Hello (_?_), You certainly seem to have stumbled onto a mystery or an amazing co-incidence of similar names in service. As you are no doubt aware...
Dirk, What I have is as follows: 27-28 September 1943 Halifax LW230 ‘G’ FTR Hanover, Germany. Pilot F/Lt William Brian Smith...
Hello Dirk, The best I can offer is that the pilot, William Brian Smith had at least 19 operations to his credit when lost. The full names of the...
Hello Alan, This message may appear twice. The first one I composed seems to have ended up in the either somewhere. I am very pleased to hear...
Hello Michelle, I can offer you a list of 26 Operations in which your grandfather flew. F/Sgt Lewis Spraggs, RCAF, flew his first Op with 78 Sqdn...
Hello Kim, Many thanks for your prompt reply. It is most encouraging. Many thanks for the addition details about Sherman. If you can tell me...
Hello Kim, I can offer you the following crew details. I would be grateful, if there any apparent merit in it, to ask Granddad Philip if he would...
Hello Chris, My heart goes out to Ronald's father. What he must have gone through is too terrible to contemplate. I wonder if Ronald (sorry...
Hello Chris, Ronald's father no doubt understood war is an aberration and one of life's worse tragedies and had read . . . " In peace time sons...
Hello Rob Foale, Forgive my absence from this forum. I retired in december and moved from Toronto to New Brunswick and have been very much caught...
Hello, Just surfed on to this message while doing research on Russel. If you would like to know more about Collaris (de Bie) & company, perhaps I...
Hello Roger, The rank & file data is spare for 78 Sqdn in the early records. Usually only a family name rank and trades are shown in the postings...
Hello WWII Forum Members My name is Michael. I only learned about this website a short while ago and 'signed-up' in order answer a posted message...
Hello Neil, Inspired as you are by an RCAF uncle who died serving with 'Preston's Own' RAF, I studied 78 Sqdn in depth and in great detail until...
