Hi
I've been trying to trace details of my Dad's cousin, but after hours of searching i'm getting nowhere fast!
Unfortunately we have scant information other than he was In the Raf and flew 'bombers'. My father thinks that he was most likely a F/Sgt as he struggled with authority and therefore unlikely to have been officer material. He survived the war but was from what we could see very badly affected by his experiences.
His details are:
Robert George Milward Davison born ... 1921 Brentford, Middlesex
Hello
My Grandfather was Aircrew on 1940 RAF Bombers and (although we already knew his names and RAF number) I found his:- Initials, his H Surname and Service Number amongst AIR 78/79/1 from Holroyd A. to Hopkin (an 1137 pages pdf, with 6 to 8 Index Cards per page).
My H surname (part) was a 250 Mb PDF Free download which I seem to recall took half an hour to download on our Broadband.
A few names in AIR 78, are missing, but never discovered one missing yet.
Looks like Davison will be one of the pdfs around AIR 78/44
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_ep=AIR%2078%2F44&_dss=range&_ro=any&_st=advWW 2 RAF Service Record Still with MoDWe were very disappointed with my Grandfather's RAF Service Record (a Form 543) from MoD, because his "Form 1996." sent out from the RAF three months after his War death has identical information, as the Form 543.
Usually the Unit and Squadron Numbers only (with dates), qualifications and awards if any and next of kin, can be obtained from the Service Record or Form 1996 anyway.
But if you don't know the Unit/s and Squadron/s or Stations (places) where your RAF relative served, you will probably need to check their RAF Record.
A surviving member of his direct family, may already have some limited information (not everyone threw this stuff away), that they might be prepared to share with you? I've had a request for my Grandfather's from my Father's Cousin, I've never met and we have been swapping much family info by email scans. A great way, of learning about your family history too.
With a Surname and Service Number you might find him in The Gazette online, although I can't see anything with only a very quick name search.
Mark