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Greetings, hope everyone is well ! Looking for info on F/O D.J. Matthews, RCAF, J/25046, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. Graduated Air Observation School No. 10, Chatham, N.B., 02/04/43 Can not find any other info on him, being 1943, I don't think he was part of the mass exodus of 1942 transferring to th...

Brilliant Phil……..I learned something new today and have to remember that when looking at WW1 (K) documents. And you explanation makes total sense. The second document, I believe is not a typo, but the letter K, as he was proceeding from Kimmel Park to Canada, so the K may have meant any draft from ...

War Diaries of the 2nd CMR on his arrival on 18 Aug 1918

War Diaries of the 2nd CMR for Sept 1918, a few screen shots of action on the 29 Sept 1918, day he was wounded

https://canadiangreatwarproject.com/dia ... e001126741

I can’t help you with the “K”, I’ve never seen this on a military record of WW1 I download his file, and has a lot of information, note he was transferred to the 2nd CMR (Canadian Mounted Rifles) and was wounded while with them. His records also contain other wounds he received. If you would like sp...

I can’t confirm his aircraft is in this photo, but nice photo of Canadian Lancaster lined up in England prior to their departure to Canada

Hi I am the daughter of Samuel Davidson who was in the rear gunner position when the Lancaster flown by Acree crashed in the Azores. My father was in the water walking along the wing and then hanging onto a tire. I heard for three hours before rescued by boat. The rest of the crew were able to get ...

Hi Temujin, Sorry for the delay in replying. Giving the families some details regarding the operations their relatives were on when they were lost, injured or taken PoW is part of the Chronology too. Which is why I have a brief synopsis of Bomber Command operations for each operation, culled from M...

Hi Temujin, Impressive. I've never seen a post operation report before. Paul Wetaskwin Some of them have the actually flight route of the various bomber streams to targets…….their not like the actual navigation map that the bomber crews used, but a small (one page sometimes) map of the route. These...

Just a follow up on where his aircraft crashed (and crew reported by Germans as “date and location” of death. The record I sent you indicates their bodies were “found” in Delmenhorst, which is a location right next to their target of Bremen. Google Maps included IMG_3347.jpeg IMG_3364.jpeg And it sa...