Flt. Sgt. Auer . Royal Air Force special operator 101 Sqd.
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Sam Auerbach . British Army Royal Engineers Sam Auerbach served in the Royal Engineers during WW2 and was a POW in
Stalag 8b.
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Sam Auerbach . British Army Royal Engineers My uncle, Sam Auerbach, served as a Palestine soldier in the Royal Engineers, British Army. He was captured on Crete and held in Stalag 8b for more than four years. I know he escaped a few times, helping pilots to freedom, but came back to the camp. Does anyone remember him?
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John Markis Auffret . from Sandwich, Windsor, ON I have a picture of my father John Auffret and his friend Pte. Jack Durham who perished during the war.
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Sgt. Harold Aughty . Royal Air Force 608 Sqd Thornaby on Tees, Yorkshire was the home of 608 squadron. Being 11 years old when war was declared, not many memories of pre war, only Bi planes [2 wings] being flown from there. I remember the night that the drome got bombed ,no information about that [theres a war on ] Sgt Harold Aughty was mentioned in dispatches for his part during the raid. He was from the Bradford area and a family friend. Dad was an old soldier from the 14/18 war and if he saw R A F men in the local fish shop [Lanehouse Road] He brought them round for supper. 608 Squadron was a Coastal Command SQ, a Lockheed Hudson spotted the Altmark [supply ship for sea raiders ] in a Norwegian fiord and this resulted in the release of a good number of Allied Merchant Seamen being taken to a German P O W camp. Living near to the drome meant that we saw the planes going out on patrol and often coming back with pieces torn out of them. Thornaby Cemetery was used for the Burial of Airmen both Allied and German [ R I P ] We often saw the corteges passing our school. Regards to All, both Men and Women who served in the forces during the war.
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Ragnavald Augustin . Norweigan Merchant Navy from Norway He was a civilian. POW Camp Fukuoka 17 in Japan
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Albert Jacob Augustine . Royal Canadian Air Force 432 (Leaside) Squadron from Ontario, Canada (d.10th Aug 1990) The following was shared with me by the son of my step-grandfather Albert Jacob Augustin), when I asked him for information regarding my grandfather's service in the war.
My father joined the RCAF I believe in 1943 at Westdale High School in Hamilton. It operated as a school during the daytime and served as a training facility all night. At one time the school was the largest building in the British empire complete with rifle range in the basement. After his basic training he was selected for aircrew and became an air gunner. Next stop was Gimli, Manitoba, for air gunnery training before going overseas.
He joined the 432 Squadron known as Leaside which was located at East Moor in England. It was part of the 6 Bomber Group and he flew as a tail gunner in a 4 engine Halifax bomber. He completed 36 missions with most being over industrial targets over Germany. His squadron flew night missions while the Americans flew during the daylight. He completed an extra 6 missions (30 was a normal tour) so he could return to Canada on leave in 1945.
When he got to Toronto by train at Union Station in 1945 he heard the war in Europe was over. He was assigned to train on new Lincoln bombers for the war in Asia after his leave ended. Fortunately the war ended and he was mustered out.
He and your grandmother went to England to attend the Bomber Group reunion at York, England, in the late 1980s. It was a highlight of the last years of his life. His 432 Squadron also had reunions in Toronto which he attended as he kept in touch with his fellow aircrew after the war ended.
Evidently the casualty rate was 50% for bomber command aircrew, with the life expectancy of a tail gunner of 8 missions. Grumpy was a very fortunate to survive his extended tour of duty.
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Able.Sea. Archibald Stewart Auld . Royal Navy HMS Newcastle from Dundee, Scotland Able Seaman, DJX288914, Archibald Stewart Auld, also known as Archie, served on HMS Newcastle during WW2. He was from Dundee.
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Pvt. Forrest Francis Auld . United States Army Air Corps from Massachusetts, USA
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Ault . US Army 630th Tank Destroyer Btn My husband was a POW in Germany. He was with the 630th TD Btn, 28th Infantry Division. He was captured in December 1944 in the Wiltz area. He died in 1997.
