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Chapter 17 30 October 2017

BRITISH MILITARY GALLANTRY CROSSES

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002 Military Cross MC

004 Distinguished Service Cross DSC

006 Distinguished Flying Cross DFC

009 Air Force Cross AFC

011 Distinguished Service Cross – Awards to Canadians DSC

114 Distinguished Flying Cross – Awards to Canadians DFC

139 Air Force Cross – Awards to Canadians AFC

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MILITARY CROSS

MC

TERMS

The Military Cross may be awarded to

Commissioned Officers of the substantive

rank of Captain or below (therefore Acting

and Temporary Majors were eligible) or

Warrant Officers for distinguished and

meritorious services in battle. In 1920,

the terms were altered to clearly state that

the award was for gallant and distinguished

services in action and that naval and air

Force officers could be awarded the cross

for gallant and distinguished services on

the ground. (Changed to all ranks eligible

in 1994)

DESCRIPTION

A plain silver cross, 45-mm across. 1

OBVERSE

On each arm of the cross is an Imperial Crown and in the centre of

the cross is the Imperial and Royal Cypher of the reigning sovereign

(GV, GVI, EIIR).

REVERSE

The reverse is plain with the year of the award engraved on the

lower arm after 1938.

MOUNTING

The ring welded to the top of the cross is joined to the plain

straight suspender ring by a small ring (3 rings).

RIBBON

The watered white ribbon (35-mm) has a central purple stripe (13-mm

wide).

DATES

The Military Cross was established on 28 December 1914.

1 Photo from Liverpool Medals – King George V

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ISSUED

A total of 3,727 have gone to Canadians, with 324 first bars, and

18 second bars.

WW1 - 2885 to Canadian Army 294 1st bars 16 2nd bars

- 2 to Cdn in British Army 1 1st bar

- 120 to Cdn in RAF/RFC 16 1st bars 1 2nd bar

WW2 - 678 to Canadian Army 13 1st bars 1 2nd bar

- 2 to Cdn in British Army no bars

- 5 to RCAF for WW2

- 2 to Canadians in the RAF

Korea - 33 to Canadian Army no bars 2

2 Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Victor Matthews, SBStJ, MC and Bar, CD – Canadian Scottish Museum Danny McLeod, MC, - Everitas Royal Military College) (Centre top phoso) Honorary Major Stewart Bland East, MBE, MC, - 48th Highlanders Museum Lieutenant-Colonel Rowan Curry Coleman, DSO, MC - PPCLI Museum Captain Kenneth Albert Wharton, MC – Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Museum

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DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS

DSC

TERMS

Originally designated the Conspicuous Service

Cross (1901-1914), the Distinguished Service

Cross was to naval personnel, from Warrant

Officer to Lieutenant, for the performance of

meritorious or distinguished services before the

enemy. In 1939, Commanders and Lieutenant-

Commanders were also made eligible for the DSC.

Members of the air force or army serving with

the fleet were also eligible.

BAR

Bars are awarded for the performance of

subsequent acts of service before the enemy. The

slip-on bar is silver, with a crown in the

centre, and is convex at the ends of the arms.

Beginning during WWII, the year of the award has

been engraved on the back.

DESCRIPTION

A plain silver cross pattee, convex and 40-mm across.

OBVERSE

The obverse shows the Royal Cypher on the circular central medallion

surmounted by a crown. The cyphers GV, GVI and EIIR have been used

for Canadian awards.

REVERSE

The reverse is plain, with the year of the award engraved on the

lower arm.

MOUNTING

A large ring (19-mm in diameter) is linked to a small ring welded

to the top arm.

RIBBON

The ribbon is 35-mm wide and consists of 3 equal stripes: navy

blue, white, and navy blue. A rosette is worn in undress to signify

a bar.

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DATES

The award was originally established in June 1901 as the Conspicuous

Service Cross and changed to Distinguished Service Cross in October

1914.

ISSUED

A total of 197 DSCs have been awarded to Canadians, with 34 first

bars and five second bars. 3

WW1 1 - Royal Canadian Navy 0 First Bars

WW1 6 - Canadians in the RN 1 First Bar

WW1 55 - Canadians in the FAA 13 First Bars 2 2nd Bars

WW2 121 - Royal Canadian Navy 17 First Bars 3 2nd Bars

WW2 5 - Canadians in the RN 2 First Bars

KOREA 9 - Royal Canadian Navy 1 First Bar (to a WW2 DSC)

TOTALS 197 - DSCs to Canadians 34 First Bars 5 2nd Bars

3 Lieutenant-Commander Cornelius (“Cornie”) Burke, DSC & 2 bars, RCNVR Lieutenant Thomas (“Tommy”) Ladner, DSC & Bar, RCNVR Lieutenant-Commander John Douglas (“Doug”) Maitland, DSC & Bar, RCNVR Known as the Three Muskateers from Vancouver – these three groups of medals are on display in the HMCS Discovery Museum in Vancouver Commander Henry Beatie Bell-Irving, DSC & Bar (WWI) Commander William Roland Stacy, DSC, Commanding Officer, HMCS Discovery – Photo & Medals – note WWI Mercantile Marine Medal

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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS

DFC

TERMS

The cross is awarded to Officers and

Warrant Officers for an act or acts of

valour, courage or devotion to duty

performed whilst flying in active

operations against the enemy.

BAR

The slip-on type, straight silver bar

with an eagle in the centre, is awarded

for a further act or acts of valour,

courage or devotion to duty performed

whilst flying in active operations

against the enemy. The year of the

award is engraved on the back of the

bar.

DESCRIPTION

A cross flory, 54-mm wide, with the horizontal and base bars terminated

with bombs, the upper bar with a rose.

OBVERSE

Aeroplane propellers are superimposed upon the vertical arms of the cross.

Within a central winged roundel which is encircled by a wreath of laurels

and surmounted by an Imperial Crown, appear the letters RAF. The wings

of the roundel fall upon the horizontal arms of the cross.

REVERSE

In the central circle, the Royal Cypher (GV, GVI, EIIR) above the date

1918. The year of issue is engraved on the lower arm.

MOUNTING

The straight bar has two sprigs of laurel at the bottom which form a slot

for a linking ring to attach it to the small ring at the top of the medal.

RIBBON

The ribbon is 32-mm wide, and consists of alternating violet and white

stripe (3-mm wide) leaning to the left at 45 degrees from the vertical.

The violet colour is to appear in the bottom left and upper right corners

when viewed on the wearer's chest. Until 1919, the stripes were

horizontal.

