Badger, Ivor James

Date of birth:: September 12th, 1912
Date of death:: January 30th, 1995
Service number:: 45975
Nationality:: British

Biography

Promotions:
May 8th, 1941: Pilot Officer (P)
March 10th, 1942: Flying Officer (War Sub)
March 10 th, 1943, Flight Lieutenant (Temp)
August 16th, 1948: Flight Lieutenant
September 16th, 1961: Squadron Leader

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Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Acting Flight Lieutenant
Unit:: No. 73 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:: September 18th, 1942

Citation:
"This officer has been engaged on operational fying for a long time. He took part in the air fighting in France in May 1940, and on his return to this country he fought in the Battle of Britain.
Posted to the Middle East, his exceptional qualities uinder extremely hazardous conditions have been outstanding. On 20th March 1942 FIt. Lt. Badger participated in a machine gunning attack on the airfield of Derna. He displayed coolness and clever anticipation in the combined effort of the formation, which resulted in the destruction of several enemy aircraft on the ground and the complete destruction of an illuminated flare path.
In May, in a special sortie of three aircraft, operating from the most advanced operational landing ground. Fit. Lt. Badger was again to the fore. AIthough the success of this sortie depended on accurate flying governed as it was by the limitation of fuel capacity, he successfully reached the target and machine gunned dispersed aircraft near the hangars. Fit. Lt. Badger flew his aircraft safely back to base.
This officer has destroyed three, probably destroyed four and damaged six other hostile aircraft."

Sources

- SHORES, CH. & WILLIAMS, C., Aces High, Grub Street, London, 1994.
- SHORES, CH. & WILLIAMS, C., Aces High Volume 2, Grub Street, London, 1999.
- Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 35709 published on the 15 September 1942
- Flight Global - Archive