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Wagland,
James Leslie William
"Waggy"
Married (04.1945) Molly Cleevely (died 1999); one
son, one daughter.
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04.11.1913
West Ham, London
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02.04.2005
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P/O (prob)
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16.06.1940 [81937]
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P/O
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16.06.1941
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(WS) F/O
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16.06.1941
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(A) F/Lt.
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?
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(WS) F/Lt.
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16.06.1942
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(A) Sq.Ldr.
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?
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DFC
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22.08.1941
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?
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DFC
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19.10.1943
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*
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MID
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24.09.1941
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?
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MID
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01.01.1946
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?
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VK
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09.10.1945
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?
[date of Dutch Royal Decree: 03.07.1945]
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* This officer has undertaken a large number of
sorties and his navigational ability throughout has been outstanding. On 2
occasions in September, Squadron Leader Wagland participated in sorties which
demanded skill and determination of a high order. In addition to his good work
in the air, Squadron Leader Wagland has rendered excellent service in the
training of other members of aircraft crew.
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summer
1939
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volunteered
for the RAFVR
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16.06.1940
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first
commission RAFVR - General Duties Branch (Air Observers)
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08.1940
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-
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1942?
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78 Squadron
RAF (Ditchford, Yorks.)
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1942?
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-
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11.1942
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HQ RAF
Bomber Command
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11.1942
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1945
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navigation
staff (soon to be: senior navigator) at RAF Tempsford, the home of the special duties squadrons flying clandestine operations for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) into Occupied Europe
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?
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04.11.1958
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Emergency
List - RAFVR
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Walker,
George William James
Son of ... Walker, and ... Collins.
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08.07.1914
Warwick district, Warwickshire
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02.1993
Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire
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Sgt.
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?
[852023]
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P/O (prob)
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01.05.1945
[197282]
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P/O
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04.11.1945
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(WS) F/O
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04.11.1945
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F/O RAF
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29.01.1948,
seniority 04.05.1947
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F/Lt. RAF
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19.06.1952
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Sq.Ldr. RAF (Supplementary List)
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01.01.1963
(retd 08.07.1969)
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MBE
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31.12.1960
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New
Year 61
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01.05.1945
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first
commission RAFVR (General Duties Branch)
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served as a
pathfinder
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1946
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1948
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at
RAF Binbrook
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29.01.1948
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transferred,
RAF (Secretarial Branch) [short service commission]
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01.1949
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(09.1950)
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sent
to Aden
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10.06.1952
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permanent
commission RAF (Secretarial Branch)
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Warming,
Christian Stuart
Son of Sophus and Fanny Heath Warming, of Reigate,
Surrey.
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1912 ?
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10.06.1944
North Sea
(KIA) [age 32]
[Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, 22.D.9]
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Sgt.
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?
[1582915]
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P/O (prob)
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25.05.1944
[179198]
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25.04.1944
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first
commission, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
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?
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10.06.1944
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navigator,
219 Squadron RAF (RAF Bradwell Bay)
[crashed with his plane, a Mosquito NF.XVII
[HK358] during a defensive patrol over the Channel]
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Warren,
Robert Douglas
Son of George and Louise Warren, of Slough; husband of Aline Jeannette Warren,
of Slough.
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1921 ?
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15.05.1944
[age 23]
[Slough (Stoke Road) Cemetery, Church of England plot, joint grave 2083]
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Ldg.Acm.
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?
[1285527]
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P/O (prob)
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23.08.1943
[147941]
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P/O
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23.02.1944
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(WS) F/O
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23.02.1944
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23.08.1943
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first
commission, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
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?
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15.05.1944
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pilot, 96 Squadron RAF
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Watson,
James

Son of James and Rebecca Watson, of West Linton,
Peebleshire.
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1921 ?
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16.04.1945
(KIA) [age 24]
[Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poland, collective grave 5.B.1-5]
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F/Sgt.
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?
[1021021]
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P/O (prob)
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31.01.1944
[174282]
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(WS) F/O
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01.1945?
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31.01.1944
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first
commission RAFVR - General Duties Branch [emergency commission]
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?
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-
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16.04.1945
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air gunner,
617 Squadron RAF
[his Lancaster I [NG228 KC-V] took off at
1349 hrs from Woodhill Spa for an operation against Swinemünde, armed with 12
x 1,000 lb bombs to attack the pcoket battleship Lützow; it was hit by Flak
and the port wing came off before spinning into a wooded region of the target
area]
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Waugh,
James
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?
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Ldg.Acm.
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?
[1558375]
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P/O
(prob) (emgcy)
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11.09.1943
[155041]
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F/O
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19.05.1947
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F/Lt.
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01.03.1951,
seniority 16.12.1949 (reld 19.05.1952)
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11.09.1943
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first
commission RAFVR - General Duties Branch
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Webster,
Sedgwick Whiteley

