Date of birth:

(Ceylon)

Date of death:

November 17th, 1954

Service number:

33487

Nationality:

British

Promotions:
October 23rd, 1939: Acting Pilot Officer;
?: Acting Flying Officer;
October 23rd, 1940: Pilot Officer;
October 23rd, 1940: Acting Flight Lieutenant;
October 23rd, 1941: Flying Officer (War Subs.);
April 23rd, 1943: Flight Lieutenant;
January 6th, 1945: Squadron Leader (War Subs.);
July 6th, 1945: Temporary Squadron Leader;
October 1st, 1946: Squadron Leader.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Unit:

RAF College Cranwell, HQ, Royal Air Force

Awarded on:

October 1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Flight Lieutenant

Unit:

No. 92 (East India) Squadron, Royal Air Force

Awarded on:

November 26th, 1940

Citation:
"This officer has been continuously engaged in active operations since October, 1939. He has shown outstanding skill in leading his section, flight and squadron, and his keenness to engage the enemy on all occasions has proved a splendid example. He has destroyed at least six enemy aircraft and damaged a considerable number of others."

• Photo: Tom MacNeill
  
• - The London Gazette of 26th November 1940, Issue 35001, Page 6754