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Michael H. Le Bas
Mike - Pancho
WW-II

 

Event Timeline

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1940 23/24 U/T Pilot, RAF (VR)
1941, July 16 24 Wings, Pilot Officer
1941, Sept. 25 Pilot, No.234 Sqn., at Ibsley; flew Spitfire II.
1942, March 25 Pilot, No.610 (County of London) Sqn.
1942, April 25 Volunteered for service in the Middle East; was transferred to No.601 Sqdn. as Flight Commander.  Embarked on aircraft-carrier USS Wasp; took off from the carrier & flew 500 miles to Malta, to reinforce its defence.
1942, June 25 Sqdn.601 was transferred to the Western Desert for armed reconnaissance patrols and ground attack missions in support of the 8th Army advance from El Alamein.
1942, July 16 25 Promoted to: Flying Officer
1943, Feb. 26 Instructor at No.73 OTU, Abu Sueir, Egypt.
1943, July 16 26 Promoted to: Flight Lieutenant
1943, July 17 26 Attached to No.81 Sqdn.
1944, April 23 27 Acting Squadron Leader, OC No.241 Sqdn. flying Spitfires VIII/IX in Italy, performing Tactical and Photographic Reconnaissance in support of the 57th Bomber Wing, USAAF.
1944, July 30 27 Flight Commander, No.242 Sqdn.
1945, May 28 No.56 OTU
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