Before this thread gets any bigger this topic, complete with the same photos, was visited here in depth: WW2 German fighter pilot saved U.S....
Also killed on the same day and buried in the same Libyan cemetery as F/Sgt Leslie Sinclair are: CWGC :: Casualty Details CWGC :: Casualty...
AC and AC2 (Aircraftman) were Royal Air Force non commissioned officer ranks similar to Private and Private First Class in the US military. BNAF...
Yes, I noticed that which is what started me on my long winded diatribe about IIIA. He may have written that as that was the day they were...
Where Stalag IIIA, Luckenwalde is concerned it is not only possible, it happened for certain. The German guards abandoned the camp on 21 April,...
Given that the same site says PB265 was a DeHavilland Mosquito I would be leery of thinking that Sgt Gordon was an Aussie. Chorley's 1944 losses...
I am positive, Kruska. The movie "36 Hours" is based on the short story by Dahl, himself an RAF pilot: 36 Hours (1965)
"36 Hours" with James Garner, based on the 1944 short story "Beware of the Dog" by Roald Dahl: Beware of the Dog (short story) - Wikipedia, the...
Plenty of information on your grandfather out there. There's a VFW post named after him in California: Col. Frank M. Brezina VFW Post 5431 -...
Have a look here. The entire book is online. The link takes you to the role of the catacombs in WWII: The World Odessit Club: Archives
It certainly couldn't hurt to try the German telephone book: Telefonbuch Deutschland - Telefonverzeichnis für deutsche Adressen mit Telefonnummer...
1943 | 1720 | Flight Archive Unfortunately the citation does not shed any light on their activities of 21/22 December 1943: Sgt A.J. Owen and...
Paul, Your cousin was the mid upper gunner on this Lancaster. The remainder of the crew is as follows: Stanley Ryder Young (Pilot) CWGC ::...
Yes, that story has done the rounds as it were. The rest of that story is rather interesting as well and can be found here: BBC - WW2 People's...
As the Elsan was located near the rear turret and the Lancaster had only one pilot more often than not an empty coffee can was used. I recall...
Jamie, Have a look here: http://www.ww2f.com/military-service-record-genealogical-research/37977-information-needed-w-cdr-j-k-buchanan.html...
Wow! Compared to its sequel "Force 10 from Navarone" "Guns of Navarone" is Oscar material. Having said that I wil agree with you about David...
Unfortunately, the BBC Peoples War website no longer accepts stories. Their archives are still open for searches. Over 47,000 stories were...
The aircraft's serial was JA928, coded OL-W. Have you obtained a copy of Searby's book 'The Great Raids - Peenemunde 17 August 1943'?
Sandra, Your great uncle was a Chindit: The Chindits Roll of Honour Short of finding someone who was with him when he was captured or killed it...
