That CAA guy doesn’t *really* answer most of the questions… He’d make a great politician..

You think?

I get the impression he is trying to be diplomatic…;)

I was also involved…obliquely..:dev2:

one would presume he picked the codeword after his dog (not a bad presumption?!)….so both are historical facts….

Indeed,

But if the code name is left out why would it hurt the “story” ?

There are always going to be lots of facts that are not used, why does that one matter?

Babelfish says “Depart tomorrow for Duxford with Spitfire PR19 if all is well”
🙂

Reach for the Sky, plus Warlord and Wizard comics. Mid 70s.

it might seem a daft question, but why his he buried at Cranworth 40 miles from the sea???

Uummm…

Don’t know.

These oddities do crop up. I researched a man once who died in a naval airship that took off from East Fortune in Scotland. The airship crashed into the North Sea with the loss of all of the crew. The man’s body was recovered and he ended up being buried in East London, and he didn’t come from London either.

There will obviously be a reason, but sometimes they are not easy to work out:)

Jimbo – I think Ndege was maybe asking for advice on how to carry out the research himself rather than “who can tell me what about this Halifax?”

If I’m wrong Ndege please say so 🙂 (and provide the serial of course)

Roger Smith

Yeah, good point.

Depends where you start though, “My grandad was in a Halifax” compared to “My grandad was in a specific Halifax” so if you don’t know the answer to the first bit then the route is slightly different.

Have a look at the National Archives website and the RAF Museum website. They both have downloadable PDFs that can explain a lot.

Good Hunting,

Jim:)