I can only hope that someone in the UK can help me find information on this pilot:
Pilot Officer E. Statters RAF No. # unknown
P/O E. Statters and Sgt. Kenneth Green (RAF#1321270) were flying with No. 1 Operational Unit at Bagotville, Quebec in May of 1943. Green had finished his EFTS and SFTS in April of that year. The pair were in Course No. 10 at No. 1 OTU that commenced in April 4, 1943 and on May 12 that pair were on a routine flight formation. Green flying a/c No. 20 – (serial 5426) and Statters flying a/c No. 7 (serial unknown). The pair got separated while descending through a cloud deck with Statters making it back to Bagotville. Green’s aircraft may of had a faulty compass and hence getting lost in the clouds. He was seen flying over a logging village about a 100 miles SW of the base and heading east. After a lengthy search the RCAF found a small lake with a hole in the middle. Local trappers called the station to say that the hole had to have been made by a falling object. This is where the RCAF concluded where Green crashed and died.
Statters was head back from graduating from Course 10 and finished his training with Course 11. What happened to Statters after his training at Bagotville is unknown. He survived WWII but I have no clues as to where he went when returning to the UK
Can anyone shed some light on P/O Statters while he was back in the UK?
Thanks
Lee
[email]walshlee@hotmail.com[/email]
By: RPSmith - 17th February 2009 at 18:21
Have you tried these?
http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/libraries/local_studies/index.php
Roger Smith.
By: walshlee - 17th February 2009 at 03:32
Any 193 Historians in the UK??
Can anyone help me find any clues on Statters??
I have written to a number of people in the HULL area and still have no leads can anyone in the UK offer any clues?
Are their any No. 193 books that have been written?
Lee
Toronto Canada
[email]walshlee@hotmail.com[/email]
By: walshlee - 3rd February 2008 at 19:56
Photo of the Sgt Green’s Hurricane and crashsite
Here is a picture of Sgt Green’s Hurricane while flying with No. 1 Operational Training Unit at Bagotville. No. 20 was the aircraft he was fliying, I cannot confirm if this photo is of No.20/ RCAF serial 5624 or it’s replacement after Green went missing in it in May ’43.
The other photo is a Google Earth shoot of the region.
The final photo (Spring ’43) is a poor one of the No. 34 SFTS (Course 69) at Medicine Hat where Sgt Green graduated from prior to deployment with No. 1 OTU (Course 10) weeks later.
By: walshlee - 3rd February 2008 at 01:33
Here is a Picture of P/O Edward “Ned” Statters
Photo taken at St. Croix Sur Mer, Normandy August 1st, 1944
Now if I can only find the Pub he owned in Hull, England.
There are 100s of ’em : (
By: walshlee - 2nd February 2008 at 23:43
Anyone know Ned Statters in Hull, England?
I posted the same link on RAF commands and got a hit:
There was a Flg Off E.Statters (151571) who completed an operational tour with 193 Sqn (Typhoons) on 17 December 1944. Known as ‘Ned’ (usually short for Edwin) he was with the squadron from at least April 44 – possibly earlier.
I understand that Ned owned a Pub in Hull, does anyone know anything about this?
Are there any published books on No. 193’s History?
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February 2, 2008 at 6:18 pm