I wish to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to the many people helping me to research the crash of the W7531 LS-F, and other MacRobert's Reply material, especially in:

• Denmark - Sq.Ldr Eric Jensen (Retired), Bent Henriksen, Erik Hansen, Finn Buch, Stig Johansen, Bo and Axel Sommerby, and Lisbeth Behrendt. My thanks also to Jørgen Bertelsen for kindly allowing me access to his archive file and for assisting me to construct the Danish (Dansk) version of this site. See more of Jørgen at the museum page. Also huge thanks to Willy Schmidt for coming forward after 60 years as one of the men who helped my father escape from the crash site alive.
• England - Joe Sharp, Giuseppe Lombardi of the Stirling Project, Dennis Royston of the Stirling Aircraft Association, Gordon Leith of RAF Hendon Museum, Torben Harris (XV Sqn Association), and Martyn Ford-Jones (author of 'Oxford's Own' among other titles) official XV Sqn historian. Huge thanks to Brian Freer of Farlam Airframes for reproducing a replica W7531 panel.
• Scotland - Linzee Druce (author of Archie - A Pilot in RAF Bomber Command and expert researcher!).
• New Zealand - Errol Martyn, John Ryan (see below).
• Tasmania - Beryl Tasharofi.
• Also the kind permission of the MacRobert's Trust in allowing me to reproduce the account of the donations by Lady MacRobert (see far RHS photo) to the RAF to purchase the aircraft, and images on this site.
• Huge thanks to Seaforths Travel, KLM UK, and Avis for their incredible help in arranging everything for the trip to Denmark for the 60th memorial. See here for their part of the story, and links to their web sites.
  

  Crew Relatives:

• My thanks to the sister and neice of Sgt Ronald Maycock for supplying me with details of his RAF career, and with photographs of him which they have allowed me to display on my site.
• Thanks to the neice of Sgt Tony Spriggs for providing me with his photograph for the website.
• Thanks to the family of Sqn Ldr John Hall for verifying certain information regarding his RAF career before he took command of MacRobert's Reply W7531.
• Thanks to the son of F/O John (Buck) Ryan (the Reply navigator) who provided much needed site material all the way from New Zealand.
• Thank you also to nephew of Sgt Bob Nicholson (rear gunner) who made contact in 2004 and has provided many useful items for the site.

  My relatives:

• A big thank you to my family for their encouragement, and patience, while I build up this site. I couldn't have done this without your backing.
• Lastly, but by no means least, it is also fitting to thank my father, the 'sole survivor' of the W7531 crash, without whose help, verification, and inspiration this site (and a forthcoming book hopefully) would still be on my wish-list rather than a reality. I realise how hard it must be to relive the horror, and loss of good friends, and I hope this site pays suitable tribute to them.
  

If you believe you can also help please contact me confidentially.

It should also be noted here that the MacRobert Trust has worked tirelessly to provide many historians with material regarding these aircraft, and the donations made by Lady MacRobert. Their charitable work and connections with the RAF continue to the present day.

Please also visit my links page to see more of the organisations that have helped inspire this site, and please take the time while you are at my site to sign my guestbook below. Thanks.

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