Air Gunners Squad 23

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Member Since: September 2004 Posts: 326 Send Message	evangeline	Report	19 Feb 2018 11:36
	We are trying to find information on our father who joined the RAF In 1944. We have a photo of him in training. The board in front of the squad says 133 Course Air Gunners Squad 23 06/04/1944 We would like to know where he was stationed and any action he saw
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,663 Send Message	greyghost	Report	19 Feb 2018 13:57
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,663 Send Message	Post 1920 records are still with the MOD - have look at this site https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-service-records Cost £30 unless person themselves or immediate NOK and can take several months to arrive.
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 26,276 Send Message	ArgyllGran	Report	19 Feb 2018 17:54
	Some general history of 23 Squadron: https://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/23squadron.cfm
	Researching: Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.