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NAMING

The DFC is issued unnamed with only the year engraved on the lower arm of

the medal. One Canadian medal was named as current practice is to name

medals and thus F/L Hasler’s medal is named.

DATES

The award was established on 03 June 1918, the birthday of King George V

Birthday.

ISSUED

A total of 4,461 have been awarded to Canadian plus 256 first bars and 6

second bars. (* RAF/RAAF/RNZAF not in total for Canadians)

WW1 - 193 to Canadians in the RAF - 9 1st bars

WW2 - 4018 to RCAF - 213 1st bars / 6 2nd bars WW2

- 247 to Cdns in the RAF - 34 1st bars

WW2 - 358 to RAF/RAAF/RNZAF in RCAF - 23 1st bars *

Korea - 2 (one to RCAF and one to Canadian Army)

2008 - 1 (Canadian in the RAF flying a Chinook helicopter)

EXAMPLE

Flight Lieutenant Christopher Michael HASLER,

DFC, RAF (8305077T)

He was born in Alberta and raised in Bedford, Nova

Scotia. After graduating from high school, he

was turned down by the Canadian Forces as a pilot

and joined the Royal Air Force. He was the first

Canadian to receive a DFC since Korea – the award

was announced in the London Gazette of 15 December

2006.

After a relatively peaceful stint in Iraq in

2004, F/L Hasler was sent to Afghanistan in

summer 2006 for a two-month tour as the captain

of a Chinook. “On 7 July 2006 F/L Hasler, while

operating in the Sangin area, elected to land in

an 'unlikely site' to achieve surprise in an area

where the enemy were operating. Delivering

stores and troops he landed in a site surrounded on three sides by

buildings and to allow another aircraft into the site was required to

position the spinning rotor blades just above a single story rooftop -

any error would have almost certainly resulted in catastrophic damage

to the aircraft. On 14 July on another sortie Flt Lt Hasler demonstrated

tremendous bravery and commitment when skillfully landing his aircraft

while under small arms and rocket propelled grenade attack thus allowing

troops to disembark and reinforce other ground troops already under

significant threat from Taliban forces.”

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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS GROUPS

DFC 4

4 Flight Lieutenant Ernest Arthur Glover, DFC, CD (USA DFC Korea) - Squadron Leader James Francis Edwards, DFC & Bar DFM, CD, 274 Squadron Flight Lieutenant Rooney Hodgins DFC, 443 (RCAF) Squadron - Squadron Leaders (later BGen) Jack Vincent Watts, DSO, DFC & Bar, CD, RCAF Squadron Leader Everett Large Badoux, DSO, SBStJ, DFC, CD – Flying Officer Paul Charles Eugene Lafond, DFC, RCAF Air Vice-Marshal Raymond Collishaw, CB, DSO & Bar, OBE, DSC, DFC (Canadian in Royal Air Force) – Medals bottom right

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AIR FORCE CROSS

AFC

TERMS

The cross is awarded to Officers and Warrant Officers

for an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to

duty performed whilst flying, but not in active

operations against an enemy.

BAR

The straight slip-on silver bar with an eagle in the

centre is awarded for an additional act which would

have warranted the AFC. The year of the award is

engraved on the back of the bar.

DESCRIPTION

A silver cross, (41-mm across), shaped as a thunderbolt

in the form of a cross, the arms conjoined by wings, the bottom arm

terminates with a bomb. This cross is surmounted by another cross composed

of aeroplane propellers, with the ends of the four blades enscribed with

the Royal Cypher. For the WW2 AFCs the letters G (top), R (left), VI

(bottom), and I (right). Korea AFCs have E (top), II (left), R (right),

and the bottom blank. The top arm is ensigned by an Imperial Crown.

OBVERSE

In the centre is a roundel displaying Hermes, mounted on a hawk in flight,

bestowing a wreath.

REVERSE

Within a central circle, the current Royal Cypher (GV, GVI, EIIR) above

the date 1918. The year of the award appears on the lower arm in medals

issued after 1939. Earlier awards did not have the year.

MOUNTING

A small link at the top of the crown attaches to a slot in two sprigs of

laurel. The two sprigs of laurel are the underside of a straight clasp.

RIBBON

The ribbon is 32-mm wide, and consists of alternating red and white stripes (3-

mm wide) at 45 degrees from the vertical. The red colour is to appear in the

bottom left and upper right corners when viewed on the wearer's chest. Until

1919, the stripes were horizontal.

NAMING

The medals are issued unnamed.

DATES

The award was established on 3 June 1918, the birthday of King George V.

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ISSUED

562 to Canadians plus three bars.

WW1 72 to Canadians in the RFC

WW2 428 to RCAF

1 bar to RCAF (S/L John HONE, AFC*)

34 to Canadians in the RAF (no bars)

Korea 4 to RCAF (EIIR types)

Post War 22 to RCAF (11 GVI types and 11 EIIR types)

Post War 2 to Canadians in the RAF

2 bars to Canadians in the RAF

The stories of the Air Force Cross / Air Force Medal to Canadians can be found in

the book 'Not in the Face of the Enemy' by Hugh Halliday. 5

5 Squadron Leader Elmer Hugh (“Mac”) McCaffery, DFC, AFC – Nanton Aviation Museum Wing Commander Frank Edward Birchfield, OBE, AFC, RAF – Royal Westminster Regiment Museum (a native of New Westminster) Group Captain Jack Graham Ireland, OBE, AFC (first ribbon type) – WWII Commanding Officer RCAF Station Trenton – Air Force Museum Trenton Captain Conrad Lally, MC and Bar, AFC

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SECOND BAR to the DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS to the RCN in WW2 (DSC**)

LG+ / CG NAME RANK BRANCH SHIP DECORATIONS /

20/01/45 BURK, Charles Arthur Lt RCNVR MTB-491 DSC**

15/09/45 BURKE, Cornelius LCdr RCNVR MGB-658 DSC**

20/01/44 FULLER, Thomas George A/LCdr RCNVR HM MTB DSC**

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BAR to the DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS to the RCN in WW2 (DSC*)

LG+ / CG NAME RANK BRANCH SHIP DECORATIONS /

20/01/45 BISHOP, Lennox Craig Lt RCNVR MTB-464 DSC*

15/09/45 BRADLEY, James Richard Lt RCNVR HMCS Saint John DSC*

20/01/45 BURK, Charles Arthur Lt RCNVR MTB-491 DSC* (*)

