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A little competition for you.

Hi all,
Have a spare copy of “Drem,Scotlands Spitfire Airfield”.
Answer this question and will send it on to you…….

Give me the names and Nationalities of the first 2 Commonwealth Airmen killed flying from Drem in 1939, easy as that……….

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By: Drem - 27th December 2007 at 14:50

Correct……………………………
Send me an address and I will get the copy of to you soon as poss.

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By: kev35 - 27th December 2007 at 12:09

Drem.

I believe you are looking for the following two gentlemen, both of whom are buried at Dirleton Cemetery.

41821 Pilot Officer Frederick Alan Bishop (Pilot) aged 23. Son of Albert and Susannah Mary Bishop of Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia.

41827 Pilot Officer Keith Bartram Chiazzari (Pilot) aged 19. Son of Henry William and Elsie Honoria Chiazzari of Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa.

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By: Drem - 27th December 2007 at 00:20

OK, not who I am looking for, let me give you a clue…………………………Australian and South African……………………………..
Date is 14 Sept, 1939.
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By: markstringer - 27th December 2007 at 00:09

at a guess by googling,

canadian and british (part of the commonwealth)

of course i’m not including the yanks or the poles……

Until tonight the death toll during the battle was just numbers until i browsed every single name. Really brings it home what those boys did for us….

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By: Papa Lima - 26th December 2007 at 23:48

Only one possible found by Googling:
Horace Overall, Canadian, November 1939, 41 Sqn
Coincidentally, my late father served at Drem before WW2.

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By: Scorpion89 - 26th December 2007 at 23:42

Irish and Canadian

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