Date of birth:

(Yeovil/Somerset, Great Britain)

Service number:

1375523 (NCO)/159031 (Officer)

Nationality:

British

As a baby of three months Jack Churchill was abandoned and left at Dr. Barnardo's Home in Essex, an orphanage.
Churchill was educated at Loughton High School and started working as a clerk in Wardour Street, London.
He was granted a commission in the RAFVR and was sent oversees. Churchill became the first man in the RAF to fly more than 30,000 miles in the South-East Asia Command.

Promotions:
Flight Sergeant
July 6th, 1943: Pilot Officer (probation/emergency)
January 6th, 1944: Flying Officer
July 6th, 1945: Flight Lieutenant (war sub)

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Pilot Officer

Awarded on:

February 1st, 1944

Citation:
"This officer has completed many sorties, involving long distance flights over difficult terrain, often in adverse weather. He has at all times displayed outstanding devotion to duty and his example of courage, skill and fortitude has been highly commendable."

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Flying Officer

Unit:

No. 357 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Awarded on:

March 30th, 1945

• - Third Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36258 published on the 19 November 194
  - Fourth Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36356 published on the 28 January 1944
  - Third Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36405 published on the 29 February 1944
  - Third Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 37196 published on the 24 July 1945
  - Fifth Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 37008 published on the 27 March 1945
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