Personally I think there’s far more important things to worry about in life than whether someone has spelt something correctly on an internet forum. I don’t get why people feel they need to correct people’s spelling & grammar at all, I really don’t. I’ve far more important, and better things to do. Why concern yourself with it? It’s like the High Vis police when I’m working, or the “Lights” Police when I am on the motorway and it’s dusk. If people concentrated more on what they are doing rather than concentrating on other people then the world will be a better palce. (oops, did I spell that wrong? 😉 )

If you think the Spelling & Grammar Police are bad here, you should try and frequent PPRuNe 😉

So

a) it wasn’t a passenger “jet”
b) it wasn’t Aer Lingus
c) he was actually cleared
d) let’s not let the truth get in the way of a sensational story/headline.

I am losing the will to live. :rolleyes:

Kev, that’s the same link I posted above. Do you know if there’s any difference in the records you can get if you are/aren’t next of kin?

I really can’t imagine any possible future for Baby as part of IAG, so I fear it may be the end if LH don’t find a buyer, unless of course IAG could persuade FlyBe (part owned by BA) to take it off it’s hands.

That will never happen. Flybe wants bmi Baby to “disappear”. Baby is of no use to Flybe whatsoever. IAG, or BA own 15% of Flybe, but they are a silent partner and have no voice in what goes on within Flybe.

Peter

You should be able to obtain his Battalion War Diaries from http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk and his service records from the M.O.D website, found here

Of course, alot would depend on which war they fought in. If you have as much info as possible that would be a start. Have you got these details?

Full Name:
Service:
Service No:
Nationality:
Date of Death:
Regiment:
Battalion:

If they served in WWI it will be very difficult to find alot of information. As Kev35 found out for me, about half of WW1 service records were destroyed in the Blitz in WWII. Battalion War Diaries are hard to find because of the very nature of the way Battalions were made up in WWI. Alot of them changed names, amalgamated or disbanded during and at the end of the war.

I am off to the National Archives again in January for my own research. If you find any reference numbers there then you can order copies through their website. This does become expensive though and the best way to obtain the records is to visit them and take a camera.

Hope this helps

Dean

Probably because chimps only live on average between 30-40 years old, and “Cheetah” most likely turned his toes up around the time that Apollo 14 landed on the moon 😉