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Brining this old thread back up.

Sadly my 1st Cousin passed away recently. However, her daughter and husband kindly contacted me and have sent the original Telegram and CO's letter shown earlier...

Thanks very much for posting this photo!

As I was at the RAF Museum Hendon yesterday, I thought that I would add these pics of their Sunderland Mk V Flying Boat to this thread. The beauty of this exhibit is that you are allowed to walk...

I can now reveal that the family who have contacted me (and joined the forum) are relatives of:

Flight Sgt Maurice John Hargrave JERRARD - 1339621

He can be seen here standing in the middle on...

Bringing this old thread back up again as tonight I have been contacted by another family who lost a relative in this ill fated crew. Hopefully more to come!

Cheers, Ade.

Hi Rob, thanks.

I expect he wore the RAF cap badge.

Most of the family live around Rockglen.

Cheers, Ade.

Another pic sent from Canada.

Here Sid and some of his comrades attend a wedding at North Battleford. The summer weight uniforms are interesting to see.

Cheers, Ade.

Bring this old thread back up as I have now got a new photo of Sid via my relatives in Canada.

Cheers, Ade.

Hi, as I mentioned earlier I honestly think he should have been awarded the 1939- 45 Star due to being killed on active service? But he would not have qualified for an Air Crew Europe Star.

Have a...

Hi Barry, thanks for your comment.

Good luck with your applications. Keep us posted here. They will be able to tell you if the medals were claimed (at the time or later on) if you try and apply...

Hi Ace, thanks for your comments. Even though I never knew Sid I often think about him.

There are certain laws regarding British war dead.

Crashed aircraft which contain the remains of the...

The letter from the Wing Commander. You can see how the family might just cling onto a little bit of hope?

The second telegram.

I have realised that I also forgot to scan and post the dreaded telegrams and letter from the C/O. So here they are. First off is the initial telegram where Sid is posted as "Missing".

:D Great!

cheers, Ade.

These are great! Thanks very much!

I have emailed Rosalie in Australia to take a look at this thread. I am sure she will be interested?

Looking at the group photo which I posted and shown here...

Another item I forgot to show was this limited edition cast metal model of a "Sunderland" flying boat which was made Dinky. It is now not available but a via search of model stores, I got one. But...

Photo A4: Building bases.

Plenty of blast shelters visible dotted around this area.

Photo A3: Training and Instructional Area.

Centre bottom is the gatehouse on the tree-lined driveway up to Dalmore House. The long rectangular building in the top centre is a 5-bay Link Trainer...

Photo A2: Dalmore House.

Dalmore House was taken over for the Officers' Mess, with further buildings in the grounds. The rifle range backstop is visible top left.

Photo A1 shows the former Hanger areas, the Slipway is visible at top, hangar outlines are visible in the trees and top right corner as grass marks.

Compare with the wartime photo shown in this...

A good friend and forum member kindly researched these for me, so thanks Paul :)

Flash Earth ...satellite and aerial imagery of the Earth in Flash

These screen shots show much of the site. Here...

Hi Bodace, thanks for the update.

Hi Grant, if your Great Uncle was killed dropping leaflets, I would suspect it would be during the "Phoney War" era, circa 1939/1940? It might be worth you...

Hi Bodace, many, many thanks for your post! I have corrected my typo.

Sadly I do not have any further info. Do you have any photos of your Grandad? Is he on the group photo of the crew?

I was...

The final part of my story about Sid finishes last year.

Sadly my Aunt died and she had kept this. The previous last letter home I showed was sent to my Grandma.

This one is dated a mere two...