Of American descent, living in London
(self-declared British subject to join the RAFVR). Unmarried (at the time).
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28.10.1904
South Africa
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03.1980
Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
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(A) P/O (prob)
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09.03.1940
[77955]
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P/O (prob)
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22.04.1940
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P/O
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09.03.1941
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(WS) F/O
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22.04.1941
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F/Lt.
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22.04.1942
(resigned commission 20.12.1945)
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09.03.1940
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first
commission RAFVR - General Duties Branch [emergency commission]
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03.1940
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-
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11.05.1940
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204
Squadron Training Unit
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12.05.1940
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-
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06.06.1940
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Air Gunner, 9 Squadron
RAF (Honington, UK)
[his aircraft, a Wellington IA (P9232
WS-M), was hit by Flak on an operation to Duisburg after crossing the Dutch
coast; the plane crashed near Simonshaven (near Geervliet, province
Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands) and he was taken POW on his seventh mission]
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06.06.1940
06.07.1940
06.11.1940
07.06.1941
20.04.1942
27.01.1945
29.04.1945
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-
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29.04.1945
06.11.1940
07.06.1941
20.04.1942
27.01.1945
07.02.1945
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POW in
German captivity [POW No. 2253]
Dulag Luft
Stalag 12A, Limberg, Germany
Stalag 2C, Greifswald, Germany
Stalag Luft 3 (South Compound), Sagan, Germany
Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Germany
liberated by General Patton
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Worked for Dorland's ad agency after the war (probably in New York) and was very likely
with them in London before it.
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Wells,
Patrick
Hardy Vesey
"Pat" / "Cockeye"

Son of Eric Francis Vesey Wells
(1885-1933), and Marjorie Louise Gregory (died 1958).
Married (late 1940s, Kenya) Jessie Theresa Coster; one son, one daughter.
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16.03.1917
Johannesburg, South Africa
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03.04.2002
Constantia, South Africa
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P/O
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15.02.1938
[72098]
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F/O
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11.04.1940
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(WS) F/Lt.
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02.06.1941
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(T) Sq.Ldr.
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01.07.1943
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Sq.Ldr.
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?
(reld 06.07.1950; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.)
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DSO
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23.05.1944
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?
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MID
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08.06.1944
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?
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Education: Bedford School; studied Mining
Enigneering, London Univeristy
15.02.1938
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first
commission RAFVR - General Duties Branch
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late 1939
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training,
RAF Cranwell
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1939
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1940
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No 5 Operational Training Unit (Aston
Down)
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06.1940
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pilot, 249
Squadron RAF (Church Fenton) (wounded 07.09.1940)
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pilot, 73
Squadron RAF
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(1944)
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pilot, 255
Squadron RAF
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Aircraft salesman, Southern Africa.
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Wilkinson,
Jeffrey Stephen
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?
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08.2007
Fairfield, Buxton ? |
P/O (prob)
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01.05.1939
[31299]
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P/O
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23.01.1940
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(T) F/O
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01.05.1940
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(T) F/Lt.
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01.06.1941
(reld 24.10.1942)
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P/O
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24.10.1942
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(WS) F/O
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24.04.1943
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(WS) F/Lt.
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24.10.1944
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F/O
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20.02.1947
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F/Lt.
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06.09.1950
(reld 06.09.1957)
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DFC
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15.09.1944
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?
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Education: BSc
01.05.1939
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first
commission RAFVR (Equipment Branch)
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24.10.1942
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relinquished
rank of F/Lt. at own request and transferred to General Duties Branch in rank
of P/O
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23.01.1943
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20.02.1947
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transferred,
Reserve of Air Force Officers (General Duties Branch) (and clled up for air
force service)
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(1944)
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53 Squadron
RAF
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20.02.1947
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06.09.1950
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commissioned,
Reconstituted RAFVR (General Duties Branch)
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06.09.1950
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commissioned,
RAF (Education Branch) [short service commission]
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06.09.1953
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-
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06.09.1957
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transferred,
Reserve of Air Force Officers (and called up for air force service till
06.03.1954)
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Williams,
Douglas Knight

