I have a photo of a gentleman called G Evans whose RAF number is 1256828. How can I find out where he's from - I think it may be Mountain Ash in South Wales, or possibly Blaenau Ffestioniog in North Wales. Thank you.
No I don't I'm afraid; this is his photo on a greetings card. It looks WW2 to me. I'll go and look at that site now though and see what I can discover. Thank you.
WW2 service records are held by the Ministry of Defence and full details can only be requested by the veteran himself or, if deceased, his next of kin. There is a fee of £30 and you can download an application form here 12:14 Mon 11th Apr 2011
I don't want to appear a meanie but I really wouldn't want to pay £30 for it; I may never use it again. But I appreciate your help - thank you. BTW he didn't come up as a casualty on the other list so I can assume he survived.
Do you have a rank at all ? The number indicates he was transferred over to the RAF from the RFC (Royal Flying Corps) which suggests he was already an airman with the RFC after 1912 but before the RAF which was formed in 1918, RFC personal took their service number with them when they were transerred to the RAF
I can't see anything on the top of the arm at all, and the cap badge looks quite small too, my great uncle had the almost identical uniform, he was in the RAF in 1940
This would be the postcard currently listed on ebay, I presume? He's not wearing wings, neither pilot's nor observer's so probably ground crew. Not surprising given that Lyness was the HQ of the Orkney Barrage Balloon establishment which as far as I'm aware had no aircraft. The main flying base for Orkney was RNAS Hatson (HMS Sparrowhawk). Lynes was staffed from Early 1940 to November 1944 though it wasn't fully operational for the whole of that period.