On the 28th March 2018 the Society made a donation of a part from Spitfire P9469 from our collection to The Hornchurch Aerodrome Historical Society.
On the 25th May we launched our petition to Save Finmere Control Tower.
Botley Cemetery Oxford, 11a.m. 11-11-18. Buried here are 743 service men and women from both world wars, including 461 Aircrew killed in Buckinghamshire and surrounding counties.
Framed illustrated memorial presented on the 11th November to the Royal British Legion Winslow. First displayed in Winslow church, now preserved in the Legion hall.
In memory of the 4 aircrew and 13 civilians tragically killed in the Winslow air disaster when on the 7th of August 1943 when a Wellington aircraft X3790 from No. 26 O.T.U. crashed into the Winslow high street demolishing the Chandos Arms and 3 of Rose Cottages terrace dwellings numbers 4, 6 and 8.
Remembrance Day Memorial display to airman killed in Buckinghamshire and surrounding counties, placed at Finmere Control Tower.
On the 4th May 2019 many new additions to the website were being uploaded to the site including our Chairmans (David King) Stowe School Boys Aircrew Losses Project research.
This comprehensive list of the 86 school boy airmen killed during WWII, was compiled by our chairman, with many associated loss pages being added to our Aircraft Losses Section.
Continued research for the site along with new remembrance pages has been and still continues to be a regular activity, highlighted here other work on the 22nd June including a moving film recording daughters visit to the crash site of his aircraft B-25 Mitchell FL193. This shows the unveiling of the Societies memorial to the crew by Trish Masters in memory of her father Sgt Eric Bailey R.A.A.F. viewable HERE on our YouTube Channel. Further behind the scenes work by David and Alexander king towards our Finmere Tower Project
corrosponding with Lone Star Land, a further email was sent to their head office for its attention.
Following work by our Chairman David King on the 26th September, relatives of F/O Bonneville (Pat and Terrie Bonneville) were traced, and attended the memorial service to the crew of LL720.
On the 24th October our Chairman David searching for relatives of Elmer Winn, located a phone number for a Susan and David Winn in Elmer’s home town of Stouffville, Ontario Canada. David phoned this number in Canada and Susan and her husband were indeed related.
The society has been cooperating with Dutch Historian Jaap Geenson for many years. In 2014 our chairman David King was able to identify items recovered by Jaap on the Dutch coast line, as coming from a Lancaster aircraft. A memorial to the crew of this Lancaster II, LL720 408 Sqdn, was unveiled on the 9th November 2019. The relatives of two of the crew members had been located, those of F/O J. Bonneville, RCAF and P/O E. Dramnitzki, RCAF. The search continues for relatives of the other five.
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