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I guess Colin or Clive could be the name of the father...but who knows....?

Hi Jennifer,

Thanks for your continuing interest.....

His middle name according to his birth cert is Clive.

So it "Colin Clive May" born 10/08/1942.

Mother: Marjorie Phyllis Edna May.

He was born at Battle Hospital in Reading.

Thats it really.

Saying he was taken back to the US might have been my gran trying to cover up the birth..when really he was still in the uk and didn't want her children trying to find him...

Or she was embarasssed about who the fling was with and said it was a GI when it wasn't....

OR!!....worse case senario....she was raped!...

Hi peeps..

Nope....not a mention of adoption on the cert...not anywhere.

There were US airman in the UK in 41..even 40..some flew in the Batlle of Britian..so there is still some chance his father was American....
Though gran could have mistaken a Canandian accent for a US one.

Sorry Rose, all I have is what my mother's half sister told my sister..who passed on the info to me. I take it her mother told her it was a US GI....I don't know.

She was the last person to have know my gran before she died.....and she said that's my her mother told her..tough gran was maybe a little out of it towards the end....I don't know...

I am amazed I have been able to confrim the story of an illegitimate child...with proof of a birth cert!....BUT!... I would so love to complete the story by finding his father.

Especially if he was with the US Airforce ..military aviation of ww2 is a passion of mine.

Without doubt the birth certificate would have had----Adopted --added outside in the last margin ,

It seems unlikely to me a GI would take a child back to the US. Are there any reports of this happening?

Consider also Colin would have been conceived in 1941, so even earlier in the war.

Might be worth checking records for children's homes in the area, to see if he were sent there.

Rose

Yes Jennifer,

Its a mystery......if he didn't go to the US,..then where was he from birth to 45?.

My grand married in 45....and I doubt she brought her illegitimate child with her to the marriage...and in any case..no sign of him with the family in any records.

But can't see any possible records of him going to US.

Oh well......maybe never know...

Hi Rose,

Yes I have a full name and dob...His birth cert arrived the other day.

No fathers details....only mother...my gran.
The story about him being taken back to the US comes via my mothers half sister.
So I only have what she told me to go on.
I was thinking th GI might be US airforce....as there wasn't alot of GI's in UK in 1942..mainly Airforce.

If he was, say a was the member of a bomber crew..they returned back to the US after 25 missions. So if he had completed his 25 mission tour....then he could have gone home to the US with the child.

But this is speculation

Paul,

You have his full name now and a dob. What does the middle initial stand for? Have you tried Google and Gitrace.org?

Rose

Hi Jennifer....

No..not that I can see...but the story is ..he was supposed to of been taken back to the US with his father...whoever he maybe..

So.if hes still about..he would be in the US...but where to start?

Regards
Paul

( sorry when to shop to get my cat some food..lol)

Hi Susan,

I just wanted to let you know that I have now recieved the birth cert... yesterday! (after ordering on the 5th)...man that was a wait.

AND!.....its is the birth cert of my grans illegitimate child Colin.

Unfortunatley....it does not contain details of the father....name etc...bummer!

A real shame..I was getting so excited!.
But it does prove the story of the fling with the GI was true...or at least the fling part...lol....whether or not it was a Gi t ..has yet to be solved..but it's a start.

Cheers for your input.

Regards
Paul
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Mind you the youtube clips are on my site to.....lol.

Should resize it for modern monitors.

Thankyou
I will let the Oh know about them ,I had a quick look at your site, I am cooking dinner at the moment but will get back to it later.
Sue

Im in Bonnie Scotland Susan!.

I was living in England until 06 when me and my partner Linda moved to Scotland. She is Scottish.

And we both have relations in Oz.! ...My aunt emigrated to Oz in 1960..one of the £10 poms. She had married an Ozzie who came to the UK. They had 5 kids and then moved to Oz.

I to have a sizable amount of films, docs, books etc on ww2...plus Vietnam..and Korea...
Mainly avaiton stuff..including dvd about Major Preddy..and one about his fighter group..the 352nd FG.

There are some clips on youtube about Major. Preddy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHoU62vNGJ8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVH8dI-ZTbA

Boogie
I think he would be your half uncle .

My Hubby is into the war years ,he has a lot of books and fims on the subject and I think I have watched every film and doco on the war there is .

Are you in the Uk ,I am in OZ.
Sue

Hope so Susan,

Would be a great find it it turns out to be him...especially if his father turns out to be a pilot.
I am very keen on avaition..especailly ww2...and have been running a website dedicated to a US pilot for 10 years!!.
Major. George E Preddy Jr.

He was shot down and killed by his own side on Xmas Day 1944.

Heres my website.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/cripesamighty/PreddyBrothers.htm

But to have a relation being a US pilot would be just crazy!!....lol

What relation would he be to me? ..as he had a child with my grandmother..half grandfather?...lol

Hi Boogie
That is not good news about the certs going up,If you need any lookups in London I do have Ancestry heritage plus and I do get lots of London marriage certs come up.
They are just the same as you order them.
I have had a look for a bapts or crissy for him but nothing coming up sorry.
Fingers crossed it is the correct one.
Sue

Hi Susan,

Have just ordered the 1942 Colin cert you posted.
Its the closest Ive come to a match.

Plus the prices of certs goes up tomorrow..to £9.25 I think ..so get them while they cheap..lol

The first American to give his life in the Battle of Britain was Pilot Officer William M.L. Fiske of No. 601 Squadron. Fiske was a graduate of Cambridge University and a leading personality in the American bob sleigh teams that won the Olympic championships in 1928 and 1932. He died in hospital on 17 August 1940 after bringing back his damaged Hurricane to Tangmere.

Yes..there were Amercians here in 1940/41.
They flew for the RAF to get experience..though it was against US law for them to do so.

They flew in what was known as "The Eagle Squadron"..a few did fly in the Battle of Britian..