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Gwen

Gwen Report 1 Jun 2011 14:23

Need a correct dealth cert for the veterans agency to be able to release any details of his records.

Perchino

Perchino Report 1 Jun 2011 21:19

Just a thought and as one of my family was named John but always called Jack I found this:

The Wartime Memories Project - RAF Tarrant Rushton (Dorset)
Collecting, preserving and researching photographs and memories of RAF ... Jack Britten, and ?(knobby)Clarke who went to Broadstairs for his Honeymoon. ...

www.wartimememories.co.uk/airfields/tarrantrushton.ht...

Another route would be to trace the RAF bases near to where the marriage took place as it is unlikely that John Britten would have been free to travel and be absent from the base for any length of time in 1944. Some of the sites dedicated to the RAF in wartime do list the names of air and ground crew and there are often photographs:

RAF Stormy Down - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The former Royal Air Force Stormy Down, commonly known as RAF Stormy Down, ...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Stormy_Down - 22k - Similar

Llandow - Royal Ordnance Factory Bridgend
Not situated near the ROF in Bridgend, R.A.F Llandow was only a stones throw away from Bridgend. Much remains of the fighter base, and over the next couple ...

www.bracklaordnance.co.uk/llandow.htm - 6k - Similar

GillianMac

GillianMac Report 2 Jun 2011 19:51

Gwen -you have not commented on my entry re Edward John Britten -do you not think it likely he is the one ? Lots of people use their middle name in preference their first name?

Gwen

Gwen Report 4 Jun 2011 22:49

sorry i think it could be the one but would have to see a cert to make sure.Mother in law do sure because she was always told he was called john but people can change their names.She would like to know if he married again and if she has any brothers and sisters so i will have to keep looking.