03/02/45 BURKE, Cornelius A/LCdr RCNVR MGB-658 DSC* (*)

29/04/44 FULLER, Thomas George Lt RCNVR HM MTB Aegean Ops DSC* (*)

20/01/45 HIBBARD, James Calcutt Cdr RCN HMCS Iroquois DSC*

20/10/45 KING, Clarence Aubrey A/Cdr RCNR HMCS Swansea DSO/DSC WW1 DSO DSC*

03/02/45 LADNER, Thomas Ellis Lt RCNVR MTB-663 DSC*

10/02/42+ MacMILLAN, Robert Cunningham Lt RCNVR HMS Skudd III DSC*

03/02/45 MAITLAND, John Douglas A/LCdr RCNVR MGB-657 DSC*

29/04/44 PLOMER, James A/LCdr RCNVR HMS Sunflower DSC*

20/01/45 PRENTICE, James Douglas Cdr RCN HMCS Ottawa DSO DSC*

20/01/45 RAYNER, Herbert Sharples LCdr RCN HMCS Huron DSC*

15/09/45 SHERWOOD, Frederick Henry LCdr RCNVR HM Submarine Spiteful DSC*

24/06/44 STEAD, Gordon Wilson A/LCdr RCNVR MTB-126 DSC*

09/09/44 STEPHEN, George Hay LCdr RCNR HMCS St Laurent OBE DSC*

17/02/45 STORRS, Anthony Hubert Gleadow A/Cdr RCNR HMCS Milltown DSC*

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DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS (DSC) to the RCN in WW2 (DSC)

LG+ / CG NAME RANK BRANCH SHIP DECORATIONS

15/09/45 ALCOCK, Ian Ernest Lt RCNVR Burma DSC

03/03/42+ ALLAN, John Alfred Robert S/Lt RCNVR HMCS Chambly DSC

15/09/45 ATKINSON, William Henry Isaac Lt (P) RCNVR HMS Formidable DSC

15/09/45 BAKER, John Robinson Lt (P) RCNVR HMS Illustrious DSC

16/06/45 BALFOUR, St. Clair A/Cdr RCNVR HMCS Meon DSC

21/04/45 BALFREY, Charles Patrick LCdr RCNR HMCS Annan DSC

03/11/42+ BELL, Roderick Meilicke Lt RCNVR Convoy to Russia DSC

20/01/45 BENOIT, Cecil Julian Lt RCN DSC

20/01/45 BISHOP, Lennox Craig Lt RCNVR MTB-464 DSC (*)

19/06/45+ BOAK, Eric Eversley Garratt A/LCdr RCN HMCS Sioux DSC

06/01/42+ BONNELL, Charles Ernest+ Lt RCNVR MTB-218 with RN Flotilla DSC

01/01/45+ BOULTON, Angus George Lt RCNVR HMCS St. Laurent DSC

21/04/45 BRADLEY, James Richard Lt RCNVR HMCS Saint John DSC (*)

13/06/42 BRIGGS, William Edgar Slade LCdr RCNR HMCS Orillia DSC

10/03/45 BROCK, Frederick LCdr RCNVR HMS Duff DSC

03/08/46 BROCK, Jeffry Vanstone Cdr RCN 6th Cdn Escort (DSO Korea) (DSO) DSC

15/09/45 BROCK, John LCdr RCNVR HMS Hulloise DSC

21/04/45 BUCKINGHAM, Robert George Lt RCNVR HMCS Prince David DSC

20/01/45 BUDGE, Patrick David Lt RCN HMCS Huron DSC

27/05/44 BURK, Charles Arthur Lt RCNVR MTB-461 DSC (**)

24/06/44 BURKE, Cornelius Lt RCNVR MGB-658 DSC (**)

24/11/45 BUTTERWORTH, Charles Edgar Lt (P) RCNVR 842 RN Sqd HMS Formidible DSC

20/01/45 CAMPBELL, Hugh A/LCdr RCNR HMCS Fort Williams DSC

03/02/45 CAMPBELL, Ross Lt RCNVR MTB-480 / CO 30th RN Flot. DSC

30/03/46 CARNALL, Herbert Bruce LCdr RCN HMS Sidmouth DSC

14/06/45+ CHENOWETH, Ian Bryce Lt RCNVR HMCS New Glasgow DSC

13/10/42+ CLARK, Albert William Surg Lt RCNVR DSC

03/08/46 CLAYTON, John Every Lt RCNR HMCS Shediac DSC

15/09/45 COLLINS, John William Lt RCNVR MTB 735 DSC

24/06/44 COSH, Digby Rex Bell+ A/LCdr (P) RCNVR Attack on Tirpitz DSC

05/05/45 COSTAIN, Cecil Clifford Lt (SB) Radar RCNVR HMS Indomitable DSC

09/09/44 COUGHLIN, Clifton Rexford LCdr RCNVR HMCS Chilliwack DSC

04/05/43+ COWAN, Peter Robert S/Lt RCNVR HMCS Port Arthur DSC

06/06/41+ DAVIDSON, John Alexander Lt RCNVR HMT Else Rykens DSC

20/01/45 DAVIE, John Chapman Lt RCNVR LOA 856 Normandy DSC

11/06/42+ DAVIES, John Mortimer Lt RCNVR With RN DSC

20/01/45 DE WOLF, Harry George Captain RCN HMCS Haida (CBE) DSO DSC

15/09/45 DENNY, Leslie Perman LCdr RCNR HMCS St. Thomas DSC

28/11/42 DOBSON, Andrew Hedley+ A/LCdr RCNR HMCS St. Croix DSC

20/01/45 DRANEY, Robert William LCdr RCNR HMCS Prince Rupert DSC

29/09/42+ DUNCAN, George Findlay + Lt RCNVR HM MGB DSC

28/11/42 DYER, Kenneth Lloyd A/LCdr RCN HMCS Skeena DSC

28/11/42 EARL, Lesley Nelson Lt RCNVR HMCS St. Croix DSC

21/11/42 EASTON, Alan Herbert Lt RCNR HMCS Sackville DSC

30/07/42+ FAHRNI, Gordon Paton Surg Lt RCNVR HMS Fitzroy DSC

30/03/46 FALLIS, Allen Thomas Lt RCNVR DSC

29/12/42+ FORBES, Eric Keith Sub-Lt RCNVR HM Submarine P34 DSC

05/05/45 FOULDS, Philip Steele Lt (P) RCNVR 856 RN Sqd HMS Premier DSC

09/09/44 FRASER, James Philip LCdr RCNR HMCS Waskesiu DSC

14/07/42+ FULLER, Thomas George Lt RCNVR HM MTB DSC (**)

