Thanks everyone!! Knew I could rely on the best historic forum on the net!!
Barnstormer… cheers mate. that tells us it must have been my friends great uncle. Must have been there when the photo was taken. Like you say, must have had a special meaning to him.

Thanks all.

Ivan (and Mike!)

£85 on the internet! Was it someone here???!!!

At Last!!

Thankyou for that Bruce. Sad to hear about Geoff Copeman.
As it happens, I managed to get in touch with Barry Meade, the son of Victor Meade, who was the Air Bomber on RF124. he was in my area last week and we met up to swap pictures and documentation. Barry never met his father. His Father and Mother married on the 19th May 1944. The aircraft crashed on May 17th 1945. They were only together for 3 weeks of that year. His Moms father refused to let them marry until Victor had completed his 30 missions, which he did. He then signed up to the RAFVR.
He has supplied me with a signed photo of the crew of RF124, minus Ronnie O’Donnell for some reason (maybe he took the photo??). Thats no problem as I already have photos of Ronnie and also John Sills.
I hope you find the following pieces interesting. Take a look particularly at the post card from John Sills. Look at the dates of the writing and of the post mark. Makes the last couple of lines all the more poignant. 🙁
Although I now have all the crews pictures, I still want to continue to trace relatives, to pass on mementoes from the 60th anniversary memorial service.
Incidentally, Barry Meade currently flies a rather nice 1947 Cessna 120!!