I am conducting research into a top secret RAF intelligence gathering facility, codename 'Hillside' that was based at Hughenden Manor in Buckinghamshire during WWII. Hillside produced target maps for Bomber Command. It made and printed the maps for the dams raid, among others. Does anyone have informatoin about Hillside? Trying to conduct research is proving very difficult due to the fact that it was a top secret facility. Thank you, James. --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min.

Can you send a copy to the US - also since your wrote this, I would like to hear more about how the people who lived thru WW2 lived, how bad was it on them, etc. delilah From: "Peter Monks" <arethusa@shaw.ca> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] RAF AIRFIELDS IN SCOTLAND | Greetings, | | I was watching the war series attack on Monte Cassino yesterday, and the | attack by each of the countries troops, and the Polish flag flying in | triumph. | | I am reminded of an ex POW or displaced person who used to ask for a | cheese roll at the canteen EVERY single day. Finally, he arrives and | asks for 'Ham Roll Please', the lass asks do you want mustard with | that?................Cheese Roll please. | | Ah, nostalgia! Ask a question, from many years back and get great feed | back. Many thanks. I have an address: Col. G.M. Forteath, Marcassie, | Forres, IV36 0RM (Being the owner of the ex farm in 1974) | | The information that you supplied is wonderful. I remember Forres as a | small sleepy villiage where we got our accumulators charged that ran the | radio. Where we took our cat whose leg was nearly severed by a | trap......the vet returning the cat now on three legs said that it would | never catch mice again. It never had before......... but did after | becoming a parent!! I think that this apparition on three legs puzzled | the mice until it was to late. | | Now on a nostalgia mode, we had an Italian POW camp near the farm, I | recall the POW's coming to work on the farm, no guards as I recall, they | seemed happy to be out of the war, it could not be far as they marched | each day I think. Do you have any knowledge of the POW camp? Now | another incident if I may bother you, memories of their swapping us | fresh bananas (??????) for the banana powder that we were 'issued'. | Seems that they were making ice cream and using the banana powder as a | taste treat. ICE CREAM for the POW's??? Did the civilian population | have such treats? Amazing how one query leads to more and more! | | May I send you a copy of my self published book "The Flying P Ships" | being a history of the sailing era of the Laeisz Shipping Company of | Hamburg, as a thanks for your excellent help? If you care to share your | address, I have no commercial connections! Peter | | | James Flemington wrote: | | >May I add a bit more? | > | >Logie would have been a very easy bike ride, about three miles, from Forres | >airfield which had no perimeter fence and therefore children could get | >access to aircraft being serviced. Although the airfield remained Ir | >ministry property for a long time after the war its use as an airfield fell | >off in 1944, presumably as training needs changed. The huts used by the RAF | >ground crew were handed over to the army and were used to accommodate Poles | >who had been conscripted into the German army and were captured in France by | >the British army. Here they were screened and then drafted into the Free | >Polish army which served with great distinction in France and Italy; we | >remember their gallantry and sacrifice at Monte Cassino. | > | > | >Jim | > | > | >-----Original Message----- | >From: Forrest Anderson [mailto:listmail@military-researcher.com] | >Sent: 02 April 2006 19:04 | >To: WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com | >Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] RAF AIRFIELDS IN SCOTLAND | > | >On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 11:52:30 -0500, Peter Monks <arethusa@shaw.ca> | >wrote: | > | > | > | >>We lived on a | >>farm property with buildings adjacent to the main farm house/farm sheds, | >>this would have been around 1943 to 1945/6... | >> | >> | > | > | > | >>Around 1974 I... found the actual farm.... Now I cannot remember | >>the name and address, but it might have been near Dava at the junction | >>of A939 or was it B9007 and near Logie and A940?? | >> | >> | > | > | > | >>In my fathers service records he is | >>listed as | >>605 Sqdn 13/9/42 | >>11 S. of TT 3 Feb 43 | >>19 OTU 8/4/43 | >>56 Base 4/11/44 | >>19 OTU 26/4/45 | >>6 (c) OTU 18/7/45 | >>102 PDC Released 27/11/45 | >> | >> | > | > | > | >>As a child I recall being taken to see the aircraft... The aircraft was an | >>Anson I believe. Though I have dim memories of Lancasters, but where | >>and when.....?? | >> | >> | > | >Having his Service Record is a major help! No 19 Operational Training | >Unit, which was formed to train night bomber crews, was based at | >Kinloss from the unit's formation in May 1940 to its disbandment on 26 | >Jun 1945. 19 OTU also used the airfield at Forres as a satellite from | >1940 or 1941 up to 22 Oct 1944. During its existence, 19 OTU was | >equipped with quite a large variety of aircraft, including Ansons. | > | >After the departure of 19 OTU, 6 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit | >moved to Kinloss on 18 July 1945, and was equipped with Beaufighters | >and Mosquitos. | > | >Given that the airfield at Forres was less than 5 miles from the | >junction at Logie, it rather looks as though he was based at Forres | >and Kinloss airfields. | > | >Forrest | > | > | > | | | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | Please do not send virus warnings to the list. If you have concerns about a virus, contact your list admin or join VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com subscribe in the subject line. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. 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Hello Again-- Explanation: I purchased from ebay several copies of the Beecher Bugle, since Henry Ward Beecher was the founding pastor of my church. But it turned out to be a daily newsletter from the S.S. Henry Ward Beecher, from October 10 to October 17, 1945, as it brought U.S. troops home from Europe after fighting in World War II. It was not a Daily Bulletin; no official announcements. Just things like the movie schedule, the library and barber shop hours, the World Series scores, the fate of various Nazis (Quisling in this first issue). I'll post the soldiers' names and related data, one day at a time. The ship left from Antwerp and went to New York City. Correction: early issues of the Bugle announced that their destination was New York, but they actually arrived in Boston because of congestion in New York due to a longshoreman's strike. I want to donate these newsletters somewhere--any suggestions? - ----------------------------------------------------- New Names: Talent Wanted All men interested in the variety show or boxing report to Lts. Hill & Fitzgerald in the combined Recreation Center and Beecher Theatre, Saturday morning between 0930 and 1000. Around the Deck Incidental Intelligence: For those of you who have friends on the SS Pillsbury, The liberty ship that left Antwerp harbor shortly before our own ship, it may interest you to know that the Pillsbury is roughly 60 miles ahead of the SS Beecher. Howard M. Davis has lost a red and gold fountain pen. He would appreciate it very much and offers a reward if the pen is returned to him or to any Bugle representative. Six Stripers on Board Ship: No doubt there are others, but the writer saw the following men on deck yesterday with six overseas stripes: Pfc Alfred Chalk, T / 5 William Gilmore, T / 4 Peter Cantarow, T / 4 George Reid, T / 4 Chester Stull, T / 5 Paul Clark, and T / 4 Arthur Metcalf. ------------------------------------------------------ Edith (Lillie) Bartley edith.bartley@worldnet.att.net

