Date of birth:

1921

Service number:

628437 (NCO)/53559 (Officer)

Nationality:

British

Promotions:
? Flight Sergeant
26 October, 1943: Pilot Officer on Probation (emergency)
26 April, 1944: Flying Officer (war sub)
26 October, 1945: Flight Lieutenant (war sub)
19 May, 1947: Commission relinquished on appointment to the RAFVR as Flying Officer
1 March, 1951: Flight Lieutenant
19 May, 1952: Commission relinquished

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Sergeant

Unit:

No. 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Awarded on:

April 18th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Flight Sergeant

Unit:

No. 156 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Awarded on:

April 20th, 1943

Citation:
"Flight Sergeant Elcoate has taken part in numerous operational sorties with great keenness. Recently he has trained himself to be a bomb aimer with excellent results, though his air crew category is that of Wireless Operator/Air Gunner."

• - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35139/page/2213
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  - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36276/supplement/5340
  - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36510/supplement/2177
  - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37351/supplement/5585
  - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38009/supplement/3121
  - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39335/supplement/4880
  - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39544/supplement/2722
  - Flight, 20 May 1943