Dear Leonie, If you go to this site: - http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/ResearcherScreen.asp enter "Charles Stewart Bogle" without the quotes in KEYWORDS. you will get 2 entries returned. click on DISPLAY. click on VIEW DIGITAL COPY for the first one. page 4 refers to "collective graves" I did not read any further than that Hope this helps, Claude.... Claude O'Connor, Waratah, N.S.W., e-mail [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "tuminco" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 14 July 2003 12:47 Subject: War Graves > I am researching Flight Sergeant Charles Stewart Bogle who was the pilot of > a Lancaster bomber which was shot down over Brunswich, Germany 12-13 August, > 1944. All crew were killed. > > Would anyone know what the abbreviation Coll. refers to please i.e. Panel > number Coll. grave 19. A. 5-11. > > Someone suggested to me that it could mean collective as the remains of the > crew from this Lancaster bar 1 were burnt beyond recognition and that their > remains might have been put into a grave for each person but the remains not > necessarily being only of that person. > > Sounds morbid but it would be handy to know. > > Regards Leonie > > > ==== AUS-MILITARY Mailing List ==== > RAAF Museum > http://www.raafmuseum.com.au/ > >