[Prof.] Derek Ainslie
Son of late Sir Charles James Jackson.
Married 1st, Poppet John, daughter of Augustus John. Married 2nd (29.12.1936) Hon. Pamela FreemanMitford (marr. diss. 1951), 2nd
daughter of 2nd Baron Redesdale.
Married 3rd (1951) Janetta (marr. diss. 1956), daughter of Rev. G.H. Woolley, VC, OBE, MC and former wife of Robert Kee; one daughter.
Married 4th (1957) Consuelo
Regina Maria (marr. diss. 1959), daughter of late William S. Eyre and widow of Prince Ernst Ratibor zu Hohenlohe Schillingsfürst.
Married 5th (1966) Barbara (née Skelton, former wife of Cyril Connolly, CBE, CLit, and of A.G. (later Lord) Weidenfeld).
Married 6th (1968) MarieChristine, daughter of Baron Georges Reille.
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Hampstead, London
-
20.02.1982
Lausanne, Switzerland
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(A) P/O (prob) |
28.06.1940
[81405] |
|
P/O (prob) |
28.07.1940 |
|
P/O |
28.06.1941 |
|
(WS) F/O |
28.07.1941 |
|
(WS) F/Lt. |
28.07.1942 |
|
(WS) Sq.Ldr. |
07.08.1943
(Emergency List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of W/Cdr.) |
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(A) W/Cdr. |
1943 |
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OBE |
01.01.1945 |
New
Year 45 |
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DFC |
24.06.1941 |
* |
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AFC |
01.01.1944 |
? |
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LM |
25.04.1947 |
? |
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LegH |
? |
? |
* This officer has displayed outstanding
ability during recent night fighting operations.
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When war broke out Jackson joined
a small group of researchers working for the Admiralty in the Clarendon but in
1940, after Winston Churchill's intervention, Lindemann released him to join
the Royal Air Force. Jackson flew as a navigator from spring 1941 until summer
1942 when, at Lindemann's instigation, he was made chief airborne radar
officer of Fighter Command. He was involved in trials of ‘window’,
metallic chaff thrown from aeroplanes to confuse enemy radar, and especially
with ways of interfering with German night defences, either by jamming their
transmissions or homing onto them. All told, Jackson flew 1100 hours as a
navigator on active service and on dangerous trials. For his contribution to
the air war he was awarded the DFC (1941), AFC (1944), was appointed OBE
(1945) for valour, and was made an officer of the Legion of Merit (USA). |
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| 28.06.1940 |
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
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| (1941) |
604
Squadron RAF |
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Published: numerous papers in Proceedinigs of the Royal Society, Journal de Physique, Physical Review, Zeitschrift für Physik.
Literature: Simon Courtauld, As I was going to St Ives : a life of Derek Jackson (2007)
Horace Gordon
Son of Harry Gordon James and Lilian May James, of Isleworth, Middlesex.
Fulham, Greater London, Middlesex
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05.07.1942
(KIA) [age 27]
[El Alamein War Cemetery, IV.E.29]
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Sgt. |
? [1204245] |
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P/O (prob)
|
07.05.1942 [137564] |
| 27.09.1940 |
enlisted,
RAFVR |
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| ? |
- |
16.12.1941 |
No. 61
Operational Training Unit (Heston) |
| 16.12.1941 |
- |
07.05.1942 |
145
Squadron RAF (Yorkshire & Middle East) |
| 07.05.1942 |
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) |
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| 07.05.1942 |
- |
05.07.1942 |
145
Squadron RAF (Middle East) [killed in a Mk VB Spitfire number AB411 due to oxygen failure] |
Sydney George
Son of William Giles Jennings, and Sarah
Elizabeth Jennings.
Married (1941) Gwendoline Constance Adam; three sons, one daughter.
