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Forum: Military Aviation
28th Dec 2016, 14:29
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,854,662
Posted By Buster11

JW Very many thanks for what look like some...

JW
Very many thanks for what look like some pretty useful steers, even for the barely computerate. I'll get stuck in and look forward to some interesting discoveries.
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Dec 2016, 10:34
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,854,662
Posted By Buster11

JW I was interested to read the PoW statement...

JW
I was interested to read the PoW statement you quote. Is there a now accessible source where these secret statements might be found? My father was captured in Crete and spent most of his time in...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Dec 2016, 10:01
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,854,662
Posted By Buster11

I believe the IL-2 also had internal bays for...

I believe the IL-2 also had internal bays for small bombs in the wing roots.
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Aug 2016, 19:58
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,854,662
Posted By Buster11

Danny, I can only echo MPN's thoughts and assure...

Danny, I can only echo MPN's thoughts and assure you that you are in the thoughts and have the sympathies of your fellow-PPRuNers at this very sad time. My deepest condolences to you.
B11
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Aug 2016, 17:39
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,854,662
Posted By Buster11

This is the final bit of my btw stuff, with my...

This is the final bit of my btw stuff, with my thanks to the ever-tolerant mods.


Although there were Dutch and Free French squadrons based at RAF Hartfordbridge later in the War, I can only...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Aug 2016, 14:21
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,854,662
Posted By Buster11

I had a 50***** number and was told it was...

I had a 50***** number and was told it was because I was ex-CCF; Sadly I've never been to Nairobi.
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Aug 2016, 10:42
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,854,662
Posted By Buster11

Still a couple more bits of the 'by the way'...

Still a couple more bits of the 'by the way' stuff on a thread that must surely be due some sort of prize for being the most divergent from its actual title.

It was probably in 1943 that we had...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Aug 2016, 15:13
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,854,662
Posted By Buster11

Danny Not sure which of our lives you refer...

Danny
Not sure which of our lives you refer to, but my father was 45 when he came home in 1945 and I was almost ten. I suppose both of our lives were changed. He missed influencing my formative...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Aug 2016, 17:51
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,854,662
Posted By Buster11

Back now after a couple of weeks in La France...

Back now after a couple of weeks in La France profonde, so here's the final part of my father's story.

As the rapid Soviet advance approached Sagan in January 1945 the Germans marched the...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jul 2016, 19:28
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,854,662
Posted By Buster11

Danny, you may be able to help me with something...

Danny, you may be able to help me with something that's mystified me. I mentioned in an earlier post that my father sent home from Cairo in 1940 a silver-plated coffee table; it's about four feet...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jul 2016, 18:20
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,854,662
Posted By Buster11

Danny. Your #8936. As far as I know there was...

Danny. Your #8936.
As far as I know there was no German (or British for that matter) requirement to write in uppercase; certainly my mother's letters to him were in her normal handwriting as were...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jul 2016, 20:48
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,854,662
Posted By Buster11

After my mother received the initial printed...

After my mother received the initial printed card from Germany, on which new PoWs simply filled in their name, rank and service number, we started to get letters and letter cards from my father....
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jul 2016, 09:19
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,854,662
Posted By Buster11

These are the notes my father made of his...

These are the notes my father made of his activities in Crete on May 20th 1941. Some of the writing, always small, makes some words hard to read.


“Left cave at 8 a.m. with Trumble, F/Lt...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jul 2016, 08:07
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,854,662
Posted By Buster11

Chug and Danny, I think it's pretty unlikely my...

Chug and Danny, I think it's pretty unlikely my father was ever at Bletchley Park, if only because of the dates. I think his duties would have been pretty routine. He was posted to the Air Ministry...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jul 2016, 08:47
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,854,662
Posted By Buster11

Chug, I only have my father's personal notes...

Chug, I only have my father's personal notes covering a couple of periods, but the rest is my recollection of what he told us on his return. Some of it appeared a few years ago on the BBC2 Peoples'...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jul 2016, 21:24
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,854,662
Posted By Buster11

My father was born in 1899. He joined the Royal...

My father was born in 1899. He joined the Royal Naval Air Service in the First World War in May 1918, initially training at Greenwich, was transferred briefly to the Royal Flying Corps and then to...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jul 2016, 10:40
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,854,662
Posted By Buster11

My father, who flew DH 6s, RE 8s and DH 9As in...

My father, who flew DH 6s, RE 8s and DH 9As in WW1, was a codes and ciphers officer in WW2 and ended up in Stalag Luft III after being captured in Crete. I have some of his notes on the Cretan...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jul 2014, 14:29
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,854,662
Posted By Buster11

Slight titular thread drift here. A colleague...

Slight titular thread drift here. A colleague used to fly Horsas as a member of the Glider Pilot Regiment rather than the RAF, and subsequently Dakotas just post-War; would his input be of interest...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Sep 2009, 11:15
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,854,662
Posted By Buster11

Gaining an RAF Pilot's Brevet in WWII

As one who lived in a small village on the Hampshire/Surrey border and was, indeed, making Christmas chains from window in 1943 or '44 I recall occasionally finding un-cut rolls maybe a couple of...
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