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Sqdn Ldr. K. Ault . Royal Air Force 11 Sqdn. (d.9th April 1942) Squadron Leader K Ault was lost in action against the Japanese First Air Fleet off Ceylon on the 9th April 1942.
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Sgt. William George Ault . Royal Air Force Air gunner 101 Squadron from Shoreditch East London (d.23rd May 1944) I am named after my grandfather. Unfortunately my mother never knew her Dad. My grandfather was a rear gunner. He joined 101 Squadron 9/4/44. His plane Lancaster Bomber No ME619 (an ABC equipped aircraft)left Ludford Magna 22:40 22/4/44. On the return run it suffered a direct hit from German anti aircraft fire. He did not survive and is buried at the Rheiberg War cemetary with 3 other crew members.
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P/O. Desmond Thomas Austen . Royal New Zealand Air Force 235 Squadron from Hastings, New Zealand (d.13th January 1942)
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Pte. Arthur Raymond Austin . British Army 2nd Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment from Bristol My Uncle Ray Austin never spoke about his captivity. But it's possible to try, so a criminal prisoner knows when he will be released and any remissions a POW has no such luxury he doesn't know when he will be released or even if he will ever be released. It all depends on how the war proceeds, my Uncle may well have thought he would spend the rest of his life in captivity. The emotional stress must have been enormous. It is due to those POW's we can live as we do.
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Charles William Austin . Fleet Air Arm from Danbury, Essex Charles Austin served at Ford from 1945 to 1948 as AML (electrical). Aircraft he serviced includes, mainly the Mosqito, Seafire and Seafury.
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Sergeant Derrick Austin . RAF Volunteer Reserve w/op 50 Squadron from Southport, Lancashire (d.8th Jul, 1944) This young man, aged most likely 20 years old, crashed on the night of August 7, 1944 with 5 of the crew. The pilot, Alan Laidlaw from Winnipeg, Manitoba was ejected from their Lancaster plane. Derrick Austin is buried in France, a small village called Meslin Mauger, near Roen. Their plane was one of 31 planes shot down by the German on that night. 208 Lancaster were sent, 13 mosquitoes were sent to bomb at St. Lue d'Esserent the V-1 flying bomb storage depot. This fourth attack was part of the Operation Crossbow. It was a great victor.
Danielle Lawrence for Alain Laidlaw now 86years old.
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Sea Edward Austin . Royal Navy from Peckham
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Stkr/2 George Alexander Austin . Royal Navy HMS Phoebe from South Acton, London (d.24th October 1942) Stoker Austin was the son of Mr and Mrs Alfred George Austin; husband of Lilian Maud Austin, of South Acton, London.
He was 30 years old when the Phoebe was torpedoed by the German submarine U-161 off the Congo Estuary, while on passage to French Equatorial Africa.
He was buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo.
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F/O. George Jeffery Austin . Royal Air Force 189 Squadron from Fetcham (d.14th Mar 1945)
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Grace Austin . Women's Land Army from Wigan, Lancashire My mother served in the Land Army from 13th July 1944 to 8th January 1947.
She would have been 17 when she joined. She was based at a farm near Wrexham, I think. Paterson is a name I recall her mentioning.
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Flt.Sgt. Herbert Ingle Austin . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 429 Squadron from Halton, Yorkshire (d.23rd April 1944) Flight Sergeant (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) Bert Austin was the Son of Herbert and Emily Ingle Austin, husband of Olive Austin of Halton, Yorkshire.
He was 39 years old and is buried in the Herkingen General Cemetery, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
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Jack Charles "Bunny" Austin . Royal Navy Royal Marines
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Pte. James Austin . British Army Army Catering Corps from Pexhill, Macclesfield, Cheshire Jim Austin enlisted on 28th of August 1941.
He was initially assigned to RASC and then the Army Catering Corps as a cook with 1st Division Ammunition Coy and later 3rd Division Brigade Coy and 42nd Division Brigade Coy where he was posted to North Africa and later Italy.
