Penrose, Alan
- Service number:
- 1113654 (NCO)/197473 (Officer)
- Nationality:
- British
Biography
Promotions:
19 April, 1945: Pilot Officer on Probation (emergency)
21 October, 1945: Flying Officer (war sub)
3 January, 1950: commission relinquished on appointment to a commission
in the Education Branch, RAF
3 January, 1950: appointment to commission as Flight Lieutenant short service (five years on the active list and-four years on the reserve
26 September, 1952: Appointment to commission as Flight Lieutenant for subsequent transfer to the Fighter Control Branch
15 March, 1953: Transfer to the Fighter Control Branch, reverting to the rank of Flying Officer
5 October, 1954: Flight Lieutenant
1 April, 1965: Retirement at his own request
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Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Warrant Officer
- Unit:
- No. 157 Squadron, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- October 20th, 1944
"As pilot and navigator respectively Flight Lieutenant Mathews
and Warrant Officer Penrose have completed many sorties and have displayed a high degree of skill and co-operation. They have destroyed 2 enemy aircraft; they have also destroyed 5 flying bombs."
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Warrant Officer
- Unit:
- No. 157 Squadron, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- March 9th, 1945
"As pilot and observer respectively this officer and warrant officer have participated in very many sorties, and continue to display great enthusiasm for air operations. They are highly skilled members of aircraft crew and have shown the greatest keenness to engage the enemy. They have destroyed 7 enemy aircraft, two of them in one sortie in December, 1944."
Second DFC awarded as a bar.
Simultaneously awarded to Flight Lieutenant Mathews
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Warrant Officer
- Unit:
- No. 157 Squadron, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- September 21st, 1945
"Warrant Officer Penrose was awarded a Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross in January 1945. Since then he has completed a number of long range bomber sorties of a difficult and dangerous nature. During these operations, this officer [sic] has been responsible for the destruction of two Junkers 88s. Warrant Officer Penrose has a splendid record of operations. He has assisted his captain in the destruction of ten enemy aircraft and six flying bombs. As a navigator, he has shown the highest degree of skill and determination. His ability and practical experience have been of the greatest value to his squadron."
Sources
- - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36756/supplement/4813
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36975/supplement/1324
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37124/supplement/3074
- Page 4703 | Supplement 37277, 18 September 1945 | London Gazette | The Gazette
- Page 5852 | Supplement 37370, 27 November 1945 | London Gazette | The Gazette
- Page 658 | Supplement 38833, 7 February 1950 | London Gazette | The Gazette
- Page 657 | Supplement 38833, 7 February 1950 | London Gazette | The Gazette
- Page 1233 | Supplement 39790, 27 February 1953 | London Gazette | The Gazette
- Page 3865 | Supplement 39910, 10 July 1953 | London Gazette | The Gazette
- Page 5641 | Supplement 40293, 5 October 1954 | London Gazette | The Gazette
- Page 5641 | Supplement 40293, 5 October 1954 | London Gazette | The Gazette
- Page 4569 | Supplement 43647, 7 May 1965 | London Gazette | The Gazette
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