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Help - Albert Cyril John Falkenstein
« on: Friday 10 February 17 14:04 GMT (UK) »
Looking for any info on Albert Cyril John Falkenstein and his service and battles fought in world war 2. All I know is he served as gunner with Royal Air Force volunteer reserve 356 squadron 

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Re: Help - Albert Cyril John Falkenstein
« Reply #1 on: Friday 10 February 17 14:20 GMT (UK) »
His service record will be with the MOD; details of how to apply for a copy:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=651361.0

My uncle was RAFVR and a gunner; some years ago I sent for his service record.......he was moved around England like a billiard ball!     Now buried in a French churchyard with his crew.
Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick)   all LDN area/suburbs  Ottley/ MDX,
Henman/ KNT   Gandy/LDN before 1830  Burgess/LDN
Barham/SFK   Rainer/CAN (Toronto) Gillians/CAN  Sturgeon/CAN (Vancouver)
Bailey/LDN Page/KNT   Paling/WA (var)



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Re: Help - Albert Cyril John Falkenstein
« Reply #2 on: Friday 10 February 17 14:23 GMT (UK) »
Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick)   all LDN area/suburbs  Ottley/ MDX,
Henman/ KNT   Gandy/LDN before 1830  Burgess/LDN
Barham/SFK   Rainer/CAN (Toronto) Gillians/CAN  Sturgeon/CAN (Vancouver)
Bailey/LDN Page/KNT   Paling/WA (var)



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Re: Help - Albert Cyril John Falkenstein
« Reply #3 on: Friday 10 February 17 18:26 GMT (UK) »
No. 356 Sqn was flying B24 Liberators.
Besides Falkenstein, this man was also lost: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2085013/
According to this site: http://www.aircrew-saltire.org/lib210.htm

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