Service number:

1376510

Nationality:

British

Horace Lovell joined the Royal Air Force in September 1940 and qualified as a Wireless Operator in 1941. He joined No. 142 Squadron, a Wellington unit in late 1942. He started operational flying in November 1942, with his first few missions being mine-laying operations off the French ports of Lorient and St Nazaire.
A few weeks later, however, he joined a detachment of 13 aircraft ordered to Blida in North Africa, in which theatre of war he served from January to April 1943 and completed over 20 sorties, the vast majority of them against enemy docks installations at Bizerte, Trapani and Tunis.
Returning to the U.K., Lovell was employed as a Staff Wireless Operator and instructor at R.A.F. Oakley until August 1945, and was finally demobilised at Uxbridge at the end of that year.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Sergeant

Unit:

No. 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Awarded on:

July 9th, 1943

Recommendation:
"Sergeant Lovell has carried out 31 bombing and mine-laying sorties. He is a member of the crew which had the finest operational record in the Squadron for the past six months. His crew has on the last six sorties carried incendiaries and have acted as Pathfinder for the Squadron. On each occasion they have faithfully laid their incendiaries in the centre of the target area. Sergeant Lovell’s quiet and confident manner has considerably influenced his crew. His devotion to duty both on the ground and in the air, have been outstanding. Strongly recommended for the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal."

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• - Second Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36084 published on the 6 July 1943
  - Warwick & Warwick
  - Dix Noonan Webb