Father had a picture taken sitting on the wing of a Spitfire

[richjh]

I have a picture of my father sitting on the wing of a Spitfire with all his crew members. My father would tell me stories of the German bombing of London during the war. I have a picture of his entire crew. If I remember it was taken with 24 of his crew members. He is on the left wing 2nd from the left.
i requested his records from the RAF and what I received was barely readable. Is there some service that can help me interpret his war records? The photograph I have is of such a high quality that I had it scanned to 4800 DPI. You can easily make out the faces of every crewmen.
Rich

[richjh]

My name is Richard Hagan, 1st generation American living in San Mateo CA. As my wife was cleaning out the closet she found a briefcase full of 50 of my parents pictures. I am hoping that this site can help me understand what squadron my father belonged to.
Rich

[shred]

Hi Rich,


Welcome to the forum. Was your father a Salford lad? Was he a pilot?

Well done to your other half for discovering the documents/pictures.

I would have thought that your father's service record would contain all the information that you would need to start your research. I have never seen a WW2 Royal Air Force service record and I may struggle to interpret it correctly. May I suggest that you post on the WW2 Talk forum? Try posting in the "The War in the Air" sub-forum ww2talk.com/forums/forum/16-the-war-in-the-air/ I am sure that you will receive much more information from the experts on that forum.

Good luck with the research.

Garry

[richjh]

Gerry,
Thanks for the suggestion. I will post in a few hours after I get a good scan of the documents.