Greetings, I was watching the war series attack on Monte Cassino yesterday, and the attack by each of the countries troops, and the Polish flag flying in triumph. I am reminded of an ex POW or displaced person who used to ask for a cheese roll at the canteen EVERY single day. Finally, he arrives and asks for 'Ham Roll Please', the lass asks do you want mustard with that?................Cheese Roll please. Ah, nostalgia! Ask a question, from many years back and get great feed back. Many thanks. I have an address: Col. G.M. Forteath, Marcassie, Forres, IV36 0RM (Being the owner of the ex farm in 1974) The information that you supplied is wonderful. I remember Forres as a small sleepy villiage where we got our accumulators charged that ran the radio. Where we took our cat whose leg was nearly severed by a trap......the vet returning the cat now on three legs said that it would never catch mice again. It never had before......... but did after becoming a parent!! I think that this apparition on three legs puzzled the mice until it was to late. Now on a nostalgia mode, we had an Italian POW camp near the farm, I recall the POW's coming to work on the farm, no guards as I recall, they seemed happy to be out of the war, it could not be far as they marched each day I think. Do you have any knowledge of the POW camp? Now another incident if I may bother you, memories of their swapping us fresh bananas (??????) for the banana powder that we were 'issued'. Seems that they were making ice cream and using the banana powder as a taste treat. ICE CREAM for the POW's??? Did the civilian population have such treats? Amazing how one query leads to more and more! May I send you a copy of my self published book "The Flying P Ships" being a history of the sailing era of the Laeisz Shipping Company of Hamburg, as a thanks for your excellent help? If you care to share your address, I have no commercial connections! Peter James Flemington wrote: >May I add a bit more? > >Logie would have been a very easy bike ride, about three miles, from Forres >airfield which had no perimeter fence and therefore children could get >access to aircraft being serviced. Although the airfield remained Ir >ministry property for a long time after the war its use as an airfield fell >off in 1944, presumably as training needs changed. The huts used by the RAF >ground crew were handed over to the army and were used to accommodate Poles >who had been conscripted into the German army and were captured in France by >the British army. Here they were screened and then drafted into the Free >Polish army which served with great distinction in France and Italy; we >remember their gallantry and sacrifice at Monte Cassino. > > >Jim > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Forrest Anderson [mailto:listmail@military-researcher.com] >Sent: 02 April 2006 19:04 >To: WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] RAF AIRFIELDS IN SCOTLAND > >On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 11:52:30 -0500, Peter Monks <arethusa@shaw.ca> >wrote: > > > >>We lived on a >>farm property with buildings adjacent to the main farm house/farm sheds, >>this would have been around 1943 to 1945/6... >> >> > > > >>Around 1974 I... found the actual farm.... Now I cannot remember >>the name and address, but it might have been near Dava at the junction >>of A939 or was it B9007 and near Logie and A940?? >> >> > > > >>In my fathers service records he is >>listed as >>605 Sqdn 13/9/42 >>11 S. of TT 3 Feb 43 >>19 OTU 8/4/43 >>56 Base 4/11/44 >>19 OTU 26/4/45 >>6 (c) OTU 18/7/45 >>102 PDC Released 27/11/45 >> >> > > > >>As a child I recall being taken to see the aircraft... The aircraft was an >>Anson I believe. Though I have dim memories of Lancasters, but where >>and when.....?? >> >> > >Having his Service Record is a major help! No 19 Operational Training >Unit, which was formed to train night bomber crews, was based at >Kinloss from the unit's formation in May 1940 to its disbandment on 26 >Jun 1945. 19 OTU also used the airfield at Forres as a satellite from >1940 or 1941 up to 22 Oct 1944. During its existence, 19 OTU was >equipped with quite a large variety of aircraft, including Ansons. > >After the departure of 19 OTU, 6 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit >moved to Kinloss on 18 July 1945, and was equipped with Beaufighters >and Mosquitos. > >Given that the airfield at Forres was less than 5 miles from the >junction at Logie, it rather looks as though he was based at Forres >and Kinloss airfields. > >Forrest > > >

