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Another WWII Aircrew help post!
I've asked for help a couple of times and been astounded by the kindness and speed of responses.
Trying to trace the service history of 2 brothers, believed to be WWII service pilots.
Charles Frost and his brother Cecil(?) both from the Hastings area. It's alleged that Cecil was an instructor on Spitfires and taught his brother how to fly.
All help gratefully received.
Thanks,
Stik
Trying to trace the service history of 2 brothers, believed to be WWII service pilots.
Charles Frost and his brother Cecil(?) both from the Hastings area. It's alleged that Cecil was an instructor on Spitfires and taught his brother how to fly.
All help gratefully received.
Thanks,
Stik
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The following aircrew were killed in Bomber Command - may not be your chaps, but.......
P/O CD Frost 144Sqn Hemswell. Hampden. KIA 23-24 Jun 40 Gardening
He had previously been in a crash on approach to Scampton on a ferry flight on 18-19 Jun but had survived.
P/O CR Frost 83 Sqn Scampton. Manchester. KIA 8-9 Mar 42 Essen.
P/O CA Frost 44 Sqn Dunholme Lodge. Lancaster. KIA 30-31 Mar 44 Nurnberg.
There are a good few other Frosts who were lost in Bomber Comand, but these are the only ones with the first initial "C". I do not have their crew position to hand.
P/O CD Frost 144Sqn Hemswell. Hampden. KIA 23-24 Jun 40 Gardening
He had previously been in a crash on approach to Scampton on a ferry flight on 18-19 Jun but had survived.
P/O CR Frost 83 Sqn Scampton. Manchester. KIA 8-9 Mar 42 Essen.
P/O CA Frost 44 Sqn Dunholme Lodge. Lancaster. KIA 30-31 Mar 44 Nurnberg.
There are a good few other Frosts who were lost in Bomber Comand, but these are the only ones with the first initial "C". I do not have their crew position to hand.
There are 4 Charles and 1 Cecil Frosts on CWGC, but they do not appear to have same parents, or be from the Hastings area...
A Cecil and a Charles were pilots, but if they were flying Spitfires that would tend to put them into Fighter Command rather than Bomber Command.
Of course, they may well have survived....
A Cecil and a Charles were pilots, but if they were flying Spitfires that would tend to put them into Fighter Command rather than Bomber Command.
Of course, they may well have survived....
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This may help narrow things down. The Cecil Frost referred to above had a brother Ronald Frost who also died in 1940. They seem to have come from the Forest of Dean.
More info on Two Brothers June 1940 - World War 2 Talk
Perhaps more helpfully there is this:
AMERICAN AWARDS TO BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH PERSONNEL, 1942 TO 1949
FROST, Charles Horace, SL - Bronze Star - 490802 - RAF
<CENTER><img src= "http://www.rafcommands.com/rafcommandsbanner.gif"><BR> - "American Awards (1)"
More info on Two Brothers June 1940 - World War 2 Talk
Perhaps more helpfully there is this:
AMERICAN AWARDS TO BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH PERSONNEL, 1942 TO 1949
FROST, Charles Horace, SL - Bronze Star - 490802 - RAF
<CENTER><img src= "http://www.rafcommands.com/rafcommandsbanner.gif"><BR> - "American Awards (1)"
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The Cecil Frost referred to above had a brother Ronald Frost who also died in
1940
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