Eight years ago I discovered my g'dad had an older brother. "Oh that will be the pilot killed in the war" said one of my aunts.
Two years later I found his Death Cert on LancsBMD and discovered he was killed in a pit accident the day before his 28th birthday. That was bad enough but then I realised I had no idea who the 'pilot 'was or which war
Fast forward to Monday inst. I was searching for my g'ma's eldest brother in America, 5 records popped up the last being for his son's memorial at Runnymede.

UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947
Cemetery: The Runnymede Memorial Part II
Berry, Sgt. Richard Alan, 754402, R.A.F. (V. R.). 7th November, 1941. Age 23.
Son of Richard & Clara Agnes Berry, of Shotton Colliery, Co. Durham. Panel 39.

He and all his crewmates were killed on a raid to Berlin, he wasn't a pilot.

After EIGHT years of bewilderment and frustration I have found the mystery 'pilot'. He was my g'ma's nephew.

Now I have another mystery. Did his parents go to America or Canada or is that another family member?
I favour the latter, the prime suspect being the son of the person who started the kerfuffle, my g'dad's elder brother!

Oh happy days!

Regards,
Malcolm