Finding a service number & record.

[jimmyg352]

Hello, hope someone can help. Even though I remember my Dad having some kind of diary/log from his time in the RAF-Coastal Command during WW2, I have no idea where it is now & for a very geeky reason I need to find both his service number & record if possible. He was RAF groundcrew & was an aero engine mechanic, (I'm intending to build a model of one of the types of aircraft he may have worked on & would like to replicate as near as possible)
 Any idea as to how to go about it?

 Thanks, Jim.

[[Ray]]

Hi Jim !

WELCOME to Rootschat!

You've been successful so far ( contacted Rootschat ) 

Why not tell us about him?
Name, dates?
You've told us some, what other  service details do you know?

We may be able to get you started?

Ray

[jimmyg352]

Blimey, that was quick!

  His name was Frank Grainger (pretty sure he was christened 'Frank' & not 'Francis'), born in Bishop Auckland in 1914.
 I remember him mentioning being based at Aldergrove, Silloth, Elgin, (Kinloss/Lossiemouth?) & Beaulieu. He never mentioned being in any other units other than Coastal Command. Aircraft he mentioned working on were Liberators, Blenheims, Hudsons, Ansons & Botha's.
 Not sure when he joined up but maybe early on. He was a bus mechanic before the war.

 Thanks again, It would be fantastic if you could help!
 Jim.

[KGarrad]

Service Records for personnel serving after 1920 are still with the MOD.
To apply, see: https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-service-records

You'll need his Death Certificate (if he has died) and his date of Birth; a service number is not required.
Cost will be £30, unless he, or your mother, are still alive.