26/07/40+ GOLBY, James Wake S/Lt RCNVR At Dunkirk DSC

09/09/44 GOODHERHAM, William George Lt RCNVR HMCS St. Catharines DSC

01/01/43+ GRAY, James Charles Surg Lt RCNVR With RN DSC

15/09/45 GRAY, Robert Hampton + Lt (P) RCNVR HMS Formidable RNAS (VC) DSC

15/09/45 GREGORY, George Frederick Lt RCNVR HMCS St. Thomas DSC

01/01/45+ GROOS, David Walter A/LCdr RCN HMCS Collingwood DSC

20/01/45 HADRILL, Peter Geoffrey Lt RCNVR HMCS Ottawa DSC

28/11/42 HANINGTON, Daniel Lionel S/Lt RCNVR HMCS Wetaskiwin DSC

05/06/43 HARRIS, Roland Fraser LCdr RCNR HMCS Niagara DSC RD

14/06/45+ HARRISON, William Edward A/LCdr RCNVR HMCS Joliette DSC

05/01/46 HATRICK, Raymond Gardiner Lt RCNVR HMCS Levis DSC

16/06/45 HAY, James MacMurray Lt RCNVR HMCS Chaudiere DSC

12/12/42 HENNESSY, Ralph Lucian Lt RCN HMCS Assiniboine DSC

20/01/45 HESLAM, Richard Murray Lt RCNVR HMCS Haida DSC

09/01/43 HIBBARD, James Calcutt A/Cdr RCN HMCS Skeena DSC (*)

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21/04/45 HOWITT, David Mickle A/Lt RCNVR HMCS Annan DSC

04/05/43+ JESS, Robert Edmond Lt (O) RCNVR 828 RN Squadron DSC

01/01/45+ KELLY, George Lt RCNR HMCS Fort William DSC

02/08/40+ KILLAM, David Allison S/Lt RCNVR MTB From Le Havre DSC

29/04/44 KIRKPATRICK, James Ralph Hilton Lt RCNVR MTB-748 Coastal Force DSC

15/09/45 KNOX, Malcolm Campbell Lt RCNVR MTB-743 Coastal Force DSC

25/02/44 KOYL, Jack Eardely Lt RCNVR Attack on Sicily DSC

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DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS (DSC) to the RCN in WW2 (DSC)

LG+ / CG NAME RANK BRANCH SHIP DECORATIONS

01/01/45+ LADNER, Thomas Ellis Lt RCNVR MTB-663 DSC (*)

20/01/45 LAW, Charles Anthony A/LCdr RCNVR MTB-459 DSC

26/12/42 LAWRENCE, Harold Ernest Thomas Lt RCNVR HMCS Oakville DSC

09/09/44 LINCOLN, John Hobart Lt RCNVR HMCS Waskesiu DSC

09/09/44 MACKAY, Thomas Colson Lt RCN HMCS St. Laurent DSC

01/01/42+ MacMILLAN, Robert Cunningham Lt RCNVR HMS Skudd III DSC (*)

02/08/40+ McLERNON, Leslie Raphael S/Lt RCNVR From Le Havre DSC

30/04/44+ MAITLAND, John Douglas Lt RCNVR MGB-657 DSC (*)

15/09/45 MARSTON, Joseph Charles Lt RCNR HMCS Blairmore DSC

20/01/45 MAWER, Charles Needham Lt RCNVR HMCS Haida DSC

30/03/46 MEREDITH, Ralph Morton A/LCdr RCNR HMCS Kenora DSC

04/05/45+ MILLER, David Lloyd Lt RCNVR HMCS Ville de Quebec DSC

15/09/45 MISENER, John Irwin Fisher Lt RCNVR HMCS La Hulloise DSC

30/03/46 MOORE, Arthur Walter Skip Lt RCNR HMCS Thunder DSC

16/06/45 NIXON, Charles Patrick A/LCdr RCN HMCS Chaudiere DSC

24/06/45 PARKER, Charles Rodger Lt RCNVR LCI(I) 125 Salerno DSC

20/01/45 PAVILLARD, Louis Raymond A/LCdr RCN HMCS Camrose DSC

21/04/45 PENDLEBURY, Edward Lawrence Lt RCNVR Landings in France DSC

05/06/43 PIERS, Desmond William A/LCdr RCN HMCS Retigouche (CM) DSC

13/11/43 PLOMER, James A/LCdr RCNVR HMS Sunflower (OBE Korea) (OBE) DSC (*)

20/01/45 PRENTICE, James Douglas Cdr RCN HMCS Ottawa DSO DSC (*)

15/09/45 QUINN, Howard Lee LCdr RCNVR HMCS Strathadam DSC

11/03/42+ RAYNER, Herbert Sharples LCdr RCN HMCS St. Laurent DSC (*)

27/01/42+ RUTTAN, John McDonald S/Lt RCNVR LCI(I) 302 DSC

24/03/45 SHEPPARD, Donald John Lt (P) RCNVR No. 1836 RN Squadron DSC

23/03/43+ SHERWOOD, Frederick Henry LCdr RCNVR HM Submarine P211 DSC (*)

03/03/42+ SIMMONS, Edward Theodore Lt RCNVR HMCS Chambly (DSO) DSC

13/06/42 SKINNER, Edgar G. LCdr RCNR HMCS Arrowhead DSC RD

21/04/45 STACEY, William Roland LCdr RCNVR HMCS Saint John DSC

29/09/42+ STEAD, Gordon Wilson LCdr RCNVR MTB-126 DSC (*)

13/06/42 STEPHEN, George Hay LCdr RCNR HMCS Mayflower (OBE) DSC (*)

01/01/45+ STORRS, Anthony Hubert Gleadow A/Cdr RCNR HMCS Milltown DSC (*)

