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