Dundas, John Charles

Date of birth:: August 19th, 1915
Date of death:: November 28th, 1940
Mentioned on:: Air Forces Memorial Runnymede
Nationality:: British

Biography

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Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Flying Officer
Unit:: No. 609 (West Riding) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:: October 22nd, 1940

Citation:
"This officer has displayed great courage and determination and has destroyed six enemy aircraft, of which five have been shot down within he last two weeks. He has shown outstanding leadership throughout."

Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Acting Flight Lieutenant
Unit:: No. 609 (West Riding) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:: January 7th, 1941

Citation:
"Flight Lieutenant Dundas has continued to engage the enemy with outstanding success and has now destroyed at least twelve of their aircraft and damaged many more. On one occasion he persued an enemy aircraft from Winchester to Cherbourg, finally destroying it. He has shown a magnificent fighting spirit which has inspired the other members of his flight."

Awarded as Bar for on the ribbon of his first DFC.

Sources

Photo 1: Cuthbert Orde, for Air Ministry of UK government. (Public Domain)
- The London Gazette Issue 34976 published on the 22 October 1940
- The London Gazette Issue 35037 published on the 7 January 1941
- The Dundas Family