Rosemary Edmeads
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I am trying to find crew members or their families who were stationed in Brindisi with 148 Squadron in 1944. MY father Sgt. John Frederick Cairney Rae was stationed in Brindisi. From May 1944 until August 1944. His plane JP162FS-S failed to return from a mission to Poland on the night of August 4/5th, 1944 and was shot down near the village of Wojnarowa near Krakow.
The crew were:
F/O James Gavin McCall Pilot RAFVR KIA
Fl/Eng Sgt R.O Peterson RCAF Evader
Air/Bmr. Sgt P J Anderson RCAF Evader
W/Op/Air Gun Sgt A Jolley RAFVR Evader
Air/Gun Sgt John Frederick Cairney Rae RAFVR KIA (my dad)
Air/Gun Sgt Clifford Aspinall RAFVR KIA
Sgt Underwood Evader
The 4 crew members who were able to bale out eventually returned to the UK with the help of the partisans. My father Sgt Aspinal and F/O McCall were bured by the villagers and later reinterred at Krakow Rakowicki Cemetry Poland by CWGC.
If anyone can help me in my search I would be grateful
Rosemary Edmeads nee RAE
The crew were:
F/O James Gavin McCall Pilot RAFVR KIA
Fl/Eng Sgt R.O Peterson RCAF Evader
Air/Bmr. Sgt P J Anderson RCAF Evader
W/Op/Air Gun Sgt A Jolley RAFVR Evader
Air/Gun Sgt John Frederick Cairney Rae RAFVR KIA (my dad)
Air/Gun Sgt Clifford Aspinall RAFVR KIA
Sgt Underwood Evader
The 4 crew members who were able to bale out eventually returned to the UK with the help of the partisans. My father Sgt Aspinal and F/O McCall were bured by the villagers and later reinterred at Krakow Rakowicki Cemetry Poland by CWGC.
If anyone can help me in my search I would be grateful
Rosemary Edmeads nee RAE