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Post by komata on Mar 20, 2014 6:22:09 GMT 12
Mark
Many thanks for your reply. The 'cross-country' flight would seem to conform to the 'Ran out of fuel and crash landed his aircraft' scenario previously-described , so I evidently met one of the participants in one of the incidents you have described. Unfortunately it's now one of those 'if only I'd asked' situations, about which nothing can be done. Thanks again for your response and research.
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Post by oakie on Dec 12, 2014 17:13:55 GMT 12
Hi
Just wondering if anyone has a good quality image of the dragon that adorned one of the Buffalos in the squadron? I believe my Dad flew that particular plane on one occasion and am thinking about getting a tattoo of that dragon out of respect for all the people that Dad served with at the time.
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Post by buffnut453 on Dec 16, 2014 8:46:24 GMT 12
Hi Oakie,
The only dragon marking on a Buffalo is on 488 Sqn machine W8138 associated with Noel Sharp. There's a nice clear pic on the "488 Squadron Photos" thread on this forum.
Cheers, Mark
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 16, 2014 10:14:56 GMT 12
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Post by simbob on Aug 13, 2019 10:05:34 GMT 12
Hi, I'm really new to this Forum Board process but I'm researching my Uncle's time in No. 243 Squadron during WW2. He was Sergeant John Benjamin Oliver, Service # 402888, RNZAF. From records I have discovered to date and his official records from the DOD, he flew Buffalo I W8178/P based at Kallang, Singapore. He took off on the morning of 15th January 1942 on an interception flight/ operational patrol from which he failed to return and was posted missing, lost without trace. He is remembered at the Singapore Memorial Cenotaph. I realise this is a very long shot that anyone who might have known him would be alive today, but stranger things have happened. I have just finished helping friend comply the history of my father's unit during WW2 and we were amazed how many diaries and mementos have survived to be passed down through the next generations. If anyone can help me with my quest for more information on Flight Sgt Oliver, or photos of 243 Squadron, or even to point me in the right direction I would be most grateful. Kind regards Bob
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 13, 2019 10:14:52 GMT 12
Welcome Bob. I had the pleasure a few years ago to meet three members of No.243 Squadron who flew Buffaloes, Geoff Fisken, Jim Cranstone and Brian Baber. They are now all dead,and I fear they were likely that last living members of the squadron, or at lest the last of the Kiwis. So finding anyone who knew your uncle may be a slim chance. Unless there is someone else who served with him who was not on the squadron, either in Singapore or beforehand in New Zealand.
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Post by errolmartyn on Aug 13, 2019 11:12:05 GMT 12
Hi, I'm really new to this Forum Board process but I'm researching my Uncle's time in No. 243 Squadron during WW2. He was Sergeant John Benjamin Oliver, Service # 402888, RNZAF. From records I have discovered to date and his official records from the DOD, he flew Buffalo I W8178/P based at Kallang, Singapore. He took off on the morning of 15th January 1942 on an interception flight/ operational patrol from which he failed to return and was posted missing, lost without trace. He is remembered at the Singapore Memorial Cenotaph. I realise this is a very long shot that anyone who might have known him would be alive today, but stranger things have happened. I have just finished helping friend comply the history of my father's unit during WW2 and we were amazed how many diaries and mementos have survived to be passed down through the next generations. If anyone can help me with my quest for more information on Flight Sgt Oliver, or photos of 243 Squadron, or even to point me in the right direction I would be most grateful. Kind regards Bob Bob, The following might be of interest to you? From the 'Airmen Sailing to War' appendix in my trilogy For Your Tomorrow - A record of New Zealanders who have died while serving with the RNZAF and Allied Air Services since 1915 (Volume Three: Biographies & Appendices). 29 Apr 41 Maetsuycker Wellington-Singapore, arr 25 May. RNZAF for att to RAF: 12 Pilots – died: Hunt, J F; Oliver, J B; Pedersen, E E; Smith, J E; (4) – survived: Beable, E H; Dent, C S; Johns, L S; Marra, T B; Parsonson, D J; Rainger, R E*; Sharp, G S; Wareham, C B; (8). * = PoW Errol
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