DAMBUSTERS Eaves, W.T. (Bill)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Eaves ​

• FORENAME

W.T. (Bill) ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Flight Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Mention in Despatches ​

• PLACE

London Gazette 1.1.1945 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

wireless operator ​

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[maric75]

W.T. (Bill) Eaves

If anyone has any details on Bill Eaves, please send me a message. I am trying to piece together my grandfathers military history

 

[nick70]

Is this the same Bill Eaves who lived in Warwick, at on Lowes Avenue, during the 1970s?

 

[maric75]

Is this the same Bill Eaves who lived in Warwick, at on Lowes Avenue, during the 1970s?

hi this is the same Bill Eaves yes , he was my grandfather

 

[maric75]

He lived on the adjoing road to Lowes avenue, Gleeson Drive. I am trying to get as much information together as possible about him.

 

[nick70]

I'm not sure how helpful I can be, but Bill was a friend of my father's (b.1922). *When his mother moved to lowes avenue in the early 1970s, bill and he became reacquainted. My own mother thinks they met during training during the war. *He wasn't in the RAF, but in the Fleet Air Arm and served as a telegraphist air gunner in swordfish. *It is possible that they met in the UK (again, during training - my father was subsequently posted to Gibralter and then, later on, to Scotland) or they may even have had some shared local history. *I don't know. *I was only a child I'm the 1970s but I do remember Lea (?) who sometimes went on driving practice with my mother. *I have a vague recollection of going into their bungalow and being shown some 617 memorabilia. *Unfortunately, my father died 2 years ago. *He would of course have had all the details to hand, and could have explained how he knew Bill. *His name was Ron Gallent and was in the Fleet Air Arm between 1941 and 1945. *They may have trained on wireless together, at Worthy Down maybe?