Locating ex-WWII aircrew

Bit late now I expect but here is a good site although it is mainly groundcrew, aircrews have posted here

http://www.ww2groundcrew.com

Thanks a lot Geoff

Whitley_project,

The date was actually the night of 5th/6th September 1943, this is the info from BCL 1943,

9 sqn Lancaster I, R5744, WS-E, Op: Mannheim.

Sgt R A Knight, Sgt T W Bradford, Sgt G A Munro RCAF, Sgt D G Connor, Sgt C A Davis RCAF, Sgt J W Noble, Sgt R G Nelson – all killed. T/o 20.27 Bardney. Crashed at Rheingonheim on the W bank of the Rhine, some 4 km S from the centre of Ludwigshafen, where all where buried. Since the cessation of hostilities, their bodies have been exhumed and transferred to Durnbach War Cemetery.

Another 9 sqn Lanc was also lost that night, ED666, which crashed at Ludwigshafen. All the crew were killed, and are now buried at Durnbach.

R5744 had previously served with 49 sqn.

Geoff.

Thanks for your advice everyone.

I checked the commonwealth ward graves site and sadly found the entire crew were killed in a 9 Sqn Lanc (5 Group) on 3 September 1943.

Does anyone have bomber command losses for 1943? I’d be grateful for a bit more info if possible.

The pilot of the aircraft was R A Knight

Many thanks

Elliott

Alternatively

http://www.19otu.org.uk/

RAFA and British Legion magazines have worked for me in the past, though they do charge for the privilage.

http://www.modreunited.com/

If you have their names you could try a search on the CWGC website first. This may give you an indication of how many of them survived the war.

Cheers
Linzee