Personnel Index - Detail
Flew 28 Hampden operations in a variety of crew positions. Two additional flights are recorded as "Fighter Patrols" over Bristol & Oxford.
Harvey did a second tour with 207Sqn as a Rear Gunner.
Sgt Harvey James Etherton became F/Sgt then promoted to P/O on 11/08/43.
Subsquently become F/O on 11/2/44 then F/Lt on 11/08/45.
Around the time of serving with 49Sqn.
Details of his first tour with 49Sqn.
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Details of his second tour with 207Sqn.
Taken from the 1651 HCU photograph at Woolfox Lodge.
Additional details from his son, David Etherton:
After the war my dad was landlord of the Half Moon pub in Plumpton Sussex from 1957-1974 when he died suddenly of a heart attack.
I mention this because I am sure some ex-RAF members would have been to see him at the pub ,as I am sure they all enjoyed a beer together during the war.
My dad helped to form a cricket club in Worthing after the war called “ The Pathfinders “ I am sure this would have invloved a lot of ex-RAF personnel.
I have noticed some names that I remember from the past on the crew sheet – 585465 F/Sgt F Apps (Frank) – I think he may have been in Worthing after the war.
Also Sgt E Reaks – 750022 – I had a godfather (Gerry ) Reaks who I last saw in about 1975 – he lived in Worthing and had a wife called Zena.
My Dad and Gerry were very good mates and I think this may be the same man.
My Auntie (my Dad’s sister) is still alive aged 91 and lives in Worthing still.