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Oakley-Beuttler,
Edward Gerald
E.G. Oakley-Beuttler

Married ((06?).1908, Kensington, Greater London).

(12?).1879
Newton Abbot district, Devon
-
29.01.1964
Bovey Tracey, North Devon
RNVR:
 
Lt.
?
RAF:
 
Maj.
01.04.1918
T/Lt.Col.
01.04.1918 (Unemployed List 06.10.1919)
[Hon.?] W/Cdr.
?
RAFVR:
 
P/O (prob)
21.03.1939 [72904]
P/O
22.07.1939
F/O
22.07.1939 (reld 28.02.1946)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
01.01.1919
?
Mention in Despatches MID
06.1918
?
Officer, Order of the Crown (Italy) Crwn
28.04.1922
?
WW I


served RNVR
1918?


served RAF (Administrative Branch, from 23.05.1918 Technical Branch)
21.03.1939


commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch)
19.01.1942
 
 
transferred, Training Branch
O'Brien,
Michael William
M.W. O'Brien (Photo courtesy of Mr Egbert M. Theune)
Son of George William O'Brien, and Enid Mary Perry.
13.11.1921
Hyderabad, Sind, India
-
22.03.1945
(KIA) [age 23]
[initially buried at Waldfriedhof Lauheide, later re-interred at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany, 18.E.17]
Aircraftman 2nd class 12.08.1940 [1375476]
Sgt. 1941?
P/O (prob) 26.06.1941 [69497]
(WS) F/O 26.06.1942
(WS) F/Lt. 26.06.1943
(A) Sq.Ldr. 14.08.1944
Distinguished Flying Cross DFC 13.10.1944 ?
12.08.1940     enlisted, RAFVR (for pilot duties)
26.06.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch)
26.06.1941     No. 14 Service Flying Training School RAF (Twinwood Farm, Bedfordshire)
05.07.1941     No. 2 School of Air Navigation RAF (RAF Cranage, Cheshire)
18.08.1941     No. 9 Service Flying Training School RAF (Hullavington, Wiltshire)
30.03.1942     No. 2 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire)
21.07.1942     No. 3 Glider Training School RAF (Stoke Orchard, Gloucestershire)
18.11.1942     No. 1 Glider Training School RAF (RAF Croughton, Northamptonshire)
18.02.1943     HQ No. 51 Group RAF (Moorfield House, Leeds)
28.06.1943     HQ Flight Training Centre RAF (Shinfield Park, Reading, Berkshire)
02.09.1943     165 SCU [= 1655 Mosquito Training Unit] RAF
21.10.1943     pilot, 139 Squadron RAF (Wyton, Cambridgeshire) (flying Mosquitos)
28.01.1944     pilot, 192 Squadron RAF (Foulsham, Norfolk) (DFC)
14.08.1944     instructor, 1692 Bomber Support Training Unit (Great Massingham, Norfolk)
05.02.1945 - 22.03.1945 pilot, 23 Squadron RAF (Little Snoring, Norfolk) (B Flight commander)
[Airborne 19:35 hrs from Little Snoring for Intruder operations (bomber support) in the Handorf and Münster area in Mosquito RS577 (YP-T). Cause of loss and crash-site not established.]
Ogilvy,
Charles Alexander
C.A. Ogilvy
30.11.1915
Kelso district, Roxburghshire, Scotland
-
02.1995
Chichester distirict, West Sussex
Sgt.
? [745745]
P/O (prob)
29.09.1940 [85681]
P/O
29.09.1941
(WS) F/O
29.09.1941
(WS) F/Lt.
29.09.1942
29.09.1940


commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch)
Osborn,
Roger William
R.W. Osborn
Elder son of William Stanley Osborn (1884-1952), and Winifred Caroline Wadman (1886-1951), of Petts Wood, Kent.
Married ((09?).1936, Chelsea district, London) Patricia J. Brierley, daughter of Mr & Mrs R.E. Brierley, of London W4.
14.08.1910
Colmworth, Battle district, Sussex
-
08.06.1983
Bedford district, Bedfordshire
(A) P/O (prob) 14.03.1941 [62203]
P/O (prob) 30.05.1941
(WS) F/O 30.05.1942
P/O 30.12.1942
(WS) F/Lt. 30.12.1944 (emgcy) (reld 14.08.1955)
Distinguished Flying Cross DFC 23.03.1945 ? [decoration posted]
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Aircrew Europe Star AircEur - & clasp France & Germany
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
14.03.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch)
30.12.1942     transferred, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [at own request]
(1945)     141 Squadron RAF (DFC)
Farmer.
Osborne,
Philip Norman
P.N. Osborne
Son of Philip Valentine & Alice Maud Osborne (deid 1927), Chincona Planters.
22.07.1923
Mungpoo, North Bengal, India
-
10.11.1945
[Jakarta War Cemetery, Indonesia, 5.F.1]
Ldg.Acm. ? [1395070]
P/O (prob) 23.04.1943 [151968]
(WS) F/O (prob) 23.10.1943
(WS) F/Lt. 23.04.1945
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Burma Star Bur St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
General Service Medal GSM - & clasp South Asia 1945-46
Education: Gordon Boys' School, Bisley, Surrey.
1941     enlisted, RAFVR
      after training at Hatfield he was sent to Canada with the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan as a Flying Instructor; based at 37 Service Flying Training School in Calgary, Alberta 1942-44
23.04.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
? - 10.11.1945 110 (Hyderabad) Squadron RAF (Seletar, Singapore)
[On attachment to Batavia and detailed for a reconnaissance flight with an army Brigadier as passenger. Eyewitnesses stated that the aircraft failed to become airborne and crashed at the end of runway. Both occupants were killed instantly.]
 
Ossulston, Baron;
Charles Augustus Grey Bennet;
since 1971:
9th Earl of Tankerville

C.A.G.B. Ossulston
Elder son of 8th Earl of Tankerville, and of Roberta, daughter of late Percy Mitchell.
Succeeded father, 1971.
Married 1st (15.05.1943) Virginia Diether (from whom he obtained a divorce, 1950), Vancouver; one daughter.
Married 2nd (22.06.1954) Georgiana Lilian Maude, daughter of late Gilbert Wilson, DD, of Vancouver,
Canada; one son, two daughters (of whom one son, one daughter are twins).
28.07.1921
-
27.04.1980
San Francisco, Cal., USA
Sgt.
? [1270607]
P/O (prob)
30.07.1941 [103562]
P/O
30.07.1942
(WS) F/O
30.07.1942
(WS) F/Lt.
30.07.1943 (reld 18.07.1946)
30.07.1941
-
18.07.1946
served as an officer RAFVR - General Duties Branch
Oxby,
Douglas Alfred
"Douggie"
D.A. Oxby
D.A. Oxby
D.A. Oxby
D.A. Oxby
D.A. Oxby  
Son of William Bramwell Oxby, and Mabel E. Johnson.
Married 1st; two sons.
Married 2nd (she died 2007).

10.06.1920
Cardiff, Glamorgan
-
10.04.2009
Toronto, Ont., Canada
F/Sgt.
? [1254447]
P/O (prob)
31.10.1942 [138413]
(WS) F/O (prob)
30.04.1943
(WS) F/Lt.
31.10.1944
F/O
01.09.1945, seniority 31.10.1943
F/Lt.
01.07.1946, seniority 30.04.1946
Sqn.Ldr.
01.07.1951
W/Cdr.
01.07.1957 (retd 11.03.1969; own request)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
16.03.1945
*
Distinguished Flying Cross DFC
15.12.1944
**
Distinguished Flying Medal DFM
04.12.1942
?
Distinguished Flying Medal DFM
16.02.1943
***

* As observer, this officer has displayed skill of the highest order. He has taken part in a very large number of sorties and has assisted dn the destruction of 21 enemy aircraft. These successes are an outstanding tribute to his great ability, praiseworthy courage and iron determination.
** This officer is a highly efficient, keen and resolute observer. He has participated in a large number of sorties and has assisted in the destruction of 17 enemy aircraft at night, 3 of them in one sortie. His devotion to duty has been unfailing.
*** Flight Sergeant Oxby has displayed exceptional keenness and devotion to duty. He has taken part in the destruction at night of 13 enemy aircraft.

Education: Canton High School, Cardiff; Technical College, Cardiff.
Barrister's clerk.
06.1940
 
 
joined RAF as ground radar operator



trained as radio operator (air)
1941
-
1942?
68 Squadron RAF
1942?
-
06.1943
89 Squadron RAF
31.10.1942


commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch)
06.1943
-
spring 1944
instructor at a training unit for radar operators
spring 1944
-
1945
219 Squadron RAF



instructor at a fighter training unit
01.09.1945
 
 
permanent commission RAF



serving as an instructor at an air navigation school and at the Central Fighter Establishment and at HQ Fighter Command; in June 1962 he was appointed assistant air adviser to the British high commissioner in Ottawa
Emigrated to Canada (1962) and worked as a civil servant until 1984.
       

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