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A.D. MacDonald  to  G.A.R. Muschamp

MacDonald, Alan David	? -	Sq.Ldr. RAFO 26.08.1939
Macdonald, George Peter	22.04.1899 - ?	P/O (prob) RAFO 05.05.1925 [24078] (reld 09.05.1927) F/O 09.05.1927 F/Lt. 01.11.1931 Sq.Ldr. 01.10.1937 (T) W/Cdr. 01.06.1940 W/Cdr. 01.12.1943 (retd 26.02.1948; retaining rank of Gp.Capt.) (T) Gp.Capt. 01.07.1943-01.11.1947	05.05.1925     commissioned, Reserve of Air Force Officers (General Duties Branch) 09.05.1927     short service commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) 09.05.1927     24 Squadron RAF (Northolt) 26.08.1927     25 Squadron RAF (Hawkinge) 30.12.1929     8 Squadron RAF (Aden) 27.11.1931     RAF Depot Uxbridge 12.02.1932     25 (Fighter) Squadron RAF (Hawkinge) 01.10.1934     84 (Bomber) Squadron RAF (Shaibah, Iraq) 01.06.1936     permanent commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) 09.07.1936     15 (Bomber) Squadron RAF (Abingdon) ? - 02.07.1937 completed the specialist armament course at the Air Armament School, Eastchurch 03.07.1937     No. 1 Flying Training School RAF (Leuchars) 24.04.1940     transferred, RAF (Technical Branch) 23.09.1943 - 13.11.1945 Commanding Officer, No.1 Air Gunners School & Station Commander, RAF Pembrey ? - 1948? Commanding Officer, RAF Station Walney Island
MacDonald, Trevor de Trafford   Son in a family with one brother and two sisters. Married (10.05.1941) Elizabeth Slee, of Devon; two daughters.	02.12.1920 South Africa - 24.10.1999 Durban, South Africa	F/Cadet 04.1939 P/O (prob) 07.03.1940 [33571] P/O 07.03.1941 (WS) F/O 07.03.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 07.03.1942 F/Lt. 21.05.1946, seniority 07.09.1943 Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1953 W/Cdr. 01.01.1959 (retd 03.12.1965; own request)	04.1939 entered RAF College Cranwell as Flying Cadet straight from school 07.03.1940 first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) served with Bomber Command; various appointments (e.g. India, Ceylon & Malta) 10.03.1948 transferred, Technical Branch
Macfie, Colin Hamilton Son of Dr Ronald Bute & Nini Macfie. Married (1947) Beatrice Mary Hogg (1922-1975); two daughters, one son.	12.06.1920 Cheltenham - 07.12.1981 Attadale, Strathcarron, Wester Ross	(A) P/O 12.03.1939 [90657] P/O 27.07.1939 F/O 03.09.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 03.09.1941 F/Lt. 01.07.1946 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1946, seniority 01.07.1944 Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1952 (retd 18.10.1963; medical unfitness) DFC 08.08.1941 * * This flight commander has carried out many operational sweeps over enemy territory. He has at all times displayed efficiency and qualities of leadership which have proved of great value. He has destroyed two and damaged a further three of the enemy's aircraft.	12.03.1939 first commission Auxiliary Air Foce (General Duties Branch) 12.03.1939 - (09.1939) 611 (West Lancashire) Squadon RAF 09.1940 - 05.07.1941 "A" Flight Leader, 616 Squadron RAF [shot down, during "Circus 33" in his Spitfire IIb P8651 QJ-N "St. Helens" which crashed in the village of Pitgam, 15 km south of Dunkirk, France; Macfie baled out safely and was captured, probably in the village of Eringhem] 05.07.1941 - 1945? prisoner of war in German capitivity 01.07.1946 transferred to RAF (permanent commission) 05.1947 - 11.1949 CO 3 (Fighter) Squadron RAF
Mack, Arthur William	20.01.1916 Wellington, New Zealand -	(A) P/O (prob) 24.10.1937 [40244] P/O 24.08.1938 F/O 24.03.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 24.03.1941 (reld 01.01.1944; on appointment to RNZAF) (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.07.1943 DFC 24.09.1943 * * This officer formerly completed a tour of operational duty in Bomber Command. Latterly in fighter operations at night. Squadron Leader Mack has displayed great keenness and tenacity. During a recent operational flight, and when some 430 miles from base, his aircraft struck an object and four feet of the starboard wing of his aircraft was broken off and all except two feet of the starboard airleon. Despite this, Squadron Leader Mack flew the aircraft to base. This officer has set a very fine example.	24.10.1937     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 24.08.1941     transferred, Reserve of Air Force Officers (and called up for air force service) (1943)     605 Squadron RAF
Mackay, Ian Grant Son of Frederick William Mackay, and Amie Clara Archer. Married Joanna King; one daughter.	30.06.1913 Dewsbury, Yorkshire - 14.10.1973 Sussex Gardens, Paddington district, London	F/Cadet ? P/O 17.12.1932 [33031] F/O 17.06.1934 F/Lt. 01.11.1936 Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1939 (T) W/Cdr. 01.03.1941 (WS) W/Cdr. 16.05.1945 W/Cdr. 01.10.1946 (retd 23.07.1963; retaining rank of Gp.Capt.)	Education: Wheelwright Grammar School, Dewsbury; RAF College, Cranwell (King's Cadet on a prize cadetship). 17.12.1932     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) 01.12.1934     811 (FTB) Squadron (Gosport) 1936/37     selected for armaments course 1943? - 1945? Station Commander, RAF Coningsby
Mackenzie, Andrew Ronald	? -	Sq.Ldr. (retd) 01.01.1931
Macrostie, Keith Ernest Son of W/Cdr. Reginald David Gorrie Macrostie, MBE, RAF, and Irene May Buckland.	(09?).1920 Cambridge district, Cambridgeshire - 15.06.1941 (KIA) [age 21] [Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria, J.10]	(A) P/O (prob) 17.09.1938 [41192] P/O 25.07.1939 F/O 03.09.1940	17.09.1938     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] ? - 15.06.1941 pilot, 208 Squadron RAF (flying Lysanders)
Macrostie, Reginald David Gorrie Married 1st ((06?).1915, Kingston district, Middlesex / Surrey) Irene May Buckland (1891? - (09?).1933); ... children (son F/O Keith Ernest Macrostie, RAF). Married 2nd ((06?).1935, Uxbridge district, Middlesex) Eleanor Irene Williamson (13.12.1908 - 09.1995).	26.12.1888 Kingston district, Middlesex / Surrey - (12?).1975 Poole district, Dorset	Cpl. RFC ? 2nd Lt. RFC ? Lt. RFC 20.04.1919 (without pay & allowances) F/O 01.04.1918? [10122] F/Lt. 01.07.1926 Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1935 (retd 01.01.1940 & re-employed) (reverted to retd 21.04.1948; retaining rank of W/Cdr.) MBE 03.06.1919 Egypt MID 01.01.1941 ?	enlisted & commissioned service, Royal Flying Corps 01.04.1918     commissioned, RAF (Stores Branch) 23.06.1924     29 Squadron RAF (Duxford) 18.09.1924     8 Squadron RAF (Iraq) 02.01.1927     HQ RAF, Egypt 02.02.1928     Heliopolis Details 15.12.1929     No. 4 Stores Depot RAF (Ruislip) 30.01.1937     RAF Station Manston (for equipment duties) ... - ... ...
