Air people - your score so far is perfect. Add another notch to your fuselage .. any more detail?
Appreciated as always!
Des
2nd Lt. W. H. Currie RAF
Mrs. W. H. Currie, Drumrankin, Cullybackey, has been notified that her husband, 2nd Lt. W. H. Curie, Royal Air Force, was killed in action in france on 16th July 1918 in a fight with German aeroplanes. Deceased was a son of the
late Mr. William Currie of Clonard Gardens, Belfast and joined the army previous to the outbreak of war. Some time ago he was transferred to the RAF where gained rapid promotion. His younger brother is a PoW in Germany.
Ballymena Observer, August 2, 1918
Full Version: W. H. Currie RAF
Desmond
2Lt W H Currie was the observer in DH4 D8392 of No 55 Sqn, Independent Force RAF, piloted by Lt E Blythe, when the aircraft was struck by ground fire during a bombing raid on railway sidings at Thionville on 16 July 1918; both airmen were wounded. Lt Blythe was able to reach Allied territory before crashing, but 2Lt Currie died from his wounds.
I hope this helps.
Gareth
2Lt W H Currie was the observer in DH4 D8392 of No 55 Sqn, Independent Force RAF, piloted by Lt E Blythe, when the aircraft was struck by ground fire during a bombing raid on railway sidings at Thionville on 16 July 1918; both airmen were wounded. Lt Blythe was able to reach Allied territory before crashing, but 2Lt Currie died from his wounds.
I hope this helps.
Gareth
Many thanks - notch up another Victory!
QUOTE (Dolphin @ Aug 31 2004, 11:24 PM) 
Desmond
2Lt W H Currie was the observer in DH4 D8392 of No 55 Sqn, Independent Force RAF, piloted by Lt E Blythe, when the aircraft was struck by ground fire during a bombing raid on railway sidings at Thionville on 16 July 1918; both airmen were wounded. Lt Blythe was able to reach Allied territory before crashing, but 2Lt Currie died from his wounds.
I hope this helps.
Gareth
2Lt W H Currie was the observer in DH4 D8392 of No 55 Sqn, Independent Force RAF, piloted by Lt E Blythe, when the aircraft was struck by ground fire during a bombing raid on railway sidings at Thionville on 16 July 1918; both airmen were wounded. Lt Blythe was able to reach Allied territory before crashing, but 2Lt Currie died from his wounds.
I hope this helps.
Gareth
My uncle, also William Currie has asked me to see if I can find out any information about his late uncle 2Lt W H Currie. William has 2Lt Currie's flight log book and his final entry shows that they had been having engine trouble. It has been very interesting reading the account of what happened on 16th July 1918 and I will pass on all the details to William. I would love to know how you know what happened on that day?
Thank you
Jen
Jen
First of all, welcome to the Forum.
There are a number of books that contain the story, or part of the story:
Independent Force by Keith Rennles;
The DH 4/DH 9 File by Ray Sturtivant and Gordon Page;
Airmen Died in the Great War by Chris Hobson; and
The Sky Their Battlefield by [Forum member] Trevor Henshaw.
I hope that this helps you.
Gareth
First of all, welcome to the Forum.
There are a number of books that contain the story, or part of the story:
Independent Force by Keith Rennles;
The DH 4/DH 9 File by Ray Sturtivant and Gordon Page;
Airmen Died in the Great War by Chris Hobson; and
The Sky Their Battlefield by [Forum member] Trevor Henshaw.
I hope that this helps you.
Gareth
IF you go to my Ballymena website below you can see a picture of Currie on the 'Virtual memorial' .. I too would love to know more .. is there still a Northern Ireland connection?
Des
Des
QUOTE (currie @ Oct 30 2009, 09:19 PM)
My uncle, also William Currie has asked me to see if I can find out any information about his late uncle 2Lt W H Currie.
Welcome to the forum Jen
Have you looked in AIR 76/119, on microfilm, at the UK National Archives Kew to see if his RAF service record is there?
QUOTE (Dolphin @ Oct 30 2009, 10:29 PM)
Jen
First of all, welcome to the Forum.