15/09/45 STUART, Orme Gordon LCdr RCNVR HMS Abelia DSC

09/09/44 STUBBS, John Hamilton LCdr RCN HMCS Athabaskan DSO DSC

20/10/42+ TEEKMAN, Henri S/Lt RCNVR MTB-218 DSC

13/11/43 THOMAS, Roddick Barclay S/Lt RCNVR HMCS Regina DSC

05/05/42+ THOMPSON, Peter Andrew Ruttan Lt RCNVR MGB-91 DSC

16/08/40+ TIMBRELL, Robert Walter S/Lt RCN HMS Llanthany (Dunkirk) (CMM) DSC

24/06/44 WADSWORTH, Rein Boulton LCdr RCNVR Salerno DSC

09/01/43 WALLACE, Dickson Carlile A/Cdr RCNR HMCS Saguenay (OBE) DSC

01/01/45+ WEBBER, Reginald Amand LCdr RCN HMCS Prince Henry DSC

02/10/42+ WEDD, Andrew Allan S/Lt RCNVR LCP 276 Dieppe DSC

11/03/41+ WELLAND, Robert Philip Lt RCN HMCS St. Laurent (Bar Kor) DSC (*)

26/02/44 WHITTALL, James William Lt RCNVR Landing in Sicily DSC

20/01/45 WILLSON, William Herbert A/LCdr RCN HMCS Kootenay DSC

28/11/42 WINDEYER, Guy Stanley LCdr RCN HMCS Wetaskiwin DSC

15/09/45 WRIGHT, Peter A/Lt RCNVR HMCS Saint John DSC

08/01/44 WRIGHT, William Richard Lt RCNVR HMCS Louisburg DSC

02/11/43+ YOUNG, Robert Mackenzie Lt RCNVR MTBs DSC

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Medals of A/LCdr William Herbert Wilson, DSC, RCN

– on display in the Alberta Naval Museum, Calgary

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SECOND BAR to the DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS to the RCAF in WW2 (DFC**)

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

19/10/45+ CAINE, John Todd F/L 406 J23379 DFC**

20/07/45+ FAIRBANKS, David Charles S/L 274 J9069 DFC**

28/09/43+ HILL, George Urquhart S/L 111 C1075 DFC**

26/10/43+ McNAIR, Robert Wendell S/L 421 J4745 (DSO) DFC**

26/10/45+ PETERSON, Herbert Victor S/L 429 J15600 DFC**

09/07/43+ WALKER, James Elmslie + S/L 243 J3199 DFC**

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

19/10/43+ AIKMAN, Frederick Alan F/L 154 J7460 # DFC*

26/10/45+ ANGUS, Thomas Anderson F/L 149 J16350 DFC*

09/03/45+ AUDET, Richard Joseph + F/L 411 J20136 # DFC*

06/06/44+ AUSTIN, Lloyd Fisher S/L 105 J15254 DFC*

27/02/45+ BANKS, Wilfred John F/L 412 J12311 DFC*

09/01/45+ BANNOCK, Russell S/L 418 C1086 # (DSO) DFC*

16/01/45+ BARONI, Ross Bernard F/L 405 J19400 DFC*

21/09/45+ BATCHELOR, Alexander William F/L 109 C89543 (S) DFC*

23/03/45+ BAYNE, Robert Joseph F/L 405 J24725 DFC*

14/11/44+ BEACH, Albert Mansfield F/L 139 J15187 DFC*

14/09/45+ BEIRNES, Jack Rife S/L 438 J13458 DFC*

22/05/45+ BELANGER, Maurice John F/L 425 J10432 DFC*

16/02/43+ BING, Leslie Patrick Sandford F/O 89 J15465 # DFC*

07/07/44+ BOAL, Earl William P/O 418 J85009 # DFC*

16/02/45+ BOURASSA, John Maurice F/L 635 J85941 DFC*

16/11/45+ BOYD, Lehman Francis F/L 635 J86510 DFC*

17/07/45+ BOYDEN, Robert Garland F/O 627 J87310 DFC*

26/10/45+ BROWN, Jack Clement Robert S/L 434 C89533 (S) DFC*

03/04/45+ BROWN, Malcolm George S/L 400 J8771 DFC*

04/12/45+ BROWNELL, Gavin James S/L 582 J26394 DFC*

11/08/44+ BUCKHAM, Robert Andrew S/L 403 J15246 DFC*

23/03/45+ BURNAND, Lewis Bransby S/L 405 C2980 DFC*

14/11/44+ BYFORD, Arthur John Percival S/L 419 J22142 DFC*

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

16/02/45+ CADEGAN, Patrick Crosby F/L 405 J86251 DFC*

02/06/44+ CAINE, John Todd F/O 418 J22379 # DFC* (*)

15/06/45+ CAMPBELL, Donald Ralph F/L 196 J24406 # DFC*

21/09/45+ CAMPBELL, Thomas S/L 97 J22909 DFC*

23/03/45+ CARDNO, Murray Bruce F/L 405 J87548 DFC*

23/03/45+ CARRERE, Jean Pierre Henri F/L 105 J17078 DFC*

18/01/44+ CARTER, Gordon Henry Francis F/L 35 J11213 DFC*

22/05/45+ CHARLEY, Walter Alan F/L 405 J24697 DFC*

23/02/43+ CHISHOLM, William Lawrence F/L 92 J15044 # DFC*

30/03/45+ CHRISTISON, William Ritchie + S/L 404 J15143 # DFC*

15/12/44+ CLARK, Robert John F/L 571 J10883 # DFC*

16/02/45+ COFFEY, Jesse Ray F/L 405 J86050 DFC*

14/09/45+ COFFEY, Robert Ellsworth S/L 440 J10256 DFC*

21/09/45+ COMAR, John S/L 105 C89569 (S) DFC*

11/08/44+ CONRAD, Walter Allan Grenfell S/L 421 J5023 DFC*

19/10/45+ COONS, Herbert Lindsay S/L 435 J5083 DFC*

22/05/45+ CORRIGAN, John Francis F/L 7 J23909 DFC*

08/12/44+ COTE, Joseph Yvon Alcide F/L 425 J85354 # DFC*

13/04/45+ COX, Jesse Edwin F/L 420 J16156 DFC*

04/12/45+ CUELENAERE, Marcel Redmond S/L 630 J16384 DFC*

12/02/43+ CURTIN, Donald Joseph + F/L 106 J9340 # DFC*

23/03/45+ DAVIES, Daniel Peter F/L 405 J22413 DFC*

26/10/45+ DIXIE, John Proctor F/L 170 J27305 DFC*

29/12/42+ DONKERSLEY, Harry Woodward P/O 69 J8203 # DFC*

01/12/44+ DOVER, Dean Hugh S/L 412 J16342 # DFC*

17/10/44+ DOW, James Richard S/L 635 J5691 # (DSO) DFC*

01/12/44+ DOWDING, Harry James S/L 442 J16027 # DFC*

23/03/43+ DOWIE, Charles Stuart S/L 426 J6008 # DFC*

21/09/45+ DUCHESNAY, Andre Adolphe Henri J. F/L 426 J11502 DFC*

17/07/45+ DUNCAN, John Douglas F/L 83 J19955 DFC*

26/10/45+ DUNDAS, Edward Garth F/L 434 J17017 DFC*

(S) = DFC awarded while a member of the RAF

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

06/03/45+ FAIRBANKS, David Charles S/L 3 J9096 # (P) DFC* (*)

