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by Temujin
Fri Nov 09, 2018 5:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Royal Canadian Air Force - Various Accidents
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Royal Canadian Air Force - Various Accidents

Page - Accident 1 - Cover sheet, file on Hudson AM773, missing on 19 April 1943 2816 - Cover letter, board of enquiry report, Oxford AS523 on 24 December 1941. 2825 - Cover sheet, Oxford AS537 2827 - Cover sheet, Oxford AS545 2858 - Cover sheet, Oxford AS550 2910 - Cover sheet, Oxford AS552 2915 - C...
by Temujin
Fri Nov 09, 2018 5:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Royal Canadian Air Force - Various Accidents
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Views: 2989

Royal Canadian Air Force - Various Accidents

Page - Accident

3 - File cover sheet, accident to Harvard BW187 on 23 June 1942
2720 - Findings of Court of Enquiry, Hurricane BW871
3956 - Harvard FE392

http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c5936
by Temujin
Fri Nov 09, 2018 5:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Royal Canadian Air Force - Various Accidents
Replies: 0
Views: 3069

Royal Canadian Air Force - Various Accidents

Page - Accident

3 - File cover sheet, crash of Harvard FE465 on 17 November 1944
2391 - Cornell FH875
2725 - File cover, accidents to Cornell FH948
3130 - Crane FJ130
3562 - Kaydet FJ802
3665 - Kaydet FJ860
4046 - Hudson FK539

http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c5937
by Temujin
Fri Nov 09, 2018 4:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Royal Canadian Air Force - Various Accidents
Replies: 0
Views: 2965

Royal Canadian Air Force - Various Accidents

Page - Accident 3 - Cover sheet, crash of Mitchell HD315 on 23 December 1944 (the Clothier accident) 1064 - Anson K8770 2320 - AIB Report No. 78, Mosquito KB305 on 15 May 1943 3000 - Liberator KH108 3295 - Anson N4856 3505 - Anson N5341 3620 - Anson N9542 4657 - Findings of the Court, Anson R3404, 7...
by Temujin
Thu Nov 08, 2018 6:54 pm
Forum: Soldier Research
Topic: F/Sgt Reuben Henry Ward, 415 Squadron, R.C.A.F.
Replies: 25
Views: 31591

Re: F/Sgt Reuben Henry Ward, 415 Squadron, R.C.A.F.

Found the Bomber Command (No 6 Group, RCAF) Operation Record, which confirms all of the above:
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by Temujin
Thu Nov 08, 2018 6:28 pm
Forum: Soldier Research
Topic: F/Sgt Reuben Henry Ward, 415 Squadron, R.C.A.F.
Replies: 25
Views: 31591

Re: F/Sgt Reuben Henry Ward, 415 Squadron, R.C.A.F.

Ludford, you were correct. 415 Squadron took part in the Mission to bomb Ile de Cezembre on the 31st Aug 1944
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by Temujin
Thu Nov 08, 2018 5:51 pm
Forum: Soldier Research
Topic: F/Sgt Reuben Henry Ward, 415 Squadron, R.C.A.F.
Replies: 25
Views: 31591

Re: F/Sgt Reuben Henry Ward, 415 Squadron, R.C.A.F.

Found this which may help confirm it: 31 Aug 1944 RAF Bomber Command sends 170 aircraft to attack Ile de Cezembre during the day Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945 Bomber Command: Operations and missions Source: http://books.stonebooks.com/...
by Temujin
Thu Nov 08, 2018 5:44 pm
Forum: Soldier Research
Topic: F/Sgt Reuben Henry Ward, 415 Squadron, R.C.A.F.
Replies: 25
Views: 31591

Re: F/Sgt Reuben Henry Ward, 415 Squadron, R.C.A.F.

I may be wrong here, Temujin, but I think it's Cézembre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9zembre http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?21252-Mission-31-August-1944-%CEle-de-Cezembre https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bombardement_de_C%C3%A9zembre I think you are right Ludford...
by Temujin
Thu Nov 08, 2018 2:32 pm
Forum: Soldier Research
Topic: F/Sgt Reuben Henry Ward, 415 Squadron, R.C.A.F.
Replies: 25
Views: 31591

Re: F/Sgt Reuben Henry Ward, 415 Squadron, R.C.A.F.

F/Sgt R H Ward, list of “targets” that he was on (Please note, the files are sometimes VERY hard to read, so a few of these I’m unsure of the spelling or the exact name. Unarge - hard to read, spelling or name may be incorrect This wasn't a target, per se. The word was "Undergo" and is misspelled i...