Can anyone tell me what WWII facilities were at Glencoe? Thanks. -- Anne Picketts 14 Cove Road WAIPU 0254 Northland Phone/fax: 09 432-0045; Mobile: 021 252 6259 Waipu Heritage Museum FHS Dept: <anne@waipumuseum.com>

May I add a bit more? Logie would have been a very easy bike ride, about three miles, from Forres airfield which had no perimeter fence and therefore children could get access to aircraft being serviced. Although the airfield remained Ir ministry property for a long time after the war its use as an airfield fell off in 1944, presumably as training needs changed. The huts used by the RAF ground crew were handed over to the army and were used to accommodate Poles who had been conscripted into the German army and were captured in France by the British army. Here they were screened and then drafted into the Free Polish army which served with great distinction in France and Italy; we remember their gallantry and sacrifice at Monte Cassino. Jim -----Original Message----- From: Forrest Anderson [mailto:listmail@military-researcher.com] Sent: 02 April 2006 19:04 To: WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] RAF AIRFIELDS IN SCOTLAND On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 11:52:30 -0500, Peter Monks <arethusa@shaw.ca> wrote: >We lived on a >farm property with buildings adjacent to the main farm house/farm sheds, >this would have been around 1943 to 1945/6... >Around 1974 I... found the actual farm.... Now I cannot remember >the name and address, but it might have been near Dava at the junction >of A939 or was it B9007 and near Logie and A940?? >In my fathers service records he is >listed as >605 Sqdn 13/9/42 >11 S. of TT 3 Feb 43 >19 OTU 8/4/43 >56 Base 4/11/44 >19 OTU 26/4/45 >6 (c) OTU 18/7/45 >102 PDC Released 27/11/45 >As a child I recall being taken to see the aircraft... The aircraft was an >Anson I believe. Though I have dim memories of Lancasters, but where >and when.....?? Having his Service Record is a major help! No 19 Operational Training Unit, which was formed to train night bomber crews, was based at Kinloss from the unit's formation in May 1940 to its disbandment on 26 Jun 1945. 19 OTU also used the airfield at Forres as a satellite from 1940 or 1941 up to 22 Oct 1944. During its existence, 19 OTU was equipped with quite a large variety of aircraft, including Ansons. After the departure of 19 OTU, 6 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit moved to Kinloss on 18 July 1945, and was equipped with Beaufighters and Mosquitos. Given that the airfield at Forres was less than 5 miles from the junction at Logie, it rather looks as though he was based at Forres and Kinloss airfields. Forrest -- Forrest Anderson, Edinburgh, Scotland. E-mail: forrest@military-researcher.com Website: www.military-researcher.com Forrestdale Research - Military Genealogical Researcher ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== To post queries/answers to the list, send an email to: WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 11:52:30 -0500, Peter Monks <arethusa@shaw.ca> wrote: >We lived on a >farm property with buildings adjacent to the main farm house/farm sheds, >this would have been around 1943 to 1945/6... >Around 1974 I... found the actual farm.... Now I cannot remember >the name and address, but it might have been near Dava at the junction >of A939 or was it B9007 and near Logie and A940?? >In my fathers service records he is >listed as >605 Sqdn 13/9/42 >11 S. of TT 3 Feb 43 >19 OTU 8/4/43 >56 Base 4/11/44 >19 OTU 26/4/45 >6 (c) OTU 18/7/45 >102 PDC Released 27/11/45 >As a child I recall being taken to see the aircraft... The aircraft was an >Anson I believe. Though I have dim memories of Lancasters, but where >and when.....?? Having his Service Record is a major help! No 19 Operational Training Unit, which was formed to train night bomber crews, was based at Kinloss from the unit's formation in May 1940 to its disbandment on 26 Jun 1945. 19 OTU also used the airfield at Forres as a satellite from 1940 or 1941 up to 22 Oct 1944. During its existence, 19 OTU was equipped with quite a large variety of aircraft, including Ansons. After the departure of 19 OTU, 6 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit moved to Kinloss on 18 July 1945, and was equipped with Beaufighters and Mosquitos. Given that the airfield at Forres was less than 5 miles from the junction at Logie, it rather looks as though he was based at Forres and Kinloss airfields. Forrest -- Forrest Anderson, Edinburgh, Scotland. E-mail: forrest@military-researcher.com Website: www.military-researcher.com Forrestdale Research - Military Genealogical Researcher

