The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

apanderson · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:26 pm Post subject:

NEEDLEMAN, JACK
Rank: Staff Serjeant
Service No: 2885611
Date of Death: 28/04/1944
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: The Glider Pilot Regiment, A.A.C., 2nd
Grave Reference Sec. C. Grave 209.
Cemetery GLASGOW (GLENDUFFHILL) JEWISH CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Michael and Mary Needleman, of Glasgow.

apanderson · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:26 pm Post subject:

PHILIP NOBLE, late of R.A.F. (R.A.F.V.R.)
Died 2nd October 1944, 15th Tismri 5705, aged 21 years

apanderson · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:27 pm Post subject:

POLLI, SIMON
Rank: Private
Service No: 7680226
Date of Death: Between 06/12/1942 and 07/12/1942
Age: 34
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Pay Corps
Panel Reference: Panel 20. Column 1.
Memorial: BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Jacob and Sarah Polli; husband of Peggy Polli, of West Kensington, London.

apanderson · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:28 pm Post subject:

RACHKIND, SIDNEY
Rank: Driver
Service No: T/87434
Date of Death: 18/03/1940
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps, 2 Corps Ammunition Park
Grave Reference: Plot 4. Row K. Grave 11.
Cemetery: FOUQUIERES CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
Additional Information: Son of Morris Rachkind, and of Minnie Rachkind (nee Harris), of Glasgow.

apanderson · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:29 pm Post subject:

Possibly .....?

(Risker, A. on memorial)

RISKER, DAVID
Rank: Private
Service No: 329493
Date of Death: 01/08/1942
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps
Grave Reference Sec. C. Grave 214.
Cemetery GLASGOW (GLENDUFFHILL) JEWISH CEMETERY
Additional Information:

apanderson · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:30 pm Post subject:

ROSENBERG, MAURICE
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 216207
Date of Death: 30/03/1942
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Medical Corps
Panel Reference: Panel 18. Column 1.
Memorial: BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL
Additional Information:

apanderson · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:31 pm Post subject:

RUBIN, HENRY
Rank: Gunner
Service No: 1618552
Date of Death: 14/10/1942
Age: 33
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery, 259 Bty., 83 H.A.A. Regt.
Grave Reference: 7. J. 8.
Cemetery: BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Abraham and Eva Rubin, of Crosshill, Glasgow.

apanderson · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:31 pm Post subject:

SEGAL, JACK
Rank: Private
Service No: 2 940273
Date of Death: 08/11/1943
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders, 1st Bn., The London Scottish
Grave ReferenceV II. E. 21.
Cemetery CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Simon and Esther Segal, of Glasgow.

apanderson · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:32 pm Post subject:

SOLANSKEY, MAURICE
Rank: Fusilier
Service No: 14282691
Date of Death: 26/06/1944
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers, 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: V. B. 3.
Cemetery: RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE
Additional Information: Son of Harry and Bessie Solanskey, of Ayr

apanderson · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:33 pm Post subject:

ZEMMILL, ABRAHAM
Rank: Gunner
Service No: 7607387
Date of Death: 19/02/1944
Age: 32
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery, 169 Bty., 57 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Grave Reference: II. G. 11.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Lazarus and Christina Zemmill, of Glasgow.

Mike Morley · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 2:25 pm Post subject:

Name: ROSENBLATT, NATHAN
Initials: N
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Service Number: 655247
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force, 192 Sqdn
Date of Death: 6/8/1943
Panel Reference: Panel 139
Memorial: Runnymede Memorial.

Also named on Allan Glen's School Roll of Honour.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:49 pm Post subject:

From vwma.org.au

192 Squadron was a Special Duties (Electronic Warfare) squadron based at Foulsham in Norfolk. No. 462 Squadron (RAAF) was for a time co-located at Foulsham. The squadron contained a mixture of aircraft; specially fitted out Halifax aircraft and the streamlined de Havilland Mosquito among others.

Their task was to use a range of Electronic Support Measures (ESM) and Electronic Counter Measures (ECM) to attack the German Air Defence network by deceiving and disrupt Luftwaffe radar and communications in order to protect night bomber formations from radar detection and guided interception. The techniques included "Window", specially cut strips of foil matched to the wavelength of the enemy radar, that when dropped in large amounts, and on timed runs, could be used to create the illusion of a large movements of aircraft or ships on the enemy radar screens.

Another technique was the so-called 'ABC" or Airborne Cigar, the code name for an electronic jamming and broadcast equipment using an eighth crewman, known as the 'spare bod' as the operator. These men were German linguists, many of whom who were refugees from the Nazis. Many of them faced an unappealing fate if captured by the Germans. Their task was to transmit fake commands to German fighters and to emmit jamming signals. As this was an 'active' countermeasure emitting radio frequency signals, it meant they could be tracked and hunted down by night fighters vectored by radio direction finding ground stations. 192 used a combination of aircraft types to fly a range of specialised missions designed to achieve their tasking.

Nathan's Wellington ditched after taking off from RAF Chivenor in Devon.
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Ken