Try the Public Record Office at Kew - You will need to know some more
details such as squadron numbers etc to search the records.

Also RAF Aircrew records available (to family only) from RAF Innsworth,
Gloucester.

Regards
Martin




>From: "DENIS DEAVES" <denis.deaves@...>
>Reply-To: wreckhuntersforum@...
>To: <wreckhuntersforum@...>
>Subject: [Wreck Hunters forum] Fw: [airfields-uk-ireland] information
>needed
>Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:14:23 -0000
>
>can you help denis deaves
>----- Original Message -----
>From: James Liskutin
>To: airfields-uk-ireland@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 12:35 PM
>Subject: RE: [airfields-uk-ireland] information needed
>
>
>Hi there. James Liskutin here (spitfireboy.com)
>
>I have problems posting on the yahoogroups forum, so i am sending this to
>both emails i have as a request. the yahoo groups email will likely bounce.
>
>I have had a Lady,Gloria, contact me asking for information regarding
>family in the RAF.
>
>She has asked for help regarding links to research information. her case
>sounds urgent so in lieu of this, I am asking others for their advice as
>this is how I help in the best way possible really.
>
>her main question is
>
>What is the quickest way, if not what I have already requested from the
>FOI, to find out if there are any such statements from the three surviving
>crew members (either during or post war) of Halifax HX186?
>
>can you give any pearls of wisdom?
>
>her letter to me is below.
>
>best wishes.. James Liskutin www.spitfireboy.com
>
>............................................................
>
>
>I have just despatched an email to the Defence 'Freedom of Information'
>site but am not sure if there would have been an easier (and quicker) way
>to go about it.
>
>
>
>My name is Gloria Sheehan and I live In Brisbane Australia. One of my
>uncles, Flt Sgt David Charles Grant (426437 RAAF attached to RAF), was an
>air gunner on Halifax bomber HX186 that left RAF Melbourne on the evening
>of 20th December 1943 with the target as Frankfurt, and never returned.
>Killed were my uncle, Sgt W Borthwick (pilot), Sgt T Paling (w/op) and the
>second gunner Sgt Rochecouste whose remains were the only ones recovered.
>Three others (Sgts Baxter, Hayes and Kingham) were taken P's.O.W.
>
>
>
>David has two remaining siblings, my mother and one brother who has spent
>his lifetime trying to find out a more about where David actually died
>rather than just 'over Germany'. He has recently been diagnosed with
>throat cancer so I am making a concerted effort to try and get as much
>together as I can.
>
>
>
>I know that it was a practice at that time for the International Red Cross
>to be given access to P's.O.W. on both sides to gather statements that
>might information regarding other killed or missing crewmen. What is the
>quickest way, if not what I have already requested from the FOI, to find
>out if there are any such statements from the three surviving crew members
>(either during or post war) of Halifax HX186?
>
>
>
>Any assistance you could give would be much appreciated.
>
>
>
>Regards
>
>Gloria
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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