MacRury, Archibald "Archie" Son of Archibald MacRury, crofter, and Mary MacRury, of Lochboisdale, Isle of South Uist.	06.07.1914 Stoneybridge, South Uist, Scotland - 26.10.1940 (MPK) [age 26] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 6]	(A) P/O (prob) 12.09.1938 [41125] P/O (prob) 28.11.1938 P/O 12.09.1939 F/O 28.11.1939	Education: Glasgow University. 12.09.1938     commissioned, RAF (Equipment Branch) [short service commission] 01.01.1940     transferred, RAF (General Duties Branch) (Air Gunners) ? - 26.10.1940 42 Squadron RAF (Coastal Command) [His Beaufort I N1159 AW- took off from Wick at 13:08 hrs for a shipping strike operation. It released the torpedo at the Norwegian vessel H.J. Kyvik in Aspo Fjord. The Beaufort was then shot down by Messerschmitts Bf109 of 4./Jagdgeschwader 77 into Sogne Fjord. All four crew members were missing, presumed killed.]
Madge, Alan John Son of Albert John Madge, and Ethel Susan Dickson. Married (27.09.1947, Tyler's Green, Buckinghamshire) Joan Colston	(06?).1918 Bristol, Gloucestershire - 01.12.1947 (aircraft accident)	(A) P/O (prob) 07.09.1936 [39098] P/O 13.07.1937 (A) F/O 26.09.1938 (A) F/Lt. 11.02.1939-06.03.1939 (WS) F/Lt. 03.09.1940 F/Lt. 07.01.1946 25.02.1947, seniority 01.12.1942 (A) Sq.Ldr. 25.02.1947, seniority 06.08.1942 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.11.1946, seniority 04.04.1942 Sq.Ldr. 01.08.1947	07.09.1936 commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 19.09.1936 - 21.05.1937 No. 2 Flying Training School RAF (Digby) 22.05.1937 - 04.07.1937 214 (Bomber) Squadron RAF (Feltwell, Brandon, Suffolk) 05.07.1937 - 1939 88 (Bomber) Squadron RAF (Boscombe Down, Amesbury, Wiltshire) 1939 - 11.05.1940 88 Squadron RAF (AASF, BEF France) [his Fairey Battle 1 [P2251 RH-D] took off 09.45 hrs from Mourmelon for an operation against Bouillon; the aircraft was shot down by Flak, crashed between Vaux-sur-Sûre (Belgium) and Bercheux (Luxembourg) and, being wounded, he was captured] 11.05.1940 - 1945 POW in German captivity [#631] in Dulag Luft (hospitalized 05.1940-08.1940), then from 06.1941 Stalag Luft II, from 07.1941 Stalag Luft I, from 05.1942 Stalag Luft III [producer, director and actor in many of the camp theatre productions at Dulag Luft and Stalag Luft III together with Rupert Davies (of Maigret TV fame) Peter Butterworth (‘Carry On’ film actor) and John Casson (son of Lewis Casson and Dame Sybil Thorndike)] 13.07.1940 transferred to reserve (and called up for air force duty) [while in captivity] 07.01.1946 permanent commission 01.12.1947 killed in Airspeed Oxford PH355 of 1 PRFU (RAF Moreton in the Marsh, Gloucestershire) that spun into the ground at Blockley
Malan, Adolph Gysbert "Sailor" South African Son of William Adolph and Evelyn Forde Malan; married 1938, Lynda Irene Fraser; one son one daughter.	24.03.1910 Wellington, Cape Province, S Afr - 17.09.1963 S Afr	P/O 01.1937 [37604] F/O 06.07.1938 F/Lt. 06.07.1940 (A) Sq.Ldr. 08.08.1940 (A) W/Cdr. 1941? (T) W/Cdr. 01.09.1942 (WS) W/Cdr. 01.07.1943 (A?) Gp.Capt. ? (retd 05.04.1946) DSO 24.12.1940 * DSO 22.07.1941 ** DFC 11.06.1940 *** DFC 13.08.1940 **** MID 17.03.1941 ? Belg CdeG 04.11.1941 ? Czech MC 15.03.1946 ?   CdeG ? ?   LegH ? ? * This officer has commanded his squadron with outstanding success over an intensive period of air operations and, by his brilliant leadership, skill and determination has contributed largely to the successes obtained. Since early in August, 1940, the squadron has destroyed at least 84 enemy aircraft and damaged many more. Squadron Leader Malan has himself destroyed at least eighteen hostile aircraft and possibly another six. ** This officer has displayed the greatest courage and disdain of the enemy whilst leading his wing on numerous recent operations over Northern France. His cool judgment, exceptional determination and ability have enabled him to increase his confirmed victories over enemy aircraft from 19 to 28, in addition to a further 20 damaged and probably destroyed. His record and behaviour have earned for him the greatest admiration and devotion of his comrades in the wing. Recently the wing has scored heavily against the enemy with 42 hostile aircraft destroyed, a further 15 probably destroyed and 11 damaged. *** During May, 1940, this officer has led his  flight, and on certain occasions his squadron, on ten offensive patrols in Northern France. He has personally shot down two enemy aircraft and possibly three others. Flight Lieutenant Malan has displayed great skill, courage and relentless determination in his attacks on the enemy. **** Since the end of May, 1940, this officer has continued to lead his flight and, on many occasions the squadron, in numerous successful engagements against the enemy. During the Dunkirk operations he shot down three enemy aircraft and assisted in destroying a further three. In June, 1940, during a night attack by enemy aircraft, he shot down two Heinkel 111's. His magnificent leadership, skill and courage have been largely responsible for the many successes obtained by his squadron.	Education: Wellington Public School, South Africa; South African Training Ship, General Botha; RAF Staff College (psa, 06.1945). 1927 joined the Union Castle Line of the Mercantile Marine as Cadet at the age of 15; became officer, 1930; served as officer in same firm and as officer in Royal Naval Reserve 1935 - 06.01.1942 short service commission RAF 20.12.1936 - 10.03.1941 74 Squadron 08.1937 - acting Flight Commander, A Flight, 74 Squadron 08.08.1940 - 10.03.1941 Commanidng Officer, 74 Squadron 10.03.1941 - 08.1941 Commanding Officer, Biggin Hill Wing 08.1941 - 10.1941 Chief Flight Instructor, 58 Officer Training Unit, Grangemouth 10.1941 - to the US to meet and lecture with the US Army Air Corps late 1941 - 01.01.1943 Commanding Officer, Central Gunnery School 06.01.1942 transferred to reserve (RAFO) 01.01.1943 - Commanding Officer, RAF Station Biggin Hill & sick leave 01.11.1943 - Commanding Officer, 19 Fighter Wing, 2nd TAF 03.1944 - Commanding Officer, 145 Wing 07.1944 - Commanding Officer, Advanced Gunnery School 1945 - 1946 a member of the Directing Staff at RAF Staff College 19.07.1940 11.08.1940 13.08.1940 11.09.1940 22.10.1940     30.5 victories: 1 Bf 109 2 Bf 109 1 Do 17 1 Ju 88 1 Bf 109 Returned to South Africa, 1946. Literature: Oliver Walker, Sailor Malan (1953)
Malins, William Edward Vernon "Bill" / "Major" Son of William Vernon Malins, and Agnes Lilian Steele. Married (21.03.1942, St Mary's Church, Chesterton) Norah Daphne Dickins; two sons, three daughters.	26.09.1915 Bicester district, Oxfordshire - [08.2008 still alive at Oxfordshire]	(A) P/O 04.06.1938 [40838] P/O 04.04.1939 F/O 03.09.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 03.09.1941 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1944 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 13.12.1944 Sq.Ldr. 21.02.1947, seniority 01.09.1945 Wg.Cdr. 01.07.1951 (retd 08.05.1952; own request) DFC 06.08.1940 France 13.05.40 * * Early on the morning of 13th May, this officer was on reconnaissance in the neighbourhood of Tirlemont. Under heavy fire he descended to 50 feet to ascertain the nationality of the hostile troops. Pilot Officer Malins has distinguished himself on several occasions by his excellent reconnaissance over the enemy.	