Date of birth:

December 28th, 1912

Nationality:

British

Service number 37970.

Gus Holden was commissioned in the RAF in 1936 as a fighter pilot and was active in France in May 1940 flying Hurricanes. He shot down three German aircraft there.
In June 1941 he was posted as CO of No. 501 Squadron in West Africa
after which he became a Staff Officer (Fighter Training) at the Air Ministry. In 1944 he was posted to HQ Far East, Kandy, staying in the RAF until 1964.

Promotions:
4 augustus 1936: Acting Pilot Officer (probation)
? : Pilot Officer
8 december 1938: Flying Officer
3 september 1940: Flight Lieutenant
1 december: 1941: Temporary Squadron Leader
31 maart 1943: Swuadron Leader (war sub)
1 juli 1944: Wing Commander (temporary)
1 november 1947: Sqadron Leader
1 juli 1949: Wing Commander
28 december 1964: Retirement

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• - SHORES, CH. & WILLIAMS, C., Aces High, Grub Street, London, 1994.
  - The London Gazette Issue 34923 published on the 16 August 1940