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Bit of an odd one I know but my grandfather served with the RAF in WW2 and is trying to trace some old squadron members, specifically one who defected to the Germans - landed his PRU mosquito in France and gave the plane to the Germans plus all the information he had on the PRU squadron.
Does anyone on here know how to go about this. I know a few of you may have 'contacts'...
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TB
what does he plan to do to him when he finds him?
have you considered that the defector may not want to be found?
Dave
He's going to offer him out for a fight isn't he!
You'll probaly find associations or societies linked with either the squadron or the aircraft. I'd start there, and if they can't help they'll know who can
Which squadron btw?
I think to make his peace.
His squadron might have a website set up by some enthusiast. My Grandad was in 630 squadron, my dad did a load of research and it turned out the guy running the 630 squadron website was living literally a few hundred yards away. Also there is a forum where people can post messages, so my dad got in touch with a few people, including a guy who was writing a book about 630.
It was a PRU squadron based in Leuchars - can't remember the number off hand.
have you considered that the defector may not want to be found?
Well yes, I can't imagine he would want to be found. And I don't think my grandfather wants to offer him out for a fight he just wants to know what happened to him, if he did get taken to court martial or if he disappeared off to South America or if he even survuved the war.
Has he tried the Royal Air Force Association or the RAF Museum at Hendon?
They would have records of squadrons and their histories.
I seem to remember when I visited the Imperial War museum in Manchester that they had a database of people who fought/died in the war. I could be wrong though, but I remember my dad looking up one of his relatives on a computer there who had fought in the war and found him.
commonwealth war graves commission website allows you to search the grave site records online.
took minutes to find my great uncle and we had little idea where he ended up before looking there.