I appreciate this is a really long shot but since my aunt passed-away this is probably the last chance of getting closure.

Doris V Shearing served as a WAAF at Croft. She was given the nickname "Tex" as she could drive just about anything with 4 wheels. We know that she met and enjoyed a relationship with a Canadian serviceman. Regrettably he was killed on a mission, and Doris never forgot him, and never married. I have been unable to locate any of Doris's private documents, and believe they may have been destroyed by her brother with whom she lived until her death.

I would like to identify the serviceman which meant so much to her, and my family will adopt his grave and make sure his memory is given the consideration and respect that is due.

The big challenge is to identify the man. We know so very little, but just maybe someone here may recognise her name and help us achieve our goal. I do know she was at Croft on March 22, 1944, after Lancaster KB-832 coded WL F, flown by F/O Horace Payne and crew, swung off the runway and hit KB-811 coded SE T, of 431 Squadron. She witnessed the explosion when the Cookie went up, which fortunately happened some time after the crash, and the Horace Payne Crew all escaped from the wreckage prior to the explosion.

Thank you for taking the time to read this message, and very best wishes, and stay safe in difficult times.