Veto Iavecchia . United States Army Air Force 2nd Air Division 389th Bomb Group from Mayfair, PA Veto Iavecchia enrolled in Army Air Forces flight school during World War II and was qualified as a bambardier in the 389th Bomb Group, Second Air Division, Eighth Air Force.
He was stationed in England and participated in two missions on D-Day. On a 20th June 1944, bombing run to destroy the synthetic-fuel supplies in Politz, Germany, his B-24 bomber, "Mistah Chick", with 11 aboard, was hit by enemy fire.
The flak disabled the plane's hydraulics and caused fuel to leak. Unable to return to England, and uncertain how long the fuel would hold out, the crew voted to try and make it across the Baltic Sea to neutral Sweden.
The crew jettisoned everything, including the machine guns, through the bomb bay doors. The plane made it across the Baltic, and, with the landing gear inoperable, the pilot landed on a dirt field. The crewman suffered only minor injuries.
The Swedish Government interned the crew. Unaware of what had happened, the War Department sent telegrams to the men's families saying the crew was "missing in action and last seen over Politz, Germany".
Five weeks later, the families learned that the crew of the "Mistah Chick" had been located; five months after that, the crewmen were freed.
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Lucy Olive Ibbetson . Auxiliary Territorial Service from Hull My Mom, Lucy Ibbetson from Hull was in ATS in London.
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C Ibbotson . British Army C Ibbotson served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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IL Ibbotson . British Army Royal Armoured Corps IL Ibbotson served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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J Ibbotson . British Army Royal Armoured Corps J Ibbotson served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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2nd Lt. John Ibbotson . British Army 23rd Field Regiment Royal Artillery from Leeds (d.12th Jun 1940) John Ibbotson is buried in St. Valery-en-Caux Franco-British Cemetery.
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L Ibbotson . British Army L Ibbotson served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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F/O T. Ibbotson . Royal Australian Air Force 44 (Rhodesia) Sqdn. A Lancaster Bomber of 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron was shot down on 25th/26th July 1944 over Stuttgart. The full crew of this Lancaster were:
F/O T.Ibbotson RAAF
Sgt. J.R.W.Worrall
F/Sgt. E.H.Greatz RAAF
F/Sgt.I.R.Murray RAAF
Sgt. K.G.Andrews
F/Sgt T.W.Whitehead
F/Sgt. F.A.Wells
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Pte. Fumban Ibrihi . The Royal West African Frontier Force 4th Btn. Nigerian Regiment (d.6th May 1941) Private Ibrihi Fumban was buried in the Limbe Botanical Gardens Burial Ground in the Cameroons.
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Phyllis Iddison . Womens Land Army from I am trying to trace any information and/or photographs of my late mother-in-law Phyllis Iddison, she served in the Land Army during the Second World War. I do not know where was based but believe she came from Yorkshire. Any information would be gratefully received.
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Rflmn. James Iddon . British Army 9th Btn. Cameronians from Liverpool (d.25th March 1945)
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Rflm. James Iddon . British Army 9th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) from 6 Thorneycoft Road, Liverpool L15 (d.25th Mar 1945)
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J. A. Ijselstein . Royal Air Force http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._320_(Dutch)_Squad from Holland (d.8th June 1944) On 8th June 1944 a RAF air craft, a Mitchell FR182 of 320 squadron, collided with FR150 during night flight at 00:35 hrs (GMT) shortly after take-off and crashed nr. Horsham.
Crew Members were:
- J.A. Ijselstein - KIA
- G. Mulder - KIA
- Sgt. P. Engels - KIA
- Sgt. Th.P. Mensingh - KIA
All buried at 13.6.1944 at Brookwood American Cemetery (3 mls N. of Guildford).
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DR Iles . British Army DR Iles served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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SE Iliff . British Army Royal Tank Regiment SE Iliff served with the Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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CG Iliffe . British Army Royal Armoured Corps CG Iliffe served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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L/Cpl. HL Iliffe . British Army 46th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment L/Cpl.HL Iliffe served with the 46th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Cpl. Charles Illing . British Army 2nd Btn Monmouthshire Regiment from Bermondsey, London I have a photograph of my Granddad, Charles Illing that shows the lineup of the 2nd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment's, 53rd Division Boxing Champions 1944.
The photo has the names of the individuals and their ranks listed, with them sat arms crossed and looking very pleased with themselves and a silver cup in front of their Captain J.D.P. O'Leary.
I have a number of other photos of my Granddad, showing them after they have captured a village with some men in bandages and them sat on the front of vehicles holding up a Nazi flag.
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AE Illingsworth . British Army Royal Armoured Corps AE Illingsworth served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Pte. Stanley Illingsworth . British Army 9th Btn. Durham Light Infantry (d.14th Jun 1944) Stanley Illingsworth, was killed in action on 14th of June 1944, aged 20. He was serving with the 9th DLI.
