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Owen, Charles Maxwell

Service number:
86642
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
No. 210 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
November 10th, 1942
Citation:
"This officer has worked extremely hard and with exceptional keenness in his duties as convoy escort. His long record of meeting and escorting convoys successfully far out in the North West approaches would be difficult to excel. Latterly, he has been engaged on long and dangerous flights in very bad weather."

LG 35777/4868 (10 November 1942).
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Sources

  • - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 6th November 1942, Issue 35777, dated 10th November 1942

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