RAF WWII 38 GROUP SQUADRONS REUNITED

**** 13 April 2008 ****

Hello,

Four corrections have been made in WWII 38 Group Roll of Honour:

- You must read Flight Sergeant Stanley George KENTCH and not KENCH.

- Flight Lieutenant Leslie Jack ROWELL was Mentioned in Despatches (the date of publication in the London Gazette is unknown).

- Warrant Officer Samuel Albert FOLBIGG and Flying Officer William Alexander MacLENNAN never came back from an SAS operation 'Haggart 11' on 31 August 1944. They were onboard Halifax LL400 2P-'T' and nothing was ever heard from the aircraft. The crew had regrettably to be reported as missing.

Best regards.

Bruno LECAPLAIN

**** 10 April 2008 ****

Hello,

Two corrections have been made in WWII 38 Group Roll of Honour:

- You must read Sergeant Dennis Alec MATTHEWS and not MATHEWS.

- William BAKER who died on 23 September 1944, during a re-supply mission to Arnhem, was posthumously Mentioned in Despatches. Award effective on 14 June 1945 as per London Gazette of that date and Air Force Routine Orders, AFRO 1478/45 (official RCAF publication of the award) dated on 21 September 1945.

Details of the award thanks to Ken MacLean and Hugh Halliday.

Best regards.

Bruno LECAPLAIN

**** 23 March 2008 ****

Hello,

I want to thank here Warrant Officer Dave HARRIGAN, Deputy Curator of RAF Digby Sector Ops Museum, who has donated 483 pages of WWII 38 Group documents to WWII RAF 38 GROUP SQUADRONS REUNITED.
This an amazing gift for our researches.
The link to the RAF Digby Sector Ops Museum is in Links’ page or here:
http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafdigby/aboutus/sectoropsmuseum.cfm

Two corrections have been made in WWII 38 Group Roll of Honour:

- You must read Flight Sergeant Donald HOLLINRAKE and not GOLLINGRAKE
(Donald’s brother Keith also fell while serving as Sergeant in 15 Squadron, Royal Air Force. His Lancaster III LM576 LS-‘D’ crashed on 21 June 1944).

- Flight Sergeant Frank Norman JOHNSON and his crew, onboard Stirling IV LJ850 ‘Y’ never came back from SAS operation ‘Houndsworth IV’ on 18 June 1944 and not on 19 June 1944.
(LJ850 and its crew have never been retrieved).

Best regards.

Bruno LECAPLAIN

**** 16 December 2007 ****

Hello,

Thanks to the great help of Simon Randell a 38 Group airman is added to the Roll of Honour:

Sergeant Barrie Noel STEPHENSON

1530146

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

295 Squadron, 38 Group

Who died on 16 May 1943

Age 21

Son of Wilfred L. Stephenson and Jessie Maude Stephenson, of Nether Edge, Sheffield; husband of Eileen Winifred Stephenson

Sheffield Crematorium
Screen Wall. Panel 4

Sergeant STEPHENSON, 295 Squadron, 38 Group, was Flight Engineer onboard Halifax DG390 which crashed on a routine flight from Hurn to Holmsley South on 16 May 1943

Best regards.

Bruno LECAPLAIN