There are a number of books that contain the story, or part of the story:
Independent Force by Keith Rennles;
The DH 4/DH 9 File by Ray Sturtivant and Gordon Page;
Airmen Died in the Great War by Chris Hobson; and
The Sky Their Battlefield by [Forum member] Trevor Henshaw.
I hope that this helps you.
Gareth
First of all, welcome to the Forum.
There are a number of books that contain the story, or part of the story:
Independent Force by Keith Rennles;
The DH 4/DH 9 File by Ray Sturtivant and Gordon Page;
Airmen Died in the Great War by Chris Hobson; and
The Sky Their Battlefield by [Forum member] Trevor Henshaw.
I hope that this helps you.
Gareth
Thank you for the information. My uncle William is in his 90th year and still living in NI. He will be very interested to hear the story so I will buy him one of the books for Christmas.
Jen
Jen
I'd opt for Independent Force if I were you. The others are excellent detailed references, but they have fairly little information about particular men or aeroplanes (due to the vast scale of their coverage) and are probably not all that suitable for someone who wants the overall story.
Regards
Gareth
I'd opt for Independent Force if I were you. The others are excellent detailed references, but they have fairly little information about particular men or aeroplanes (due to the vast scale of their coverage) and are probably not all that suitable for someone who wants the overall story.
Regards
Gareth
QUOTE (Dolphin @ Nov 1 2009, 09:23 PM)
Jen
I'd opt for Independent Force if I were you. The others are excellent detailed references, but they have fairly little information about particular men or aeroplanes (due to the vast scale of their coverage) and are probably not all that suitable for someone who wants the overall story.
Regards
Gareth
I'd opt for Independent Force if I were you. The others are excellent detailed references, but they have fairly little information about particular men or aeroplanes (due to the vast scale of their coverage) and are probably not all that suitable for someone who wants the overall story.
Regards
Gareth
Thank you Gareth
I managed to track down a copy of Independent Force. I see in the Operations diary for 16th July 1918 Walter Howard Currie was killed in action. I note he was from Toronto in Canada and was buried in Charmes. William Henry Currie was killed in action on the same day and was buried at Charmes but he was from NI.
I have an email address for Keith Rennles from his book but unfortunately my emails fail to deliver,so I suspect it has changed.
Any ideas?
Jen
QUOTE (currie @ Nov 14 2009, 06:48 PM)
Thank you Gareth
I managed to track down a copy of Independent Force. I see in the Operations diary for 16th July 1918 Walter Howard Currie was killed in action. I note he was from Toronto in Canada and was buried in Charmes. William Henry Currie was killed in action on the same day and was buried at Charmes but he was from NI.
I have an email address for Keith Rennles from his book but unfortunately my emails fail to deliver,so I suspect it has changed.
Any ideas?
Jen
I managed to track down a copy of Independent Force. I see in the Operations diary for 16th July 1918 Walter Howard Currie was killed in action. I note he was from Toronto in Canada and was buried in Charmes. William Henry Currie was killed in action on the same day and was buried at Charmes but he was from NI.
I have an email address for Keith Rennles from his book but unfortunately my emails fail to deliver,so I suspect it has changed.
Any ideas?
Jen
Name: CURRY, WALTER HOWARD
Initials: W H
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Unit Text: 19th Bn.
Date of Death: 27/08/1918
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: D. 28.
Cemetery: ACHICOURT ROAD CEMETERY, ACHICOURT
You can see the attestation paper here
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databas...p;id_nbr=130825
Regards
Carninyj
How strange that two W H Curries died on such close dates. I'm sure there are many more such unrelated incidents, but you must now be intrigued to follow it further.
How did you come across the reference, as it would appear that the Canadian Walter Howard was not in the Air Force, was it just similar initials on CWGC or is there a deeper connection?
How did you come across the reference, as it would appear that the Canadian Walter Howard was not in the Air Force, was it just similar initials on CWGC or is there a deeper connection?
Since my previous post the RAF officer's records have now become available online:
Name Currie, William Henry
Date of birth: 04 May 1895
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...p;resultcount=3
Name Currie, William Henry
Date of birth: 04 May 1895
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...p;resultcount=3
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