04.04.1938 - 01.06.1938 No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School RAF (Hatfield) 14.06.1938 - 02.01.1939 No. 5 Flying Training School RAF (Sealand) 27.01.1939 - 30.04.1939 No. 1 School of Army Co-operation RAF (Old Sarum) 12.03.1939 first commission RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 04.05.1939 - 12.07.1942 4 Squadron RAF (Odiham, then from 03.10.1939 Mons-en-Chaussee, then Douai, then Lille Ronchin, then Aspelaer (Belgium), then Clairmarais (St Omer), then from 27.05.1940 Ringway, then from 08.06.1940 York) 12.07.1942 - 29.05.1943 268 Squadron RAF (Snailwell, then from 29.05.1943 Odiham) 02.06.1943 - 03.08.1943 Air Ministry, Special Duties List (Norfolk House) [HMS Hilary (ocean boarding vessel)] (invasion of Sicily 10.07.1943) 12.08.1943 - 31.12.1943 231 Squadron RAF (No. 128 Airfield) 01.01.1944 - 13.09.1944 Air Ministry (DTO) [16.06.1944 transferred to reserve (and called up for Air Force service) [dated 04.04.1942]] 14.09.1944 - 01.11.1945 Wing Commander (Operations), 35 Wing RAF 01.11.1945 - 10.08.1946 Officer Commanding RAF Station Volkenrode, near Braunschweig (BAFO) 09.02.1947 - 31.12.1948 Air Ministry (DDPA) [from 21.02.1947 permanent commission RAF] 01.01.1949 - 10.07.1949 Officer Commanding RAF Station Woodvale 10.07.1949 - 15.10.1951 Air Ministry (Selection Boards) RAF Station Newton (for refresher flying course) 10.01.1952 - 08.05.1952 RAF Station Fassberg (British Army of the Rhine)
Mallet, Maurice Bradbury Son of Thomas Henry Maurice and Florence Mallet; husband of Pamela Mallet, of Paisley, Renfrewshire.	1917 ? - 17.09.1942 (KIA) [age 25] [Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, The Netherlands, JJ, collective grave 128-130]	(A) P/O (prob) 15.04.1939 [41939] P/O (prob) 06.11.1939 P/O 06.02.1940 (WS) F/O 06.11.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 06.11.1941	15.04.1939 first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] (1940) pilot, [224 ? or 242?] Squadron RAF * ? - 17.09.1942 pilot, 12 Officer Training Unit (OTU) [taken off at 20.24 hrs at Chipping Warden for an operation against Essen with a Wellington III bomber [BJ650]; it was intercepted by a night-fighter and sent down to crash in a swimming pool at Veldhoven, six kilometres SW of Eindhoven] * served together with A.A. Greenberg & A.H. Deacon, but not completely clear whether this was in 242 Sqn or perhaps 224 Sqn
Mangles, Roland Arthur Ross	29.05.1901 -	Sq.Ldr. 01.08.1936 W/Cdr. 01.01.1940 (A) Gp.Capt. ? (retd 27.09.1948)	20.12.1921 first commission qualified at specialist armament course
Mann, Albert Sydney	14.06.1919 Kingston district, Surrey - 1996 still alive	P/O 05.09.1937 [40126] (WS) F/O 12.02.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 12.02.1941 F/Lt. 01.07.1946, seniority 01.12.1942 (A) Sq.Ldr. ? (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.06.1942 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 30.07.1945 Sq.Ldr. 01.11.1947, seniority 01.08.1947 W/Cdr. 01.07.1952 Gp.Capt. 01.01.1967 (retd 14.06.1974) DFC 23.06.1944 * * In May, 1944, this 'officer was detailed to reconnoitre a heavily defended target in Northern France. In the face of considerable light anti-aircraft fire, Squadron Leader Mann executed a most successful run over the target and secured excellent results. His skill and coolness were beyond praise. This officer has completed a large number of sorties and has invariably displayed a high degree of determination and devotion to duty.	05.09.1937 first commission RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 12.07.1941 - 30.06.1946 transferred, Reserve of Air Force Officers (and called up for air force service) (1944)     Commanding Officer, 268 Squadron RAF 01.07.1946     permanent commission 09.03.1959 - ? Commander, RAF Station Bicester
Manton, James Edward	23.08.1905 Brighton, Sussex - (06?).1979 Taunton district, Somerset	Boy 18.01.1921 [335970] Cpl. ? Wt.Offr. 25.09.1937 F/O (prob) 27.09.1939, seniority 19.06.1939 [35371] F/O 27.09.1940 (A) F/Lt. (1940) (WS) F/Lt. 11.02.1941 F/Lt. 27.09.1942, seniority 19.06.1942 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.07.1943, seniority 01.12.1941 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 01.06.1946 Sq.Ldr. 01.10.1946 25.02.1947, seniority 01.06.1945 W/Cdr. 01.07.1947 (retd 01.07.1956; own request) OBE 31.05.1956 HM's birthday 56 GenSM ? & clasp Southern Desert Iraq IndGSM ? & clasp 1936-37 LSGCM 18.01.1939 - MID 01.01.1941 ? MID 01.01.1943 ?	18.01.1921     enlisted, RAF 1921 - 1923 Cranwell (Boys Wing) No 3 entry (for apprentice training as a Fitter Driver (Petrol)) 1936 - 1937 served at NW Frontier, India 1938     RAF Stradishall 27.09.1939     commissioned, RAF (Technical Branch)
Martin, Lionel George	? -	Sq.Ldr. RAFO 25.09.1939
Mason, Neville Walter Frederick	? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1937
Masterman, Cedric Audley see: Old Farnhamians' Association	25.09.1914 - 05.2000 Salisbury, Wiltshire	F/O 16.10.1937 [37199] (A) W/Cdr. ? W/Cdr. 01.07.1948 OBE ? ? DFC ? ?	1935 joined RAF; flew Hawker Audex viplanes at the NW Frontier (India), returned home 1939 1939 225 Squadron 10.1941 CO 72 Squadron 01.1942 - 04.1942 Wing Leader Biggin Hill 1942 fighter staff, Malta 1943 Wing Commander Training, Kenya 203 Sqn staff duties, Lord Mountbatten (Delhi & Burma)
Maurice, Alfred Price	18.04.1892 -	Sq.Ldr. (retd) 01.01.1925 (retd 18.04.1937) Hon. W/Cdr. 11.05.1939 (WS) W/Cdr. 09.07.1942 (A) Gp.Capt. ? DFC ? ?	01.04.1918 first commission RAF 09.09.1939 - 31.03.1946 recalled to active service
Maxwell, Victor Edwin Son of Thomas Maxwell (1870-1940), and Margaret Mary Harris Maxwell (1879-1970). Husband of Susan Dorothea Maxwell, of Harlow, Essex.	18.08.1906 Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland - 23.02.1944 hospital, Westminster, London [Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey]	Aircraft Apprentice 01.1924 [364915] Sgt. ? P/O (prob) 30.04.1934 [36004] P/O 30.04.1935 F/O 30.10.1935 F/Lt. 30.10.1937 Sq.Ldr. 01.06.1939 (T) W/Cdr. 01.06.1941 MID 24.09.1941 ? MID 11.06.1942 ? MID ? ?	01.1924     joined RAF 30.04.1934     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) 30.04.1934     School of Army Co-operation (Old Sarum) 27.04.1936 - 12.07.1936 Flying Instructors' course, Central Flying School (Category B) 13.07.1936     staff, No. 10 Flying Training School (Tern Hill) 17.09.1937 - 01.04.1940 seconded for service under the Government of Southern Rhodesia (03.1941)     Commanding Officer, 237 (Rhodesian) (Army Co-operation) Squadron RAF
May, Faulkner Michael Vane	(06?).1905 Portsmouth, Hampshire -	Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937	Education: psa qualified at specialist navigation course
McClean, Harry Philip Son of William Newsam McClean (1874-1968), civil engineer, and Agnes Maude Whipham (1877-1942). Married (02.07.1937, Kensingston district, London) Millicent "Bunny" Madge Moles (24.03.1909 - 31.12.1987), divorced wife of Edward Uzielli Bloor (1901-1976); one daughter.	19.08.1910 Seaview, Isle of Wight - 01.2000 Bullingdon district, Oxfordshire	P/O (prob) 29.05.1934 [70417] P/O 29.11.1934 F/O 29.11.1935 1940?, seniority 25.09.1932 (WS) F/Lt. 02.06.1941 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.07.1943 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 18.03.1944 (emgcy list; reld 19.08.1955, retaining rank of W/Cdr.)	Engineer. Obtained aviator's licence (No. 11192), taken on a Redwing Genet 80 h.p. at the Eastern Counties Aeroplane Club, 25.06.1933. 29.05.1934     commissioned, Reserve of Air Force Officers (General Duties Branch) (Class AA(i)) (08.1942)     pilot, 239 Squadron RAF (Dieppe raid) 11.11.1943 - 12.1943 Commanding Officer, 4 Squadron RAF
