Lancaster B.I bomber (code name AA-Q, fuselage No. Hotel Kilo 569). of 75 (NZ) Squadron RAF.
We have photos of 3 of them and would like to have them all but most of all
Tail Gunner: No: 928092 Flt/Sgt Henry John Hiscox (35) RAFVR of Newport, Wales.
You may remember back in May 2010 of a Dutch lady that had been tending a grave in Holland for 45 years.
Barrie and I was responsible for it see links below the crew names.
We would also like to try and trace what happend to
Air Bomber: No: 1459875 Sgt T.G. Little (25) RAF(?) of n/k ex POW
The crew of HK 569:
Pilot: No: 422057 Flt/Sgt Neil Douglas Davidson (21) RNZAF of Porangahau, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Flight Engineer: No: 994220 Sgt. Robert Gerald Sloman (24) RAFVR of Snodland, Kent, England
Navigator: No: 1323147 Sgt. Arthur Ernest John Goddard (22) RAFVR of North End, Portsmouth, England
Wireless Operator: Air Gunner: No: 1501099 Sgt Douglas Corris (25) RAFVR of n/k England
Mid-Upper Gunner: No :1896528 Sgt. Raymond Stanley Lang (32) RAFVR of Streatham, London, England
Air Bomber: No: 1459875 Sgt T.G. Little (25) RAF(?) of n/k
Tail Gunner: No: 928092 Flt/Sgt Henry John Hiscox (35) RAFVR of Newport, Wales
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By: Lion Rock - 23rd January 2011 at 08:56
75 (NZ) Sqn
Ranroz – check your PM’s
By: ranroz - 22nd January 2011 at 01:27
Thanks JDK
We just hope that we can get photos of all the crew one day.
The Dutch lady would love to see the man in the grave, she sees him not as a WWII Air gunner more like a brother.
By: JDK - 22nd January 2011 at 00:43
Good luck!
Lancaster B.I bomber (code name AA-Q, fuselage No. Hotel Kilo 569). of 75 (NZ) Squadron RAF.
Just a quick couple of comments for precision in data – ‘HK569’ is the RAF serial number, ‘AA’ the squadron code, ‘Q’ the aircraft’s own code letter, representing them as ‘AA-Q’ is pretty standard, so that’s OK. Each term has a specific meaning, while ‘fuselage number’ and ‘code name’ don’t, and can be confused with other items (fuselage part serial, an aircraft’s specific operation code name).
Referring to Delve’s Source book of the RAF, the aircraft would’ve been known as ‘Q’ for (usually) ‘Queenie’. Certainly not the modern ‘Quebec’. For the two letters mentioned earlier, in other contexts the W.W.II crew would probably have recognised ‘Harry’ / ‘How’ ‘King’, the RAF’s alphabet changing in 1942.
‘Hotel Kilo’ is a modern (post ’56) phonetic alphabet form; I’m not aware of any normal occasion where the aircraft’s serial would be given in such form, a phonetic alphabet being used for transmissions rather than record-keeping. The normal format – certainly in writing – would just be HK569, maybe HK569 ‘Queenie’ / Q, squadrons usually having several different aircraft (each with its own serial) that bore the code letter, sometimes sequentially (replacement ‘Queenies’) very occasionally at the same time.
Anyway, use ‘HK569’ which will be much more accessible in internet searches and the like.
HTH
By: ranroz - 22nd January 2011 at 00:29
This is the lady that looks after the grave of Flt Sgt Hiscox and has done so for 45 years.
In the photo she is standing with 3 Air Gunners after she had recieved a large photo of a Lancaster from Air Cdr C Clarke OBE.
L-R
WO David Fellows, WO Bernie Harris and WO Stan Bradshaw DFM
By: ranroz - 22nd January 2011 at 00:13
We have the photo’s of the three crew below and it would be nice to bring all the crew back together one day.
Pilot: No: 422057 Flt/Sgt Neil Douglas Davidson (21) RNZAF of Porangahau, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Flight Engineer: No: 994220 Sgt. Robert Gerald Sloman (24) RAFVR of Snodland, Kent, England
Navigator: No: 1323147 Sgt. Arthur Ernest John Goddard (22) RAFVR of North End, Portsmouth, England
If you would like me to add the photo’s I can do it let me know
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January 21, 2011 at 1:44 pm