Air Force Lookups - if you need help

[David Layne]

IainK wrote..................."(I found a great drawing, online, done by Allen, of a fellow prisoner!!!)"

Would you please provide us with a link.

[IainK]

Thanks annsa, I'll do that. I've since learnt of the recent(ish) death of G G Heyes.

The picture by B P Allen, done whilst at the Stalag III is at:

http://www.bombercrew.com/142/keen/through%20the%20wire.htm

Scroll across the drawings. It is of a baseball player.

[kalasira]

hi kyt
i thought it would be to good to be true i got all the picture,s out and put 1,to 3,etc to make it easy and set the scanner up already to and it would,nt work,and the reason it was,nt compatable with my laptop,as it was,nt for window,s vista as vista is quite new,so look,s like i will have to go out and buy one so you Will have to wait again hopefully not to long if i go to-morrow then hopefully we can have it done for Thursday with a bit of luck was going to go libray but you have to book the scanner a week in advance, all the best hope that info i sent you was o.k.Jacquie.

[liverpool annie]

Hi K !

Would you happen to know anything about this flyer please ? I'd appreciate the help ! 

Squadron Leader Wyndham Levy GRECH, obtained his aviator’s certificate on 19th July 1916. He had joined the Army in March as 2nd Lieutenant, but transferred to the newly formed Royal Flying Corps. During World War I he was involved in combat in the skies over France. With the outbreak of the World War II he joined the Royal Air Force, and for a time served as adjutant at Luqa RAF Station. He was born in 1890, the son of Mr and Mrs T. Levy Grech of Valletta, and having graduated from the University of Malta in 1913 as a Doctor of Laws, followed a legal career between the wars. He died in Malta in 1956

[Ruskie]

Kyt,

I wonder if you would be kind enough to check your documents for information about:

Flight Sgt Arthur Wright RAF
killed 30 June 1943 Khartoum
age 20 years

There are these numbers on the cross at his grave:
A114
1075181

Arthur was from Liverpool.

I'm especially interested in how he died but would be very grateful for anything at all.

Many thanks.

[kyt]

Could I please trouble you for any information you may have at ready access about my relative William (Billy) Shimmons, who was a RAF pilot in WWII.

Hi Chris

I'm looking for confirmation for a suspected loss, and then I shall get back to you. I believe he may have had his crash whilst with 87 Squadron. He was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in October 1940. I shall get back to you in the next day or so

Thomas Henry Phillips 

Birth: 13 Sep 1912 Lancashire

Death: June 1992  Lancashire

I know at one point he was based at the site that is now known as Ringway Airport.,Manchester and that he was a LAC.

Hi Tabbitha

I'm afraid, as a LAC and so probably groundcrew, he probably won't appear in the books. I would recommend that you apply for his service records, asking for photocopies of the originals:

http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/raf.html

Depending upon when he served at RAF Ringway, he may have been involved with the Parachute School, or the Air Transport Auxiliary

Sorry I can't be of more help at this stage

hi kyt
i thought it would be to good to be true i got all the picture,s out and put 1,to 3,etc to make it easy and set the scanner up already to and it would,nt work,and the reason it was,nt compatable with my laptop,as it was,nt for window,s vista as vista is quite new,so look,s like i will have to go out and buy one so you Will have to wait again hopefully not to long if i go to-morrow then hopefully we can have it done for Thursday with a bit of luck was going to go libray but you have to book the scanner a week in advance, all the best hope that info i sent you was o.k.Jacquie.

Sorry to hear about the scanner problems Jackie.

Did you have a look at the link I posted about Picton?

http://www.ontarioabandonedplaces.com/cfbpicton/picton.asp

[kyt]

Kyt,

I wonder if you would be kind enough to check your documents for information about:

Flight Sgt Arthur Wright RAF
killed 30 June 1943 Khartoum
age 20 years

There are these numbers on the cross at his grave:
A114
1075181

Arthur was from Liverpool.

I'm especially interested in how he died but would be very grateful for anything at all.

Many thanks.

Hi Ruskie

Wright was killed in a Hudson crash that was ferrying aircrew. From the aircraft serial listing, Hudson FK618 -  "Spiralled into ground near Khartoum, Sudan Jun 30, 1943; presumed overloaded" The guys on rafcommands discussed this loss and another in similar circumstances back in 2003. Best to read the thread than me repeating it

http://www.rafcommands.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=3244&forum=DCForumID6

K

[koitaki]

Many thanks indeed Kyt   
Dunno how you apparently find these details so easily - I scoured the internet's "vast" resources for some time without any hint of success!
One thing - I'm not sure if by "possible loss" you're inferring that he was killed in action.  Just to clarify, he survived the war and went back to Ireland (apologies, I didn't include this in my original post).  I believe a family member has a newspaper interview with him post-war which I'm also trying to locate.
Thanks again Kyt, very much appreciated!

[Ruskie]

Fantastic Kyt - thank you SO much for the information and the link!