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Melville-Jackson, George Holmes

Date of birth:
November 23rd, 1919 (Weston-super-Mare/Somerset, Great Britain)
Date of death:
March 7th, 2009
Service number:
741717/80842
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

Promotions:
?: Sergeant;
June 22nd, 1940: Pilot Officer on probation;
June 22nd, 1941: Pilot Officer;
June 22nd, 1941: Flying Officer (war subs.);
?: Flying Officer;
?: Flight Lieutenant (war subs.);
January 14th, 1946: Squadron Leader (war subs.);
September 3rd, 1951: Flight Lieutenant (seniority November 6th, 1946);
?: Squadron Leader;
?: Wing Commander.

Career:
?: St Lawrence College, Ramsgate;
June 1938: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves;
July 1940: No. 236 Squadron;
July 1942: No. 248 Squadron;
?: No. 618 Squadron;
?: Commanding Officer No. 47 Squadron;
?: Cambridge University;
?: Co-headmaster, St Felix School, Felixstowe;
1952: Royal Air Force;
?: Comanding Officer All-Weather Development Squadron;
?: Sector Controller Uedem air defence radar site, Germany;
1968: Retirement.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Flying Officer
Awarded on:
June 11th, 1942

LG 35586/2521.
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Unit:
No. 248 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
April 20th, 1943
Citation:
"This officer has destroyed at least four enemy aircraft.
In August, 1941, when stationed at Malta, he made several low-level attacks on enemy gun emplacements with excellent results."

LG 35983/1798.
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Sources

  • Photo 1: Tom MacNeill
  • - The London Gazette of 9th July 1940, Issue 34892
    - The London Gazette of 18th July 1941, Issue 35222
    - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 5th June 1942, Issue 35586, dated 11th June 1942
    - Supplement to The London Gazette of 16th April 1943, Issue 35983, dated 20th April 1943
    - Third Supplement to The London Gazette of 16th April 1946, Issue 37538, dated 19th April 1946
    - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 6th January 1950, Issue 38808, dated 10th January 1950
    - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 19th October 1951, Issue 39364, dated 23rd October 1951
    - Aviation News | Aviation Industry & Airline Statistics | flightglobal.com

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