I saw a post from "Klaas" from May 2007 regarding 405 squadron. My father was with 405 at various airfields during WW11 as a WO1 Aero engine mechanic. I have an interest in RCAF 405 (Vancouver) Squadron ground crew. There is info on aircrew but it's difficult to locate a groundcrew interest.
Anyone interested in groundcrew research please contact myself.

Cheers!
Keith Jones

For those interested...

I have made a software programme called "World War II Allied Aircraft Crashes in The Netherlands" which can be downloaded via my website ( http://ww2.texlaweb.nl/ ).
The purpose of the programme is to search for information about allied aircraft crashes in Holland in the Second World War.
The programme itself (it is not a website) runs on your PC (no installation is required) and connects to my Internet database to get the data, so you will always have the latest information available...

Due to the fact that I have to maintain the database in my own free spare time, it is not (yet) filled with all the crashes, though at the moment 386 aircraft and 2334 crew members are listed in full detail; The database itself is expanded on a regular (almost daily) basis...

Please note that the software is completely FREE-OF-CHARGE and may be used by anyone interested...
Any comments/remarks (good or bad) about the programme... and/or input to the database... are highly appreciated!

Greetings from Holland,

Jan

Hello,

I'm from Landen, Belgium and I was searching for information about the crewmembers of the Lancaster
KB 835, shot down by a nightfighter on the 15/16 of March 1945 and crashed in Landen (Belgium).
The crewmembers were:
F/O Stewart J O (J38861) of Toronto, Ontario
F/O Armstrong L (J41627) of Auburnton, Saskatchewan
W/O Whitehead J (R165316), MIA
Sgt Kossatz T (R254617) of Pembroke, Ontario
F/O Ball J (JJ42247) of Nanaimo, Britisch Columbia
F/S White W (K281258) of Niagara falls, Ontario
F/O Ayotte John Hector (J45708), only survivor of the crash
Any information about one of these crewmembers is always welcome.
Greetings from Belgium

Alexander

I am carrying some research on behalf of my father in law who lost his brother Sgt David L SILVERMAN. David was an air gunner and a member of crew 57 of 434 Squadron their plane came down during an operation over Berlin 28 / 29 January 1944.

The other crew members were RHA Stanley, SJ Groucott, RC Crompton, DI Rose, JCW Olliffe and JJBL Leduc

Any information would be gratefully received

Many kind thanks

Jack Creeber

07876 257 782

Hi All,
I was searching for information about my uncle, who died in the war, back in 1941. His name was Jan Bloemendaal (Dutch) and a pilot for the Dutch Naval. By google i found out that my mother and grandparents took care of a grave of a 434 squadron pilot, burried in Ruurlo, the Netherlands.
Off course i heard some stories about that long time ago, but was not aware, and too young to realize at that time. I took some time to explore the 434 website and have to say that i am impressed. Never give up the memories about the people who saved us from disaster. thank you so much guys.
Gert Takken, 3994 LK 20 The Netherlands

Hi Alan

I'm H.W. O'Gorman's son, the navigator in crew 28. What a surprise to see a couple pictures of him. I have a few others of him and his crew. Do you want me to send you the scans?

Hi All,

While not a bluenoser myself, I used to maintain the &$^%$& CPN4/MPN11 radar from 82-87 and the Marconi replacement that followed in 88. Due to our position, infield, we almost had one of you guys come in to visit us unannounced on a particularly snowy/icy morning. Good times :)

Excellent tribute to 434 SQN history. God bless them all.

Cheers,
B

Alan, You have done you Uncle proud, your grandparents would have love seeing this. I dont believe your Grandmother ever got over the death of your Uncle Clair, by the way my brother Dougs middle name is Clair, no doubt named after your Uncle. This is a wonderful site,

Hello Alan,

You've done a tremendous job in putting this site together and in so doing honouring those who served in 434 during those dangerous times.
I've found it especially interesting through the great photo sections and in providing additional background info to that entered by my dad in his logbook. He's listed in the additional aircrew section and as a spare AG he flew on ops with different crews. Using his log and your crew list I've been able to identify thirteen of them: (#95,98,100,104,107,111,115,117,118,119,127,128,129)

I truly hope that this site will continue to grow.

Regards,
Brian Magurn

Thanks very much for this. My great uncle was Kenny Donaldson, also part of the Laffin crew. It wasn't long ago that my family was cleaning out a garage and we came across a box full of letters and pictures of the "Donaldson" Boys at during the war. Great to see some different photos and finally put some stories with them. If theres a way to share and with permission I will.

Thanks again
J.Hall
South Porcupine, ON

Great work Alan, you should be proud. I love it and will send pictures of P/O Philip Alan Kingston of crew 52 soon. Thank you, cheers, Darrin Kingston

Alan:

Thanks for this terrific source of information. My great uncle is David Carson Evans, pilot crew 56. Great to see his photograph here. I had never seen a photo of him until I visited this site.

Thanks,

Ewen Riddell

Hi Alan, Thought I'd have a look at your site as you suggested, well organized and a wealth of very useful information a great tribute to 434 Squadron sister Squadron to my brother's 431. No doubt I will visit often have marked it one of the favourites. Bill Heron/Niagara

Hello Alan,

This might be of interest to visitors of your website:
I have written a software programme called "WW-II Allied Aircraft Crashes in The Netherlands", which can be downloaded via http://ww2.texlaweb.nl/
It's free-of-charge, contains no commercial items and no install is needed...

Jan

By the way... Nice organized site you have...

Very well done..Have a very good friend who is Ex 434 member...was in radar during his time in 434 at Croft...often speaks of his time there...

A very fine effort. I was the CO of 434 (Bluenose) Squadron in the CF-5 era from 1984-86. I took command of the sqn in 1984 in Bagotville, QC and then moved it to CFB Chatham in NB, the summer of 1985. Our main role at that time was to reinforce the northern flank of NATO out of Andoya, Norway. Though we practiced that task many times, with the grace of God, we never had to carry it out.

A very good site, paying tribute to some very great men!

Alan

Excellent site, long overdue. My father, George Campbell, flew on crew #158 with B. Glazer. I finally met Mr Glazer 2 months ago and it was quite a thrill. My father passed away in 1979. I have a couple of crew photos that I will scan and forward to you shortly.

Of note, we are the repository of the 434 Sqn artifacts and photos here at the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum since the Sqn was disbanded several years ago.

Keep up the excellent work

Major Bert Campbell
14 Wing Heritage Officer
Museum General Manager
Greenwood, Nova Scotia