Short Stirling & RAF Bomber Command Forum

Thank you Alan for that information. More questions there than answers! I know my great uncle was 32 when he died and that is fairly old for aircrew in those days. I am surprised about the number of crews he served with and the "small" amount of operations he undertook, given his age. I gu...

Hi John, I think I may have been a little abrupt in my previous post. I wasn't asking you or your other board members to do any further research (although of course anything else you can possibly find out would of course be appreciated). I was just expressing my surprise that in the details you prov...

Thank you very very much for this information. It is exactly what I've been looking for.

I'm surprised that there is no information on where the aircraft came down as there was a survivor.

Again thank you for your time and efforts.

John

Thank you for the welcome Max. I haven't been able to locate any Stirlings that were posted as missing that night and am wondering if my uncle and his crew could still have been flying a Wellington. As the Squadron had only just converted that week... maybe there was a crossover if they didn't have ...

Hi there, I am looking for information about my great uncle. John Charles Pengelly . Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1378703, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 149 Squadron. Died 8th November 1941 As a child I knew he had crashed somewhere in Germany, then many years later when I was posted there I found his...