Smythe, Derek Miles Altamont
- Nationality:
- British
Biography
Service number 79196.
Derek Smyth was Observer and Air Gunner and served during the Battle of Britain with No. 264 Squadron which flew with the Boulton Paul Defiant.
He later flew with No. 223 Squadron, a Liberator and B-17 Squadron.
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Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Flight Lieutenant
- Unit:
- No. 223 Squadron, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- November 14th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - Third Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36793 published on the 10 November 1944
- Golding Young Chartered Auctioneers & Valuers, Arts & Antiques Surveyors
- The South East Echo
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