Short Stirling & RAF Bomber Command Forum

I have my father's compass which I always understood came from his plane, but whether it was from A EF133 or another I don't know. His last op in this aircraft was on 27th July 1944, so 32 NOT OUT could only have been painted onto the fuselage with the crew's names on 28th July or shortly after. I s...

I don't know what squadron Patrick Moore flew with, but I have definite evidence that I think places him in Ward 5 or RAF Cosford hospital on 30th October 1942... Mother was at the hospital in RAF Cosford in October 1942… not sure if she was a patient or working there as a WAAF. In Ward 5, for some ...

S/L John Overton DFC was my father. He died in 2000. The crew formed on May 20th 1943 Crew… In May 1943 Pilot P/O J.OVERTON A/B SGT H.L.BARKER NAV SGT G.DENNIS WOP SGT B. G BENNETT (badly injured 23/8/43) ENG SGT A. AUBREY MUG SGT A.P.CATTELL RG SGT F. DALLMAN WOP SGT R. PARTRIDGE (after 23/8) Promo...