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WW11 Royal Air Force

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Redrobin

Redrobin Report 17 Jun 2012 13:39

Thanks Reggie.
Regards Sylvia

Researching:
Pinner/.Chapman...Norfolk and Utah

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 16 Jun 2012 23:09

Records are at Cranwell - and have been for some considerable time
From the website............

Royal Air Force personnel records are held at RAF Cranwell. If service number and details are known, please quote it in the correspondence. The personnel records department will only divulge information to the person to whom it refers or, if he or she has died, to his or her immediate next of kin. Anyone else must obtain written permission from the person about whom they are enquiring, or from his or her next of kin, before any information will be given to them.

A charge of £30.00 will be made for any information they provide; If cheques are submitted with queries, they should be made payable to 'HMG Sub-Account 3627'. This applies to personnel records only. The only people exempt from charge are the person to whom the records refer to or their widow or widower.



RAF Disclosures section
Room 221b, Trenchard Hall
RAF Cranwell
Sleaford
Lincs NG34 8HB

Denis

Denis Report 16 Jun 2012 17:27

These records are no longer handled by RAF Innsworth. Latest details are here:

http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/raf.html

Redrobin

Redrobin Report 13 Jun 2012 16:51

Thankyou so much for that info Jonesey.
Much appreciated.

Will write to them this week.

Regards Sylvia.

Researching:
Pinner/.Chapman...Norfolk and Utah

Jonesey

Jonesey Report 13 Jun 2012 16:43

Service Records

Service Records for Second World War Personnel are still subject to restricted access only.(Closed for 75 Yrs)

However next of kin (or those with written permission of the next of kin ) may apply to the following address :-

Personnel and Training Command ,RAF Innsworth,Gloucester GL3 1EZ
Officers Service Records are held by Department PG 5a(2) and Airmen by Department P Man 2b(1)

(Please note : A charge maybe levied for this service.)

Researching:
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Redrobin

Redrobin Report 13 Jun 2012 16:33

Please can anyone tell me if it is possible to find the service records for my father-in-law.
He was
Henry Robert Charles PROUD b 4th July 1924 London. d 2001 London.
(also known as Harry)

He served in the airforce during WW11 and was stationed in Sardinia.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance
Sylvia

Researching:
Pinner/.Chapman...Norfolk and Utah