21/09/45+ FALLS, Franklin Meredith S/L 83 J15734 DFC*

09/02/43+ FEE, John Clarke + W/C WNG C773 # DFC*

21/09/45+ FERGUSON, Ross McMillan F/L 405 J28917 DFC*

15/08/44+ FINLAYSON, Colin Gowans F/O 418 J13956 # DFC*

02/10/42+ FORD, Leslie Sydney + S/L 175 J3712 DFC*

06/11/45+ FORREST, Hugh Lindsay F/L 162 J11188 DFC*

13/04/45+ FORSBERG, Walter Gordon F/O 405 J88878 DFC*

27/02/45+ FOX, Charles William F/L 412 J6364 DFC*

17/07/45+ FRANCIS, James Earle F/L 434 J15758 DFC*

22/05/45+ FULTZ, John Gerald F/L 405 J28913 DFC*

21/07/42+ FUMERTON, Robert Carl F/O 89 C1352 # DFC* (AFC)

14/11/44+ GARRETT, Ernest Walter F/L 109 J16299 DFC*

12/02/46+ GIBBONS, Noel James + F/L 418 J12273 A2 DFC*

03/09/43+ GODEFROY, Hugh Constant S/L 403 J3701 (DSO) DFC*

29/12/44+ GOODWIN, Donald Wallace F/O 442 J16942 DFC*

20/07/45+ GORDON, Donald Campbell S/L 402 J16633 DFC*

17/08/43+ GOSLING, Leslie Cyril + F/L 229 J9359 # DFC*

23/05/44+ GOWAN, Harry S/L 405 J17018 DFC*

15/06/45+ GRAY, Ross Garstang S/L 418 J7547 # DFC*

23/03/45+ HAGERMAN, Douglas Creswell W/C 419 J9656 DFC*

17/07/45+ HALL, Douglas Irving F/L 414 J12193 # DFC*

21/09/45+ HAMMOND, Arthur Bernard F/L 139 J17352 DFC*

22/05/45+ HAMPE, Martin Albert F/O 35 J25249 DFC*

14/11/44+ HARRIS, Francis Robert F/L 78 J20064 DFC*

13/04/45+ HEATON, Peter F/L 640 J16801 DFC*

03/07/45+ HEMPHILL, Roy Donald S/L 425 J13447 # DFC*

12/11/43+ HENRY, Douglas Woods F/L 214 J15093 DFC*

16/01/45+ HENRY, Ernest Raymond F/L 109 J16469 DFC*

16/02/45+ HERBERT, Ralph Gordon F/L 405 J85050 DFC*

01/06/43+ HILL, George Urquhart S/L 111 C1075 DFC* (*)

23/03/45+ HISCOTT, Roger Wilson F/L 405 J29571 DFC*

27/04/43+ HODSON, Keith Louis Bate W/C 401 C807 (OBE) DFC*

13/10/44+ HOOVER, Harold Clifford F/L 35 J17343 DFC*

07/04/44+ HOULE, Albert Ulric S/L 417 J4887 DFC*

26/10/45+ HUDSON, John S/L 434 J15661 DFC*

28/04/44+ HUGHES, James Ronald F/O 254 J12639 # DFC*

07/07/44+ HULETSKY, Peter F/O 418 J22196 # DFC*

A2 = Effective 21/10/44

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

29/12/44+ JAMIESON, David Robert Charles F/O 412 J19196 DFC*

24/11/44+ JOHNSON, George William F/L 401 J9262 # DFC*

27/06/44+ JONES, Edgar Thompson P/O 103 J19171 DFC*

14/04/44+ KEEFER, George Clinton S/L 412 J5022 (DSO*) DFC*

05/09/44+ KENNEDY, Irving Farmer F/L 401 J15273 DFC*

15/09/44+ KENNEY, Delford Harold S/L 429 J4801 DFC* AFC

13/04/45+ KETTLEWELL, Thomas Wilfred F/L 405 J24254 DFC*

01/10/43+ KLASSEN, Wier Clayton S/L 424 J15250 DFC*

01/12/44+ KLERSY, William Thomas + F/L 401 J12199 # DFC*

16/11/45+ KYTE, Melville Stephen F/L 405 J27719 DFC*

08/12/44+ LAING, George Henderson F/L 97 J22778 DFC*

21/04/44+ LAMBERT, Albert S/L 405 J1326 DFC*

14/11/44+ LANE, Reginald John G/C 405 J5795 DSO DFC*

15/10/43+ LANGSTAFF, William Cecil F/L 103 J4772 DFC*

03/07/45+ LAPORTE, Joseph Roland F/L 425 J6958 # DFC*

24/11/44+ LAUBMAN, Donald Currie F/L 412 J14013 # DFC*

13/04/45+ LAWS, Robert F/L 640 J16669 DFC*

16/02/45+ LEWINGTON, Arthur James W/C 433 J3484 DFC*

15/08/44+ LEWIS, John Frederick F/L 405 J11224 DFC*

01/10/43+ LEWIS, Thomas William F/L 83 J16111 DFC*

12/01/45+ LYMBURNER, Joseph Arthur Laurent F/O 1409 J16573 # DFC*

13/04/45+ LYNDON, Alfred Borden Secord F/L 105 J16674 DFC*

03/09/43+ MACDONALD, Harry Deane F/L 403 J15467 DFC*

27/04/45+ MacFADYEN, Donald Aikins F/L 406 J3103 (DSO) DFC*

15/05/45+ MacKAY, John F/L 401 J12635 # DFC*

17/08/43+ McAULEY, Vincent Cronkite S/L 7 J4761 # DFC*

28/04/44+ McCARTHY, Joseph Charles S/L 617 J9346 # DSO DFC*

14/09/45+ McCAUL, John Lefroy S/L 136(W) J5078 DFC*

16/02/45+ McCLELLAND, Richard Charles F/L 109 J16755 DFC*

22/05/45+ McCONNELL, William Agar Sanderson F/L 405 J28487 DFC*

14/11/44+ McDONALD, Charles Parkinson F/L 83 J16989 DFC* DFM

22/05/45+ McDONALD, John Woodrow F/L 405 J19726 DFC*

21/12/45+ McDOUGALL, Thom Ross + F/L 408 J8812 A3 DFC*

04/08/44+ McELROY, John Frederick F/L 421 J7230 # DFC*

03/11/42+ McLEOD, Henry Wallace ('Wally') F/L 435 J4912 (DSO) DFC*

30/07/43+ McNAIR, Robert Wendell S/L 421 J4745 # (DSO) DFC* (*)

