Have you seen this site already Jerome ? Barbados Warrior - Flying Officer Owen Rowe, Royal Canadian Air Force http://www.thememoryproject.com/digital-archive/profile.cfm?collectionid=61&cnf=wwII Annie
Thanks Annie; another one to add to the list! Trinidad had a similar case in WW1. Stuart Scott, served as a stretcher bearer then was commissioned in the Army, was wounded in action & on recovery transferred to RFC and on 1 Apr 18, given the option, transferred to the RNAS!!
Jerome I found this flyer when I was researching the R38 air disaster in 1921 ... not WW2 or even WW1 but I thought you maybe interested ! THOMAS, D.F.C. G M Flight Lieutenant, H.M. Airship R 38, Royal Air Force. Died on Wednesday 24th August 1921. Son of Mr. T. Thomas, of Savanna-la-Man,( Mar?) Jamaica, British West Indies. D.F.C. Commemorated in HULL WESTERN CEMETERY, Yorkshire. "R 38" Memorial. Roll of Honour - Yorkshire - Hull R38 Memorial
Looks like he'd already had a narrow squeak a few weeks before ........ sgt | gnr | cpl | 1920 | 0565 | Flight Archive DATE: August 24, 1921 TAKE-OFF POINT: Howden, Yorks CRASH LOCATION: River Humber Estuary, Near Hull, Yorks AIRCRAFT TYPE & SERIAL: Airship R.38 CREW FATALITIES: Air Cdre E.M. Maitland CMG DSO AFC; Flt Lt G.M. Thomas DFC; Flt Lt I.C. Little AFC; Flt Lt R.S. Montagu DSC; Flt Lt J.F.M. Pritchard OBE AFC; Fg Off T.F. Mathewson AFC; Fg Off V.H. Wicks; Flt Sgt S.J. Heath; Flt Sgt W.H. Greene; Flt Sgt H. Thompson; Flt Sgt F. Smith; Flt Sgt J. Rye; Flt Sgt A.T. Martin; Sgt J.W. Mason; Sgt F.E. Burton; LAC G.S. Anger; LAC W. Oliver; LAC J.N. Wilson; AC1 J.C. Drew; AC1 C.W. Donald; AC1 E.E. Steere AM; AC1 C.W. Penson; AC2 R. Parker; AC2 R. Withington; Mr J.R. Pannnell, National Physical Laboratory; Mr C.W. Duffield, , National Physical Laboratory; Mr C.J.R. Campbell, Royal Airship Works; Mr F. Warren, Royal Airship Works PURPOSE OF TEST FLIGHT: Prolonged, cruising test flight with the future American crew on board (not listed) to gain experience ACCIDENT DETAIL: During flight near full rudder was applied and this was almost immediately reversed. The airship was flying at about 45 or 50 m.p.h. and the structure began to fail between frames 9 and 10, finally breaking in two. The forward section caught fire and both parts fell into the river amidst an intense petrol fire TEST FLYING MEMORIAL
In Memory of Flight Lieutenant G M THOMAS D F C H.M. Airship R.38., Royal Air Force who died on 24 August 1921 Son of Mr. T. Thomas, of Savanna-la-Man, Jamaica, British West Indies. Remembered with honour HULL WESTERN CEMETERY CWGC :: Certificate
I think this is the young man on the postage stamp .... but his name is spelt differently ! Lacombe Alphonsus McCOY, 130839, Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force (V.R.), died 11th April 1943. From Dominica, West Indies In Memory of Pilot Officer LACOMBE ALPHONSUS McCOY 130839, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 11 April 1943 Of Dominica. Remembered with honour MALTA MEMORIAL
Hello Jerome We had a few Jamaicans who served in the Australian Navy in WW2. Just go to NAA file and you can find them. I tried to send you the website but it didn't work.
