PLEASE NOTE: The only contact address we have for those listed are as shown on the postings below. We are not responsible for those who may have changed their email address and have not informed us of this change.
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Steven Green is seeking anyone who may remember 1591547 Flight Engineer Jack Butters who flew with 630 squadron out of East kirkby.
The other crew members he served with are as follows
Pilot Wade Rodgers
Radio Operator Tommy Bourke
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Navigator Jim Campnett
Mid Upper Gunner Frank Mason
Rear Gunner Bert Taylor
Do you remember Jack Butters? Or perhaps you know any of the other crew members, If so then Steven would like to hear from you. Steven can be contacted at the email address below: |
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1458025 Sergeant bombaimer (Whiz)Walker is keen to contact anyone who may remember him. Especially any of the crew of Lancaster I serial W4236 code QR-K from 61 Squadron which took off from RAF Syerston at 2310 on 9/10.08.1943 on ops to Mannheim and due to enemy action crashed at Marbehan Belgium. Of the seven crew 4 of them managed to evade capture and apart from Whiz Walker the others were as follows:
Sergeant Navigator John Wheatley
Sergeant P B Smith
Sergeant (w/op) Ernest Gardner,
The following were reported killed in action
R/178673 Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.) John Topham Kendall RCAF
1193053 Sergeant (Flt. Engr.) George William Sydney Spriggs
1335294 Sergeant (Air Gnr) Nevil Temple Holmes
Do you remember Whizz Walker? Or perhaps you know any of the other crew members if so then he can be contacted through his son Dave at the email address below: |
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Stuart Mackay is seeking anyone who may have known his father Flight Sergeant John Alexander Mackay , who born in Ardersier and lived in Nairn until he went to New Zealand in 1956.
After Ops he was posted to RAF Dalcross as a lecturer on air gunnery and then posted to El Ballah until the end of the war.
Do you remember John Alexander Mackay?
If so then Stuart would like to hear from you. He can be contacted at the email address below: |
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Raymond is seeking, for his friend, anyone who may have know his father 1238641 Sergeant Albert Simpson who along with the rest of the crew of Lancaster III serial PB636 code P4-D from 153 Squadron took off from RAF Scampton at 1645 on 22-23/01/1945 on Ops to Duisburg and was reported lost without trace.
The other crew members were as follows:
47423 Flight Lieutenant Alan Edgar Jones DFC
1869987 Sergeant Sydney Strettle James |
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428340 Flight Sergeant Jack James Lewis McDonnell RAAF
1439614 Flight Sergeant Charles Leslie Cullen
424283 Warrant Officer John Edwin Bateup RAAF
638898 Sergeant Reuben Victor Trafford ,
Do you remember Albert Simpson? Or perhaps you knew any of the crew members if so then contact can be made through Raymond at the email address below: |
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Hal Osborn is seeking any information on his father J/18141 Flying Officer (Pilot) Glen Irvin Ransom RCAF , who along with 5 other crew members were reported killed in action when their Lancaster III serial ED974 code OL-Y from 83 Squadron took off from RAF Wyton at 1603 on 20/21.01.1944 on Ops to Berlin and due to enemy action crashed in the target area.
The other crew members who were also killed were as follows:
1575092 Flight Sergeant (Nav.) Cyril Fred Plumb
1335412 Flight Sergeant (Air Bomber) Frederick Thomas West
1295109 Flight Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Arthur William Coote
710145 Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Paul Vernon De Villiers Vickers
1314400 Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Alfred Edwin Millard DFM
The only survivor of the crash was
1178824 Sgt G S A MacKinnon who was taken Prisoner of War POW No. 926 Stalag 357 Kopernikus.
Those who died rest in Berlin 1939-1945 war cemetery. F/S Millard had served with 44 squadron prior to his posting with 83 Squadron where he won the DFM along with
F/S D.L.T. Welensky , a Rhodesian for sharing in the destruction of 2 enemy aircraft during ops to Bocum in September 1943
Do you remember Glen Irvin Ransom? Or perhaps you knew any of the other crew members. If so then Hal would like to hear from you. Hal can be contacted at the email address below: |
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| Ronald Aaron Zahl /
Wesley Glenn Bailey |
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| Brent Hamre is trying to find any surviving relatives of 908648 Flight Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Ronald Aaron Zahl and R/86191 Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Wesley Glenn Bailey RCAF and 1653119 Sergeant (Flt. Engr.) Norman Thomas Harris who were reported killed in action when their Halifax V serial LK634 code IP-T from 434 Squadron took off from RAF Tholthorpe at 1818
29/30.09.1943 on ops to Bochum
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shot down by a night fighter.
Of the 7 crew members 5 were reported killed in action. The others who were also killed in action were as follows:
J/16305 Flying Officer (Pilot) Chetwin Hamre Popplewell RCAF (Brent's Cousin)
1339176 Sergeant (Flt. Engr.) Trevor Davies
The 2 who managed to survive were
J/17740 Pilot Officer C F Kirk RCAF was taken POW POW No. 3011 Stalag Lugt L3 Sagan and Belaria
1322260 Sergeant R A Earl taken POW POW No. 610 Stalg Luft L6 Heydekrug.
Relatives of Sgt. Ronald Zahl and Sgt. Trevor Davies have been in touch
but Brent would like to conatct
the relatives of Sgt. Norman Harris
If so then Brent would like to hear from you. He can be contacted at the email address below |
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| Paul Morley seeking information to help in the research of a book he is writing about his uncle Frank A Garbas and the crew of Lancaster III Serial ED864 Code AJ-B
His uncle was R/103201 Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Frank. A.Garbas RCAF who was reported killed in action with the rest of his crew when their Lancaster from 617 Squadron took off from RAF Scampton at .2159 .on May 16/17, 1943 on Ops to Chastise (the famous |
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Dambusters raid) and was subsequently hit by flak on the inward flight to the dams and crashed near Marbeck Westphalia
The rest of the crew were as follows:
60283 Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) William Astell (Bill) DFC
J18872 Pilot Officer (Nav.) Floyd Alvin Wile RCAF
635123 Sergeant (Flt. Engr.) John Kinnear
127817Flying Officer (Air Bomber) Donald Hopkinson (Don)
R84377 Warrant Officer Class II (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Abram Garshowitz RCAF
1211045 Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Richard Bolitho.
Details of Flight Sergeant Frank. A.Garbas
Disembarked Brighton, July 30,1942 : #3 PRC - Stormy Down: Sept15 1942 : 7 B&GS Wigsley Oct. 8 1942: 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit - Waddington Dec. 23,1942 9 Sqd. Scampton Jan. 22,1943 57 Sqd. - Scampton March 23, 1943 617 Sqd.
Did you know any of the crew? If so then Paul would like to hear from you and can be contacted at the email address below |
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| Paul Morley (Click to email) or write to
Paul Morley 221 Southwood Dr. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8T 4E9 |
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