22/05/45+ McNAUGHTON, Duncan Anderson F/L 405 J25956 DFC*

16/02/45+ McQUOID, Donald John S/L 405 J6389 (DSO) DFC*

A3 = Effective 21/05/44

No A4

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

23/03/45+ MAGEE, Clyde Charles F/L 582 J24264 DFC*

06/04/43+ MALKIN, Harry F/L 35 J15521 DFC* (AFC)

22/05/45+ MATHESON, Kenneth Albert S/L 83 J24370 DFC*

23/05/44+ MILES, Harold Thomas S/L 408 J6946 DFC*

15/08/44+ MILLWARD, James Bert W/C 405 J10255 DFC*

15/09/44+ MITCHELL, James Frederick S/L 83 J4101 DFC*

06/07/45+ MITCHNER, John Davidson S/L 416 J16799 # DFC*

16/02/45+ MORRIS, Jerrold Arthur S/L 434 J7459 DFC*

16/02/45+ MOYER, Ronald Claus F/L 408 J16247 DFC*

21/09/45+ NAYLOR, William Keith F/L 405 J17272 DFC*

21/09/45+ NEILLY, Louis Graham S/L 405 J3202 DFC*

21/09/45+ NEWITT, Roland MacRae S/L 550 J16193 DFC*

15/08/44+ NEWSON, William Francis Montgomery W/C 431 C983 (DSO) DFC*

23/03/45+ NICHOLL, George Freeman F/L 405 J23154 DFC*

31/12/45+ NORTHCOTT, Geoffrey Wilson S/L 402 J15088 # (DSO) DFC*

29/12/44+ OLMSTEAD, William Alfred S/L 442 J5125 (DSO) DFC*

18/01/44+ PARKS, Walter Franklin S/L 50 J7544 DFC*

16/02/45+ PATTERSON, John William F/L 109 J17080 DFC*

23/05/44+ PATTISON, John David W/C 429 C957 DFC*

16/01/45+ PATTISON, Richard Holtby F/L 109 J23029 DFC*

30/06/42+ PETERSON, Herbert Victor WO 10 R60240 # DFC* (*)

17/07/45+ PETERSON, John Allan F/O 9 J87217 DFC*

14/11/44+ PETTIT, Maurice William S/L 432 J16060 DFC*

15/08/44+ PIERCE, Thomas White F/L 105 J8608 DFC*

27/02/45+ PLAMONDON, Joseph Marie Guy F/L 193 J8921 DFC*

25/07/44+ PLEASANCE, Wilbur Provence W/C 419 C1395 # DFC*

14/11/44+ PRIDDAY, Robert George F/O 429 C17739 DFC*

08/12/44+ QUEALE, Linton Wilson F/L 405 J24216 DFC*

08/12/44+ QUINN, Reynold Norman S/L 53 Base J16157 DFC*

21/09/45+ RAWSON, Byron Frederick Norman W/C 405 J10982 DFC*

09/01/45+ REYNOLDS, John Aldridge S/L 489 J8421 DFC*

23/03/45+ RODNEY, William F/L 78 J27015 DFC*

21/09/45+ ROLFE, Victor F/L 424 J10676 DFC*

13/04/45+ RUSH, Francis John F/L 502 J23331 # DFC*

16/11/43+ RUSSEL, Blair Dalzell W/C 126(W) C1319 (DSO) DFC*

07/07/44+ RUTTLEDGE, Alfred John de Laune F/L 624 J15160 DFC*

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

23/05/44+ SATTLER, Martin S/L 405 J21942 DFC*

29/12/42+ SCHMIDT, Dallas Wilbur F/L 227 J7336 # DFC*

06/07/45+ SCHULTZ, Rayne Dennis F/L 410 J16359 # (OMM) DFC*

11/06/43+ SHAPIRO, Harry S/L 7 J7224 DFC*

11/06/43+ SHERK, Walter Scott P/O 35 J16137 # DFC*

16/01/45+ SHERLOCK, Allan Arthur F/L 427 J15488 DFC*

16/01/45+ SHERLOCK, Eric Thomas F/L 427 J15489 DFC*

13/10/44+ SIMPSON, John Alexander Trager F/L 109 J16625 DFC*

17/07/45+ SMALL, Lawrence Vernon John F/L 405 J27491 DFC*

21/09/45+ SMITH, Frederick Douglas S/L 427 J5690 DFC*

23/03/45+ SMITH, Hector F/L 405 J18445 DFC*

06/11/45+ SMITH, Kenneth Charles Alfred F/L 571 J15959 DFC*

24/11/44+ SMITH, Roderick Illingsworth Alpine S/L 401 J4561 # DFC*

23/07/45+ SPENCE, John Alexander F/L 277 J3995 # DFC*

08/12/44+ SUTHERLAND, Clarence Bentley P/O 207 J86114 DFC*

08/12/44+ SWARTZ, Reginald Arthur F/L 405 J26343 DFC*

15/09/44+ TAIT, George Bertram F/L 109 J16517 DFC*

08/05/45+ TAYLOR, Cameron John Wilde S/L 407 J6857 DFC*

24/04/45+ TAYLOR, Richard Winter + F/O 161 J15535 DFC*

23/05/44+ THOMPSON, Walter Ramon F/L 83 J10506 DFC*

03/10/44+ TRAINOR, Hugh Charles S/L 401 C1697 # (DSO) DFC*

02/11/43+ TURNBULL, John Howard F/L 600 J6211 DFC*

08/12/44+ TURNBULL, Robert Steele G/C 64 Base J15054 DFC* AFC DFM

23/03/45+ TYNAN, Grant Cowan F/L 405 J20252 DFC*

15/09/44+ VAN RASSEL, Anton John George F/L 405 J16709 DFC*

21/09/45+ VANN, George Cecil James S/L 405 J10122 DFC*

28/05/43+ WALKER, Daniel Revie F/O 617 J15336 DFC*

19/03/43+ WALKER, James Elmslee + S/L 243 J3199 # DFC* (*)

