Date of birth:

January 12th, 1924 (Birmingham/Warwickshire, Great Britain)

Date of death:

September 22nd, 2003 (Rugeley,/Staffordshire, Great Britain)

Nationality:

British

Service number: 1434581/154549 (AUS-401512).
Navigator Sydney Horne (Pop-up photo right) flew among others with Keith Simes (Pop-foto left) in a DeHavilland Mosquito with No. 464 (RAAF) Squadron at Thorney Island (1944/1945). Left service on 10th November 1946.

Promotions:
?: Leading Aircraftman;
26th November 1943: Pilot Officer on probation (emergency);
26th May 1944: Pilot Officer;
26th May 1944: Flying Officer;
26th November 1945: Flight Lieutenant.

Career:
19th May 1941 - 25th November 1943: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves;
26th November 1943: commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch);
December 1943 - 23rd June 1944: No. 36 Operational Training Unit RAF (Greenwood);
24th June 1944 - 31st July 1944: No.13 Operational Training Unit RAF (Bicester);
1st August 1944 - 13th August 1944: No. 2 Geographically Separated Unit RAF (Swanton Morley);
14th August 1944 - 28th April 1945: No. 464 (RAAF) Squadron;
29th April 1945: No. 13 Operational Training Unit (Finmere, Buckinghamshire).

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• Photo 1: Graeme Horne
• - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 10th March 1944, Issue 36422, dated 14th March 1944
  - Third Supplement to The London Gazette of 27th June 1944, Issue 36588, dated30th June 1944
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 28th December 1945, Issue 37407, dated 1st January 1946
  - Third Supplement to The London Gazette of 21st June 1946, Issue 37625, dated 25th June 1946
  - World War II Unit histories