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Armitage, Dennis Lockhart

Date of birth:
March 28th, 1912 (Little Hulton/Lancashire, United Kingdom)
Date of death:
March 5th, 2004
Service number:
741076 (NCO)/76573 (Officer)
Nationality:
British

Biography

Served with 266 and 129 Squadron.
On 21 September 1941 was shot down over Boulogne/France and baled out and was captured. Remained PoW for the remainder of the war..

Promotions:
10 December, 1939: Pilot Officer on Probation)
10 December, 1940: Pilot Officer
4 November, 1940: Flying Officer (war sub)
19 September, 1941: Flight Lieutenant (war sub)
28 March, 1957: RAFVR Commission relinquished

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Acting Flight Lieutenant
Unit:
No. 266 (Rhodesia) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
July 18th, 1941
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

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