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can you possibly recognise Rob WEEDON, and help me trace him?
I do not know whether the name is short for Robert, or Robin.
- and he was
According to Mrs Yvonne Reissner, [38 years old at that time] hewas on a rest and recreation leave, in Kashmir, in Srinigar and Gulmarg, inMay of 1946.
An RAF pilot from the Burma Front on R&R, probably there a lot earlier than, 'May, 1946.'[A curious date!The Burma front was earlier.If I'm not mistaken, the war was already over for almost a year by May, '46. ]
The Reissners spent a number of weeks in his company,Rob Weedon was significantly younger than Mrs Reissner, and has a good chance of still being alive
At a guess an RAF Pilot would have been around 25 years old in 1946 - ie he was born around 1930
The following list are the squadrons Rob would most likely have been in (at the bottom are the four most likely): Squadron 34, 67, 79, 82, 89, 46, 62**,
76, 96, 52, 81, 88, 110, 117, 123, 131, 134**, 135***, 136, 146**, 152, 155, 159**, 160, 176**, 177, 191, 194, 205, 209, 211, 212, 215, 217, 233, 238, 240, 258**, 267**, 273, 292, 294, 298, 353, 354, 355, 356,357, 358, 615**, 628, 656**, 658**, 659**, 668-673, 681**, 684, 5**, 8 (200), 10, 11, 17**, 20, 22, 24, 27**, 28****, 30***, 31, 42***, 45, 47, 60**, 84, 99, 203, 206, 216***, 230.
All of the above squadrons fought in Burma during the time frame that Rob would have been there. Added stars signify increasing likelihood. Of all listed, the most likely is Squadron 28.Also high in the running: 135; 30; 42 and 216.These would be the four most likely.
Any clues here that can further this search????
David Lewin
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