Son of Thomas Latimer Williams and Margaret
Rose Williams, of Crynant, Glamorgan.
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1922 ?
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05.07.1944
(KIA) [age 22]
[Runnymede Memorial, panel 210]
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Sgt.
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[1315946]
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P/O (prob)
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14.08.1943
[155999]
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P/O
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14.02.1944
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(WS) F/O
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14.02.1944
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DFC
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10.12.1943
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?
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14.08.1943
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first
commission RAFVR - General Duties Branch [emergency commission]
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(1943)
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navigator,
76 Squadron RAF
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?
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05.07.1944
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navigator,
105 Squadron RAF
[his Mosquito IX ML913 GB-E had taken off 23.39
hrs (5 July) for an operation against Scholven-Buer; his aircraft, flown by
F/Lt. G.K. Whiffen, was lost without a trace]
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Published: (ed. Mary M. Hill) The
making of a Pathfinder : World War II letters from a Navigator F/O Douglas
Knight Williams, DFC (1992)
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Wilson,
Sir Arnold
Talbot

Son of the late Rev. Canon James Maurice Wilson,
DD, MA, and Georgina Mary Wilson.
Married (1922) Rose, widow of Lieut Robin C. Carver, RAF, and daughter
of late C.H. Ashton of Ellesmere; one son, one daughter.
Residence: Saffron Walden, Essex.
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18.07.1884
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31.05.1940
(KIA) [age 56]
[Eringhem Churchyard, France, row 1, grave 2]
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Army:
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Cadet
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?
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2nd Lt.
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19.08.1903
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Lt.
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19.11.1905
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Capt.
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19.08.1912
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Maj.
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03.06.1918
(retd 19.08.1921)
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Bt. Lt.Col.
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03.06.1918
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RAF(VR):
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(A) P/O (prob)
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04.11.1939
[75684]
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P/O (prob)
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11.12.1939
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Education: Clifton College; Royal Military College,
Sandhurst (King's medal and Sword of Honour)
19.08.1903
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commissioned,
Unattached List
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18.12.1904
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transferred
to the Indian Army
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1904
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32nd
Sikh Pioneers
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1909
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1913
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seconded
to the Indian
Political Department, on
duty in Persia (British Consul at Mohammerah, 1909-1911 (MacGregor Memorial
Medal, 1912); special duty, Luristan and Fars, 1911-1912; 2nd Assistant,
Bushire, 1912-1913; special duty Luristan, 1913)
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20.11.1913
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1914
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Deputy
British Commissioner, TurcoPersian Frontier Commission (British
Commissioner, July 1914)
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1915
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Deputy
Chief Political Officer, Indian Expeditionary Force "D"
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1916
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Deputy
Civil Commissioner
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03.1918
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10.1920
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Acting
Civil Commissioner and Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Baghdad)
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1921
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1939
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civil
occupations (with AngloPersian Oil Co. Ltd, 1921-1932; Chairman Industrial
Health Research Board, 1926-1933; Chairman International Exhibition of Persian
Art, 1930; Chairman B. of T. Advisory Committee on Cinema Films, 1934-1938;
Chairman, Home Office Committee on Structural Precautions against Air Attack,
1936-1938; Member Departmental Committee on Cinema Films Act, 1937; Richard
Burton Memorial Medallist, 1937. Editor XIX Century and After, 1934-1938)
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1933
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1940
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MP
(Nat. C.) Hitchin (Herts) Division
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04.11.1939
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commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties (Air Gunner))
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?
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31.05.1940
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37 Squadron
RAF (Feltwell, UK)
[his aircraft, a Wellington IC (L7791 LF-),
crashed on an operation against Nieuwpoort]
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Knight of Grace, Order of St John of Jerusalem,
02.12.1919; Justice of the Peace (JP); late Indian Political Department.
Published: The Persian Gulf, 1928; A
Bibliography of Persia, 1930; Loyalties: Mesopotamia, 1914-1917, 1930;
Mesopotamia, 1917-1920; A Clash of Loyalties, 1931; Persia (Modern World
Series), 1932; The Suez Canal, 1933, 2nd ed. 1939; Walks and Talks, 1934; Walks
and Talks Abroad, 1935, 3rd ed. 1939; Industrial Assurance, 1937; Burial Reform
and Funeral Costs, 1938; Thoughts and Talks, 1938; Workmen's Compensation, 1938;
More Thoughts and Talks, 1939; Gallantry: its recognition in Military and Civil
Life, 1939; SouthWest Persia, a Political Officer's Diary, 1907-1914, 1940
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Wilson,
Charles Thomas

