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Topic: Mystery picture found near site of Canadian plane crash in Wales...who is he? (Read 32945 times)
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PrueM
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Here we are. There wasn't much to work with (Denn you would appreciate that) but I did my best. He looks about 12 years old 
Prue
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I live in NSW, and am researching:
BALFOUR (Derry) – BIGG (Kent) – BONSALL (DBY, NTT, CHS) – BRISBANE (Fife) – DANKS (STS) – DOBSON (BRK) – FRANCIS (ESS) – GOODE (HAM) – HAYNES (Cork) – INGRAM (MDX, SOM) – LANGWORTHY (Jersey, DEV) – MCKAY (Fife, Aberdeen, Banff, Moray) – MORRISH (LND) – NANCARROW (CON) – OGILVIE (Moray, LND) – STRATHDEE (LND, Banff) - SWAN (Fife)
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liverpool annie
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God love him!
These babies go to war - just to give us a better life - and what do we do ? ..........
I was just reading obits for boy soldiers one 15 and one 16 .... !
Takes my breath away .... !
Annie
Nice photos Denn and Prue - I'm sure the family will apreciate them !!
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PrueM
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Thanks Annie,
I only hope he can be identified! I always feel sad when I see photos of soldiers without names...
One other thing...how on earth did he keep that hat on his head  
Prue
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Paper and Photograph Conservator
I live in NSW, and am researching:
BALFOUR (Derry) – BIGG (Kent) – BONSALL (DBY, NTT, CHS) – BRISBANE (Fife) – DANKS (STS) – DOBSON (BRK) – FRANCIS (ESS) – GOODE (HAM) – HAYNES (Cork) – INGRAM (MDX, SOM) – LANGWORTHY (Jersey, DEV) – MCKAY (Fife, Aberdeen, Banff, Moray) – MORRISH (LND) – NANCARROW (CON) – OGILVIE (Moray, LND) – STRATHDEE (LND, Banff) - SWAN (Fife)
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liverpool annie
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They didn't even have Velcro then!!
What a nice face he has ... ! You guys have smartened him up nicely!
Thanks
Annie
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Janice M
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Hi Caroline,
You might try contacting the two major television stations in Canada.
Their websites are
http://www.cbc.ca/
http://www.ctv.ca/
Also the 'Montreal Gazette' newspaper at
http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/index.html
The 'Royal Canadian Legion' also has a website as well
http://www.legion.ca/
If you do decide to submit this information, I have looked up their details along with family member names, so that you can give them as much information as possible.
JOSEPH ARTHUR EDMOND GROULX
Service Number: R/111476
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Son of Arthur and Alexandrine Groulx, of Hull, Province of Quebec, Canada.
JOSEPH LIONEL UNDERIC DU SABLON
Service Number: R/174038
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Son of Lionel Olivier and Mary Lea Du Sablon, of De Gaspe, Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
JOSEPH PAUL ERNEST BURKE
Service Number: R/206904
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Son of William and Dorine Burke, of West Bathurst, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick. Canada.
WILLIAM JOSEPH ALLISON
Service Number: J/20861
Age: 28
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Son of William Earle Allison and Mary Ruth Allison, of Montreal, Province of Quebec. Canada.
JULES ROBERT RENE VILLENEUVE
Service Number: R/199834
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Son of Jean B. Villeneuve and Clara Villeneuve, of Verdun, Province of Quebec. Canada.
CHARLES HAMEL
Service Number: J/92169
Age: 21
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Son of Dr. Paul Hamel, and of Bertha Ellen Hamel, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
With Remembrance Day coming up, there is an excellent chance of the television stations, as well as the major newspapers in Canada posting this picture with your story.
Here a some of the national newspapers.
National Post
http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/index.html
Globe & Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/
The Sun (I have given you the link for the Toronto paper, although you can ask them to place it in all their papers across Canada.)
http://www.torontosun.com/
I think that this is a wonderful thing you are doing. Good Luck!
Janice
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RobHam
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I hope that this map link works, contains rather a long URL. You may need to cut and paste it into your browser, and also suggest zooming back to a lower scale map.
Location Map of Crash
It should show the map reference. The crash location is about where the 'c' is in the word 'Goch' on the map.
Perhaps 15 years ago I was a member of the local ramblers association here is Swansea and walked to this location, quite a trek to get to it.
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dennford
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Could this be the aircrew - they are O.T.U.and R.C.A.F. how about the third from left.
Denn
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Ford, Baines, Dixon, Platts, Peat, Proctor, Rotherforth, Dakin/Daykin, Sales, Beech, Hall, Parkin, Nightingale. ----- Harthill, Waleswood, Woodhouse-mill, Whitwell
South Yorkshire/Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire
Torremocha, Candog, Ramos, Reyes, Rodrigueus
-------Philippines --- Bohol
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dennford
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I'm still working on this, but I don't think that pic is Of our crew - it is 408 SQDN who were based at either Leeming or Linton on Ouze. I'm not sure thou what our Sqdn was - though they were based at Wellesbourne.
Denn.
Hamel was the pilot
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Ford, Baines, Dixon, Platts, Peat, Proctor, Rotherforth, Dakin/Daykin, Sales, Beech, Hall, Parkin, Nightingale. ----- Harthill, Waleswood, Woodhouse-mill, Whitwell
South Yorkshire/Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire
Torremocha, Candog, Ramos, Reyes, Rodrigueus
-------Philippines --- Bohol
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woodensue
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What a fantastic effort you guys are putting into finding out this mystery, It makes me feel good as I have relative in simaler situation 24 year old whose plane came down on a training exercise in Canada, the people there to this day hold services for those boys who lost their lives,
Keep going will look forward to reading rest of replies.
http://www.angelfire.com/on/stpaulsmounthope/
Good luck
Sue
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Kevwood
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If you google IRFANVIEW.
Download it.
it is a free photo tool.
Then when you install, click image then resize/resample from the menu choose half and then see what happens.
Kev
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