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Offline Mike in Cumbria

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Re: WW2 USAF personnel who died in the UK - death certificates
« Reply #18 on: Sunday 04 December 16 22:24 GMT (UK) »
Why don't you  try to find  a US Veterans Agency  web site based in The US.

Or alternatively  search for a United States ex-services  web Forum

And you think that they might have a death certificate?

I don't.

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Re: WW2 USAF personnel who died in the UK - death certificates
« Reply #19 on: Sunday 04 December 16 22:26 GMT (UK) »
Good luck. There must be a certificate somewhere, just a matter of finding it! Do let us know if you have any success.

I'll report back as and when I get any further info.

Thanks to everyone for the replies, suggestions and help.

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Re: WW2 USAF personnel who died in the UK - death certificates
« Reply #20 on: Sunday 04 December 16 22:32 GMT (UK) »
The Visiting Forces Act 1952     may contain  some  clauses or sections which relate  to your question.

That was after he died though.
         The 1952  Act  probably replaced  an earlier act   with similar provisions.

Secondly,   The Geneva Convention   possibly contained provision for deaths in combat  on enemy territory.
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Re: WW2 USAF personnel who died in the UK - death certificates
« Reply #21 on: Sunday 04 December 16 22:35 GMT (UK) »
The Visiting Forces Act 1952     may contain  some  clauses or sections which relate  to your question.

That was after he died though.
         The 1952  Act  probably replaced  an earlier act   with similar provisions.

Secondly,   The Geneva Convention   possibly contained provision for deaths in combat  on enemy territory.

None of this has any relevance to Boo's search for a death certificate though, and just confuses the issue.


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Re: WW2 USAF personnel who died in the UK - death certificates
« Reply #22 on: Sunday 04 December 16 22:43 GMT (UK) »
I am grateful for all of the replies, but to save anyone poking around for stuff I already have the documents I have for James (so far!) can be viewed here
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9dvypykg3c5ekly/AAAAxnwoVzs91YXIxgz6OWE9a?dl=0

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Re: WW2 USAF personnel who died in the UK - death certificates
« Reply #23 on: Sunday 04 December 16 23:43 GMT (UK) »
The Visiting Forces Act 1952     may contain  some  clauses or sections which relate  to your question.

That was after he died though.
         The 1952  Act  probably replaced  an earlier act   with similar provisions.

Secondly,   The Geneva Convention   possibly contained provision for deaths in combat  on enemy territory.

None of this has any relevance to Boo's search for a death certificate though, and just confuses the issue.
      The relevance is that there would be a "protocol"   or  an agreement  between the allies  as to how to deal with certain eventualities.
Just as there were agreements  concerning the BAOR  and later BFG.       
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Re: WW2 USAF personnel who died in the UK - death certificates
« Reply #24 on: Sunday 04 December 16 23:56 GMT (UK) »
The Visiting Forces Act 1952     may contain  some  clauses or sections which relate  to your question.

That was after he died though.
         The 1952  Act  probably replaced  an earlier act   with similar provisions.

Secondly,   The Geneva Convention   possibly contained provision for deaths in combat  on enemy territory.

None of this has any relevance to Boo's search for a death certificate though, and just confuses the issue.
      The relevance is that there would be a "protocol"   or  an agreement  between the allies  as to how to deal with certain eventualities.
Just as there were agreements  concerning the BAOR  and later BFG.       

What has Roald Dahl's BFG got to do with it?! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: WW2 USAF personnel who died in the UK - death certificates
« Reply #25 on: Sunday 04 December 16 23:58 GMT (UK) »
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Re: WW2 USAF personnel who died in the UK - death certificates
« Reply #26 on: Monday 05 December 16 00:38 GMT (UK) »
"Death and marriage records of U.S citizens that occurred in a foreign country

Reports of deaths of persons serving in the Armed Forces of the United States (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, or Coast Guard) or civilian employees of the Department of Defense are not maintained by the U.S. Department of State. In these cases, requests for copies of records should be sent to the National Personnel Records Center (Military Personnel Records), 9700 Page Ave., St. Louis, Missouri 63132-5100."

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/foreign.htm
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