Gaskin, Maxwell
- Date of birth:
- 1921 (Liverpool/Merseyside, Great Britain)
- Date of death:
- April 2012 (Cambridge/Cambridgeshire, Great Britain)
- Service number:
- 175560
- Nationality:
- British
Biography
Promotions:
? Flight Sergeant
4 April, 1944: Pilot Officer on Probation (emergency)
4 October, 1944: Flying Officer (war sub)
4 April, 1946: Flight Lieutenant (war sub
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Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Flying Officer
- Unit:
- No. 161 (Special Duties) Squadron, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- December 8th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Flying Officer
- Unit:
- No. 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- December 4th, 1945
Second DFC awarded as a bar for on the ribbon of the first DFC.
Sources
- - The London Gazette
Publication date:9 June 1944 Supplement:36558Page:2802
- The London Gazette Publication date:24 October 1944 Supplement:36766Page:4915
- The London Gazette Publication date:5 December 1944 Supplement:36831Page:5635
- The London Gazette Publication date:30 November 1945 Supplement:37374Page:5897
- The London Gazette Publication date:23 April 1946 Supplement:37545Page:2045
- Fly Past, October 2013 page 24-29
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