Service records R A F 1944

Question

Flying officer 50607 P f Carlisle D F C 206 Sqdn R A F

Answer 1

Air Force Service Records of the Second World War can be obtained from the address below by the immediate next of kin or with written permission from them. A certificate of kinship must be completed. Download the certificate from website at this link: http://www.cwgc.org/faqs_answer.asp?faqi...

RAF Disclosures Section

Room 221b

Tranchard Hall

RAF Cranwell

Sleaford

Lincs

NG34 8HB

Tel: [phone] Ext. 6711

Casualty Details

Name: CARLISLE, PETER FRANCIS

Initials: P F

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Flying Officer

Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Unit Text: 206 Sqdn.

Age: 24

Date of Death: 28/09/1944

Service No: 50607

Awards: D F C

Additional information: Son of Dalton Stuart Carlisle and Gladys Bertha Carlisle, of Knightsbridge, London.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 205.

Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_deta...

Answer 2

yes i would agree with micky he has pointed you in the right direction.

Answer 3

Military Records after about the 1920s are still in the care of the Ministry of Defence.  Until the mandatory time period passes and the Data Protection Act expires on these records then access to the general public is severely restricted.  They usually wait until most of the people concerned are dead so there is no privacy problems before they release records into the public domain - the National Archives at Kew in London.

In the meantime, if you want records of a WW2 era soldier/sailor or airman  then you have to apply to the appropriate MOD department.  The Army is at some MP (mailpoint) address in Glasgow, the Navy historical disclosure department is in Portsmouth, but to be honest, I don't know offhand where you write for RAF records.  I'll add a link to the bottom of my answer when I've googled it.

In any event, the cost for a search is pretty hefty.  The last time I paid for an Army search just before Christmas it was £35 I think.  The fee certainly won't have gone down any.  There are also very firm restrictions on who can apply - you have to sign an official "next of kin" form and they ask you to enclose the guys death certificate as well.  If you're not a direct son or grandson, you might have a hard time filling in the form, unless you lie and say you are next of kin when you are not.  I'm sure people do succeed in getting hold of records of uncles and great uncles etc by lying on the application form (lets face it, how can they really check you are who you say you are?), but I wouldn't really recommend it.  Also, waiting times can stretch into months.  Genealogists enquries get pushed to the back of the queue in favour of former ex-servicemen and their families who need their service info for pension purposes and the like.  If alive, they can also apply themselves for free without paying the huge search fee so they get first dibs on the office resources.