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Fahie,
William Cusack
Married (02.06.1945, London) Sen.Cmdr. Pauline
Mary de Peauly Gower (22.07.1910-02.03.1947); twin sons.
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27.04.1919
Dublin, Ireland
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06/07.1971
Johannesburg, South Africa
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P/O (prob)
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29.09.1939
[75521]
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P/O
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29.09.1940
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(WS) F/O
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11.03.1940
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(T) F/Lt.
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01.12.1941
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(WS) F/Lt.
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30.11.1942
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(A) Sq.Ldr.
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?
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(T) Sq.Ldr.
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01.01.1945
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(A) W/Cdr.
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?
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MID
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01.01.1943
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?
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MID
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17.09.1943
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?
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MID
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08.06.1944
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?
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BSM
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13.09.1949
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?
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29.09.1939
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first
commission, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch)
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24.04.1940
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transferred,
Technical Branch
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Farquharson,
James Miller
Married; four sons, one daughter.
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10.06.1922
Kingston, Jamaica
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25.06.2003
Trinidad and Tobago
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Ldg.Acm.
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? [1388674]
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P/O (prob)
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07.01.1943
[133249]
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(WS) F/O
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07.07.1943
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(WS) F/Lt.
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07.01.1945
(reld 27.03.1947)
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DFC
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15.05.1945
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*
[this and other medals donated to the Military and Aviation Museum in Trinidad and Tobago]
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* This officer has completed a large number of sorties over various battle areas in Burma. He has displayed the greatest keenness to engage the enemy and has been responsible for the. destruction of mudh enemy equipment. On one occasion he took part in an attack on a force of Japanese tanks, 13 of which were destroyed. In this spirited action, Flight
Lieutenant Farquharson pressed home his attacks with
exceptional determination.
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07.01.1943
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first
commission, RAFVR (General Duties Branch)
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(1945?)
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Hurricane
pilot, 20 Squadron
RAF (Burma)
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Feilding,
the Hon. Hugh
Richard
Son of Rudolph Edmund
Aloysius Feilding, Viscount
Feilding (1885-1937) and Agnes Imelda Mary Harding
(1885-1937).
Brother of Lt. the Hon. David
Charles Feilding, Maj.
the Earl of Denbigh, Capt. the
Hon. Basil Egerton Feilding & Capt.
the Hon. Henry Anthony Feilding, MC.
Married (28.03.1944) Sheila Katharine Bolton (died 10.04.2001), daughter of
Brig. Charles Arthur Bolton; one son.
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15.07.1920
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03.04.1996
Yorkshire
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Sgt.
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?
[1162486]
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P/O
(prob)
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05.03.1941
[64882]
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P/O
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05.03.1942
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(WS)
F/O
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05.03.1942
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(WS)
F/Lt.
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05.03.1943
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(A)
Sq.Ldr.
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(1945?)
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MID
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14.06.1945
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?
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Education: Ampleforth College
05.03.1941
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first
commission, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
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Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA).
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Figgins,
David Peter
Son of James Forrester Figgins, Lieutenant of the Coast Guard,
located in Ireland.
Brother of R.Adm. James Figgins, RN.
Married; two sons.
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06.1889
Drogheda, Co Louth
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11.1979
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Army:
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2nd Lt.
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12.10.1915
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Lt.
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1916 ?
(reld 30.09.1921)
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A/Capt.
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17.11.1917-10.05.1919
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Hon. Capt.
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30.09.1921
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RAFVR:
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(A) P/O (prob)
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28.03.1941
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P/O
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1942?
(reld 04.07.1944)
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MBE
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01.01.1955
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New
Year 55
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12.10.1915
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commissioned,
The London Regiment
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survived
gassing at the Battle of Paschendale
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01.02.1918
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10.05.1919
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Company
Commander, 18th Battalion The London Regiment
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Principal
school teacher, Belfast.
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28.03.1941
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first
commission, RAFVR (Training Branch)
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28.03.1941
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04.07.1944
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training
instructor
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Principal, Antrim Road Primary School, Belfast.
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Finucane,
Arthur John
Son of Henry Thomas Finucane and Dorothy Davies, of Fulham, London.
medal
bar at RAF Museum
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1913
Fulham, London
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Sgt.
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?
[1264072]
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P/O (prob)
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02.01.1942
[118188]
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(WS) F/O
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?
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(WS) F/Lt.
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02.01.1944
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F/O
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11.10.1948,
seniority 24.07.1946
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F/Lt.
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19.06.1952
(retd 12.09.1964; own request)
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DFC
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11.02.1944
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?
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39|45St
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?
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?
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AtlSt
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?
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?
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Def
Med
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BWM
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?
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?
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GenSM
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?
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with
clasp "Cyprus"
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first
commission, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
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(1942?)
