RAF Waddington WW2

[ricky1]

Hi Pat

Do you know if he was born in England, as there were a lot of Canadians flying from airfields around Lincolnshire. The little village that I come from which is about 8 or 9 miles from Waddington has loads of graves for them killed in world war 2. He might not even have flown from Waddington as there are several airfields within a few miles of Waddington.

http://raf-lincolnshire.info/history/worldwar2.htm

ricky

[Beard grandchild]

Yes, Ginger was definately English - my Aunt is sure that he came more from the south of England. She is away at the moment, but I will  see if she knows what type of aircraft he flew. I've had a quick look on the 'lost bombers' site that you mentioned. Thats a new site that I hadn't found.
  It's really good of you all trying to help like this, to be honest, since I posted my last message on one of the WW2 sites in Jan.2008, I had resigned myself to never finding out who he was because I have tried all sorts of things since I became a Silver Surfer last July, with no luck at all.
   Thanks again,
      Pat.

[ricky1]

Hi Pat

If you could find out what sort of plane he flew, would help norrow down the airfield, as lots of them around Waddington, were just fighter bases. I am pretty certain Waddington was for Bombers. I will e-mail my uncle later tonite, as he was based at an RAF site in Lincolnshire, and he married me mums sister, and they came from Blankney, which is only a few miles from Waddington.

ricky

[Beard grandchild]

Hi Ricky,
   I phoned my Aunt and asked her about what planes Ginger flew, and she didn't know - as she said she was only about 8 when he was killed. What she did say though ,was that she was 95% sure that he was with Bomber Command.
My Mum was stationed at Waddington until about April 1944, as a wireless operator.
    Thanks again for your help,
       Pat.

[PeterCLovegrove]

Hi
I read with interest the blog about Peter Anthony Lovegrove as he was my uncle. I think you have already guessed it does not sound like you have found the person you are looking for as my uncle survived when the plane was shot down near Cloppenberg in Germany. He was taken prisoner. He later died falling from a building (reputedly looking for an escape route) in Stalag xx1B which is in Szubin in Poland. He is buried in Poznan. Good luck in your quest.

[Beard grandchild]

Thanks Peter,
Yes, I did eventually find 'Ginger' and his real name wasn't Peter at all - that was an alias he used when sending messages home!
Pat