Archie - A Pilot in RAF Bomber Command

Acknowledgements

Main	Archie	Pilot Training
102 Squadron	35 Squadron	Air Raid on Scharnhorst and Gneisenau 1941
Air Raids on Tirpitz Spring 1942	Trondheim Stavne Cemetery	Tales from the Boys
The Aircraft Halifax & Whitley	Acknowledgements	Links
Site Map (links to all pages on site)		Check here for the latest site updates

An enormous number of people have helped me to gather together much of the information found on this web site. It is thanks to them that I have been able to piece together the fates of some of the aircrews who were killed in action during WW2. Relatives of many of the men who were killed knew little or nothing regarding the fates of their loved ones, the aircraft simply being reported as 'missing'. As one of those relatives I extend my sincere and heartfelt thanks to all those who have assisted me in my quest to discover what happened to my grandfather over 60 years ago. Thank you all.
Linzee Druce now Linzee Duncan.

This web site could not have been made with out the help and support of a great number of people. In no particular order, my grateful thanks and appreciation go to the following:

John Morrison	Murray & Lynley Ives
Morten Moe and the Norwegian people he talked to	Solveig Skjelstad
Ed Cooke	Adrian Wallis & Family
John Asmussen	George Coates
Monty Burton	The Reynolds Family
Bill Stevenson 35 Sqdn Associaton	Jason Willis-Richard
H E Batchelder	Leslie Leney and Wynne Hines
My friends at Alastrean House	Mr G Dickson
Mum	Mr R Manning
Paul Gribbons	Mr T Thackray & Mr D Evans
Nigel and Patsy Smith	Mr M How
Bob Body	Dave Johnstone
David and Anne Bennett	Paul Middleton
Stanley Greaves	Einar Bjørsmo
Ernie 'Connie' Constable	Olav Vikvang
Tore Eggan	Oddlaug Sørmo
Rusty Williams	Gudmund and Petter Trætli
Kurt Reichmuth	Ingvald Arnstad
Ottilie Furunes	Tormod Langeland
Steinar Furunes	Egil Sørmo
Kjell Sørensen	Athol Murray
John Colgan	Mrs B Soanes
Nils Aukan	The Hoel Family
Tony Lomax

Sources

RAF Bomber Command Losses by W R Chorley
Tirpitz The Halifax Raids by Nigel Smith
Tirpitz Hunting the Beast by John Sweetman
Sink the Tirpitz by Leonce Peillard
Tail Gunner by Squadron Leader R C Rivaz
RAF Squadrons by Wing Commander C G Jefford
Minner fra krigen Smøla 1940-1945
Hemne under okkupasjonstiden by Albert Kvikne

Public Records Office, Kew, London
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
National Archives of Australia

Various online sources

Copyright

All material (text, images, photographs, line drawings etc) on "Archie - A Pilot in RAF Bomber Command" web site is ©Linzee Druce/Linzee Duncan 2001-2014 or to the person to whom it is credidted. You may NOT distribute or use any material from "Archie - A Pilot in RAF Bomber Command" in any form: electronic (BBS, Web Site, Floppy, CD etc), printed or other without first seeking and receiving written permission from the author of this site. archieraf@yahoo.co.uk