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Offline DeeBoneham

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Re: Air Force Lookups - if you need help
« Reply #243 on: Monday 12 April 10 13:42 BST (UK) »
I would agree with Kyt that Errol is the very best person to contact ref RNZAF people. 
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« Reply #244 on: Monday 12 April 10 14:25 BST (UK) »
\\\\\\\\thank you for the replies.
I am in the process of joining rafcommands but from what I have seen there does not seem to be a facility to contact Errol Martyn... but I have accessed his profile.

May be like this forum... just post a query and hope for the best

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« Reply #245 on: Monday 12 April 10 14:55 BST (UK) »
Click on Errol's profile name and is e mail address will appear.

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« Reply #246 on: Monday 12 April 10 16:20 BST (UK) »
I must thank kyt again for the information sent.
To say I'm pleased would be an understatement.
A family story said Bertie Frankal was killed in the last air raid over Germany. I found this wasn't true, but didn't know how the story had arisen. I do now. It turns out that the crew he was a member of was the last 466 Squadron crew to be lost over enemy territory as a result of enemy action.
I'm delighted to have a picture of Bertie.


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Re: Air Force Lookups - if you need help
« Reply #247 on: Monday 12 April 10 20:06 BST (UK) »
Kyt

I should like to find my Father's airforce records. I dont have a great deal of info about him, only that he joined up in Jamaica in the late 40's and came over to England.  Dont know the exact year.  How old did they have to be to join up - 18.  If so, he was born in 1928, so that would mean he would have joined up in 1946.

Any help you could give would be very much appreciated.


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Re: Air Force Lookups - if you need help
« Reply #248 on: Tuesday 13 April 10 16:12 BST (UK) »
Some applicants were a bit naughty and changed their birth certificates so that they were older than they actually were.  There is a thread for West Indians on www.cfww2.com that you might like to register with or extra help.

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« Reply #249 on: Tuesday 13 April 10 18:03 BST (UK) »
This is a good site as well http://www.caribbeanaircrew-ww2.com/


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« Reply #250 on: Tuesday 13 April 10 18:58 BST (UK) »
Thanks Dee and Brian, I'll check both those sites out.


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« Reply #251 on: Wednesday 21 April 10 03:00 BST (UK) »
During the war we had two young air force boys billeted with us in Redcar, both only 21 at the time.  I would love to know what happened to them"

1462950   AC/2  Beets William H  (Billy)

11505502  AC 2 Heyworth William (Bill)

Billy Beets was originally from Field Barn, Dunton, Fakenham, Norfolk

The last we heard of them was when they were relocated,  Billy Beets to RAF Station  Syerston  Newark  Notts, and Bill Hayward to Lynemouth  Morpeth  Northumberland.  This was towards the end of 1941.

Is there any chance I couuld trace what became of them - they were lovely boys and made such a fuss of the (then) 9 year old me!

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