Lost Bombers

[Garry Russell]

Quite a bit of info here

http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/

Garry

[DelP]

Excellent find Garry...

Derek ;-)

[DispatchDragon]

Couldnt agree more Del---- Lots to keep you entertained of a late night thank you Garry


Leif

[Tweek]

Had seen this site before, but never realised just how much information there is in there. The amount of work and research that must have gone into it... :o

[Hot_Charlie]

Been around for a couple of years now. Top site, and real commitment from one chap. A gold mine of information.

[Nigel H-J]

Brilliant find Garry, I knew a former pilot on Blenheims who lived near me until sadly passed away, told me he had been shot down flying one, bailed out and managed to get home. This was sometime before or during Dunkirk.

Still trying to do some digging there. His name was John Frost maybe P/O rank at that time.

Regards
Nigel.

[Garry Russell]

Sure is a useful site

Even thought a lot of the pages were last updated 2005 they can be probably be classed as up to date as they are likely to be.

There is only one Hudson listed.............does that mean there werew only a few of the type in Bomber Command?

That type interests me as my Mum's cousin was a gunner/radio in one for Coastal Command based in Northern Ireland and was shot at and the aircraft crippled by Americans.

It could not make it over the mountains and crashed killing all on board.

It would be nice to find some information on the incident.

Garry

[Hot_Charlie]

That type interests me as my Mum's cousin was a gunner/radio in one for Coastal Command based in Northern Ireland and was shot at and the aircraft crippled by Americans.

It could not make it over the mountains and crashed killing all on board.

It would be nice to find some information on the incident.

I suspect this book is too early for you Garry, as it only covers 1939-1941:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Royal-Force-Coa ... 267&sr=8-1

i suspect a vol.2 was planned, but I haven't seen it around, or listed on Amazon.

[Tweek]

"Although not an operational loss, this curious incident incident is recorded. AC2 lewis, from Morden, Manitoba, Canada, an airman who had failed his pilot's course, was supposed to be guarding L9207, when he decided to take it for a flight, which ended prematurely in the Thames estuary, and his body was never recovered. AC2 J.F.B.Lewis KIA "

Oops.

[Garry Russell]

Hi Charlie

It was 31 January 1943 which is odd as from what I can find out Limivady was no operational at that time although still in use

I don't know if there is a mistake on his base or perhaps he was there and moved as a some squadrans moved out of there to places like Wick

He is buried at Limavady in the RAF Graveyard there.

Not much known and until a few weeks ago we did not even know he burieal location.

Another possibbility is that he was stationed elswhere in NI. The original family info gleened during the war when little info was given out was he was buried at his base or at least that was how it was understood.

However all we really know is it was said he was based in NI and is buried at Limivady......I have seen his name on the grave list.

Garry