Legge, John Thomas Edward

Service number:: 18/4416 (NCO)/177716 (Officer)
Nationality:: British

Biography

John Legge received the DFC in 1944 after completing a tour with No.'s 12 and 626 Squadron bomber command as a rear gunner in Lancaster bombers.

Promotions:
? Flight Sergeant
11 June, 1944: Pilot Officer on Probation (emergency)
11 June, 1945 [1 november 1947] Flying Officer
11 June, 1946: Flight Lieutenant (war sub)
11 December, 1947: Flight Lieutenant
1 January, 1949: Temporary Commissoned as Flight Lieutenannt (two years on active list)
12 May, 1950: Commission relinquished
12 May, 1955: Transfer to Reserve

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Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Pilot Officer
Unit:: No. 626 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:: October 17th, 1944

Awarded for completing a tour.

Periodical or non-immediate award.

Sources

- The London Gazette Publication date:28 July 1944 Issue:36633Page:3560
- The London Gazette Publication date:13 October 1944 Issue:36750Page:4750
- The London Gazette Publication date:2 July 1946 Issue:37639Page:3447
- The London Gazette Publication date:9 January 1948 Issue:38175Page:268
- The London Gazette Publication date:16 April 1948 Issue:38264Page:2471
- The London Gazette Publication date:8 March 1949 Issue:38554Page:1183
- The London Gazette Publication date:8 March 1949 Issue:38554Page:1179
- The London Gazette Publication date:4 July 1950 Issue:38960Page:3453
- The London Gazette Publication date:20 May 1955 Issue:40485Page:3001