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by jjrc1991
Sat Feb 28, 2015 11:45 pm
Forum: General Section
Topic: RAFVR needle in a haystack?
Replies: 6
Views: 3845

Re: RAFVR needle in a haystack?

Thanks Alan.
I really appreciate your help.
I've ordered the certificate so fingers crossed!

Jeff
by jjrc1991
Tue Feb 24, 2015 8:53 pm
Forum: General Section
Topic: RAFVR needle in a haystack?
Replies: 6
Views: 3845

Re: RAFVR needle in a haystack?

Thanks John and Alan - any further help would be very much appreciated. Being extremely ignorant Alan, can I ask where you looked at the GRO for that info?

All the best

Jeff
by jjrc1991
Mon Feb 23, 2015 9:51 pm
Forum: General Section
Topic: RAFVR needle in a haystack?
Replies: 6
Views: 3845

RAFVR needle in a haystack?

Hi, I'm trying to research one of the men on my local war memorial. the problem is I have virtually nothing to go on.... What I do have is the following: LAC Raymond J. Davies, RAFVR. Died North Africa 27th July 1943. Buried Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery, Medjez-el-Bab, Tunisia. What I want to know is ...
by jjrc1991
Sun Feb 01, 2015 9:24 pm
Forum: General Section
Topic: Any idea which sqaudron this man flew with?
Replies: 2
Views: 2038

Re: Any idea which sqaudron this man flew with?

Yes, very sad Alan.
by jjrc1991
Sun Feb 01, 2015 12:16 pm
Forum: General Section
Topic: Any idea which sqaudron this man flew with?
Replies: 2
Views: 2038

Any idea which sqaudron this man flew with?

Hi, Currently researching the men on my local war memorial and one of them, Eric Pickin, has thrown up something of a mystery. He originally volunteered in 1940 and was given the service number 916981. The detail from his pay book shows that his rank from 28/2/42 was LAC and yet his trade, 'W/Op. U....
by jjrc1991
Tue May 06, 2014 7:58 pm
Forum: General Section
Topic: Air Gunnery Schools in the North East?
Replies: 4
Views: 2987

Re: Air Gunnery Schools in the North East?

Thanks Richard :)
by jjrc1991
Mon May 05, 2014 6:14 pm
Forum: General Section
Topic: Air Gunnery Schools in the North East?
Replies: 4
Views: 2987

Air Gunnery Schools in the North East?

Hi, Can anyone tell me if there were any AGS's during WWII in the North East - primarily in the area of Durham/Sunderland? I am researching a man who joined the RAFVR after 1939, trained as an AG and by December 1941, when he married, was based at RAF Wittering presumably with 151 Sqn. He married in...
by jjrc1991
Sun Apr 27, 2014 9:06 pm
Forum: General Section
Topic: OTU's on operational missions?
Replies: 4
Views: 3310

Re: OTU's on operational missions?

Brilliant!

Thanks for all your help and yes, the 'operation' under investigation was indeed the one referred to - the man I am looking at is Sgt Calcutt.

Thanks once again.

All the best

Jeff
by jjrc1991
Sun Apr 27, 2014 3:02 pm
Forum: General Section
Topic: OTU's on operational missions?
Replies: 4
Views: 3310

OTU's on operational missions?

Hi, I have read somewhere that aircrews from OTU's sometimes flew operational missions but I can't remember where I saw it. Can anyone confirm that this is correct and that I didn't just imagine it? (I am researching an individual who was killed whilst flying with 26 OTU from RAF Wing on a mission t...
by jjrc1991
Wed Oct 30, 2013 8:14 pm
Forum: Short Stirling Aircraft Database
Topic: When did this 7 Sqn. man volunteer?
Replies: 6
Views: 7511

Re: When did this 7 Sqn. man volunteer?

Hi Max, I always believed that the minimum rank for all aircrew was sergeant however I'm in the process of reading 'Enemy Coast Ahead' by Guy Gibson and apparently this wasn't the case in the early months of the war. He talks about one particular Hampden crew he flew with in 1939/40 in which the gun...

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