RAF Censor 311

[Alan Baker]

Can anyone give me any info on this stamp? I cannot seem to find it in the Type 7 records in Colley & Muchall's recent update

I cannot read the FPO number either. A handwritten note on the page suggests it is from Belgium

Also, any info on the signature NH Longstreet?

[Nick Colley]

Hi, Alan, there's a good reason R7/311 is not to be found in Colley & Garrard: until now, no one has reported it. You are the first !  :o

A pity about the FPO, but it's probably one of the 760 series. The date is Jan 45, I think? Belgium would be a reasonable guess.

No idea about Mr.Longstreet, but if you put N.H.Longstreet into Google, you'll find there's one in Ottowa (even gives the address and phone number ! Don't they have Data Protection over there ??), so that ties in, perhaps, with the Canadian address. Who knows whether it's the same one, or a relative, or not connected at all.

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[Michael Dobbs]

Nick

My RAF R7 censors with 760 series FPOs are as follows:

69 FPO 760 24 AP 45
81 FPO 760 9 DE 44
103 FPO 762 9 NO 44
110 FPO 759 28 NO 44
113 FPO 762 6 FE 45
113 FPO 762 3 AU 45
116 FPO 762 19 SP 44
145 FPO 759 23 NO 44 Letter from Main HQ 2TAF RAF, BLA
368 FPO 763 7 SP 45

Sorry Alan, I know this doesn't help you !

Mike  ;D

[Alan Baker]

Thanks both. Sadly, the cover is not mine. I will report back that it is breaking new ground