McDiarmid, Pierce Son of Thomas McDiarmid, a cotton factor. Married Janet Dick.	26.01.1896 Blackburn, Lancashire - 13.10.1984 Bath district, Somerset	Air Mech. 1915 [F4161] F/Sgt. ? [204161] Wt.Offr. ? F/O (prob) 20.07.1934 [35017] F/O 20.07.1935 F/Lt. 14.04.1939 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.09.1940-01.11.1947 (WS) Sq.Ldr. ...-01.01.1948 (T) W/Cdr. 01.12.1941-01.11.1947 (WS) W/Cdr. 25.12.1945 (retd 26.01.1946; retaining rank of Gp.Capt.) (re-employed 26.01.1946-11.12.1947) (A) Gp.Capt. (1946) OBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 46 AFM 12.07.1920 Palestine	Left school at age of 14 to become an engineering apprentice in Manchester. 1915     enlisted, Royal Naval Air Service (served in France) 04.1918     transferred, RAF (1920)     216 Squadron RAF (Palestine) 1927     one of the two engineers on the pioneering flight from Cairo to the Cape and return in Fairey 3Fs (while serving with 47 Squadron in Egypt) 20.07.1934     commissioned, RAF (Technical Branch) (Commissioned Engineer Officers) 20.07.1934     No. 3 Stores Depot RAF (Milton) 20.06.1936     Aircraft Depot, Hinaidi, Iraq 1939 - 1942 served at Air Ministry 01.01.1940 - (10.1940) Deputy Directorate of Repair and Servicing (2), Department of the Air Member for Supply and Organisation 1942 - 1946 British Air Commission, Washington, DC (USA) Worked for 17 years in the government contracts department of the Plessey Co. Ltd.
McDonald, Arthur William Baynes	? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1936 AFC ? ?	Education: psa qualified at specialist engineering course; additionally qualified at university course in engineering
McDonald, Ernest Hector "Mac" Husband of Edith Daisy McDonald, of Portsmouth.	(06?).1900 Warwick district, Warwickshire - 14.11.1944 (KIA) [age 44] [Choloy War Cemetery, France, 2A.A.8]	Wt.Offr. ? F/O (prob) 11.04.1938, seniority 06.04.1938 [35180] (WS) F/Lt. 06.03.1940 F/Lt. 11.04.1941, seniority 06.04.1941 (A) Sq.Ldr. ? (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.06.1942 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 1943, seniority 01.01.1941 (A) W/Cdr. ? (WS) W/Cdr. 09.05.1943 (A) Gp.Capt. ? CBE 01.01.1945 New Year 45 [posthumously, with effect from 13.11.44) MBE 24.09.1941 ? MID 11.06.1942 ? MID 01.01.1943 ?	11.04.1938     commissioned, RAF (Commissioned Engineer Officer, later Technical Branch) ? - 14.11.1944 144 Maintenance Unit (killed on duty)
McEvoy, Theodore Neuman	? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937	Education: psa qualified at specialist engineering course
McGlashan, Kenneth Butterworth Married; three daughters.	28.08.1920 Beardsen, Dunbartonshire, Scotland - 31.07.2005 Australia	(A) P/O (prob) 18.03.1939 [42138] P/O (prob) 06.11.1939 P/O 13.03.1940 F/O 06.11.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 06.11.1941 F/Lt. 15.08.1946, seniority 01.09.1945 Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1949 (retd 29.08.1958) AFC 08.06.1950 ?	Education: Glasgow Academy (?). 18.03.1939     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 18.03.1939 - 01.06.1939 No. 11 Elementary & Reserve Flying Training School RAF 02.06.1939 - 06.11.1939 No. 9 Flying Training School RAF (Hullavington) 07.11.1939 - 16.12.1940 245 Squadron RAF (Leconfield, then Hawkinge) [While on patrol 31.05.1940 in Hurricane Mk. I (P2732) shot down by a Messerschmitt Bf 109 near Dunkirk. Force-landed and returned safely to UK by ship.] 17.12.1940 - 16.11.1941 96 Squadron RAF (Cranage) 17.11.1941 - 19.07.1942 instructor, 60 Operational Training Unit RAF (East Fortune) 20.07.1942 - 11.09.1942 87 Squadron RAF (Charmy Down) 12.09.1942 - 24.01.1943 536 Squadron RAF (Predannack) 25.01.1943 - 14.06.1944 264 Squadron RAF (Warmwell) [13.03.1943 transferred to reserve, and called up for air force service] 15.06.1944 - 01.1946 posted to 2nd Division BOAC (Cairo, Egypt) 01.1946     No. 1 Ferry Unit RAF (Pershore) 15.08.1946     extended service commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) 15.06.1948     permanent commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) ... - ... ... Emigrated to Australia, 1964. Published: Down to earth : a fighter pilot's experiences of surviving Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, Dieppe and D-Day (with Owen Zupp; 2007)
McIntosh, Ian Alexander Son of Norman Alexander McIntosh and Caroline Emily Bayly. Married Betty King McIntosh (09.12.1917 - 28.02.1993); four daughters, one son.	17.03.1915 - 05.01.1995 [Deepwater General Cemetery, NSW, Australia]	P/O 17.01.1939 [40632] F/O 17.08.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 17.08.1941 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.07.1946, seniority 01.07.1943 MID 13.06.1946 ?	17.01.1939     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 17.01.1942     transferred, Reserve of Air Force Officers (and called up for air force service)
McKenna, Hugh Walter	? -	Sq.Ldr. RAFO 03.09.1939
McNair, Robert Wendell "Buck" see: Canadian air aces & heroes	15.05.1919 Springfield, NS. Canada - 15.01.1971	W/Cdr. [RCAF] ?	10.1943 Wing Leader Biggin Hill
McNeill, Cameron William Washington Post obituary	1918 ? Chesley, Ont., Canada - 28.07.2004 Georgetown Residence, Washington, DC, USA	P/O 27.06.1939 [41043] F/O 03.09.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 03.09.1941 (reld 12.06.1944) (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1944 W/Cdr. RCAF 1950s Atl St ? ? Pac St ? ? Cor M 1953 ? CD ? & 1st clasp	27.06.1939 commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) (02.1940)     220 Squadron RAF (RAF Thornaby, Tees Bay) (Coastal Command) [flew the Hudson that first spotted the Altmark on 16.02 1940 (links: book 1, book 2)] 27.06.1942     transferred, Reserve of Air Force Officers (and called up for air force service) 12.06.1944     transferred, RCAF ... - ... ... 01.07.1952 - 15.09.1952 Wing Commander, 19 Wing RCAF (RCAF Station, Comox) 09.1952 - 09.1954 Commanding Officer, 407 Squadron RCAF
McRae, Donald Henry Thrower	? - died before 1996	F/Sgt. ? [580918] P/O (prob) 31.10.1941 [47725] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 1943? (WS) Sq.Ldr. 31.10.1943 F/Lt. 29.05.1947, seniority 01.09.1945 Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1954 (retd 28.05.1969) F/O RAFVR 12.06.1972 (reld 12.06.1976; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) DFC 04.08.1942 ?	31.10.1941     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1942)     88 Squadron RAF 29.05.1947     extended service commission 15.09.1948     permanent commission 12.06.1972     commssioned, RAFVR (Training Branch)
Meigh, Alan Cotton	? -	(A) P/O (prob) 01.04.1939 [41859] (A) P/O 21.10.1939 P/O 23.01.1940 (WS) F/O 21.10.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 21.10.1941 OBE 01.01.1976 New Year 76	01.04.1939 first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] ? - 04.06.1940 pilot, 77 Squadron RAF [Taken off 21.03 hrs at Driffield in his Whitley V bomber [N1522-G] on an operation against Gelsenkirchen. While flying over Gent (Belgium) an engine caught fire, and Meigh sent a message saying he was making for Abbeville (France), but this was quickly followed by a second signal indicating the crew were bailing out. Captured] 04.06.1940 - 1945? POW (# 2267) in German captivity at Stalag Luft III 13.11.1945 transferred to reserve (dated 23.01.1943) and called up for Air force service Geologist. Managing director, Soil Mechanics, Ltd.
