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Hi sorry to be really thick, but how can i validate a service number? Someone claims to be highly decorated, and i am querying whether or not he is a Walt! My gut tells me yes, but i cant find any sign of them on the internet.
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"I hear that a Serviceman never forgets his Service Number"
True
"Go o n then, what's yours?"
That ploy might work.
Highly decorated also implies things AFC, DFC, these will be Gazetted too.
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Doesn’t appear anywhere on the internet, claims to have conspicuous Gallantry cross, Air Force cross and many many more, says that the reason they aren’t in the paper is coz they Worked in intelligence. I already have the service number. Not sure if I can post it on here, joe public’s eyes watchin.
QUOTE=JV24601;10184530]Hi sorry to be really thick, but how can i validate a service number? Someone claims to be highly decorated, and i am querying whether or not he is a Walt! My gut tells me yes, but i cant find any sign of them on the internet.
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QUOTE=JV24601;10184530]Hi sorry to be really thick, but how can i validate a service number? Someone claims to be highly decorated, and i am querying whether or not he is a Walt! My gut tells me yes, but i cant find any sign of them on the internet.
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JV24601 ... i have hard-copies of AFL 87, 88, 89, 90 and 95, and Ret List 96. PM me with meaningful information to start a paper search, if you wish.
I have Walt-hunted in the past on AARSE, involving the [in]famous Jim Shortt.
https://www.arrse.co.uk/wiki/The_Baron_of_Castleshort
I have Walt-hunted in the past on AARSE, involving the [in]famous Jim Shortt.
https://www.arrse.co.uk/wiki/The_Baron_of_Castleshort
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AFC for working in Int ... interesting! 
Shoukd be trackable by that route, “security” not withstanding.
However, many things are possible, and without being able to ding the individual it’s just hypothesis and rumour.
Shoukd be trackable by that route, “security” not withstanding.
However, many things are possible, and without being able to ding the individual it’s just hypothesis and rumour.
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Is it possible to have two different service numbers? Probably not
In WWII I was 1132877 as an airman.; 156066 as an officer (both in RAFVR)..
Went out in 1946, 1948 commissioned in RAFVR as a Flying Officer, kept my 156066. Came back in on a SSC in RAF in 1949, kept 156066, also when got a (laughingly named) "Limited (ie Nil !) Career Permanent Commission" in 1955.
Counting retired service, now a Flt Lt with 68 years seniority. Anybody beat that ?
("He started at the bottom - and liked it there").
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JV, posting his Service Number would certainly Out him. Post the first 4 numbers as this won't identify him but definitely identify his antecedents. In my time 608n was Cranwell whereas direct entry aircrew were 423n and so on. The set either does not exist or someone will identify the set.
Funny how people who "worked in intelligence" are always so keen to tell people about the fact! I'd bet a quid to a squashed sausage that your CGC, AFC man is a Walt. The thing about these people is they cant resist overdoing it, loading on the medals until the combination/total becomes totally incredible
Funny how people who "worked in intelligence" are always so keen to tell people about the fact! I'd bet a quid to a squashed sausage that your CGC, AFC man is a Walt. The thing about these people is they cant resist overdoing it, loading on the medals until the combination/total becomes totally incredible
Good hunting - I frickin’ hate Walter Mittys. So does SBS Ant...
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In the mid sixties a letter was added to RAF service numbers as an entry check..All numbers were 7 digits long. To find the check letter:
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Times the first number by 8
the second number by 17
the third number by 4
the fourth number by 16
the fifth by 2
the sixth by 13
and the last number by 1
Add the total of the answers (Answer A)
divide total by 23
reduce the number to the nearest integer (ie, 13.26087 would be 13)
multiple that number by 23 (not 13 as was orginally written) (Answer B)
take away Answer B from Answer A above
if your answer is
0 = A
1 = B
2 = C
3 = D
4 = E
5 = F
6 = G
7 = H
8 = J
9 = K
10 = L
11 = M
12 = N
13 = P
14 = Q
15 = R
16 = S
17 = T
18 = U
19 = V
20 = W
21 = X
22 = Y
23 = X
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I’m just content to have been a ‘B’, whilst she was just an ‘L’
What a fantastically convoluted route to the answer, which I shall NOT bother to explore!!
What a fantastically convoluted route to the answer, which I shall NOT bother to explore!!
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I note no Royal Air Force awards of the CGC, other than Sqn Ldr MacFarlane DFC, so that would seem ‘case closed’ ... possibly!
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We cross-posted with my amendment ... sorry, slow on pages/tabs on iPad and no reading glasses handy!!
He is the only possible candidate, and the DFC/AFC doesn’t compute with our potential Walt.
He is the only possible candidate, and the DFC/AFC doesn’t compute with our potential Walt.
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It certainly makes for a very short list.
If it’s true maybe it’s time to name and shame.
I mean really. If you’re going to invent an award you should at least do enough research or have enough knowledge to know that you’re likely to get rumbled.
CGC for crying out loud?! Why not go the whole hog and claim to have a VC?! What a massive 🛎 end.
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If it’s true maybe it’s time to name and shame.
I mean really. If you’re going to invent an award you should at least do enough research or have enough knowledge to know that you’re likely to get rumbled.
CGC for crying out loud?! Why not go the whole hog and claim to have a VC?! What a massive 🛎 end.
BV