Ivor thank you so much,i cant believe two casualty groups i have both share Coltishall in common !.

I have only just started collecting WW2 RAF medal groups,so please any leads / ideas on finding out circumstances/ details etc are welcomed.Its a learning curve for me.

Again many thanks H

Thank you everybody for your help and time in tracing the above. Edgar i shall message you.

I really am grateful,its so fitting with your knowledge to trace this airman,and add the lost story to the medals i have.

Thank you H

(Now i just have one set left to trace ) :eagerness:

Thank you Edgar.That will help to narrow my search down a little. H

Can anyone please verify that on the last lot of pictures above,number 1,the item left is a primer pump cover ?.

Thanks H

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GOT HER :very_drunk: CHEERS EVERYONE !
A Motor boat of 40 ton, she was built in 1929. Requisitioned on 24th October 1940 and apparently used as an R.A. F. Air Sea Rescue vessel until 4th November 1940. From 5th November 1940 she was placed in Naval Service as an Air Rescue Craft based at Culver, Isle of Wight and was compulsorily acquired on 13th November 1940.

Re-allocated to Air Sea Rescue duties at Lyme Regis on 17th November 1943 and remained in service until handed over for disposal on 1st October 1946.

During her Naval Service she was manned by R.N. crew and is recorded as being at Southampton during January to July 1942, Yarmouth – July to October 1943 (refitting) Lyme Regis – November to December 1943. Portland -December 1943 to January 1944 (repairs) Lyme Regis – January to March 1944. Weymouth -March to May 1944 Padstow – May to June 1944. Falmouth – June to July 1944 (repairs) Lyme Regis July to October !944. Falmouth – October to December 1944 (repairs & refit) Clyde and Cambeltown until April 1946.

Shortly after World War II she was purchased by a Mr Muirhead and fitted out as a luxury cruiser powered by two Gardiner diesel engines and having no less than 10 berths, she was renamed ISLE OF COLONSAY and was used for some 30 years around the coasts of the British Isles.
In 1976 she was sold to a Mr Sim and again in 1984 she changed hands. On her way to the Mediterranean she went to the rescue of another vessel in the Bay of Biscay and towed her to Lisbon but shortly after leaving to resume her own journey she was struck by a large tanker and sunk without loss of life off Cape St Vincent.

Now the question,was she taking part on the 18th of April 1942 in the rescue of downed aircrew off Southampton ???