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Oh no, Janice, make no mistake. Many British engineers had secondments to the RCAF, especially those with crews assigned to Halifax bombers. This was because there were no Halifaxes in Canada for training of our own engineers. It was critical that airmen in these roles know the aircraft...

A small update: After confirming birth, residency, and death in Sandy for Reginald J Fuller, and after finding a pile of relatives, there is now doubt that it's even the right man. Obviously the key to confirming his identity would be to tie his service numbers to his family record, but so far...

Joyce Cutler's will was among those I ordered yesterday, with thanks.

Janice: You are a star. I've ordered wills for several of these people, and yes, they were inexpensive. It takes three or more days for the wills to be prepared. Until then, I'll just need to soothe my suspense. With much gratitude for your trouble, although I suspect it's something you...

Janice, yes. I searched him with his service number(s). The first one provided the scanty record I mentioned earlier. The second service number, which he received a year or two after war's end, provided nothing. The Biggleswade death notice unfortunately provides no names for next of kin...

In fairness I should mention that the data concluded with "Other collections may hold more or different data for this person." Caveat emptor. ;)

This might be a different site than the one I mentioned in my prior post. And like a hopeless romantic, I paid the fee again. This is the entirety of the record promised to researchers: "They were enlisted at Birmingham. They enlisted after October 1942." ... and nothing more. I suppose at...

Janice, yes, I've been to this site. Of course I had to pay for access, and that access offered names of dozens of artillery or navy vets, mostly from WWI whose name was R. Fuller. The site's title is misleading. Desperados assume that their database must include everyone, but in my case it...

You people are amazing. I've tried many times to find something -- anything -- like this and failed miserably. I guess now my next hurdle is to find someone in Elizabeth's family.

I've now asked my sister to research Fuller/Biggleswade. With the greatest appreciation.

To confirm identity, I wonder how one would connect his service number to either of these.

Again, a plausible situation. If Elizabeth was born in '27, then she would have been 17 in 1944.

Yes, Janice. That makes PERFECT sense. She would have been a charming 19-year-old when my 21-year-old father met her. Your sleuthing is marvellous. :)

Yes, at 16 he'd be absolutely too young. Visually he looks to be in his mid-20s. My father was just 21, but training for all of these young men started in about 1942 when they qualified with a minimum of 19 years of age. Thank you!

Thanks for that expertise! Well then, she might very well have been the daughter of (Roland and) Hilda. Hmmm.

No doubt I read Jay when her name was really Joy. That makes perfect sense. Thank you! I have now changed the title accordingly.

In September 1944, my father’s Canadian air force crew with Squadron 425 in Yorkshire was completed with the addition of a British engineer named Reg Fuller. Sgt. Fuller’s service number at that time was 2221635, but after the war he was commissioned and his rank and service number changed to...

My late father had extended visits to Birmingham at least three times in 1944 and 1945 when he served with the RCAF. He was a private man, and if he noted the names of friends he'd made, I'm sure they were significant. The notebook from his war memorabilia contained only a handful of...

My late father had extended visits to Birmingham at least three times in 1944 and 1945 when he served with the RCAF. He was a private man, and if he noted the names of friends he'd made, I'm sure they were significant. The notebook from his war memorabilia contained only a handful of...

Lavender, you're probably correct that pen shorthand is defunct, but in the '80s I learned machine stenography and ultimately taught it here in Canada. It was an updated version of venerable handwritten shorthand. In 2001 I visited the BBC in London where one of my students was posted for a...