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1939-1945

 

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Laing,
[Sir] John Maurice
J.M. Laing
Son of ... Laing, and ... Harland.

01.02.1918
Carlisle district, Cumbria / Cumberland
-
22.02.2008
L.Acm.
? [1435639]
P/O (prob)
30.10.1943 [158758]
P/O
30.04.1944
(WS) F/O
30.04.1944
30.10.1943


first commission, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Industrialist.
Lawson,
[Sir] Christopher Donald
C.D. Lawson

31.10.1922
-
05.03.2007
L.Acm.
? [1320863]
P/O (prob)
05.12.1942 [133753]
...
...
Sq.Ldr.
?
05.12.1942


first commission, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

Lewis,
Lyndon Warwick Clive
L.W.C. Lewis
Mother's maiden name Lewis.
Married Dr. Agnes (née ...).
01.12.1916
Newport M district, Glamorgan / Gwent / Monmouthshire
-
13.03.2007
F/Sgt.
? [1337757]
P/O
03.03.1944 [173388]
...
...
W/Cdr.
01.01.1959 (retd 01.12.1968)
03.03.1944


first commission, RAFVR (General Duties Branch)
post-war


transferred, RAF (Provost Branch)
MIMgt
Lister,
Herbert
H. Lister
?
-
(A) P/O (prob)
25.03.1941 [62618]
P/O
?
F/O
01.04.1947 (reld 22.07.1955; retaining the rank of Sq.Ldr.)
25.03.1941


first commission, RAFVR (Traning Branch) [emergency commission]
 
Livingstone,
Thomas
"Tom"
T. Livingstone
?
-
L/Acm.
? [100587]
P/O (prob)
23.02.1941 [61967]
F/O
23.02.1942
(WS) F/Lt.
23.02.1943
23.02.1941


commissioned RAFVR - General Duties Branch
27.08.1942
-
20.06.1943
112 Squadron RAF
Low,
David Septimus Stewart
D.S.S. Low (Photo courtesy of Mrs Carol Evans) D.S.S. Low (Photo courtesy of Mrs Carol Evans)
D.S.S. Low (Photo courtesy of Mrs Carol Evans) D.S.S. Low (Photo courtesy of Mrs Carol Evans)
D.S.S. Low (Photo courtesy of Mrs Carol Evans)
D.S.S. Low (Photo courtesy of Mrs Carol Evans)
D.S.S. Low (Photo courtesy of Mrs Carol Evans)
 
Seventh son of Alexander Graham Low (1853-1936), and Annie Low (née Halley) (born 1865).
Married Susan Mary Snelling, of Farnham, Surrey; one daughter.
06.06.1908
Kensington district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
-
27.07.1942
(KIA) [age 34]
[Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany, 26.J.11]
(A) P/O (prob)
26.07.1940 [82986]
P/O (prob)
26.09.1940
P/O
26.07.1941
(WS) F/O
26.09.1941
(A) F/Lt.
1942?
26.07.1940


commissioned RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
?
-
27.07.1942
wireless operator, 57 Squadron RAF
[his Wellington III bomber [X3653 DX-] took off 15.30 hrs at Foltwell in an attempt to use the cloud cover to reach Bremen, but crashed]
Lowe,
Michael Charles
M.C. Lowe
Residence: (1943: Watlington, Oxfordshire.
?
-
Sgt.
? [1316124]
P/O (prob)
07.04.1943 [158585]
P/O
07.10.1943
(WS) F/O
07.10.1943
(WS) F/Lt.
05.07.1946
F/Lt.
01.11.1947, seniority 30.10.1947
(T) F/Lt. RAF
01.01.1949, seniority 30.10.1947 (reld 01.01.1952)
DFC
04.12.1945
?
Distinguished Flying Medal DFM
19.10.1943
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
01.01.1945
?
07.04.1943


commissioned RAFVR ( General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
(10?.)1943


61 Squadron RAF
(11?.)1945


162 Squadron RAF
Lupton,
John Sheppard Hewitt
J.S.H. Lupton
Son of the Revd. Albert Homer Lupton and Alice Lupton (née Sheppard), of The Rectory, Gussage St. Michael.
(06?).1919
Grimsby district, Humberside / Lincolnshire
-
27.09.1940
(KIA) [age 21]
[Idmiston (All Saints) Churchyard, Wiltshire, south of church tower]
Sgt.
? [754225]
P/O (prob)
13.07.1940, seniority 11.07.1940 [82667]
13.07.1940


commissioned RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
?
-
27.09.1940 
pilot, 14 Operational Training Unit
[took off from Cottesmore in his Hampden I [P4308] for training at his second solo flight but at 09.30 hrs he flew into a tree at Squires Farm, Langham, 2 miles orso NNW of Oakham]
       

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