Hope all of the following help
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Cambridgeshire/BassingbourncumKneesworthRAFGraves.html
There is a little bit on here
and a photo of the Grave on the link below
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=75104802
and here
https://www.flickr.com/photos/harlowirish/5488151739/
CWGC entry
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2650822/GITTINS,%20HAROLD%20BRYAN%20LIVINGSTON
and virtual memorial
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2650822
Jan 4 AFL
Finds him 90021 – E. Seymour “Wing Commander”. Directorate-General of Postings 23 Feb 1941
I wonder if he had an accident after June 1940 that precluded him for flying?
The last AFL I have access to (April 1945) him has him Sqn Ldr with Seniority 1941
According to the London Gazette he was still with the Auxiliary Air Force on 10/2/54 when he was reappointed to the acting rank of Wing Commander as a substantive Squadron Leader
So a very long RAF career if he stopped flying in 1940
A little background
Edward Seymour Williams was the sons of Sir John Lloyd Vaughan Seymour Williams who was knighted in 1925 and died in 1945
His background is therefore very typical of the pre-war Auxiliary Pilots and by profession he was a Solicitor
11th June 1941 – Hurricane I – L2055 – 56 OTU – spun into ground West Walton, Norfolk.
Thanks to http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?3006-Unaccounted-airmen-11-6-1941
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From http://pub8.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=641581985&frmid=154&msgid=916392&cmd=show
on 30/08/2012
Varsity nose
The following is the text of an e-mail that I received today, if you recognise yourself or know of this person could you please ask him to contact me.
Derek, website owner.
“I have had a request to help trace this gentleman – not much to go on but if you know him please let me know and ask him to contact Wright’s Garage to let them know what he wants doing with the Varsity Nose..
Below is a copy of the email I received.
Subject: WL627
Further to my previous comments, Anthony Wright has been pruning – and then some. The Varsity nose is now in a bit of a state, but I have the full recent story which may be of interest.
Apparently, some guy who lived Finningley way dropped in to Wright’s garage and put a deposit on the Varsity nose. It seems his dad had been in the RAF and been with 6 FTS. He was intending to start some sort of enthusiast/preservation group over there. About three years ago, he popped in one Saturday and paid the balance and said he would be back with a truck on Monday. He never showed – and Anthony doesn’t now know his name. So he hasn’t liked to get rid of the nose because it isn’t his – but it’s just been left there! If any reader knows who this guy is, can you get him to contact Wrights garage.”
Your e-mail [email]derekfrost@yahoo.co.uk[/email]
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?93345-Tail-Wheel-Find
Oxford – Similar conclusion here this also quotes the 2513 number, perhaps there is one number on each side
Will update our webpage with full credits given.
I presume that this is the website
http://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.co.uk/styled-5/styled-7/styled-187/index.html
A very worthwhile piece of work
?? & Israel ??
The Israeli ones were actually French aircraft used during the Suez Crisis
Does anyone know the pilots full name?
41905 Peter Leslie Dawbarn according to the London Gazette and not Dawburn
Here is a link to Peter’s first hand account of the incident
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/20/a4233520.shtml
Another one from the same period.
Must admit this is a bit of a mystery as I have nothing that pins it to Usworth in 1940.
It is possible that it could be Acklington as the Spitfire appears to be 610 Squadron (DW coded) and the Hurricane 43 Squadron (FT coded) and bthe were at Acklington in 1940
Usworth – August 15th 1940
One from Wing Commander Brian Thyne who was stationed at Usworth during the Battle of Britain
To the best of my recollection it has never been overall green, this was most likely XW276 as Twin Otter says.
XW276 was released when sufficient parts were finally sourced for G-BAGJ
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdjt42/6868045726/
It is G-BAGJ above is a photograph during repainting
It has also been in Desert Storm colours in the past
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?100971-North-East-Aircraft-Museum/page11
As the first of the civil gazelles it is a shame that it is not displayed as such
If they won’t fly a VC-10 in I doubt that they will allow a TriStar to land there.
under normal circumstances a Tristar needs 5,698 feet, VC10 6,380 feet (although the one at Brooklands was landed in about 3,500 feet)
Cosford is 3,890 feet
It is a shame that there could not have been a Transport Command Collection at Brize Norton
Although there has been no official announcement to the effect, last year marked 20 years since the flight of a UK Phantom and and several came ‘on the market’ so to speak, for private sale including the one at the Air & Ground auction, apparently without any adverse official reaction.
Anon.
I think the ending of our involvement with the CFE Treaty is what has lead to the British Phantoms becoming available
Having thought about this again.
There is one
Hurricane Pilot: The Wartime Letters of W.O. Harry L. Gill, D.F.M., 1940-1943 (New Brunswick Military Heritage) [Paperback]
which was published in Canada.
Gill flew wth 607 Squadron from Manston on Hurribombers
I also had extracts from the logbook of Sqn Ldr Dudley Craig & Flt Lt Ireson who also flew Hurribombers with 607 Squadron and photographs from Flt Lt P J T Stephenson
All of these have now been passed to the North East Aircraft Museum which now holds the Squadron display room and official Archives
In my humble opinion these were some of the most dangerous missions flown in WW2.
Single engine single seat fighters at low level against heavily defended targets.
607 Squadron and 402 Squadron were the first into battle with 607 being the trials squadron at Martlesham Heath.
Regards