r a f

[rita19]

hi im new to this
trying to find info on a leonard wright .born 1926
he was in r a f . 1948/9 when he was living lewisham . i have his service number
cant find any more info
please if any can help
thank`s rita

[Neil Wilson]

Hello Rita and welcome to the forum.

RAF service records are split into two, officers and other ranks.

http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/raf.html

From Current/Former RAF Personnel.
A Subject Access Request (http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/sar.pdf) (SAR) form needs to be completed and sent to:
RAF DPA SAR Section
Room 220
Trenchard Hall
RAF Cranwell
Sleaford
LINCS
NG34 8HB
01400 261201
Ext 8175
Ext 8172
Ext 8173

From Family Members and Other Authorised Individuals
A Certificate of Kinship form (http://www.veterans-uk.info/pdfs/service_records/raf_kinship.pdf) needs to be completed and sent to:
RAF Disclosures Section
Room 221b
Trenchard Hall
RAF Cranwell
Sleaford
LINCS
NG34 8HB
01400 261201
Ext 6711
Ext 8161/8159 (Officers)
Ext 8163/8168/8170 (Other ranks)



Hope this helps (The building brings back memories for me, walking through it in the middle of the night checking that all was well)

[rita19]

Hi NEIL
Thank you but i tryed writing to the raf but as i can not find a death certificate i can not get the info . i have his birth & marriage cetificate . on the mariage cetificate is his sevice number .

[Geoffers]

You might try looking for a will for this chap, even if he died abroad, probate would probably have been granted in this country.

If you cannot locate his death in the GRO indexes, have you also tried the overseas deaths indices?

[Lesley Robertson]

hi im new to this
trying to find info on a leonard wright .born 1926
he was in r a f . 1948/9 when he was living lewisham . i have his service number
cant find any more info
please if any can help
thank`s rita

Do you also know what he did within the RAF? Pilot, radio operator, mechanic, etc, for example.
There are special interest groups appearing for specific trades and specialities. Sometimes the number is a clue - for example, everyone who belonged to my Father's Association (Cranwell Electrical and Wireless Boy Entrants) had a 6-digit number beginning with 55 (thus my Dad's number was 553355).

You say that you can't find a death certificate - have you considered that he might still be alive?

Lesley

[rita19]

Hi Lesley
sorry to say i do not know what he did in the RAF . i do not know where he signed up . i have his number ( 4039213). I have since found his death certificate .
which is a good thing.
rita