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Dunning, Gordon Braham

Service number:
1588706 (NCO)/186482 (Officer)
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

Promotoins:
? Flight Sergeant
9 September, 1944: Pilot Officer on Probation (emergency)
9 March, 1945: Flying Officer (War sub)
1 May, 1947: Commission as Flying Officers, extended service (four years on the active list
9 March, 1948: Flight Lieutenant
1 May, 1951: Transfer to reserve
26 June, 1952: reversion to reserve
Period of service extended by five years with effect from 1st May 1955
1 May, 1960: Commission relinquished
2 April, 1968: permission withdrawn to retain rank as Flight Lieutenant

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Unit:
No. 138 (Special Duties) Squadron, RAF Special Duties Service, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
February 20th, 1945
Recommendation (when he had flown sorties 32; flying hours 188):
"Pilot Officer Dunning has shown himself to be an excellent Air Gunner. His fine fighting spirit and keenness to operate against the enemy on all occasions have been most praiseworthy. On two separate occasions his aircraft has been attacked by two enemy fighters simultaneously. By his concise and accurate report to his Captain, successful combat 23/5/1952 were executed immediately which prevented damage to his aircraft; on both occasions Pilot Officer Dunning fired on the enemy aircraft and damaged them."
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

With "FRANCE AND GERMANY" clasp.
Air Crew Europe Star

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