Son of Charles Thomas Wilson and Alice Maude
Wilson, of Kingsbury, Middlesex.
Husband of Katherine Wilson, of Osgodby, Lincolnshire.
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(06?).1911
Kingsbury, Middlesex
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29.01.1944
[age 33]
[Runnymede Memorial, panel 204]
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Ldg.Acm.
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? [1331591]
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P/O (prob)
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25.09.1942 [130614]
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(WS) F/O (prob)
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25.03.1943
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(A) F/Lt.
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?
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DFC
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11.02.1944
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?
[posthumously]
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25.09.1942
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commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
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?
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29.01.1944
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pilot, 97
Squadron RAF
[flew
at "Black Thursday" (16/17.12.1943) in Lancaster JB312]
[flew 29.01.1944 an operation against Berlin, taking off from RAF Bourn at
0035 hrs in Lancaster III JB353 OF-L; the aircraft was lost without trace]
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Wilson,
Frederick John

Son of Frederick John and Florence Emily Wilson;
husband of Eileen Elsie Wilson, of Sevenoaks, Kent.
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(09?).1902
Milton, Kent
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01.02.1942
[age 40]
[Saint Andrew Churchyard
Cranwell, Lincolnshire, 3.B.4]
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T/Warrant Offr.
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? [247538]
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P/O (prob)
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06.01.1942 [47867]
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AFM
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?
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Wood,
Erroll Eveleigh
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18.01.1920
Doncaster, Yorkshire
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Ldg.Acm.
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? [814235]
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P/O (prob)
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11.06.1943 [152481]
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(WS) F/O (prob)
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11.12.1943
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(WS) F/Lt.
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11.06.1945 (reld
16.04.1948; retaining rank of F/Lt.)
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F/O
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16.04.1948 (reld
19.11.1951)
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11.06.1943
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commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
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16.04.1948
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appointed
to Reconstituted RAFVR
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19.11.1951
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appointed
to Royal Australian Air Force General Reserve
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Woodcock,
Wallace George
Son of Harry Woodcock, and Maud A. Ainge.
Married (02.06.1945, St Giles Parish
Church, Sheldon) Phyllis M.F. Eades (born 1918); one son, two daughters.
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13.03.1917
Small Heath, Birmingham, Aston district, Warwickshire
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22.05.1994
University Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA
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F/Sgt.
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? [1181290]
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P/O (prob)
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01.04.1943 [147362]
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(WS) F/O (prob)
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12.10.1943
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(WS) F/Lt.
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12.04.1945 (reld
11.05.1949)
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01.04.1943
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commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
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served 235
Squadron RAF (Coastal Command) (mainly flying reconnaissance De Havilland Mosquito Mk
IVs)
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(12.1944)
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pilot, 248
Squadron RAF (flying Mosquitoes)
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Emigrated to the Philadelphia area (USA), in 1950. He was a linotype printer, retiring from the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Woods,
Eric Norman

Son of William H. Woods, and of Kate Dora Woods,
of Harborne, Birmingham.
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08.05.1910
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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16.12.1943
(MIA) [age 33]
[Malta Memorial, panel 6, column 1]
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Ldg.Acm.
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? [925682]
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P/O (prob)
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18.01.1941,
seniority 14.01.1941 [60119]
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P/O
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18.01.1942
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(WS) F/O
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18.01.1942,
seniority 14.01.1942
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(WS) F/Lt.
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25.11.1942
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(A) Sq.Ldr.
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?
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(A) W/Cdr.
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?
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DFC
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14.07.1942
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?
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DFC
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03.11.1942
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?
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