Son of Mary Myers of Oxspring Yorkshire, he is buried in the Bayeux War Cemetery
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L/Cpl. Ernest Illingworth . Royal Marines 27th Battalion from Shipley My father Ernest Illingworth enlisted on the 1st of April 1941 at Eastney Barracks and his employment during his service was as a cook. My Mother, and just recently my Uncle, told me that during the War he spent several hours in the sea after being hit by torpedo or other explosive. I have applied for his service record but I am disappointed that there is very little information as to where his Royal Marine service took him. It does appear that he did serve some time in the Far East and photos I have show him to be in Columbo, Ceylon. I think this would be from 25th of August 1944 to 8th of January 1946. I would like to hear from anyone who has information regarding the 27th Battalion and their time during the Second World War.
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H Illingworth . British Army West Yorkshire Regiment H Illingworth served with the West Yorkshire Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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L Illingworth . British Army Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry L Illingworth served with the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Able.Sea. John Illsley . Royal Navy HMS Woolwich My Father, Jack Illsley, was called up in 1941 and following his basic training at HMS Collingwood, Portsmouth was sent to the Med along with 35 or so other ratings known as Mortar draft. All were sent to HMS Canopus (land base) outside Alexandria until used as replacements for ships.
All were desperate to leave HMS Canopus and would have gone anywhere.
I believe only 6 returned to the UK.
The loss rate of sailors in the Med was very heavy. One of his friends was known to have been on HMS Barham. Bill Clark my father's best friend was on HMS Havock and died shortly after repatriation in 1943. Havocks crew had been mis treated by the Vichy French after the ship run aground in 1942. One other man volunteered as a radio operator to serve on a fishing boat which was sunk by a U Boat that surfaced and machine gunned it. Another rating on the ship who was from Huddersfield was murdered along with a wren in Alexandria, both having their pay books and documentation stolen. This was a regular event in Alexandria as the Egyptians would sell the documents to German sources operating in Alexandria.
Jack was a gun layer on P2 gun, that's the second gun on the Port side, one of 4 high angle 4 inch anti aircraft guns aboard Woolwich. The guns trainer was a guy called Johnny Bull who was a regular seaman and trained diver. Jack was also gunners yeoman that involved looking after the small arms and hand grenades etc. Alexandria Port was regularly bombed and Woolwich put a barrage over the floating dry dock most nights, HMS Queen Elizabeth was in the dock having been damaged in late 1941 by Italian frogmen. His first job on arrival at Alexandria was to help re inter some of the bodies of her crew. After this event hand grenades were dropped each night from fast motor boats patrolling the harbour to deter frogmen.
He always considered HMS Medway to be a sister ship to Woolwich although technically they were not. Woolwich was the first custom built depot ship for the Royal navy commissioning in 1935, previous depot ships including Medway (submarine depot ship) and Resource (battle ship depot ship) were I believe converted from other civilian ships.
HMS Woolwich left Alexandria in June 1942 when the Germans were very near to overrunning the port (they were stopped at El Alemain)along with Resource. The Medway could not get her full compliment of crew back aboard in time and missed the tide. She was torpedoed the following day. They went down the Suez canal into the Red sea but returned to Alexandria I think that October. Jack left the ship in 1943 to come back to the UK and Woolwich went up to Trincomalee to join the East Indies fleet. She survived the war and was scrapped in 1962 following a stint in Harwich as flag ship for the reserve fleet.
Many photos on the internet of Woolwich pre war (1937 Spithead review she was the newest ship in the navy) and after the war while at Harwich. Wartime photos of her are rare as there was a photography ban in Alexandria. Woolwich had a dazzle cam scheme of black stripes over light grey base colour during this time.
My Father was from Barnsley and there were two others known to also have been from Barnsley. They were George Partridge tradesman plumber and Kenny Brookes AB.
I would love to hear from anyone who knew my father or who has any photos they would like to share.
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K Illsley . British Army K Illsley served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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FG Ilsley . British Army FG Ilsley served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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P Ilsley . British Army 1st Lothian & Border Yeomanry P Ilsley served with the 1st Lothian & Border Yeomanry British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Flight Sergeant D C Imeson R/67534. RCAF 59 Squadron
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Sgt. G. P. Imison . 97 Squadron
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Cpl. Robert Imperato . British Army 1st Btn. Welsh Regiment from Cardiff Robert Imperato enlisted into the 1st Battalion Welsh Regiment. He served in Palestine and Egypt until 1940. He then joined 50th ME Commando.
He was reported missing in action on the 1st of June 1941 on Crete. He had been injured in action and taken prisoner.
He spent the rest of the war in Stalag V111B/344.
He was involved in the long march.
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