I checked Ian Hogg's Infantry weapons of WW2 - no mention within. I note there is a modern M63 "tankler" Mauser. Could the model number be a typo?
Using Geoff's WW2 Search Engine I have found 171 names killed from HMS Goshawk. 102 of these were onboard the Almeda Star, enroute to Trinidad...
Source Armed Forces Memorial:- "ALSTON Forenames/Initials Michael Robert Rank Sqn Ldr Service Royal Air Force Service Number 108949 Station...
Daisy: As Barbados was a British colony in ww2, it probably would not have been possible for a British citizen to become a bajan citizen - post -...
There is the Mission to Seamen which is the modern day equivalent of the mariners Club. It is a place I have been meaning to visit, but did not...
No mention of Stringer in the local newspapers - however the names of survivors were not always published. The Registrar General's office in...
Daisy, sorry no joy here at the museum. As you rightly stated, survivors were housed near the Queens Park Savannah, with the Mainers Club in...
Daisy, I will be in the Museum this Friday and will do a check to see what, if any, info we have and get back to you
The crew of the Reliant that crashed on 25 Jan 1945 were: ALGAR, ROBERT HENLEY Initials: R H Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Sub-Lieutenant...
The RN Ship that dumped the old aircraft was HMS Campania, an escort carrier after the war in 1945. Hope this helps.
Lat/Long for Belle Vue, Ste Madeleine, San Fernando = 10.16.18N/61.25.50W Brasso seco Village - 10.44.33N/ 61.15.28W. A Museum search team visited...
There is a Belle Vue, South of San Fernando,and which is South of Pointe-a-Pierre, but definitely NO Light Belle Vue. Erich:Thank you for the...
I certainly do - and your copies are in better condition than what I have. Can I beg you for a high Res scan of the photos & chart? Will PM you my...
Pointe-a-Pierre is on the SW coast of Trinidad (where the oil refinery is located) Never heard of Light belle vue, but there is a Bonne Aventure...
I am not sure about the Reliant - I have been awol from the Museum for the last fortnight - but will check next week as to what types of a/c were...
VP 204 Squadron photograph. [IMG]
Thanks a lot Jan.
This photo of a PBM Mariner, was I am told, taken over Trinidad. I have my doubts. The nose number 212 P2 seem to indicate 212 Sqn (VP212) but I...
Charlie, Ancestry.co.uk is offering a free 14 day trial, I found this link: Leslie Phillips - UK, British Army Prisoners of War, 1939-1945 -...
My apologies for my long absence. What started as a simple request for a list of Trinidad aircrew in ww2, somehow got terribly out of hand!! I...
