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Old May 16th, 2008, 10:08 AM
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Default Re: tracing the fate of a flier

Glad you found your info, thats not a bad hobby to have. Its amazing the headaches you can get when you start something like that but the end result pays dividends.
I try the same when I can, not for any egotistical reasons but mainly for the fact that it also helps me fit in many other aspects of battles I would normally pass by. I was lucky enough last year to research a local death and when I gave the information I had to the nephew of the dead vet it was a good feeling. We even went on to present the info in a form to an insurance coy that the serviceman had worked at before the war and this led I believe to a local in house magazine notice on his anniversary and a subsequent donation to the British Legion on that date in rememberance. Lest we forget.
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