Following our appeal for people to assist us with our research we have since been contacted by several people who have offered their services on the 10th December. We plan to send each of them a set of guidelines and a loss that they can assist us with. We will evaluate the work that they return and continue from that. It is imperative that we have accuracy which is why we have chosen to use this method of selection.
We are pleased to announce that the Kracker archive which is visited by many of you now has over 22,000 records on the database! as of the 4th April. Tom works on it almost every day and a further 8,000 are being prepared to upload.
A big Thank You to all the individuals contributing to this Database.
During March 37 new loss reports were added to the site which does not include the Telegraph Obituaries recently added. Many more are yet to be added of course but a great deal of our time is taken up by researching following contacts by relatives. We are hoping that new volunteers will soon come forward to assist us with compiling some of the loss reports we have on file.
14th August 2010: It is with regret that we announce the loss of our great researcher friend from Holland, Rob Philips. He died last week aged just 58 peacefully at home surrounded by his close family. Rob dedicated himself to preserving the memories of those airman who fought the good fight in the skies over his beloved Holland in those dark days of the Second World War. He has earned his own wings and flies with them - "through adversity to the stars" a tribute to Rob. The Aircrew Remembrance Society are proud that he had chosen us to continue with his work and over the coming months add to his great research. Our thoughts are of course with his family at this time. Stil van verdriet en met respect voor de enorme hoeveelheid getoonde wilskracht laten wij u weten dat van ons is heen gegaan: Robert Guy Philips.
Reburial of Flight Lieutenant Henry Smith: The burial of Fl/Lt. Henry “Lacy” Smith will take place at Ranville War Cemetery, France with full military honours on 19 April at 10.30 am. We are indebted to a supporter of the society, Dale Heighway, who will be attending the service and taking photos on our behalf, which will be made available for display here courtesy of Dale following the service.
Reaching this amazing total on, of all days, Remembrance Sunday 2011
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New memorial unveiled today to the crew of Wellington R1451, 11 O.T.U. at Watlington, with 16 crew relatives in attendance. (3rd October 2012)
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