Help, Bomber Command Documentary

thanks to everyone who has replied so far.

Thanks Steve, i hope it goes well too. If its any good you are welcome to have a copy if yous end me a blank tape 🙂 should be another year or so before its finished (started)

Steve – yes, I’d give East Kirkby a call if I were you. I don’t know whether Mrs Emeny actually works there, or whether she just helps out at peak times, but I’m sure someone at EK will be able to point you in the right direction. Hope the documentary goes well.

Well, I still have two weeks before I have to hand it in. But it’s not our primary task to find him.

His name : GERMAIN, LOUIS, based at Yorkshire. He flew with the RAF, 40-43 in N-Africa and from 44 on missions above Germany and France.

He was a navigator on the Halifax

Geforce.

Was he in the RAF? And can you give a name and where he was based? There’s a couple of things worth trying. Also, how long do you have to do this?

Regards,

kev35

I need to find information on a French Halifax navigator, based in Yorkshire. I tried the RAF-veterans website, but they don’t give information to non-relatives. It’s for my history project.

Found the Aircrew Assoc. website now with a forum for contacting members. See:-
http://www.aircrew.org.uk/front.htm
mmitch.

How would you recomment getting in touch with her, through East Kirkby?

I am close. Im Lincoln City Centre Based while at University, Back here in Yorkshire the rest of the time 🙂 sadly close is a different matter when you want to get a bus in lincolnshire 🙁

thanks steve

Steve, another angle might be to include the experiences of the crew members who made it out through the escape network. I guess you’ve visited East Kirkby (you’re quite close to there if I recall), so I suggest you try to spend some time talking to Mrs Emeny in the Escape Museum; her late husband Ron was the last man out through the chain, and I spent an enthralling fifteen minutes talking to her last year. She had some very moving stories to tell, and I felt very priveleged to hear them. I just wish I could have spent longer talking to her.

Thanks guys……this is all been noted for later use

regards, steve

A useful website is:-
http://www.bomber-command.info/
I had a link for the Bomber Command Assoc. but appears to be down. There are also some squadron assoc. links on the RAF site.
mmitch

Hi, Steve.

I would think a good place to start would be the Aircrew Association, they might be able to put you in touch with others who could help. Your local branch of the RAFA might be helpful. The RAFA do have a website so if you can finf that address it might be worth pursuing. I think there might be an Air Gunners association too! A list of useful addresses appears about every three months in flypast. Another idea might be to put a letter in your local paper asking any veterans to contact you.

Hope this helps,

Regards,

kev35