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Way back in October 1991 I visited the places that my Dad and his next youngest brother (1st btn The Rifle Brigade, part of 22 Armoured Brigade,...
Hi Pat I wonder how the researcher could reach a "positive conclusion" on an attack without identifying the lone pilot/or pilots and squadron...
Hello Pat A great pity, as you probably drove right past the place - the Longues battery was famous for one day - and the command bunker in the...
Hi Pat Nice photos - seems as if a good time was had by all - as you were at the Longues-sur-mer battery did you show them the memorial just...
Well done Pat - what a coup!! Allan
A new one for us - Grumman Avengers of 854 and 855 FAA Squadrons of the Royal Navy operating with Coastal Command on "Channel Stop" anti-shipping...
Welcome Matt Nice to hear about another side of the Normandy battlefield. cheers Allan
Thanks Pat - both films are very interesting - way back between 1952 and 1955 I lived in Moret-sur-Loing and Fontainebleau where Dad was on NATO...
Thanks Pat "Health and Safety" stops so many things these days that we did without harm when we were younger - but in a society that sues at...
Hi Pat Does that mean we need a page on USAAF heavies lost over Normandy?! regards Allan
John Marcus Wesley was 21, and he is commemorated on panel 209 of the Runnymede memorial - the information for all of the crew can be found on...
Thanks Jason Sounds good - keep us all advised how you get on. cheers Allan
Hi Jason Welcome to Whitebeam - if any of those D-Day veterans you met have put their stories to print, or if you have anything from them,...
Fellow forum members might find this link of interest, showing access to British Government "London Gazette" publications...
Welcome aboard Patricia Prior to D-Day the US 29th Infantry Division was based in Cornwall in the far south-west of the UK where I live. You...
Hello Charles Thanks for the explanation - pleased to help with the Membury links, will still keep searching for anything relevant on the...
Hello Charles Whilst trying to do some research for you on the Elmira mission I noticed on...
Hi Ken A belated welcome from me as well - apologies. Allan
Welcome Charles I look forward to anything you can add to our knowledge of glider operations in Normandy, my late father was in the RAF at B.11...
French civilians around the battery at Longues in 1946, also film of the remains of the Mulberry Harbour...