Heston, Middlesex
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1964
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F/Sgt. |
? [1241923] |
|
P/O (prob) |
18.01.1945 [190972] |
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P/O |
20.07.1945 |
|
(WS) F/O |
20.07.1945 (emgcy
?) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of F/O)) |
|
|
DFC |
16.11.1945 |
? |
| 18.01.1945 |
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
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| (1945) |
flight
engineer, 166
Squadron RAF |
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| ? |
- |
10.02.1954 |
Emergency
List |
Charles Alfred
Son of Richard Edgar and Ethel Johnson, of Pontypool, Monmouthshire.
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25.06.1943
[age 27]
[Runnymede Memorial, panel 125]
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Ldg.Acm. |
? [1415229] |
|
P/O (prob) |
04.12.1942 [135112] |
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(WS) F/O (prob)
|
04.06.1943 |
| 04.12.1942 |
commissioned
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) |
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| ? |
- |
25.06.1943 |
51 Squadron
RAF [his Halifax II (JD250 MH-R) took off from Snaith at 23.13 hrs for an operation against Wuppertal; was shot sown by night-fighter (Ofw. Karl-Georg Pfeiffer of IV./NJG 1), crashing at 01.45 hrs in the sea west of Noordwijk, the Netherlands] |
James Edgar
"Johnnie"
Married Pauline Ingate; two sons.
Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire
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30.01.2001
High Peak, Cheshire
CB 1965; CBE 1960; DSO 1943 and Bars, 1943, 1944; DFC 1941 and Bar, 1942; DL
Work Civil Engr and Mem. of RAFVR until 1939; served with 616 Sqdn AAF, 1940-1942; 610 Sqdn AAF, 1943; Wing Comdr Flying: Kenley, 1943; 127 Wing, 1944; Officer Comdg: 125 Wing (2nd TAF), 1944-1945; 124 Wing (2nd TAF), 1945-1946; RCAF Staff Coll., 1947-1948; USAF (Exchange Officer), 1948-1950; served Korea (with USAF), 1950-1951; OC, RAF Wildenrath (2nd TAF), 1952-1954; Air Ministry, 1954-1957; Officer Commanding, RAF Cottesmore, Bomber Command, 1957-1960; idc 1960; Senior Air Staff Officer, No 3 Group, Bomber Command, Mildenhall, Suffolk, 1960-1963; AOC, Air Forces Middle East, Aden, 1963-1965; retired. DL Leicester, 1967. Order of Leopold, 1945, Croix de Guerre, 1945 (Belgium); Legion of Merit, 1950, DFC 1943, Air Medal, 1950 (USA); Légion d'Honneur (France), 1988.
Positions Consultant, ‘Johnnie’ Johnson Housing; Director of Companies in Canada, South Africa and UK.
Publications Wing Leader, 1956; Full Circle, 1964; The Story of Air Fighting, 1985; (jtly) Glorious Summer, 1990; (jtly) Courage in the Skies, 1992; (jtly) Winged Victory, 1995.
Raymond Stewart
-
|
Wt.Off. |
? [745356] |
|
P/O (prob) |
21.09.1943 [159041] |
|
F/O |
? |
|
F/Lt.
|
? (reld 15.04.1946) |
| 21.09.1943 |
commissioned
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
Eric William
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04.1991
Kettering, Northamptonshire
|
Sgt. |
? [656341] |
|
P/O (prob) |
17.08.1943 [171015] |
|
P/O |
17.02.1944 |
|
(WS) F/O |
17.02.1944 |
|
P/O |
26.06.1947 (reld
25.09.1951) |
|
F/O |
? |
|
F/Lt. |
01.03.1951,
seniority 06.12.1950 (reld 02.02.1958) |
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MID |
14.06.1945 |
? |
| 17.08.1943 |
commissioned
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
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| 26.06.1947 |
- |
02.02.1948 |
commissioned
RAFVR (Training Branch) [emergency commission] |
| 02.02.1948 |
- |
25.09.1951 |
commissioned
Reconstituted RAFVR |
| 02.02.1953 |
- |
02.02.1958 |
extension
of service by 5 years |