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Van Note,
Robert Owen
R.O. Van Note
 Of American descent.
 		?
-
(WS) F/O
(1943) [121803]
Distinguished Flying Cross DFC
 17.08.1943
 ?
?

commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch)
01.1943
 -
 		06.1943
 		9 Squadron RAF
Varian,
Desmond Victor
 D.V. Varian (Photo courtesy of Mr Jonathan Stigner) D.V. Varian (Photo courtesy of Mr Jonathan Stigner)
Eldest son of Dr. Amos George Varian, MA, MD, BCh (1890-1960), and Dr. Hilda Maud [Burman] Marsh, MA, MD, BCh (1879-1943), of Duncliffe, Totnes, Devon.
Married (11.12.1941, Oxford, Oxfordshire) 3rd Officer Betty Angell Money, WRNS (08.03.1920-01.1992), only daughter of Cdr. Norman Angel Kyrle Money, OBE, RN, and Gladys Gransmore, of Paignton. She remarried ((12?).1943, Folkestone district, Kent) F/Lt. Jack Hubert Stigner, RAFVR.		 16.07.1920
Wandsworth district, London
-
27.12.1942
(MPK) [age 22]
[Malta Memorial, panel 2, column 2]
Ldg.Acm. ? [912913]
P/O (prob) 12.12.1940, seniority 24.11.1940 [89330]
(WS) F/O 12.12.1941, seniortiy 24.11.1941
(WS) F/Lt. 12.12.1942, seniority 24.11.1942
Education: Marlborough College; Oxford University (BA) [played hockey for both schools].
12.12.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
? - 27.12.1942 pilot, 500 Squadron RAF
[Flew Hudson coded 'W' (serial unknown) which took off at 0900 from Blida for Operation Mascara No 1 from which it failed to return.]
Veitch,
Peter Michael Craven
P.M.C. Veitch
 Son of Dr. Harry Cecil Craven Veitch, and Leila Mary Hornby, of St. Neots, Huntingdonshire.
 		01.09.1920
St Asaph district, Denbigshire / Flintshire
-
03.11.1944
[age 24]
[Singapore Memorial, column 433]
Ldg.Acm.
 		? [1601675]
P/O (prob)
 		05.06.1943 [145073]
P/O
 		05.03.1944, seniortiy 05.06.1943
13.03.1944, seniority 05.09.1943
(WS) F/O
05.03.1944
05.06.1943

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



stationed in Rhodesia & India (briefly)
?
 -
 		03.11.1944
 		11 Squadron RAF (Burma)
Vickery,
John Peter
J.P. Vickery
 Son of Arthur Ernest Vickery, and Sarah Jane Allen, of Sanderstead, Surrey.
 		(03?).1921
Wandsworth district, Greater London
-
05.04.1945
(flying accident) [age 24]
[Sanderstead (All Saints)  Churchyard Extension, H.67]
Sgt.
 		? [1331839]
P/O (prob)
 		07.09.1942 [131532]
(WS) F/O
 		07.09.1943
(WS) F/Lt.
 		07.09.1944
01.1941
  
 		 
 		enlisted, RAFVR
10.1941
  
 		 
 		pilot training, US/Canada (under the Arnold scheme)
07.09.1942

commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
1942
 -
 		08.1943
 		instructor, Canada
06.1944

assigned to the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
08.1944
 -
 		12.1944
 		pilot, 43 Squadron RAF (Sardinia & Italy)
02.1945
 -
 		05.04.1945
 		pilot, 595 Squadron RAF (Aberporth, Wales)
       

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