Mystery

 

I wrote in 2015:


Isn't it strange: I can't find any records of my father, nor from the highly decorated army chaplain Stoffels, not in the RAF-files, nor in the Dutch files, and I'm sure they both served in the RAF.

I've seen enough paperwork they both had in their possession, I've spoken with people who were with them in England, I've seen photos.
Lots of them. With my father in a Lancaster, in front of Spitfires, in front of a WW2 wireless console, with his colleagues, etc etc.
My dad had a desk with long drawers which were divided in two parts. The front part for everyone to see, and the back part one could only access by pulling out some hidden parts at the side of the desk.
He kept photos there from his English family, as we called the Brothertons, letters, some army stuff, reconnaissance photos with his handwriting on them, a badge, a flight cap, a letter with  thank you for his war efforts, a logbook, booklets with instructions and some other WW2 items.

There's absolutely no doubt he served in the RAF.
Yet, there is nothing to be found.


Later I found out more and I've put it all in this blog.