Hello, Explanation: I purchased from ebay several copies of the Beecher Bugle, since Henry Ward Beecher was the founding pastor of my church. But it turned out to be a daily newsletter from the S.S. Henry Ward Beecher, from October 10 to October 17, 1945, as it brought U.S. troops home from Europe after fighting in World War II. It was not a Daily Bulletin; no official announcements. Just things like the movie schedule, the library and barber shop hours, the World Series scores, the fate of various Nazis (Quisling in this first issue). I'll post the soldiers' names and related data, one day at a time. The ship left from Antwerp and went to New York City. I want to donate these newsletters somewhere--any suggestions? ------------------------------------------------------- New Names: Notice from Transport Service Officer "The Transport Service Officer, Lt. Harder will be available at all times to answer questions regarding personal affairs." Such as the G.I Bill, income tax, VA, etc. "Interesting Character "Sgt. Gus Dodos of Terrance [sic] California who was with the 29th Infantry Division, recently married Miss Agnes M.L. Schergers of Eygelshoven, Limburg, Holland. They were married on 1st of August of this year in a Catholic church in Eygelshoven. Sgt Dodos met his wife during the time of the fighting that was going on near her home during the latter part of November 1944. The wedding date was set by the Army and, as a lot of other things, the marriage actually took place three months later. The army told Mrs. Dodos that she will be going to the States next year. Well, that is what the Army said anyhow." "I Thought the War Was Over" Apocryphal story about 3 of the ships' crew, using a ship's gun to hit a flea on a gull 8 miles away. The three Navy crew men were Gunners Mate Caleagno, S1 / C Troast and Signalman A'Hern. "Around the Deck "Incidental Intelligence...The first man the writer saw heaving it over the rail was Pfc Willie Gregory (The writer was heaving right next door to him)---" "Sketch: T / 5 Raymond Paris, was born in Paris, France and fought in the French Army in World War I. For the last 28 years he lived in New York where he volunteered for service in the US army in this War. He is 44 years old. Do you know any GI on board who is older? By the way Paris is working his way back to New York as a KP." The initial issue of the Beecher Bugle had a paragraph about porpoises, which "everybody watched yesterday." They are supposedly "a good omen when they play around a ship as they did around the SS Beecher yesterday." The paragraph said they were one of the fastest swimming denizens of the deep, so T / Sgt J.P.L. McManus suggested that they catch a couple of hundred and tie them to the boat to speed it up. It was "then explained that the only way to catch a porpoise is to take a double handful of taffy candy, tie it to a rope and toss it overboard. The Porpoise gets his teeth stuck in the damn stuff. Anyone wishing to catch Porpoises tomorrow see Capt Hamlin for a hunk of taffy and a strong rope." ----------------------------------------------------------- Edith (Lillie) Bartley edith.bartley@worldnet.att.net

Barb, The U.S. could not afford to build actual drydock facilities at every island outpost overran or acquired during its island hopping campaigns in the Pacific. The speed of the advance of the Allied forces and the length of the logistical supply lines also made this undesirable. The U.S. Navy built various forms of floating drydocks which contained ballast tanks that could be flooded, such as the ARD's. This of course caused the repair vessel or dock to partially submerge which would allow the vessel to be repaired to enter the dock or in the case of the ARD's the hull, which contained keel rails and blocking timbers to steady her vertically. Once fully blocked and secured, the ballast tanks pumped out the sea-water and the vessel was actually lifted out of the water to allow repair below the waterline and did not subject the vessel to rough seas while the project was ongoing. Rick