Mellor, Harry Manners	(06?).1903 St George Hanover Square, London, Surrey -	Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1936   MVO ? ?
Miller, Hayden Hugh James Married (02.1942) Marygold Rix; one son, four daughters.	31.03.1914 Eureka, Auckland - 07.07.2009 Ashwood Park Retirement Village, Blenheim, New Zealand	(A) P/O (prob) 23.03.1940 [43041] P/O (prob) 13.07.1940 P/O 11.09.1940 (WS) F/O 13.07.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 13.07.1942 (A) Sq.Ldr. (1944) (A?) W/Cdr. (1945) OBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46 * DFC 06.06.1941 ** AFC 08.06.1944 *** MID 11.06.1942 **** MID 01.01.1943 ***** MID 14.01.1944 ****** MID 14.06.1945 ******* * Wing Commander Miller has been employed as the Chief Instructor at this unit [24 OTU RAF (Wellington)] for nearly a year. During this time the Training Wing has been completely re-organised and has changed its record within [93] Group from being the Station which had sustained the greatest number of flying accidents per hour flown, to the Station with the fewest number of accidents per hour flown. For the first three months of the year no less than 6,800 hours per accident were flown which was in itself a very notable achievement. In addition, during one month the Unit achieved top place in every subject in the Group Order of Merit. This outstanding improvement has been largely the result of Wing Commander Miller’s self-sacrificing efforts and devotion to duty. He has always been available at all hours of the day and night and his efficiency and unstinting application to his work have won the confidence and respect of all the personnel on the Wing and on the Station. ** This officer has completed numerous operational missions. Throughout these flights he has displayed great determination and a complete disregard of enemy opposition. He has attacked many objectives in enemy and enemy occupied territory with marked success. On one occasion, he completed an operation over Turin in almost impossible weather conditions. His courage and skill have inspired confidence in every crew of which he has acted as captain. *** This officer has been employed as Group flying instructor at this unit [HQ 91 Group RAF] since November, 1943. Previously, as a flying instructor and flight commander he did outstanding work in No 22 OTU. His new duties, which he has performed with conspicuous success, entail visiting all Operational Training Units, where he examines and tests flying instructors and air crews under training in their various duties, both in the air, by day and night, and on the ground, paying particular attention to detail. To this work, Squadron Leader Miller has brought the utmost tact, patience and efficiency. He has completed a total of 680 hours flying on OTU instructional duties. **** For meritorious service with 22 OTU RAF (Wellington) as a Flt Lt. Participated in the first ‘1000’ bomber raids on 30/31 May and 1/2 Jun 1942. ***** For meritorious service with 22 OTU, 91 Group RAF (Wellington), as an Actg Sqn Ldr. ****** For meritorious service with HQ 91 Group RAF, as a Sqn Ldr. ******* For meritorious service with 24 OTU RAF (Wellington).	Teacher at a Hamilton school. 29.08.1939     joined RAF 23.03.1940     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 11.09.1943     transferred, Reserve of Air Force Officers (and called up for Air Force service) [NZ1996 & 132166] 22.09.1943 - 16.12.1946 transferred, RNZAF (Member RNZAF contingent London Victory Parade 08.06.1946) 1940 - (1941?) 77 Squadron RAF (Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire) 05.11.1940     captain of a Whitley which carried out a solo night attack on Turin, flying through atrocious weather en-route to and from the target. After flying for over 11 hours they were forced, through lack of fuel, to ditch at sea. The crew were all picked up, from their dinghy, by an RN trawler 4½ miles off the NE coast of England [read account] 15.12.1940 crash landed Whitley T4138 on the North Yorkshire Moors spent most of the rest of the war at bomber units, refining training and maintenance manuals and pilot training instructions in an attempt to cut hundreds of accidental deaths 05.1941 - 11.1943 22 Operational Training Unit (Wellsbourne) 11.1943 - 1944 HQ 91 Group RAF 1944 - 1945 24 Operational Training Unit (Wellington) 17.08.1950 - 31.03.1969 RNZAF Reserve
Milne, Richard Maxwell "Dickie" / "Max" Married 1st ((09?).1940, Hampstead district, London; marriage dissolved) Josephine Rosemary James; ... children (one son?). Married 2nd ((03?).1947, Kensington district, London) Agnes M.C. "Berti" Hodgson; ... children (one son?).	1919 Boroughmuirhead district, Glasgow, Scotland -	(A) P/O (prob) 05.09.1937 [40129] P/O 12.07.1938 F/O 12.01.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 12.01.1941 F/Lt. 01.11.1947, seniority 01.12.1942 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.03.1942 (WS) Sqd.Ldr. 01.05.1943 (A) W/Cdr. 01.1943? DFC 30.08.1940 * DFC 07.11.1941 ** * Flying Officer Milne has personally destroyed seven enemy aircraft, and seriously damaged a number of others. He has led his section throughout with skill and courage, and has set an example to other members of the squadron. ** Acting Squadron Leader Richard Maxwell Milne, D.F.C., after assuming command ot R.A.F. Squadron No. 92 in September, 1941, led 19 offensive operations over enemy territory. In the course of these operations, Squadron Leader Milne destroyed at least three and damaged two enemy aircraft, bringing his total victories to 11 destroyed, two probably destroyed, and 11 damaged. His leadership has been characterised by dash and good judgment.	05.09.1937     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 18.09.1937     No. 11 Flying Training School RAF (Wittering) 07.05.1938     No. 8 Armament Training Station RAf (Evanton)       151 Squadron RAF (France) 09.1941 - ? Commanding Officer, 92 Squadron RAF       Commanding Officer, 222 Squadron RAF (North Weald, Essex) 01.1943 - 14.03.1943 Wing Leader, Biggin Hill Wing RAF (captured) 14.03.1943 - 1945? POW in German captivity (12.07.1943 transferred to reserve, and called up for air force service)
Moloney, Thomas Francis	04.04.1905 - 08.1986 North Dorset, Dorset	Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937	qualified at specialist signals course
Montgomery, Alexander Hutchinson	(09?).1904 Winchester, Hampshire -	Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937 MBE ? ?	Education: psa
More, James Winter Carmichael "Hank" Son of Dr. John More and Mabel Winter More.	1910 ? - 12.09.1944 (KIA) [age 34] [Singapore Memorial, column 431]	Flight Cadet ? P/O 26.07.1930 [26161] F/O 26.01.1932 F/Lt. 26.01.1936 Sq.Ldr. 01.10.1938 (A) W/Cdr. 08.08.1940 (T) W/Cdr. 01.12.1940 Gp.Capt. ? OBE ? ? DFC 30.07.1940 ?	Education: RAF College, Cranwell 26.07.1930 first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) 04.1940 - 08.1940 CO 73 Squadron RAF (France, Battle of Britain)
Morgan, Whitworth Archibald Cecil Married (19.04.1936, Baghdad, Iraq) Pamela M. Hodgson, daughter of Col. & Mrs P.E. Hodgson, of Charterhouse.	13.05.1894 Pill, near Bristol, Bedminster district, Gloucestershire - 25.10.1975 Pavenham, Bedford district, Bedfordshire	2nd Lt. 1915 Lt. 01.01.1917 F/O 28.10.1915 F/Cdr. (& A/Capt.) 30.10.1916 F/Lt. ? Sq.Ldr. 12.12.1928 W/Cdr. 01.07.1935 Gp.Capt. 01.01.1939 (retd 13.07.1940) MBE 01.01.1961 New Year 61: Divisional Accident Prevention Organiser, Eastern Division, Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents MC 27.07.1916 France * BWM 14|20 - - VM - - * For conspicuous gallantry and skill. With other pilots he attacked an enemy reconnaissance of nine machines. Under heavy machine-gun fire he got within twenty yards of one of them, shot the Observer and brought the machine down in our lines.	Education: Lancing College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst. 1915     commissioned, The Welsh Regiment (gained aviator's licence (No. 1950), taken on a Maurice Farman Biplane at the Military School, Farnborough, 07.10.1915) 28.10.1915     seconded, Royal Flying Corps 30.10.1916     Flight Commander, RFC 01.04.1918     temporary commission, Royal Flying Corps (wounded) 01.08.1919     permanent commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) ? - 17.07.1922 Instrument Design Establishment (Inland Area) 17.07.1922 - 16.10.1922 RAF Depot (Inland Area) (supernumerary) 16.10.1922     specialized in photographic duties, School of Photography (Inland Area) (supernumerary) 09.04.1923     No. 1 Flying Training School (Netheravon) 21.09.1926     HQ RAF Iraq 09.03.1929 - 12.1929 School of Photography (South Farnborough) 30.12.1929 - 15.01.1932 10 (Bomber) Squadron RAF (Upper Heyford, then Boscombe Down) (for flying duties) 28.01.1932 - 1934? photographic officer, No. 22 Group RAF (South Farnborough) 10.10.1934 - 07.11.1936 HQ RAF Iraq (Hinaidi) (for photographic duties, later as Senior Personnel Staff Officer) 14.12.1936     Commanding Officer, RAF Station Lympne 26.09.1938     Commanding Officer, RAF Station Upper Heyford ? - ? ?