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Sgt. John Patrick Standidge Austin MID.. British Army att. SOE Jedburgh Team Royal Berkshire Regiment from Kensington, London (d.4th April 1945) Serjeant John Austin was the son of Joseph Edward and Katherine Matilda Austin, of Kensington, London.
He was 21 and serving with SOE when he was shot by the Germans and is buried in the Hattem General Cemetery Gelderland, Netherlands.
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Col. John Ross Austin . Royal Canadian Air Force No. 51 Operations Training Unit from Merritton, Ontario, Canada John Austin enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in early 1943 and trained as a Wireless/Air Gunner and Navigator in Canada. He arrived in England on the first troopship to arrive from Canada after D-Day. He was selected for training as a Radar Operator and trained in 51 OTU until shortly after VE Day.
He returned to Canada to await the possibility of service in the Pacific Theatre, and the war ended in August 1945. The RCAF offered to send him to the University of Toronto with the possibility of a permanent Commission after graduation. He graduated from Toronto in June of 1949 and re-entered the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Mechanical Engineer to become an Aircraft Maintenance Officer.
In August, the first test of an atomic weapon by the USSR brought a world of change to the RCAF. By late 1950 the RCAF plans included a NATO contribution of twelve squadrons of F-86E Sabres to be stationed in France and Germany. A further nine squadrons of all-weather CF-100 interceptors were to help protect North America. Ross was stationed in Manitoba to assist in the establishment of pilot training programs at RCAF Gimli, MacDonald, and Portage la Prairie.
From 1955-1959, Ross was an instructor at the RCAF Radar and Electronics School, leaving as Chief Instructor, Squadron Leader and transferred to RCAF Station Holberg, a Pinetree Line GCI Radar Station. Promoted to Wing Commander in 1960, he commanded the Station for one year before a transfer to RCAF HQ in Ottawa. In 1966 he was transferred to RCAF Station North Bay where he commanded the SAGE Maintenance and Control Unit within the underground Northern NORAD HQ and served as Director of Communications of the Air Defence Operations Centre.
In 1969, Ross went to Ramstein Air Base in Germany where he was Chief of Telecommunications at the 4th Allied Tactical Air Force until 1973. He retired in 1977 after further postings in Kingston, Ottawa and Cairo, Egypt where he served as the Canadian Forces Military Attache. After leaving the Canadian Forces, he worked for the National Research Council as the site manager at the Algonquin Radio Observatory where he was able to indulge himself observing very clever young technologists working with state-of-the-art radio receivers used to probe the cosmos.
A life at the frontiers of military radar and telecommunications all started with a chance posting to RAF Cranfield sometime late in the war.
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Joseph Austin . Royal Navy HMS Dorsetshire (d.5th Apr 1942) My grandfather's uncle, Joseph Austin, served on the Dorsetshire, and went down with her on April 5th 1942. Many thanks for producing such a wonderful website.
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Joseph Austin . Royal Navy HMS Dorsetshire from Shropshire (d.5th Apr 1942) Joseph Austin, died on the Dorsetshire, he was my grandmother's brother. He was a professional sailor. I have in my possession a letter written on the Wednesday before the ship sailed on the Saturday. In his letter he writes about starting a 10,000 mile journey home, a trip which we now know was never completed. I have also letters listing his service duties, one of which was to escort the King on his tour of the West Indies.
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Joseph William Austin . British Army 1st Battalion Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment) from Ormesby, Midlesbrough (d.28th April 1940) Joseph Austin was the youngest son of the Austin family. Billy was never forgotten by his family especially his sister Clara who was the dearest friend of our family. A window in his memory is located in St Cuthbert's Church, Church Lane Ormesby, near Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire. He is buried in Nord-Sel Church Yard in Norway.
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F/O. Justus Clifford Austin . Royal Canadian Air Force 407 Squadron (d.26th September 1943)
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Sgt. Leslie E. Austin . Royal Air Force 514 Sqdn.
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