258191 Donald Lack Royal Air Force 31 Squadron My father Donald Lack joined the RAF and after his basic training with 5 Air School and 26 Air school, went to the 76 Operational Training Unit to be trained to fly on heavy bombers, which was based at RAF Aqir in Palestine during WWII.
After he completed his training he was posted to the 31 Squadron of the South African Air Force where he flew operational sorties as co-pilot on B-24 Liberator, a 4 engine heavy bomber.
This Squadron was initially based at RAF Kilo 40, a base north of Cairo in Egypt but moved to Celone (near Foggia in Italy) in June 1944.
Father stayed in the RAF in Italy after Squadron 31 SAAF left in December 1945 and my father was posted to RAF 159 MU till June 1946.
I am still researching my father's history in 31 Squadron and need to find more details covering sorties during 1945.
My father died in 1988 and he had been back to Italy in the early 1980s.
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