Year |
Ages |
Event |
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 |
19xx |
99-99 |
Xxxxx |
19xx |
99-99 |
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19xx |
99-99 |
Xxxxx |
19xx |
99-99 |
C LeB - corrections? additions? DSO, etc - why/when awarded? Other wartime awards? |
19xx |
99-99 |
Xxxxx |
19xx |
99-99 |
Xxxxx |
19xx |
99-99 |
Xxxxx |
19xx |
99-99 |
Xxxxx |
19xx |
99-99 |
Xxxxx |
19xx |
99-99 |
Xxxxx |
19xx |
99-99 |
Xxxxx |
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99-99 |
Xxxxx |
19xx |
99-99 |
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