Is there any good starting point for trying to find out who would have been at a certain station during a particular period?
My father was adopted during the war and in the last couple of weeks he has finally tracked down his natural mother who is still alive, something we never expected. She had a brief affair with someone in the RAF (she was a rather young WAAF and it explains aviation being in the blood), we have an approximate date and surname but only know it was somewhere in the Hull area.
All rather vague but we want to try so any suggestions or advice would be really appreciated.
By: inkworm - 14th January 2013 at 21:07
Father’s name is blank on the birth certificate so we’ve always assumed we’d never find out, pm sent with details.
By: Jim C - 14th January 2013 at 21:00
Do you have your father’s birth certificate to see if his father’s name is on it? If you let me know your grandmother’s maiden name I’ll have a look on Ancestry for you, may find a few clues 🙂
By: Mayhem Marshy - 14th January 2013 at 20:39
ORBs are a good shout. They are available online for around £3 for any one month, so find the local squadrons and ask for their ORBs for that August. They came up trumps for me whilst looking for my great uncle who was killed in a crash off Cornwall. I know your quest is a bit more of a long shot, but the ORBs are a pretty good starting point
Best of luck with your search
Marts
By: Arabella-Cox - 14th January 2013 at 20:31
If you want to grind – try the ORB’s held at Kew for likely candidate stations/establishments and go through them for the time frame.
In my experience airmen/women get a mention if they are arriving for a course, are posted or something else that warrants inclusion. Sometimes you’ll find movement orders included which will list every person from the unit and where they are going to from if there is a detachment going out somewhere.
By: FarlamAirframes - 14th January 2013 at 20:10
If the natural mother was a WAAF can you find her service records and see what stations she was at ?
By: inkworm - 14th January 2013 at 19:46
All we’ve got to go on is the name Morley (or variation of) somewhere in the Hull region and August 1942, not a lot to go on really and we may well be clutching at straws.
By: TwinOtter23 - 14th January 2013 at 19:01
Do you have any leads at all, RAF station, squadron, aircraft types, trade etc.?
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January 14, 2013 at 6:42 pm