Ponsford, Ian Reginald

Date of birth:: March 20th, 1922 (Little Chelford/Cambridgeshire, Great Britain)
Date of death:: December 29th, 2006
Service number:: 135689
Nationality:: British

Biography

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Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Flight Lieutenant
Unit:: No. 130 (Punjab) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:: June 29th, 1945

Citation:
"Flight Lieutenant Ponsford is a most resolute fighter. He has participated in a large number of sorties and throughout has displayed the greatest keenness to engage the enemy He has destroyed at least 7 enemy aircraft, three of them in one sortie in April, 1945. In harassing attacks on enemy taigets on the ground, Flight Lieutenant Ponsford has been responsible for the destruction of many mechanical vehicles. This officer has set a fine example of courage and devotion to duty."

Air Force Cross (AFC)

Rank:: Flight Lieutenant
Awarded on:: January 2nd, 1956

Sources

- SHORES, CH. & WILLIAMS, C., Aces High, Grub Street, London, 1994.
- FlyPast magazine, Key Publishing, Stemford, July 2007
- The London Gazette Publication date:26 June 1945 Supplement:37154Page:3405
- The London Gazette Publication date:30 December 1955 Supplement:40669Page:34