

 

post deleted by self as duplicates info in above post.

 

Hello

The surname is Pitman



FLYING OFFICER RAYMOND CLIFFORD PITMAN
Service Number: 163608
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

101 Sqdn.

Details from RAF Commands website

Squadron Leader I MACLEOD-SELKIRK (40549), Royal Air Force) [Royal Air Force WW2 Casualty ]

 

Thanks but i have find that website allready

 

Hi Dion - I am new on here. Raymond was my Dads first cousin and I have the above picture. I also have a picture of his girlfriend Eileen and a message she received following his death.