Air Force Lookups - if you need help

[senteacher]

Hi, I wonder if you can help me find out more about my grandfather's time in the RAF. He was 1044922 Flt Sgt Pye, J. 3777 MU RCTF South East Asia Air Forces.

I don't know which squadron/s this involved. I do know he was based in the Shetlands and also in Egypt. Until a few years before he died he would not say anything about Burma (he was there at the end of the war) but began to tell me little bits before he died. He mentioned a place which he called Ming la dongh but I don't know whether this was an actual place or whether the name got garbled over the years.
Any help at all or suggestions of further reading would be gratefully received

[niblet]

james mcdonald mckinnie is my uncle buried in muthill cemetry
maggie mckinnie

[bleckie]

Hi niblet

We must be related down the line. The McDonalds out of Muthill were my mothers family.

Yours Aye
BruceL

[ike]

I wonder if you could shed any light on one of my uncles his name was Archibald Edward Goodall born 22 Aug. 1898. Edmonton, Middlesex. joined the flying corps in the first world war only have one photo of him in uniform. he was either in the fleet air arms as an air marshaler,[cant find anything on him in that] or air force as an air marshaler?. his nick name i belive was 'the captain' I can find nothing on him in the two years I have been searching. He has been a challenge to say the least,
thank you

[rafcommands]

Given his date of birth he would have had to reach senior rank to serve in WW2.

If service WW1 and preWW2 then his service record will have been transferred to the TNA

A quick search on Discovery for his full name, limited to AIR series gives the reference

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C11659854

Order this reference to get his record.

Regards
Ross

[ike]

thank uou for your reply.

[sspabl]

Hi, I wonder if you can help with some information. My late father Hugh Patrick Kelly served in the RAF for a brief time during WW2. His official number was 1153730. I have requested his record of service and note many hospitalisations both in England and in  Canada over a 4 year period. However, no reason was given for these. He was eventually discharged  as physically unfit for airforce service in March 44.
 I would like to know in what units he served and gain some insight to their activities and the reasons for periods in hospital and eventual discharge.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Thank you.

[EDO]

Good morning

Seeking more information re my cousin Waverley William  HARRIS who was killed 'in a fire fight' off Norway 11 January 1945. 

Family records reveal that he was attached to an RAF squadron based near Aberdeen SCO.

RAAF Nominal Roll information -
Name    HARRIS, WAVERLEY WILLIAM
Service    Royal Australian Air Force
Service Number    426459
Date of Birth    15 Apr 1924
Place of Birth    BRISBANE, QLD
Date of Enlistment    22 Jun 1942
Place of Enlistment    BRISBANE, QLD
Next of Kin    HARRIS, WILLIAM
Date of Death    11 Jan 1945
Rank    Flight Sergeant'

Any further information will be welcomed.

Your interest is appreciated.

EDO

[rafcommands]

Hi Edo,

Mosquito PZ190

More details in reply to a relative on my forum

http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?11127-Place-Flekke-Fjiord-Norway-Mosquito-Bomber-shot-down-in-Jan-1945

Although details of how to have his RAAF service record and casualty records digitised were given the relative does not seem to have progressed with this.

If you follow the details in the last post on the thread you will receive all the information on his service career that you could ever hope for.

Regards
Ross