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Holland, Robert Hugh "Bob"

Date of birth:
(Ceylon)
Date of death:
November 17th, 1954
Service number:
33487
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

Promotions:
October 23rd, 1939: Acting Pilot Officer;
?: Acting Flying Officer;
October 23rd, 1940: Pilot Officer;
October 23rd, 1940: Acting Flight Lieutenant;
October 23rd, 1941: Flying Officer (War Subs.);
April 23rd, 1943: Flight Lieutenant;
January 6th, 1945: Squadron Leader (War Subs.);
July 6th, 1945: Temporary Squadron Leader;
October 1st, 1946: Squadron Leader.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
RAF College Cranwell, HQ, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
October 1939
Flying Badge
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Unit:
No. 92 (East India) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
November 26th, 1940
Citation:
"This officer has been continuously engaged in active operations since October, 1939. He has shown outstanding skill in leading his section, flight and squadron, and his keenness to engage the enemy on all occasions has proved a splendid example. He has destroyed at least six enemy aircraft and damaged a considerable number of others."
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

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