[B.F.M. Droog]

Hello Peter,

Thanks, it helps for sure. Certainly in case of the Mason booklet: it's highly unreliable, unfortunately and it makes me fear that the information in the other hunderd or so 'Profile publications' I own is of the same doubtful quality.

Have you any information on the evacuation of the ground crew of 4 Squadron? I've stumbled upon these four men, who I presume to be ground crew members:

Sergeant (Air Frame Fitter) Leslie Armstrong, RAF 561022, 4 Sqdn., age 29, 19/05/1940, missing (see also RAF Commands Forum)
Aircraftman 1st Class Reginald F. Abrams, RAF 621850, 4 Sqdn., age 19, 25/06/1940, missing
Leading Aircraftman Harold W.E. Hanson, RAF 517631, 4 Sqdn., age unknown, 25/06/1940, missing.
Aircraftman 2nd Class Samuel J. McConnell, RAF 632206, 4 Sqdn., age unknown, 25/06/1940, missing


Could it be that they all went missing on the same day - as 25 June is some kind of 'sweeping up' day for the missing - as Henk Welting answered today on RAF Commands Forum, when I asked about the last three of these four.


Regards,

Bart