Royal Canadian Air Force

[J.J.]

  welcome to Rootschat Dannybou!   Annie is actually quite the pro in all things military..she's just hoping we'll find her some information under some rock she hasn't turned.
J.J.

[liverpool annie]

Hi Danny and welcome to RootsChat !!   

Thank you for that ! .... I have quite a bit on these "boys " now .... not quite the "pro" I'd like to be ... but I get a big kick out of most things military !!

Thanks again !

Annie 

[J.J.]

by the way, Danny it was really nice of you to do a lookup in that publication...
Plus it didn't say anywhere else that one of the crew survived the crash...odd that one can be "slightly injured" when all others are killed...He must have had a hard time dealing with that....
Who is the search for, annie?

[liverpool annie]

Hi JJ !

It was for somebody on another site ... we were looking at Sgt G D Cumberbatch he was from Barbados and then we found two were Canadians ...... as WW2 isn't my forte ... I decided to see what I could find out !!  ... I love learning new things ... thank you for all the help !

Lancaster ED549 Gardening Mission

T/O 18.32 from Grimsby. Crashed at 03.08 while trying to land land at Langar Airfield, Nottinghamshire on return from a Gardening sortie. This was the first mission by 100 Squadron after they had received Lancasters and their mission area was St. Nazaire (another aircraft, ED559, crashed in the target area). All but one of the crew were killed.

F/Sgt G R Avey RCAF
Sgt B T Hallett
Sgt A H Spence
Sgt G D Cumberbatch
Sgt J Robinson
Sgt D S Davies Inj
F/Sgt R S Landry RCAF

[J.J.]

  well we've given you a few more sites to poke around in, then...
don't forget the resource board has information as well..
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,326105.0.html


and in case someone sees this page with 100 squadron mentioned, here's their main page
hopefully they are going to complete the project, as it isn't set up & working yet:
http://www.100squadron.info/main.html

[dannybou]

1943 and 1944 were the worst years for Bomber Command. Horrendous losses.

I've got quite a few publications on the RAF and RCAF and always willing to do lookups.

[J.J.]

  I'll remember to refer people to you...Do you know there is a board for military questions as well?
The armed force board:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,300.0.html

[liverpool annie]

well we've given you a few more sites to poke around in, then...
don't forget the resource board has information as well..
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,326105.0.html

Yes I'd been through the resources JJ ... but then I was lucky enough to get the death certificates too !

.... Thanks for the offer Danny .... like I said I'm just learning about WW2 especially the RAF and Far East POW's .... amazing  ... and heartbreaking .... but I keep going off on tangents when I see something else that catches my eye !!   ... thats why I can't get my Honour Rolls finished ... I "play" too much !!

Annie  

[J.J.]

going off on tangents

  Oh, My Goodness..I never do that!