Vol 111 "Tuskegee Army Air Field" "Kingman Army Air Field" "Dyersburg Army Air Field" "Venice Army Air Field" "Page Field" "Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base" "Williams Air Force Base" "Columbus Air Force Base" "Tonapah Army Air Field" "Wendover Army Air Base" ---------------------- Also in this vol, on the title page is a photo of Dick Schneider at Ridgewell, England (Station 167), when he was nearing the end of his tour. Dick flew a total of 28 missions, 26 as a B-17 tail gunner over England. ----------------------------- In vol 11 on the title page is a photo Lt. P.J. McLaughlin (in front of and leaning against the tire of his B-29) at Pyote Army Air Field, there are 4 other military peopla but they are not named. ------------------------------------------------------

I now have the other two volumns of this set; Vol 11 "The Luftwaffe in Indiana - Freeman Field" "Birth of the Tuskegee Airmen - MotonField" in Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama "Carlstrom Field" (Primary Training) "Buckingham Army Air Field" (Gunnery Training) "Hondo Army Air Field" Bombadier Training "Wendover Army Air Base" Pumpkins and Atom Bombs "Walnut Ridge Army Air Field" Pilot Training and Aluminum Ingots "Pyote Army Air Field" The rattlesnake Bomber Base "Pratt Army Air Field" The Battle of Kansas "Craig Field" "Sioux City Army Air Base"

Greetings, Thank you very much for taking the time to reply to my query. I was a child at the time, memories are sketchy to say the least. We lived on a farm property with buildings adjacent to the main farm house/farm sheds, this would have been around 1943 to 1945/6. Around 1974 I took a quick tour of Scotland, just prior to our immigrating here to Canada, and by great luck found the actual farm.........they were about to demolish the portion of the building that we had stayed in. Now I cannot remember the name and address, but it might have been near Dava at the junction of A939 or was it B9007 and near Logie and A940?? The references to the locations of the other airfields and the Ordnance Survey map positions answers my initial query. I had tried seeking information via an RAF web site and it seemed to indicate (in my ignorance) the location of a few squadrons..........perhaps located at each corner of the airfields? Now I can zero in a bit more. In my fathers service records he is listed as 605 Sqdn 13/9/42 11 S. of TT 3 Feb 43 19 OTU 8/4/43 56 Base 4/11/44 19 OTU 26/4/45 6 (c) OTU 18/7/45 102 PDC Released 27/11/45 As a child I recall being taken to see the aircraft and being admonished to hide under the seat if the sergent came, much hilarity until I discovered that seat base was 'solid' to the floor. The aircraft was an Anson I believe. Though I have dim memories of Lancasters, but where and when.....?? Again my grateful thanks, Peter James Flemington wrote: >Forrest has detailed all the airfields on the Laich of Moray. Of these, >Kinloss and Lossiemouth were started and were operational before the >outbreak of war in September 1939 and are still operational today. The >others were established from 1940 onwards and were used as satellite fields >either for the dispersal of aircraft or for training. I remember the Forres >airfield being used for circuits and bumps by Whitleys of the Operational >Training Unit which was based at Kinloss. > >Peter - if you can give dated of when you were there or the type of >aircraft, or the nature of the operations your father was associated with, >it may be possible to narrow the search.. > >Jim > > > >----Original Message----- >From: Peter Monks [mailto:arethusa@shaw.ca] >Sent: 01 April 2006 18:52 >To: WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [WORLD WAR II] RAF AIRFIELDS IN SCOTLAND > >Greetings, > >My father was posted to Scotland as an RAF aircraftsman. The airfield >was adjacent to Lossiemouth while we lived near Forres. Am I correct in >thinking that this would be the only such airfield in the area?? (Not >far from where the three German spies were dropped off..........what a >clanger!!) > >Peter > > >==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== >We are an international list! Please, always tell the list what country your >ancestor is from. This helps all of us, especially you! If you give dates >please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 >Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. > >============================== >Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >New content added every business day. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > >==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military/WORLDWAR2.html >This is the link to our archives. You may search or browse. Also, subscribe or unsubscribe and contact admin. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > >

Also the ones that have the names and where they were borm/from, may I post that to the list, i.e. this one to the Alabama list, since this Capt John Tvede was born in Mobile, Al and I am sure somebody is doing genealogy on this name, I would see that you receive all credit. delilah evans ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edith Bartley" <edith.bartley@worldnet.att.net> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 11:34 PM Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Names from SS Beecher, October 10, 1945 | Hello, | | I purchased from ebay several copies of the Beecher Bugle, since Henry Ward | Beecher was the founding pastor of my church. But it turned out to be a | daily newsletter from the S.S. Henry Ward Beecher, from October 10 to | October 17, 1945, as it brought U.S. troops home from Europe after fighting | in World War II. It was not a Daily Bulletin; no official | announcements. Just things like the movie schedule, the library and barber | shop hours, the World Series scores, the fate of various Nazis (Quisling in | this first issue). | I'll post the soldiers' names and related data, one day at a time. The | ship left from Antwerp and went to New York City. | | I want to donate these newsletters somewhere--any suggestions? | | "In a special statement given to your correspondent yesterday, Captain John | J. Tvedt welcomed over 500 Enlisted Men and Officers bound for home and | discharge, aboard his ship." | | "A mild, soft speaking gentleman is Captain Tvedt whose home and birthplace | is Mobile Ala., he was born 3 September 1896 in an old seafaring | family....Up to ten years ago, when he decided to discontinue counting the | number of miles of sea he covered, the skipper had 250,000 miles of water | travel to his credit....The skipper has been in a number of tropical | hurricanes and in 1931 his ship lost its propeller in a rough sea. At | another time his vessel lost a rudder. In 1942 two ships in a convoy in | which our Skipper had his boat were torpedoed. But in every case the | Skipper and his ship came through with flags flying high. ....This is the | second load of returning troops that the SS Beecher has carried and Captain | Tvedt says that even though it is more work than carrying a cargo of coal, | it's a hell of a lot more fun and a real pleasure to carry Army Personnel | back to the States and to their homes." | | | | | | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | Please do not send virus warnings to the list. If you have concerns about a virus, contact your list admin or join VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com subscribe in the subject line. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. | | ============================== | Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the | last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx |

How about the World War 2 Memorial Museum in D.C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edith Bartley" <edith.bartley@worldnet.att.net> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 11:44 PM Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Beecher Bugle, October 11, 1945 | Hello, | | I purchased from ebay several copies of the Beecher Bugle, since Henry Ward | Beecher was the founding pastor of my church. But it turned out to be a | daily newsletter from the S.S. Henry Ward Beecher, from October 10 to | October 17, 1945, as it brought U.S. troops home from Europe after fighting | in World War II. It was not a Daily Bulletin; no official | announcements. Just things like the movie schedule, the library and barber | shop hours, the World Series scores, the fate of various Nazis (Quisling in | this first issue). | I'll post the soldiers' names and related data, one day at a time. The | ship left from Antwerp and went to New York City. | | I want to donate these newsletters somewhere--any suggestions? | | "Chief Steward Mac | "Ye Gods what food!...Your reporter had the pleasure of interviewing Chief | Steward John J. MacNamara who hails from Muncie, Indiana and claims to be | Irish....A crew of 28 men comprise the stewards department. among these | are the cooks, bakers, pantrymen, tab le waiters, and two very capoable | assistants--2nd Steward Ed Bardzinski of So. Chicago and Chief Storekeeper | Al. Breckenridge. Incidentally it hasn't always been mashed potatoes and | gravy for the Steward's crew. mac was in on the Luzon Invasion with Al | Breckenridge and Ed Bardzinski and they had a lot more to do with gun | powder than with baking powder. | | "John MacNamara is married and has an 8 months old son. Papa Mac was in | the Phillipines at the time of Juniors arrival.... | | "If there is anyone aboard this ship from Muncie, Indiana, or Iowa City, | Iowa they ought to get in touch with Chief Steward Mac. He enjoys a good | bull session." | | ------------------------------------------------------- | | "A vote of thanks: To those who worked so diligently to give us a theater | and day room in Hold No. 5. Special thaks to you Chief Mate Nelson, Ships | carpenter Al Gagnon, and to the entire ships crew who were so cooperative | and to our own boys, S/Sgt J.T. Morrissey, Sgt. F.W. Kowski, Sgt. W.J. | Mawk, T/3 I.Velie, T/4 A.J. Green, Cpl B.A. Mathew, T/5 Ezel Stewart, Pfc | J.T. Philpin. We say thanks to you all. Incidentally Hold No. 5 will also | be used for games, card playing, and general recreation room. We also plan | a variety show and a boxing match soon." | | ---------------------------------------------------- | | | | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | To post queries/answers to the list, send an email to: WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. | | ============================== | Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the | areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. | Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx |

Greetings, Thank you very much for taking the time to reply to my query. It is appreciated that you shared a fragment of family history. It is in such recalling that we bask in the glow (hopefully) of such memories. I was a child at the time, memories are sketchy to say the least. We lived on a farm property with buildings adjacent to the main farm house/farm sheds, this would have been around 1943 to 1945/6. Around 1974 I took a quick tour of Scotland, just prior to our immigrating here to Canada, and by great luck found the actual farm.........they were about to demolish the portion of the building that we had stayed in. Now I cannot remember the name and address, but it might have been near Dava at the junction of A939 or was it B9007 and near Logie and A940?? Again my grateful thanks, Peter carol wrote: > If it was on the back road into Lossiemouth from Lhanbryde and > Urquhart and very close to a wood my grandad used to be one of the > boilerman there. Sorry can't remember the name of the base > > Grandad lived at Rutherhill near Lhanbryde and one day a german pilot > upturned his plane and shouted out of the cockpit that they wood be > back. Mum remembers they were all in the field and she said that he > came so low that they all ducked down. > > Not much help in regards your query - more a family histoy remembrance > of the time. > > regards > > Carol > www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk > Wakefield Family History Sharing > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Monks" <arethusa@shaw.ca> > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 6:52 PM > Subject: [WORLD WAR II] RAF AIRFIELDS IN SCOTLAND > > >> Greetings, >> >> My father was posted to Scotland as an RAF aircraftsman. The >> airfield was adjacent to Lossiemouth while we lived near Forres. Am >> I correct in thinking that this would be the only such airfield in >> the area?? (Not far from where the three German spies were dropped >> off..........what a clanger!!) >> >> Peter >> >> >> ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== >> We are an international list! Please, always tell the list what >> country your ancestor is from. This helps all of us, especially >> you! If you give dates please help us understand the date you are >> referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. >> >> ============================== >> Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >> New content added every business day. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >> >> > > > > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military/WORLDWAR2.html > This is the link to our archives. You may search or browse. Also, > subscribe or unsubscribe and contact admin. We are an international > list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from > and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. > If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring > to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > >

