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Unwin,
Frederick Albert
F.A. Unwin
Brother of Sq.Ldr. J.N.B. Unwin, RAF.
 		?
-
1984
Surrey

Sgt.
 		? [1381364]
P/O (prob)
 		12.03.1942 [118388]
(WS) F/O (prob)
 		01.10.1942
(WS) F/Lt.
12.03.1944
F/Lt.
 		? (emgcy 15.07.1958)
12.03.1942

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



shot down & POW in Stalag Luft 3 (involved in the 'great escape')
Unwin,
John Norman Bernard
J.N.B. Unwin
Brother of F/Lt. F.A. Unwin, RAFVR.
18.06.1924
-
Ldg.Acm.
 		? [2206957]
P/O (prob)
08.09.1944 [166404]
F/O
 		01.11.1947, seniority 08.09.1945
F/O RAF
 		03.03.1948, seniority 08.09.1946
F/Lt. RAF
 		22.12.1949, seniority 08.03.1948
Sq.Ldr. RAF
 		01.07.1955 (retd 18.06.1967)
08.09.1944

first commission, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
03.03.1948

short service commission RAF (transferred to Secretarial Branch)
22.02.1949
  
 		 
 		permanent commission RAF
22.12.1949

transferred to General Duties Branch
       

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