Morgan-Weld-Smith, Reginald Gilbert Squarey Changed last name from Morgan-Smith to Morgan-Weld-Smith by deed poll of 28.11.1938. Son of Reginald Morgan [from 1938 Weld-]Smith (1875-1964), and Mita Drinkwater Carver (1882-1962), of Seend, Wiltshire. Married (18.07.1936, All Saints' Church, Marden, Devizes district, Wiltshire) Joan Margaret Niven (? - 07.06.1993), of Strathblane, Stirlingshire, second daughter of Mr & Mrs Charles H. Niven, of Marden Grange, Devizes, Wiltshire [she remarried 09.09.1944 Lt.Col. Alastair Stevenson Pearson, The Parachute Regiment]; two daughters.	27.05.1911 Staines district, Middlesex - 01.08.1940 (KIA) [age 29] [St Pierre-en-Port Communal Cemetery, France]	P/O 10.10.1932, seniority 10.10.1931 [05224] F/O 10.04.1933 F/Lt. 10.04.1936 Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1938 (A) W/Cdr. ? MID 01.01.1941 ? (since reported missing)	Education: BA (Cantab.). 10.10.1932     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch)       ... (Army Co-operation) Squadron RAF 03.04.1935     Headquarters, Inland Area, Stanmore (Personal Assistant to Air Marshal Sir Charles Burnett) 27.04.1936 - 12.07.1936 Flying Instructors Course, Central Flying School (Category B) 13.07.1936     RAF College, Cranwell 01.06.1937     614 (County of Glamorgan) Squadron RAuxAF 12.1938     air staff at HQ of an Army-Co-operation Group ? - 01.08.1940 Commanding Officer, 59 Squadron RAF [His Blenheim L8792 "A" had taken off from Thorney Island and failed to return from an attack on Cherbourg; for details see KentFallen (under P/O D.H. Davis). His body washed ashore 22.08.1940 at St Pierre en Port, France.]
Morison, Robert Brian	07.12.1920 - 12.03.2007 Richmond, Surrey	(A) P/O (prob) 23.12.1939 [33516] ... ... Gp.Capt. 01.07.1959 (retd 31.07.1965) DFC ? ? AFC ? ?	23.012.1939 first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch)
Mortimer, Edward Patrick biography (with photos) at Clifton Rugby Football Club website	17.03.1911 - 07.08.1940 [Bury Cemetery, Huntingdonshire, row B, grave 21]	(A) P/O (prob) 23.01.1936, seniority 20.01.1936 [37521] P/O 18.11.1936 F/O 18.05.1938 F/Lt. 18.05.1940	23.01.1936 first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] ? - 07.08.1940 killed in a flying accident [pilot of a Blenheim MkIV P4902 that stalled and spun into the ground near Cranfield on the evening of 7th August 1940]
Moulton-Barrett, Edward Selwyn	29.11.1895 India -	Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1935 (WS) W/Cdr. 28.07.1942 (A) Gp.Capt. ? (retd 29.01.1946)	01.04.1918 first commission RAF ... - ... ...
Mulford, William Edwin Son of George Edwin William Mulford (1881-1946), and Laurie Emma Harrington (1881?-1958). Married ((09?).1938, Hendon district, Middlesex) Elsie Winifred Norman (18.06.1914 - 12.1984), of Ramsgate, Kent; two sons.	01.09.1914 Wealdstone, Hendon district, Middlesex - 12.06.1943 (KIA) [age 28] [Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery, the Netherlands, collective grave 2.AA.11-12]	(A) P/O (prob) 16.04.1935 [37202] P/O 16.04.1936 F/O 16.11.1937 (A) F/Lt. 01.06.1939 F/Lt. 16.11.1939 (T)Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1940	16.04.1935     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 16.04.1935     RAF Station Uxbridge 04.03.1936     58 (Bomber) Squadron RAF 12.07.1937 - (05.1939) No. 10 Flying Training School (Ternhill)       50 Squadron RAF 23.11.1942 - 12.06.1943 pilot ("A" Flight Commander), 431 (RCAF) Squadron (Burn, Yorkshire) [Wellington X HE 392 SE-L took off at 23.25 hrs 11.06.1943 for an operation against Düsseldorf. Crashed 02:46 hrs at Zijpe, the Netherlands, being shot down by a Me110 from Leeuwarden, the Netherlands.]