Forrest has detailed all the airfields on the Laich of Moray. Of these, Kinloss and Lossiemouth were started and were operational before the outbreak of war in September 1939 and are still operational today. The others were established from 1940 onwards and were used as satellite fields either for the dispersal of aircraft or for training. I remember the Forres airfield being used for circuits and bumps by Whitleys of the Operational Training Unit which was based at Kinloss. Peter - if you can give dated of when you were there or the type of aircraft, or the nature of the operations your father was associated with, it may be possible to narrow the search.. Jim ----Original Message----- From: Peter Monks [mailto:arethusa@shaw.ca] Sent: 01 April 2006 18:52 To: WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WORLD WAR II] RAF AIRFIELDS IN SCOTLAND Greetings, My father was posted to Scotland as an RAF aircraftsman. The airfield was adjacent to Lossiemouth while we lived near Forres. Am I correct in thinking that this would be the only such airfield in the area?? (Not far from where the three German spies were dropped off..........what a clanger!!) Peter ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== We are an international list! Please, always tell the list what country your ancestor is from. This helps all of us, especially you! If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx

The Godfrey Library comes to mind for donations. They seem to take anything. find them at www.godfrey.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edith Bartley" <edith.bartley@worldnet.att.net> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 10:44 PM Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Beecher Bugle, October 11, 1945 > Hello, > > I purchased from ebay several copies of the Beecher Bugle, since Henry > Ward Beecher was the founding pastor of my church. But it turned out to > be a daily newsletter from the S.S. Henry Ward Beecher, from October 10 to > October 17, 1945, as it brought U.S. troops home from Europe after > fighting in World War II. It was not a Daily Bulletin; no official > announcements. Just things like the movie schedule, the library and > barber shop hours, the World Series scores, the fate of various Nazis > (Quisling in this first issue). > I'll post the soldiers' names and related data, one day at a time. The > ship left from Antwerp and went to New York City. > > I want to donate these newsletters somewhere--any suggestions? > > "Chief Steward Mac > "Ye Gods what food!...Your reporter had the pleasure of interviewing Chief > Steward John J. MacNamara who hails from Muncie, Indiana and claims to be > Irish....A crew of 28 men comprise the stewards department. among these > are the cooks, bakers, pantrymen, tab le waiters, and two very capoable > assistants--2nd Steward Ed Bardzinski of So. Chicago and Chief Storekeeper > Al. Breckenridge. Incidentally it hasn't always been mashed potatoes and > gravy for the Steward's crew. mac was in on the Luzon Invasion with Al > Breckenridge and Ed Bardzinski and they had a lot more to do with gun > powder than with baking powder. > > "John MacNamara is married and has an 8 months old son. Papa Mac was in > the Phillipines at the time of Juniors arrival.... > > "If there is anyone aboard this ship from Muncie, Indiana, or Iowa City, > Iowa they ought to get in touch with Chief Steward Mac. He enjoys a good > bull session." > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > "A vote of thanks: To those who worked so diligently to give us a theater > and day room in Hold No. 5. Special thaks to you Chief Mate Nelson, Ships > carpenter Al Gagnon, and to the entire ships crew who were so cooperative > and to our own boys, S/Sgt J.T. Morrissey, Sgt. F.W. Kowski, Sgt. W.J. > Mawk, T/3 I.Velie, T/4 A.J. Green, Cpl B.A. Mathew, T/5 Ezel Stewart, Pfc > J.T. Philpin. We say thanks to you all. Incidentally Hold No. 5 will > also be used for games, card playing, and general recreation room. We > also plan a variety show and a boxing match soon." > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== > To post queries/answers to the list, send an email to: > WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com We are an international list. Please remember > to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in > now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help > us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or > Nov 4, 1944. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Message from the Transport Commander "The Transport Commander, Lt. J.R. Conte, is very anxious that all returning military personnel aboard the Henry Ward Beecher has as pleasant a trip home as possible." He is soliciting complaints. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Around the Deck with Mugg Wumpus Short Sketch: T / 5 Ejon Lipowski, was born in Germany, lived in Bremen and worked with an underground Anti-nazi group until arrested by the Gestapo in 1936. He spent 11 months in Luneburg Concentration Camp (One of the worst). When he was released he managed to get to Chicago where he joined the army in 1943, where he acted as interrogator for German PW's. Biggest regret so far: that he did not meet some of his former Nazi jailers in an American PW Camp. "T/5 Lou Pratt is the man you see with the cameras on deck, also the mustache. It's a hobby with him, the cameras not the mustache, but he has made it pay. He has sold a number of his pictures to newspapers and magazines." --------------------------------------------------------- Editor's Note "This bulletin belongs to the troops and crew aboard this ship. Any contributions ...are very welcome. Hand your material in to Captain Hamlin, Cabin 6." Edith (Lillie) Bartley edith.bartley@worldnet.att.net

