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castelnuovo Gentlemen, thak you for the responses. Bish, my GiL was not Canadian, he was born and raised in Manchester area.
Gentlemen, thak you for the responses. Bish, my GiL was not Canadian, he was born and raised in Manchester area.
Well, i won't hold that against him
Well, hopefully he should be on there and i hope your able to find what you need.
I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so
On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3
This page from the national Archives may be of some help. There are different places to look depending on when he was in
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/royal-air-force-personnel/
Though i don't know if it would include RCAF Squadrons or canadian pilots in the RAF, but worth a look.
castelnuovo He was with RAF in England, flying bombing missions over Germany. I will ask about his birth date. Any thoughts who to contact?
He was with RAF in England, flying bombing missions over Germany. I will ask about his birth date. Any thoughts who to contact?
Its my understanding that the radio operater was usually the one who gave first aid. He may have been a pilot in WW1, but by WW2 he would have been quite old by the standard of the rest of the crew, most of whom would be in their early 20's. Flying a Camel would be very different from a lancaster and he would not be certain to be the pilot, especially if he had not kept up his flying experiance during the war.
Birth date?
Get a trial membership (free) on Ancestry.com. It'll come up quick as I assume you know his name.
Ancestry.com is a combination of relatives who post stuff and folks who gather up stuff and try to sell it. So be careful. But you can get pretty good info quickly.
You should be able to get a birth cert., and if luck is on yoir side, service records.
Modeling is an excuse to buy books.
It's key to figure out what unit he was in. I assume it was the RCAF? In England, or India, or?
Do you have any idea what base?
What about his birth date?
A shorth history first.
In WW1 he was a fighter pilot flying Camels, scored few kills. He and his squadron were mentioned in a book "Ofensive Patrol".
In WW2 he flew Lancasters. My Mother in law sasy that he was a medic in them but I don't think so as lancasterd did not have a medic. Maybe some crewmembers were trained in first aid. And as a WW1 pilot it would make more sense if he were a pilot.
Any thoughts? Many thanks.
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