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Hi All, I'm sure many of you have noted that reporting of casualties in the Second World War makes present day 'news' look shallow. You may not know that, in the case of the RCAF at least, this was deliberate. They would issue a press release for casualties with details on an airman's background, ed...

Hi Temujin, Well that is a connection. I'll add that to the Errata. Many Thanks, again. Of interest, perhaps, is that I found in the file on the loss of Sgt R.A. Bishop RCAF and Sgt D. Houston RCAF(USA) from the SS Shantung a listing on the other RAF and US volunteers involved. Totally off topic but...

Hi Temujin,

Many Thanks for investigating. I'll post that in the Errata.

No need for further info.

All the Best,

Paul

Hi All, Library and Archives Canada has fixed the problem with this airman's file, and I have found the information I was seeking there. LAC Charles Murray Edwards was a trained radio mechanic when he enlisted in the RCAF at 19, and his trade was Wireless & Electrical Maintance. His abilities receiv...

Hi Again, This is a question that I would usually find an answer to at the Library and Archive Canada site, but for some reason it refuses to load. I have brought this to their attention with no change yet, but perhaps someone on the site already has the answer. The site in question: https://recherc...

Hi All, Another airmen with a question of a Canadian connection F/L John Robert Browning Firth 62009 RAF was killed in the crash of a 406 Squadron Beaufighter X8222 attempting a single engine landing in poor visibility after shooting down a Do 217 bomber. In They Shall Grow Not Old he is listed as f...

Hi All, I seem to have hit a few bumps in the road updating They Shall Grow Not Old , all on the same date. First is Air Gunner Sgt Edward James Stansfield 1057672 RAF, lost from 408 Squadron Hampden AD829 August 29-29, 1942. TSGNO lists him from Hamilton, Ontario, and the Commonwealth War Graves Co...

Hi Temujin, Many Thanks. It would appear that Sgt Buckley did fly to Malta, and was evacuated later as ill. I'll make that note in his TSGNO entry. Nice to see the sources for the articles. These have been cut out of the images on the Canadian Virtual War Memorial, along with photo captions, with th...

Hi All. Happy New Year, I hope! In my research I have reached F/S Morton Haist Buckley , R66343, lost from 401 Sqn. August 19, 1942 during the operations supporting the landings at Dieppe. Of interest articles posted on his page at the Canadian Virtual War Memorial mention that he had been sent to M...

Hi Georgetanksherman,

Mea Culpa. I wrote the Chronology on the Bomber Command Website and just discovered that error myself.

Entirely my mistake. Sorry it caused confusion, and it will be corrected in the next update.

Paul Squires
Ventura Memorial Flight Association
Wetaskiwin, Alberta