Hello, I purchased from ebay several copies of the Beecher Bugle, since Henry Ward Beecher was the founding pastor of my church. But it turned out to be a daily newsletter from the S.S. Henry Ward Beecher, from October 10 to October 17, 1945, as it brought U.S. troops home from Europe after fighting in World War II. It was not a Daily Bulletin; no official announcements. Just things like the movie schedule, the library and barber shop hours, the World Series scores, the fate of various Nazis (Quisling in this first issue). I'll post the soldiers' names and related data, one day at a time. The ship left from Antwerp and went to New York City. I want to donate these newsletters somewhere--any suggestions? "Chief Steward Mac "Ye Gods what food!...Your reporter had the pleasure of interviewing Chief Steward John J. MacNamara who hails from Muncie, Indiana and claims to be Irish....A crew of 28 men comprise the stewards department. among these are the cooks, bakers, pantrymen, tab le waiters, and two very capoable assistants--2nd Steward Ed Bardzinski of So. Chicago and Chief Storekeeper Al. Breckenridge. Incidentally it hasn't always been mashed potatoes and gravy for the Steward's crew. mac was in on the Luzon Invasion with Al Breckenridge and Ed Bardzinski and they had a lot more to do with gun powder than with baking powder. "John MacNamara is married and has an 8 months old son. Papa Mac was in the Phillipines at the time of Juniors arrival.... "If there is anyone aboard this ship from Muncie, Indiana, or Iowa City, Iowa they ought to get in touch with Chief Steward Mac. He enjoys a good bull session." ------------------------------------------------------- "A vote of thanks: To those who worked so diligently to give us a theater and day room in Hold No. 5. Special thaks to you Chief Mate Nelson, Ships carpenter Al Gagnon, and to the entire ships crew who were so cooperative and to our own boys, S/Sgt J.T. Morrissey, Sgt. F.W. Kowski, Sgt. W.J. Mawk, T/3 I.Velie, T/4 A.J. Green, Cpl B.A. Mathew, T/5 Ezel Stewart, Pfc J.T. Philpin. We say thanks to you all. Incidentally Hold No. 5 will also be used for games, card playing, and general recreation room. We also plan a variety show and a boxing match soon." ----------------------------------------------------

Hello, I purchased from ebay several copies of the Beecher Bugle, since Henry Ward Beecher was the founding pastor of my church. But it turned out to be a daily newsletter from the S.S. Henry Ward Beecher, from October 10 to October 17, 1945, as it brought U.S. troops home from Europe after fighting in World War II. It was not a Daily Bulletin; no official announcements. Just things like the movie schedule, the library and barber shop hours, the World Series scores, the fate of various Nazis (Quisling in this first issue). I'll post the soldiers' names and related data, one day at a time. The ship left from Antwerp and went to New York City. I want to donate these newsletters somewhere--any suggestions? "In a special statement given to your correspondent yesterday, Captain John J. Tvedt welcomed over 500 Enlisted Men and Officers bound for home and discharge, aboard his ship." "A mild, soft speaking gentleman is Captain Tvedt whose home and birthplace is Mobile Ala., he was born 3 September 1896 in an old seafaring family....Up to ten years ago, when he decided to discontinue counting the number of miles of sea he covered, the skipper had 250,000 miles of water travel to his credit....The skipper has been in a number of tropical hurricanes and in 1931 his ship lost its propeller in a rough sea. At another time his vessel lost a rudder. In 1942 two ships in a convoy in which our Skipper had his boat were torpedoed. But in every case the Skipper and his ship came through with flags flying high. ....This is the second load of returning troops that the SS Beecher has carried and Captain Tvedt says that even though it is more work than carrying a cargo of coal, it's a hell of a lot more fun and a real pleasure to carry Army Personnel back to the States and to their homes."