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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 25, 2018 17:44:57 GMT 12
Thanks to the digitising and sharing on Papers Past of the wartime years of the Waikato Independent, Cambridge's local paper, I have now found a load of new airmen that should hopefully all be on the Wings Over Cambridge website.
Can anyone please assist with info on the following airmen?
From 15 DECEMBER 1941 under appeals
"Sharp, A.G., Air Force recruit, appeal lodged by employer, G.L. Sharp, for deferring service. Dismissed."
So did A.G. Sharp actually join the RNZAF? What can people add about him please?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 25, 2018 17:48:10 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 25, 2018 18:29:44 GMT 12
From 5 JANUARY 1942
In a review of the first six months of 1940, ot has this entry for 8th of January 1940:
"Ian James Shaw, son of Mr W. H. Shaw, of Monavale, among Air Force personnel taken prisoner after sinking of Rangitane."
(Monavale is one of the country areas within the Cambridge District).
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Post by errolmartyn on Oct 25, 2018 18:50:26 GMT 12
Thanks to the digitising and sharing on Papers Past of the wartime years of the Waikato Independent, Cambridge's local paper, I have now found a load of new airmen that should hopefully all be on the Wings Over Cambridge website. Can anyone please assist with info on the following airmen? From 15 DECEMBER 1941 under appeals "Sharp, A.G., Air Force recruit, appeal lodged by employer, G.L. Sharp, for deferring service. Dismissed." So did A.G. Sharp actually join the RNZAF? What can people add about him please? Apparently not. But did the paper get his initials right? Errol |
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Post by htbrst on Oct 25, 2018 18:58:36 GMT 12
From 5 JANUARY 1942 In a review of the first six months of 1940, ot has this entry for 8th of January 1940: "Ian James Shaw, son of Mr W. H. Shaw, of Monavale, among Air Force personnel taken prisoner after sinking of Rangitane." The passenger list for the Rangitane has him as one of the three RNZAF radar team members, so probably was taken back to Germany on the Orion. As one of the other three was a relation, my father would have more details on the trip back to Germany etc if you need detailed info on the journey. |
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Post by errolmartyn on Oct 25, 2018 19:01:49 GMT 12
From 5 JANUARY 1942 In a review of the first six months of 1940, ot has this entry for 8th of January 1940: "Ian James Shaw, son of Mr W. H. Shaw, of Monavale, among Air Force personnel taken prisoner after sinking of Rangitane." (Monavale is one of the country areas within the Cambridge District). Some notes from Colin Hanson and me: SHAW, Flying Officer Ian James RAF64949. NZ2256; Born Auckland ?, c. Feb 1917. RAFVR 16 Nov 1940 to 4 Sep 1943. Tech(S) then ASD. RNZAF 5 Sep 1943 to 6 Jan 1946. ASD. Captured 27 Nov 1940 when MV Rangitane was shelled and sunk by the German merchant raiders Orion and Komet, some 300 miles east of East Cape. PoW #92472 - Stalags XB and Luft III. Safe UK May 1945. Along with Billy Noel Harden and Harold Maynard Kimberley, Fg Off Shaw was enlisted into the RAFVR in NZ. He was called up on 16 Nov 1940 and sailed for the UK on 26 Nov 1940. He transferred to the RNZAF whilst a PoW in Germany and took his discharge from the RNZAF in London in order to further his studies. In 1954 became Dr I J Shaw, Science 1, War Office. Errol |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 25, 2018 19:40:49 GMT 12
From the 26 JANUARY 1942
PERSONAL
Mr H. N. Freeman, a former master of the Cambridge Secondary School, has returned to Cambridge accompanied by Mrs Freeman and family. Mr Freeman is to join the Air Force as an instructor in mathematics and kindred subjects. During his absence in the service Mrs Freeman and family will reside in Cambridge.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 25, 2018 19:42:53 GMT 12
Thanks chaps.
Errol, what other Sharps have you got who may have enlisted after that date in case the paper did get his initials wrong?
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Post by errolmartyn on Oct 25, 2018 20:12:45 GMT 12
From the 26 JANUARY 1942 PERSONAL Mr H. N. Freeman, a former master of the Cambridge Secondary School, has returned to Cambridge accompanied by Mrs Freeman and family. Mr Freeman is to join the Air Force as an instructor in mathematics and kindred subjects. During his absence in the service Mrs Freeman and family will reside in Cambridge. Appointed to an honorary commission in the ASD Branch as a Flying Officer as NZ1529 Horatio Nairn Freeman. Errol |
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Post by errolmartyn on Oct 25, 2018 20:13:32 GMT 12
Thanks chaps. Errol, what other Sharps have you got who may have enlisted after that date in case the paper did get his initials wrong? Too many for me to check, Dave. Errol |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 25, 2018 20:23:03 GMT 12
Fair enough. Thanks for the details on Freeman.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 25, 2018 22:16:20 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 26, 2018 12:15:14 GMT 12
Hi everyone, I have been piecing together the history of F/O John Alfred Harvie 407672, a New Zealander in the Royal Australian Air Force. He lived here in Cambridge for two and a half years. He died in an air accident on the 4th of March 1942, but I have not found the details and circumstances of the crash. Does anyone here know: - The type of aircraft? - The aircraft serial number and codes? - The place of the accident? - The circumstances of the accident? - Was he pilot in charge, or a passenger? - Where had the aircraft departed from and what was the destination? I have pieced together the following on him so far. Any additions and corrections would be most appreciated please. www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/John_Alfred_Harvie.htmlCheers, Dave |
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Post by errolmartyn on Oct 26, 2018 18:29:04 GMT 12
Hi everyone, I have been piecing together the history of F/O John Alfred Harvie 407672, a New Zealander in the Royal Australian Air Force. He lived here in Cambridge for two and a half years. He died in an air accident on the 4th of March 1942, but I have not found the details and circumstances of the crash. Does anyone here know: - The type of aircraft? - The aircraft serial number and codes? - The place of the accident? - The circumstances of the accident? - Was he pilot in charge, or a passenger? - Where had the aircraft departed from and what was the destination? I have pieced together the following on him so far. Any additions and corrections would be most appreciated please. www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/John_Alfred_Harvie.htmlCheers, Dave 14 Sqn Blenheim Z7893/U Delivery flight F/O J A Harvie, RAAF Took off Qasaba on a ferry flight to 14 Squadron. The pilot misjudged his approach and the port wing struck the Officers Mess, the aircraft crashing and bursting into flames. The pilot is buried in the El Alamein War Cemetery. ( Royal Air Force Bomber Losses in the Middle East and Mediterranean Volume 1: 1939-1942 by David Gunby & Pelham Temple) Presume you are aware of this National Archives of Australia file that can be viewed online? recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=5246472Errol |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 26, 2018 19:21:41 GMT 12
Thanks Errol. yes that is where I found most of the info I have on him but it didn't have the crash details, which I now have from you and two others so his page is now updated. Thanks!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 26, 2018 20:48:56 GMT 12
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Post by errolmartyn on Oct 26, 2018 21:32:09 GMT 12
NZ427713 Raymond Cecil Hill enlisted at Rongtai as a flight mechanic on 11 Jul 42. Errol |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 26, 2018 21:57:47 GMT 12
Fantastic, thanks Errol!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 27, 2018 10:48:35 GMT 12
Blimey. I went to add Raymond Hill to my website and found he's already there.  I have so many airmen on there now I am starting to forget them. |
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I have so many airmen on there now I am starting to forget them.