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Albert Evans Service Record
Air Ministry Form 1406
Letter to Albert Evans' Father from the Air Ministry
The letter advises Albert's father that his son is buried in Dusseldorf.
Letter to Albert Evans' Father from Air Ministry
The letter advises that the photographs of Albert's grave have not been received. His medals are being dealt with. His widow's remarriage has been noted.
Letter to Albert Evans' Mother from British Red Cross
The letter advises that Albert is 'Missing, killed in action'.
Letter to Albert Evans' Father from Air Ministry
The letter acknowledges that Albert's widow has renounced her next of kinship.
Letter to Albert Evans' Father from Air Ministry
The letter advises that Albert has been reinterred at a British Military Cemetery at Cleve.
Letter to Albert Evans' Mother from Imperial War Graves Commission
The letter advises Albert's mother about visiting his grave and enclosing a leaflet with details.
Letter to Albert Evan's Mother from Air Ministry
The letter advises that his logbook cannot be sent to her but if his widow agrees then it can be forwarded.
Albert Evans, Record of Service
A list of Albert's war service.
Albert Evans Summary of Last Flight
A record of Albert's last flight to Berlin. It lists his route, bomb load and crew.
Flying Officer Albert Evans
A framed memento of Albert with a colourised head and shoulders portrait of Albert, an embroidered RAF crest and a 1939 to 1945 Star and Bomber Command Clasp. There is a caption 'Flying Officer Albert Evans 157299, 44 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer…
142 Squadron North Africa June 1943
Top left - four men wearing shorts, two with no shirts and one with sombrero, three standing and one sitting in front of an earn with round object on top. In the background a tent. Captioned 'Ted with J Prentice & two crew, killed over Naples July…
Two Casualty Lists
Two lists of casualties from 'Flight' relating to March 1945. The first is captioned 'Casualty list showing names of our hut mates killed over Hamburg 7/8th March 1945' and the second 'Casualty list showing names of some of our friends, who were…
Preface: The Crash of Lancaster LM595
An account of the crash of Alec's Lancaster in Overflakkee, Holland by his step sister and husband. Included in the account is a portrait of Alec and a list of the crew who died that night.
Alec Pyle's Operational Flight Records
The records were extracted from those kept at Kew.
Alec Pyle
A biography of Alec written by his step sister's husband. He details the family history, his search for the grave site, his visit to the grave in 1992 and their research on the crash.
Interview with Fred McCullough
Fred McCullough discusses his series of abstract art works which are an homage to his uncle, Sergeant Harry McCullough, a flight engineer with 61 Squadron. He was killed on his tenth operation and is buried at Durnbach Cemetery.
Telegram to Mervyn Adder's father from the Air Ministry
Regrets to inform him that according to information from Red Cross, his son Pilot Officer Mervyn Adder was believed to have lost his life.
Letter to Mervyn Adder's father from the Red Cross
Reports that source of information that his son had lost his life along with Flying Officer J R Berrington and Sergeant C Clark was a German report to international Red Cross in Geneva. Report included information that Flying Officer T H Fynn was a…
Letter to Mervyn Adder's father from the Air Ministry
Confirms information in telegram in which he was notified that his son had lost his life as a result of air operations on 15 March 1944. Information was from official German sources.
Note on crew
Mentions tracing the crew who were all buried together. Did not find pilot, so assumed survived the war. Pilot survived because he happened to be wearing a parachute.
M Adder grave and telegram
Top - photograph of grave with white cross with name 'P.O M Adder RAF, 15.3.44'. Surrounded by similar crosses with trees in the background.
Bottom - telegram to Mervyn Adder's father informing him that his son was missing as a result of air…
Bottom - telegram to Mervyn Adder's father informing him that his son was missing as a result of air…
Letter to Mervyn Adder's father from the Air Ministry
Informs him that no further information about the reported death of his son had been received and in view of report from red cross as well as lapse in time, it was now presumed that his son had lost his life on 15 March 1944.
Note accompanying photographs of cross marking grave
From under secretary of state for air to Mr A Adder forwarding photographs of cross marking grave of 175073 Pilot Officer Mervyn Adder.
Letter to Mrs JT Jones from the Air Ministry
The letter attaching a Certificate of Death. It is assumed that her husband has died following the disappearance of his aircraft.