Mulligan, Allen Roy	23.02.1915 Bingara, NSW, Australia -	P/O 26.08.1937 [40058] F/O 26.05.1939 (WS) F/Lt. 03.09.1940 F/Lt. RAAF 02.10.1945 (reld 05.06.1946) DFC 24.09.1940 * [investiture by Governor-General at Sydney, 24.03.47] MID 13.06.1946 ? [Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 07.04.1949] * One night in August, 1940, this officer carried out a successful low-flying attack from 150 feet on the Dortmund-Ems Canal. He displayed the utmost skill, determination, courage and devotion to duty in pressing home his attack, in spite of intense opposition from the ground and a knowledge of the reception that would be awaiting him over this area. Flight Lieutenant Mulligan has carried out a total of twenty-three operational flights and has at all times set an excellent example to other pilots by his enthusiasm, keenness and courage. His work as an operational pilot has been outstanding.	15.07.1936 enlisted 26.08.1937 first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] ? - 12.08.1940 pilot, 83 Squadron RAF [Taken off from Scamton with his Hampden P4340 OL- to attack targets along the Dortmund-Ems Canal. As he plunged through the curtain of tracers and shells his port engine was hit by Flak and exploded into flames. Jettisoning his bomb load quickly, Mulligan climbed swiftly to 2,000ft and then ordered his crew to bale out. As the last man left the stricken bomber, Mulligan followed and saw his aircraft dive into the ground and explode. Taken prisoner near Mesum on the west bank of the Ems River, 7 km SSE of Rheine, Germany.] 12.08.1940 - 1945? POW (# 166) in German captivity at Stalag Luft III 11.07.1944 transferred to reserve (dated 26.08.1942) and called up for Air Force service 02.10.1945 commission relinquisehd (dated 27.08.1942) on appointment to RAAF 05.06.1946 discharged from Central Flying School
Mullineaux, James John Son of James Mullineaux, and Violet Ann J. Bamford (1889-1978). Married ((06?).1940, Newmarket district, Cambridgeshire) Emma Eva M. Chapman (22.08.1920 - 02.1984); three children.	09.05.1918 Erdington, Birmingham, Aston district, Warwickshire - 05.09.1978 Newmarket, Cambridgeshire	Aircraftman 1st class ? [547644] P/O (prob) 24.08.1942 [49699] (WS) F/O (prob) 24.02.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 24.08.1944 F/Lt. 01.11.1947, seniority 24.02.1946 DFM 16.01.1940 * 39|45 St - - AirCrEur - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - * This aircraftman was rear gunner in an aircraft of a formation which carried out operations over an enemy naval base in December, 1939. In spite of heavy enemy anti-aircraft fire and repeated attacks he displayed great courage and coolness, bringing down, by his well-controlled and accurate marksmanship, one enemy fighter in flames and, in conjunction with his under turret gunner, destroying a second aircraft.	(12.1939)     B Flight, 149 Squadron RAF [tail gunner in the Wellington that was later fished out of Loch Ness] 24.08.1942     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 28.08.1942 101 Squadron RAF [his Wellington bomber X3391 SR-A took off from Stradishall and crash-landed, due to technical trouble, apx. 40 km NW of Mannheim; captured] 03.09.1942 - 02.05.1945 prisoner of war (in Dulag Luft, then Stalag 344 09.1942-08.1944, then Stalag Luft III 08.1944-04.1945; liberated at Lubeck; PoW No. 26833)
Covering remarks of the A.O.C.: ‘This is the second occasion in which the above-mentioned Air Gunner has been instrumental in destroying enemy aircraft. On both occasions he has shown exemplary coolness and courage, and has maintained a well-controlled and accurate fire. On the first occasion his support fire against an enemy aircraft attacking another member of his formation largely contributed to its destruction.’ James John Mullineaux, a native of Erdington, Birmingham, was born in May 1918 and, after ‘a third try at factory life convinced him that he was not cut out for that kind of life’, joined the Royal Air Force in 1937. An A.C. 1 by the outbreak of hostilities, he volunteered for duties as an Air Gunner, and was posted to No. 149 Squadron, a Wellington unit operating out of Mildenhall, Suffolk. The unit’s first operational sortie of the War was carried out on 3 September 1939, when three of its Wellingtons carried out an armed reconnaissance of the North Sea, while on the following day its first bombing mission was flown against enemy warships at Brunsbuttel - and Mullineaux flew in Squadron Leader P. I. Harris’ aircraft on the latter occasion, although an alternative target near Tonning was attacked. Indeed Mullineaux went on to complete numerous sorties before ending his first operational tour in June 1940, one of the most memorable of which was the above cited daylight attack on enemy shipping at Wilhelmshaven on 18 December 1939: it was to prove a very costly affair, the Wellingtons of 9, 37 and 149 Squadrons running into no less than four crack Luftwaffe fighter squadrons - of the enemy pilots who took part in the action, eight later won the Knight’s Cross, four added Oakleaves, three Swords and two Diamonds. Fortunately for posterity’s sake, Mullineaux’s own account of this epic sortie was published in Robin Holmes’ history of “R for Robert”, One of Our Aircraft: ‘About five minutes flying time from the harbour we encountered heavy, accurate flak which soon forced the formation to open up. In we went straight and level for about ten minutes, the flak getting heavier and more accurate. I could feel bursts and very soon the whole sky seemed full of black puffs. I was sure one would find its mark and blow us clean out of the air. Luck was with us, we did not get hit and very soon altered course and headed out to sea on a reciprocal course. This was our bombing run. It was during this run that I first saw little black specks on the horizon and within seconds, as it were, I recognized them as Me. 109s and Me. 110s. Our bombing run completed, the fighters came in to attack and very soon the whole sky seemed full of them. I estimated their strength to be about 100. I called frantically “Fighters!” Immediately Austin took up position in the mid under turret and Pilot Officer Innes [the 2nd Pilot] went to the astrodome. We had not long to wait before the first fighter came in to attack our aircraft. It was an Me. 110. Innes was first to see it. In he came and I could see his machine-guns blazing away. I opened fire at 300 yards and continued to fire until he broke away at 20 yards. No sooner had he broken than another attack took place and this continued throughout the engagement. During the short spells I looked around the sky and could see our bombers going down in flames. This had a great effect on me as I had been pumping bullets into the attacking aircraft and did not seem to get any results. Another fighter came up and no sooner had it attacked and I opened up than it seemed to blow up. My bullets had found their mark. The captain shouted “Good show, Mullineaux.” That was all I needed. I got stuck in with added zest and it was not long before the second went down. He came dead astern. I opened up at 400 yards. The Mid-Under Gunner was also firing at him and between us we blew the aircraft out of the air. Other attacks came again and again. I could hear the Front Gunner firing over the inter-com and he too shot one down. But after a while my ammunition ran out. I called frantically to the captain for more. He sent the 2nd Pilot down but in his excitement he opened the door of my turret and simply threw it at me. The result was that I had no assistance to load both guns. I did however manage to get one gun going after a while and throughout the rest of the engagement I kept it going and with the aid of the Mid-Under Gunner kept most of the fighters from firing accurately at us, from astern ... ’ Not mentioned by Mullineaux is the fact he and his crew witnessed Wellington N. 2961 ditching in the sea on the way home, or that their dinghy became entangled in the tail-plane when it was released to assist the downed airmen - an emergency landing thus ensued at Coltishall. He was awarded an immediate D.F.M., the relevant recommendation also noting that he had already contributed to the destruction of another enemy aircraft. A day or two following the 18 December raid, Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt, the C.-in-C. Bomber Command, arrived at Mildenhall to hear the full story, one eye witness recalling: ‘This was quite an occasion. Our A.O.C., Baldwin, the Station Commander, Franky Coleman, Kellett, and others all crowded into Kellett’s office while Ludlow-Hewitt, surrounded by a galaxy of Staff Officers, asked questions. Star turn, Aircraftsman First Class, Jimmy Mullineaux, was brought in so that the C.-in-C., Ludlow-Hewitt, could talk to this hero, which indeed he was (I was very proud of him), but after a time it was all too much for him; the eminent “Brass Hats”, the questioning and the Braid so affected him that my highly strung, modest, little Jimmy suddenly said, full of courtesy and respect to the last, “May I faint please,” which he promptly did, into the arms of Sandy Innes, who carried him out. He was but an A.C. 1 and very young, one of the first D.F.Ms of the War’ (One of Our Aircraft refers). On 2 January 1940, Mullineaux claimed another brace of enemy aircraft - ‘one certain and one probable’ - when his Wellington was attacked by a formation of Me. 110s during a reconnaissance patrol. Nonetheless, his pilot was compelled to make ‘his escape by diving at full throttle to sea-level’: the two remaining Wellingtons in their formation were less fortunate, both being shot down. Mullineaux remained operational with No. 149 until the end of June 1940, regularly flying in the crew of Squadron Leader Harris, and, on a strike against Aalborg aerodrome on the night of 20-21 April, in the company of his C.O., Wing Commander R. Kellett, D.F.C., A.F.C., who was aboard for the ride - a combination of heavy anti-aircraft fire and the brightness of the searchlights prevented them from finding their exact target. And with the advent of the invasion of the Low Countries in May, No. 149 was detailed to attack Waalhaven aerodrome, in addition to mounting a strike against the bridges on the Meuse, when Mullineaux’s ‘aircraft [was] damaged by enemy action’. Further attacks on enemy troop movements ensued in June, but tragedy struck on the final sortie of his first operational tour, on the 11th, when a member of groundcrew was instantly killed by one of his Wellington’s propellers as it returned to dispersal after a sortie against road communications at Soissans. Posted to a conversion unit at Waterbeach at the end of the same month, Mullineaux was “rested” until being commissioned as a Pilot Officer, soon after which he returned to an operational footing with No. 101 Squadron, another Wellington unit, based at Bourn in Cambridgeshire, in July 1942. Thus ensued no less than four sorties to Duisberg, in addition to strikes against Bremen, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Kassel, Saarbrucken and Wilhelmshaven. But on the night of 28-29 August 1942, when detailed to attack Nuremburg, his Wellington developed mechanical failure and his pilot was compelled to make a crash-landing 40 kilometres N.W. of Mannheim - the crew scrambled clear as the aircraft was enveloped in flames. In his subsequent P.O.W’s “debrief”, Mullineaux stated that he was slightly wounded on the same occasion, and was captured at Landotan on 3 September 1942, thereby suggesting that he managed to evade for a few days. Having then been briefly detained in Frankfurt, he was incarcerated in Stalag 344 at Lamsdorf until August 1944, when he was transferred to Stalag Luft III at Sagan, scene of the “Great Escape”. He also stated that on one occasion he exchanged identities with an Army Private and escaped from a working party on a railway, but was recaptured at Stettin by a Dock Policeman. Possibly this was the occasion that he was on the run for three months, passing himself off as a Walloon. If so, he ultimately fell foul of the Gestapo, ‘who beat him so severely that finally he shouted in German, “Stop it. I’m a British officer.” Instantly the Gestapo interrogators snapped to attention and saluted him’ (Robin Holmes’ history, One of Our Aircraft, refers). Mullineaux, who had been advanced to Flight Lieutenant in August 1944, was finally liberated at Lubeck in May 1945, but ‘suffered a series of nervous breakdowns resulting from the treatment he had received as a P.O.W.’; sold with an original wartime newspaper cutting reporting the award of his D.F.M., together with a copy of Robin Holmes’ history, One of Our Aircraft.
