Hi Rod, Thanks again for the interesting information, and all the archive tips. I might get a couple of days there this week, so no doubt I will...
Hi Rod, Thanks again for the information. I can get down to the archives next week as I am off work, and will definitely do more reading about...
Hi Erich, Thanks for the info. I only saw the reply from Rod last night- funnily enough I was in Metz and Thionville at the time, and although I...
Hi, Thanks so much for this wonderful information- I am so sorry I only just read this some 10 months later! Very interesting- I did know there...
Thanks for the info. Here is the thing- my crew crashed only 6km from Luxembourg, and a polish crew crashed in Montois which is 40km from...
Thanks for the speedy reply, and that solves that mystery then! I must get the book you mention as I am researching another crew that crashed on...
Hi All, I am researching the crash of the Tait crew, crashed 11/4/44 on ops to Tergnier. My friend is a relative of Vernon Hawkins (Nav) who was...
Hi, Thanks for the extra ideas. I had tried to contact the french researcher, without success although his colleague wrote back to me to say they...
Hi Simon, Did your grandfather complete his tour?
Hi Simon, So did your grandfather complete his tour?
All I have at the moment is the bombing altitudes of the planes that returned. They were between 15,500 and 19500ft. Not sure how this can give us...
Hi All, Just a quick update on my investigation. I was lucky enough to find someone who has considerable information on the crash, and although...
I was just near there today actually! Planning a trip to the museum this week.
Wow I would never have imagined all this was possible! Thank you SO much for the help. I actually live very close to the RAF museum in Hendon and...
Not sure how to salute, but I think this is lovely and also a very important thing to learn.
Thanks for the thoughts and suggestions. I suppose it is feasible when you put it like that. I guess being NE of Poitiers would put you in the...
Right. That is really sad isn't it? I feel so lucky to finally know what happened but at the same time upset that it seems so unfortunate. I...
Thankyou so much for spending the time to get this information for me. This all fits with what I have been told. His brother went to collect him...
Thanks for the help. I will get onto it.
Thanks Jem. He was William (Billy) Edmund Lane and he flew Lancasters. I had been told by my family he was a nav but I found his grave records and...