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Jeff, Robert Voase

Date of birth:
March 31st, 1913 (Malaya)
Date of death:
August 11th, 1940
Buried on:
Air Forces Memorial Runnymede
Plot: 4. 
Service number:
39285
Nationality:
British

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Acting Flight Lieutenant
Awarded on:
June 7th, 1940

With palme.
Published in the London Gazette dated 7th June 1940.
Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Acting Flight Lieutenant
Awarded on:
March 8th, 1940
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Acting Flight Lieutenant
Awarded on:
June 4th, 1940
Citation:
"This officer was a first class leader who inspired his flight with the offensive spirit and himself shot down five enemy aircraft."

Second DFC awarded as a bar for on the ribbon of the first DFC.
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Sources

  • Photo 1: John R. Jeff
  • - The London Gazette Issue 34807 published on the 8 March 1940
    - The London Gazette, Issue 34866, dated Friday 7 June 1940
    - The London Gazette Issue 34864 published on the 4 June 1940
    - Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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