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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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