Mullins, Alfred George "Fred" Son of Robert Mullins, and Rosina Elizabeth Hurn. Married (1945) Audrey May Downing; three sons, one daughter.	04.03.1922 Bristol, Gloucestershire - 15.08.2008	Acm. 2nd cl. 09.08.1939 [652352] Acm. 1st cl. 24.02.1940 Ldg.Acm. 01.08.1940 (T) Sgt. 22.11.1942 (T) F/Sgt. 23.11.1943 P/O (prob) 09.12.1943 [54153] P/O 09.06.1944, seniority 09.12.1943 (WS) F/O 09.06.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 09.12.1945 (reld 04.02.1946) (Emgcy List reld 01.07.1959; retaining rank of F/Lt.) DFM 14.09.1943 * * On every sortie, even over the most dangerous targets, the skilful handling of the engines displayed by Sergeant Mullins has given his pilot complete confidence. He has taken part in raids on Belrin and in the 'round trip' raids on Friedrichshafen and Spezia. On many missions, this airman's work has called for special mention by his captain. His ability and devotion to duty have been highly praiseworthy.	09.08.1939     enlisted RAF (rated as Aircraft Hand, then Fitter Mechanic, then Fitter II E) 09.08.1939 - 10.09.1939 No. 1 Depot RAF (Uxbridge) 10.09.1939 - 08.12.1939 3 (Training) Wing RAF (Cosford) 08.12.1939 - 12.07.1941 No. 6 Flying Training School RAF 12.07.1941 - 15.08.1941 455 (RAAF) Squadron (Swinderby) 15.08.1941 - 16.10.1941 No. 3 School of Technical Training RAF (Blackpool) 16.10.1941 - 30.07.1942 408 Squadron RAF (Lindholme) 30.07.1942 - 21.09.1942 422 Squadron RAF 21.09.1942 - 04.12.1942 No. 4 School of Technical Training RAF (St Athan) 04.12.1942 - 03.02.1943 1660 Conversion Unit RAF (Swinderby) 03.02.1943 - 23.07.1943 61 Squadron RAF (Flight Engineer on 30 operations in aircrafts QR-Q & PR-l) 23.07.1943 - 29.03.1945 81 Operational Training Unit RAF 09.12.1943 commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 29.03.1945 - 12.04.1945 School of Air-Sea Rescue RAF (Calshot) 29.08.1945 - 02.10.1945 No. 4 School of Technical Training RAF (St Athan) 02.10.1945 - 04.02.1946 1380 (Training) Conversion Unit RAF 04.02.1946     released from No. 100 Personnel Dispersal Centre RAF
Mundy, John Douglas	14.05.1919 - 1996 still alive	(A) P/O (prob) 23.01.1939 P/O (prob) 21.10.1939 P/O 23.01.1940 F/O 21.10.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 21.10.1941 F/Lt. 25.02.1947, seniority 01.12.1942 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1946, seniority 01.07.1945 Sq.Ldr. 01.08.1947 (retd 14.05.1958) DFC 11.02.1941 ? 39|45 St - - AirCrEur - - WM 39|45 - -	23.01.1939     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] (01.1940) - (04.1940) pilot, 101 Squadron RAF (1941)     pilot, 83 Squadron RAF (DFC) ? - 28.09.1941 pilot, 49 Squadron RAF [Hampden AD733. 28/29 September, 1941; Target Frankfurt: With a gap of nearly two weeks since the previous operation, 49 Squadron was asked to provide 14 Hampdens for a small scale attack on Frankfurt. 4 aircraft were scrubbed from the trip, and just before take-off a fifth suffered tail wheel collapse at the taxiing point. At 22.50hrs the squadron started to launch the first of 9 aircraft. Of the aircraft that reached the target area, 4 bombed successfully and 2 had to abort their attempts. Of the 30 Hampdens and 14 Wellingtons dispatched on the raid, 1 Wellington and 1 Hampden failed to return; the missing Hampden was that piloted by F/Lt Mundy DFC (AD733) from 49 Squadron. The cause of this loss has not been established, but happy to say the crew survived to become POW's.] 28.09.1941 - 1945 POW (No. 656) in German captivity (Stalag Luft I & Luft III) 23.01.1943     transferred to reserve (and claled up for air force service) 23.05.1946     extended service commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) 16.02.1949     permanent commission, RAF (General Duties Branch)
Murchie, Ian Thomas Alexander	11.12.1922 - 05.2007 still alive at Mt. Eliza, Vict.,  Australia	Cpl. ? [573954] (A) P/O (prob) 15.04.1943 [51464] P/O (prob) 29.07.1943 P/O 29.01.1944 (WS) F/O 29.01.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 29.01.1947 02.03.1948, seniority 15.10.1946 F/O 24.07.1947, seniority 29.07.1944 F/Lt. 25.07.1947, seniority 29.01.1947 Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1954 W/Cdr. 01.01.1960 (retd 22.06.1968; own request)	1936/37 - 22.06.1968 RAF service, initially serving in the ranks; stationed in England, Africa, South America, United States (were he worked at the Jet Propulsion Lab) and Singapore 15.04.1943 commissioned, RAF (Technical Branch, later Engineering Branch) [emergency commission] 24.07.1947 extended service commission 16.10.1948 permanent commission MSc, MIMechE, FRAeS, DCAe. Worked for The Swire Group at HECO (Hong Kong Engineering Company) attaining the position of General Manager, finally retiring from there in 1981-2.
Muschamp, George Allen Rodolphe	? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1936	qualified at specialist engineering course; additionally qualified at university course in engineering; qualified by examination as interpreter

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