RAF relatives sought...

[scrimnet]

I have received this on my Facebook wall...I wondered if anyone has a relative here???

Your help is needed, we are looking for relatives of:

P/O G.J. Cornish
Sgt. Sidney Reginald Cassey
Sgt. John Ratcliffe
F/S Richard Albert Royal

Handley Page Hampden Mk 1
VN AD 789 RAF 50 squadron.
Crashed 10-04-1941 near the town of Neer, the Netherlands.

Please help us by sharing this message.

These air men are honored at the Monument of Tolerance. For more information please visit:

www.facebook.nl/leudalmonument

[ShaunJ]

Here's the story of the incident from one of Sgt Cassey's relatives http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/21/a4389221.shtml

It's well worth a read

[DeeBoneham]

I have received this on my Facebook wall...I wondered if anyone has a relative here???

Your help is needed, we are looking for relatives of:

P/O G.J. Cornish
Sgt. Sidney Reginald Cassey
Sgt. John Ratcliffe
F/S Richard Albert Royal

Handley Page Hampden Mk 1
VN AD 789 RAF 50 squadron.
Crashed 10-04-1941 near the town of Neer, the Netherlands.

Please help us by sharing this message.

These air men are honored at the Monument of Tolerance. For more information please visit:

www.facebook.nl/leudalmonument

Ah is this one that Ria is looking for? Have you tried putting something on www.rafcommands.com/forum too? Need to find out whether there are any details of families on cwgc website then put something in the local papers!
Dee

[sandiep]

Here's the story of the incident from one of Sgt Cassey's relatives http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/21/a4389221.shtml

It's well worth a read

Have just read this......wondered how this person knew the pilot G Cornish had bailed out
did he live and admit what he had done.....it says on the facebook message that the men
were honored on the memorial ......would they have done that for the pilot if he had left
his crew to die?

[IMBER]

A quick Google suggests the pilot became a POW. More questions than answers in this story. I'd like to know more before getting too critical.

Imber

[DeeBoneham]

I have received this on my Facebook wall...I wondered if anyone has a relative here???

Your help is needed, we are looking for relatives of:

P/O G.J. Cornish
Sgt. Sidney Reginald Cassey
Sgt. John Ratcliffe
F/S Richard Albert Royal

Handley Page Hampden Mk 1
VN AD 789 RAF 50 squadron.
Crashed 10-04-1941 near the town of Neer, the Netherlands.

Please help us by sharing this message.

These air men are honored at the Monument of Tolerance. For more information please visit:

www.facebook.nl/leudalmonument

Might be worth Ria contacting this website: http://www.no-50-and-no-61-squadrons-association.co.uk

[DeeBoneham]

A quick Google suggests the pilot became a POW. More questions than answers in this story. I'd like to know more before getting too critical.

Imber

This is a reply from the Assn
The best I can help you with is the following link;
http://lostaircraft.com/database.php?lang=en&mode=viewentry&e=2567

This shows that P/O Cornish was taken Prisoner of War, the other were KIA, and they were on a raid to Dusseldorf.
This ties in with our Roll of Honour where the three KIA are listed.
Other than that I am afraid I cannot help any further.
Perhaps a posting on the squadron forum may yield some info. http://squadronforum.freeforums.org/no-50-and-no-61-squadrons-association-forum-f3.html

Good luck Scrimnet
Dee

[DeeBoneham]

For POW's you might try ADM199 as he goes down to Kew on a regular basis and may have or be able to get a repat report if you don't already have it
Dee