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(1944)
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flew Sunderlands with 228
Squadron
RAF
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11.10.1948
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31.07.1952
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short
service commission RAF, and transferred to the Secretarial Branch
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01.08.1952
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12.09.1964
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permanent
commission
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Fisher,
Douglas *
* uncertain at the moment whether this is his full name or not; even
uncertain whether he was RAFVR or RAF
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1921 ?
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18.02.2007
[aged 86]
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first
commission, RAFVR (General Duties Branch)
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29 Squadron
RAF
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Captain of Caledonian Airways.
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Flack,
Leslie John
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?
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1983
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Sgt.
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? [740145]
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P/O (prob)
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29.08.1940,
seniority 15.08.1940 [84705]
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P/O
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29.08.1941,
seniority 15.08.1941
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(WS) F/O
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29.08.1941,
seniority 15.08.1941
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(A) F/Lt.
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?
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(WS) F/Lt.
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29.08.1942,
seniority 15.08.1942
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(T) Sq.Ldr.
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?
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AFC
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11.06.1942
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?
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29.08.1940
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first
commission, RAFVR (General Duties Branch)
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?
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09.07.1957
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on
the Emergency List (relinquished commission, retaining the rank of Sq.Ldr.)
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Foskett,
Leslie Bernard
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17.08.1921
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Ldg.Acm.
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?
[1152499]
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P/O (prob)
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01.01.1943
[150047]
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(WS) F/O (prob)
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01.07.1943
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(WS) F/Lt.
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01.01.1945
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F/O
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23.01.1946
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F/Lt.
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01.07.1946
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(A) Sq.Ldr.
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(1952)
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Sq.Ldr.
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01.07.1952
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W/Cdr.
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01.01.1958
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Gp.Capt.
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01.01.1965
(retd 17.08.1976)
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OBE
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13.06.1964
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HM's
birthday 64
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AFC
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05.06.1952
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?
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01.01.1943
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first
commission, RAFVR (General Duties Branch)
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23.01.1946
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extended
service, RAF
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15.04.1947
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permanent
commission, RAF (dated 01.07.1946)
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Francis,
Robin Keith
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29.01.1918
Cordoba, La Playosa,
Argentine
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27.06.1943
(MIA) [age 25]
[Malta Memorial,
panel 7, column 1]
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Wt.Offr.
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[964971]
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P/O (prob)
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01.01.1943
[141729]
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DFC
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20.06.1944
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with
effect from 26.06.1943 [posthumously]
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Electrician. Served in the Argentine Navy as a 1st
Class Electrician, 01.07.1936-01.07.1939.
26.04.1940
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31.12.1942
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volunteered
RAFVR (being a British subject, born in Argentine), serving in the ranks before being commissioned;
recommended for training as a pilot; awarded his Flying Badge 05.12.1940
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01.01.1943
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first
commission, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
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?
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27.06.1943
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14 Squadron
RAF
[his aircraft Marauder Mk. IA FK363 (G)
went missing from a reconnaissance mission]
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Fry,
Charles Rawdon Keith

Son of Charles Rawdon Manders Fry and of Florence Magdalen Fry
(née Scudamore), of Seaford, Sussex.
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1922 ?
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04.10.1941
[age 19]
[Horley (St Bartholomew) New Churchyard, Surrey, A.O.3]
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Ldg.Acm.
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? [1269153]
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P/O (prob)
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09.07.1941 [101570]
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Education: Hailebury College, Hertford
09.07.1941
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commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties
Branch) [emergency commission]
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?
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04.10.1941
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610 Squadron RAF
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Fry,
Patrick John
"Pat"
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19.12.1922
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14.10.2007
Hove, Sussex
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Wt.Off.
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? [1386077]
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P/O (prob)
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26.11.1944 [189130]
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(WS) F/O
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26.05.1945
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F/O
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30.05.1946,
seniority 26.11.1945
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F/Lt.
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26.05.1948
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Sq.Ldr.
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01.07.1955 (retd
01.02.1961)
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DFC
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06.03.1945
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*
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CdeG
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**
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* Pilot Officer Fry is a keen and competent
pilot. He has completed very many operational missions, including numerous
attacks on enemy shipping. On a recent occasion he took part in an attack
against shipping in the harbour at Den Helder. Opposition was intense.
Nevertheless, Pilot Officer Fry pressed home his attack with great courage and
determination, setting a very fine example.
** For sinking two German boats on a Bordeaux river, after surprising them by
swinging round and flying in over land.
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26.11.1944
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commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties
Branch)
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(1945)
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236 Squadron RAF
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30.05.1946
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extension of service for 7 years, RAF
(General Duties Branch)
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01.10.1950
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permanent commission, RAF (General
Duties Branch)
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