William Gordon Pearcey of Crew 52.
Remembering my Dad's cousin today. 65 years have passed but their sacrifice and courage is not forgotten. Rest in peace, all of you.
Gordon and Nikki

To all who visit this site - Rememberance day comes once a year to remind us all of the gift of freedom we live in everyday. A gift given to us by those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. To all those who made this sacrifice - "We Will Remember " ......I would like to give particular mention to Crew 52 of the 434 Squadron and invite all living family members to do the same. Philip (Allan) Kingston , I never met you - but I knew your three older bothers. The oldest was my Grandpa who gave me the oppertunity to know of your sacrifice . I will pass this on to my son , Aiden (19 months) , to do my part in continued respect.
To all Canadian troops currently deployed around the world , be safe, brave , and true - and return knowing your efforts are appreciated.
Aiden solutes the Canadian flag every morning ,and will grow up a proud Canadian. He Will Remember. Darrin Kingston

Blackburn Crew 124 F/O Donald McGavin

Many thanks for having this site it has meant a lot to myself and my daughter, granddaugher of F/O Donald McGavin. She is so proud of her late grandfather and his contributions and this site gave her a window into the 434..

Just wanted to let you know I think you have a great site here with great resources. Very nice to have met you in Nanton!

Cheers!

Allan Cameron
Founding Pres./producer
Th Memories Recovered Project

I love your website. It gave me the most information about my great uncle Spud, "Red" Jenkins as he is called here. He was in Crew 30 of 434 Squadron. If anyone has any information or little story about my great uncle that they would like to share, I would love to hear them.

Terrific Site. I sent you an email regarding my father FLt Wallace R Oatway who was with 434 Sqaudron from Feb to June 45, after completing a Tour with 424 Sq. I will help out with some photos. Keep up the good work.

I am trying to find out if FS C Ratchford is still alive. He served in 434 Squadron during the war and was also with 619 Squadron. He was the only member of the crew to survive on the night of 18 July 1944 and I would like to find out exactly what happened if possible.

Jane Phipps

Hi
My father is Walter Vernon Dumas D.F.C air crew 95,434 squadron he is turning 90 on July 19 2009 and we are having a family celebration for him ,although his short term memory is not as good he remembers
the air force in great detail his children and grandchildren are very proud of him,and enjoy all the information available on this web site.

Thanks Barry Dumas June 16 2009

I am particulary interested in any information available on P/O Mike Gnius, Crew 51 who was KIA in Jan 44, or any members of the crew who were KIA or taken POW.

Many thanks

Mike Harbord

Hi Alan :
My name is Bruce Andrew Baird and my father is Sgt T.B.Baird who was a tail gunner on the Lady Orchid with Ronnie Jenkins - I just came across this site and you are to be commended!!! My father is trying to track down anyone in the original crew - Some have passed away - Ronnie Jenkins - P.J.Hines - Neil Maclean (he is trying to track down his sister who he believes lives in the durham region).

Alan
I wished to express my gratitude for you doing this site, and also to compliment you on the vast amount of material you have located and presented.

Ralph

Hi,
Just found your site. It made me look up proudly at the 434 Emblem "IN EXCELSIS VINCIMUS" on my office wall.
I was very fortunate; my mother whom is still with me kept everything of my Dad’s since that terrible day in March of 44. So many had those terrible days at that point in time.
I am Ralph, only child of Edson G Armour. I see Rich Allenby (a great fella) sent you some of my pics from his site. That is great. If you would like more, I would be pleased to send them for your site, or to any 434 interested folk.
My Dad's Log Book has been scanned and it is available to the 434 site, if you wish.
I would be pleased to share any material with anyone involved in researching 434 squadron.
Please contact this website owner to relay a message to me in regards for obtaining copies of my Dad's material.
Thank You for this site.
E Ralph Armour.

What a fine website you have - well researched, clear and easy to follow with some great information. We would be interested in hearing from any of your readers with a view to dedicating a page of honour to them. If they would like to contact us via our website we can take it from there.
Well done once again and good luck with your research.
Kelvin T. Youngs
Webmaster
http://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.com/

What a wonderful site - my Uncle Sgt A.G. Edward Stanley Pridham and the crew of aircraft LK686 went missing over the north sea on the night of Dec 20th, 1943 on returning from a night raid against Frankfurt -- the family knew nothing about his squadron, his crew or his missions -- not even the type of plane he was in (my mother and family thought it was a Lancaster) - It brought a sad tear to see Edwards name on the combat mission info for Nov 1943 ---any info or photos or info that anyone has concerning Edward or members of his crew ( I think it might have been #54) which could be shared with me and Edwards family would be greatly appreciated --- I (Don Johnson) can be contacted at teamjohn@idirect.com -- May God Bless all who served in 434 Squadron

Hello, I enjoyed reading your website. Mike Laffin is my dad's cousin and we spent many summers with him when we visited my grandparent's in Cape Breton. Although it's been over 20 years since I have seen him, I have many wonderful memories of him and his wife Doris. I'm glad he was able to help you with information about your uncle.

I too enjoy your site very much...Thank you for all your work, and to everyone who has made a contributuion.....the pride and love that we feel for our family members who served still grows.
Cheers, Sue Hutchinson

I saw a post from "Klaas" from May 2007 regarding 405 squadron. My father was with 405 at various airfields during WW11 as a WO1 Aero engine mechanic. I have an interest in RCAF 405 (Vancouver) Squadron ground crew. There is info on aircrew but it's difficult to locate a groundcrew interest.
Anyone interested in groundcrew research please contact myself.

Cheers!
Keith Jones

For those interested...

I have made a software programme called "World War II Allied Aircraft Crashes in The Netherlands" which can be downloaded via my website ( http://ww2.texlaweb.nl/ ).
The purpose of the programme is to search for information about allied aircraft crashes in Holland in the Second World War.
The programme itself (it is not a website) runs on your PC (no installation is required) and connects to my Internet database to get the data, so you will always have the latest information available...

Due to the fact that I have to maintain the database in my own free spare time, it is not (yet) filled with all the crashes, though at the moment 386 aircraft and 2334 crew members are listed in full detail; The database itself is expanded on a regular (almost daily) basis...

Please note that the software is completely FREE-OF-CHARGE and may be used by anyone interested...
Any comments/remarks (good or bad) about the programme... and/or input to the database... are highly appreciated!

Greetings from Holland,

Jan

Hello,

I'm from Landen, Belgium and I was searching for information about the crewmembers of the Lancaster
KB 835, shot down by a nightfighter on the 15/16 of March 1945 and crashed in Landen (Belgium).
The crewmembers were:
F/O Stewart J O (J38861) of Toronto, Ontario
F/O Armstrong L (J41627) of Auburnton, Saskatchewan
W/O Whitehead J (R165316), MIA
Sgt Kossatz T (R254617) of Pembroke, Ontario
F/O Ball J (JJ42247) of Nanaimo, Britisch Columbia
F/S White W (K281258) of Niagara falls, Ontario
F/O Ayotte John Hector (J45708), only survivor of the crash
Any information about one of these crewmembers is always welcome.
Greetings from Belgium

Alexander

I am carrying some research on behalf of my father in law who lost his brother Sgt David L SILVERMAN. David was an air gunner and a member of crew 57 of 434 Squadron their plane came down during an operation over Berlin 28 / 29 January 1944.

The other crew members were RHA Stanley, SJ Groucott, RC Crompton, DI Rose, JCW Olliffe and JJBL Leduc

Any information would be gratefully received

Many kind thanks

Jack Creeber

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