13/10/44+ WATTS, Jack Vincent S/L 109 J4688 (DSO) DFC*

13/04/45+ WEBB, Gordon William F/L 405 J19654 DFC*

13/04/45+ WEICKER, William Jacob Lewis F/L 405 J15301 DFC*

23/05/44+ WEISER, William S/L 405 J10822 (MBE) DFC*

22/05/45+ WHITTAL, Hubert Richard F/L 405 J26095 DFC*

21/04/44+ WILBY, Peter F/L 7 J17957 DFC*

21/09/45+ WILLIAMS, Leonard Henry F/L 424 C89534 (S) DFC*

27/10/44+ WILMOT, Brian Edmund S/L 415 J23777 # DFC*

22/05/45+ WILSON, Gerald Einar F/L 405 J19402 DFC*

16/02/45+ WILSON, Philip Joseph F/L 156 J19982 DFC*

23/01/45+ WONDOWLOWSKI, Charles Alphons F/L 524 J21768 # DFC*

23/02/45+ WONNACOTT, Gordon S/L 414 J9868 # DFC*

17/07/45+ WOODS, Vivien Thomas F/L 405 J16361 DFC*

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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS Awards to the RCAF for WW2 (DFC)

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

25/01/44+ ABBEY, James Ernest WO1 58 R82627 # DFC

19/01/45+ ABELL, John William F/O 431 J36330 # DFC

21/09/45+ ACHESON, John William F/L 576 J12544 DFC

08/12/44+ ADAMS, Donald Albert F/O 425 J27509 DFC

12/11/43+ ADAMS, Ernest Allen F/O 97 J9584 DFC

27/03/45+ ADAMS, Norman Thomas P/O 35 J88226 DFC

09/07/43+ ADAMS, William Houghton S/L 415 J5783 DFC

13/10/44+ ADAMS, Willis Edward F/L 427 J17235 DFC

14/11/44+ ADAMSON, Arthur Christopher WOI 10(R) R93537 DFC

21/04/44+ AGRIOS, James Edward F/O 424 J17646 DFC

27/03/42+ AHALT, Roy Mathias P/O 150 J4889 # DFC

26/02/43+ AIKMAN, Frederick Alan F/O 154 J7460 DFC (*)

08/12/44+ AINSLIE, Thomas Edgar Craig F/L 420 C28055 DFC (AFC)

12/12/44+ AINSWORTH, Gerald William WO 207 R164557 DFC

14/11/44+ ALBERT, Earl Thomas F/O 424 J14793 DFC

13/10/44+ ALBERTS, Edward John F/L 420 J17224 DFC

16/11/43+ ALCORN, Douglas F/O 418 J15842 DFC

21/09/45+ ALDERDICE, William Wade F/O 550 J87008 DFC

03/11/44+ ALDRED, Elwood Morton F/O 420 J25825 # DFC

04/12/45+ ALDRED, Joel Waldon S/L 431 J3745 DFC

19/10/45+ ALDRICH, John Gerald F/L 31 J9680 DFC

08/06/44+ ALDWINCKLE, Robert Morrison F/L 10(R) J5766 DFC

18/01/44+ ALEXANDER, Edward Sudbury F/L 156 J15543 DFC DFM

07/04/42+ ALEXANDER, Robert Wilfred F/L 148 J2833 DFC

21/09/45+ ALGER, Clifford Tompkins F/L 434 J87340 DFC

16/02/45+ ALLAN George Ingram F/O 692 J19255 DFC

21/09/45+ ALLAN, James Columba F/O 420 C85832 DFC

08/12/44+ ALLAN, James Llewellyn F/O 198 J19586 # DFC

25/05/45+ ALLAN, William Edward WOII 405 R158333 DFC

19/01/45+ ALLARD, Bernard Louis P/O 405 J89062 DFC

13/07/43+ ALLCROFT, Frederick Charles P/O 61 J17472 DFC

06/04/43+ ALLEN, Daniel Frederick P/O 408 J16423 # DFC

10/09/43+ ALLEN, Ellwood Ernest F/L 59 J5295 DFC

08/02/44+ ALLEN, Ethan F/O 224 J21435 # DFC

21/12/45+ ALLEN, Lawrence Arnold+ F/L 420 J14769 A5 DFC

17/10/44+ ALLEN, Robert Patrick WO 9 R155012 (1) DFC

27/03/45+ ALLISON, Harold Dennis Charles P/O 626 J89069 DFC

26/06/45+ ALVERSON, James Rees F/L 357 J15004 # DFC

06/11/45+ ANDERSON, Albert Erik F/L 31 J10784 DFC

03/04/45+ ANDERSON, Charles Henry F/O 11 J86228 DFC

23/03/45+ ANDERSON, Donald Robert F/L 582 J23911 DFC

11/12/45+ ANDERSON, Gordon Doak WOI 10(R) R123618 DFC

19/10/45+ ANDERSON, Gustave Sune Lawrence F/L 436 J21153 DFC

A5 = Effective 27/04/44

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

16/02/45+ ANDERSON, John Alan F/L 419 J25399 DSO DFC

02/10/45+ ANDERSON, John Andrew Joseph C. F/O 20 J19611 DFC

17/04/45+ ANDERSON, Leonard Gerhard P/O 408 J88645 DFC

11/06/43+ ANDERSON, Leslie Scofield F/L 420 J7543 DFC

26/03/43+ ANDERSON, Peter Murray P/O 97 J16379 # DFC

08/12/44+ ANDERSON, Ronald Amos F/L 428 J6173 DFC

21/09/45+ ANDERSON, Robert Thomas F/O 428 J35506 DFC

16/03/43+ ANDERSON, William Andrew + S/L 407 C1099 A6 DFC

07/07/44+ ANDERSON, William Brodie S/L 429 J8924 # DFC

30/03/45+ ANDERSON, William George S/L 424 J4428 # DFC

08/12/44+ ANDERSON, William John F/L 419 J24471 # DFC

20/07/45+ ANDERSON, Willard Leslie P/O 434 J92447 DFC

17/08/43+ ANDERSON, William Robert Weir F/O 405 J13558 # DFC

05/12/44+ ANDREW, Emerson William F/L 78 J24423 # DFC

25/09/45+ ANDREW, Raymond P/O 419 J92444 DFC

16/11/45+ ANDREW, Robert Arthur F/L 101 J41123 DFC

19/01/45+ ANDREWS, Donald Roy P/O 415 J87068 DFC

08/06/45+ ANDREWS, Frederick John F/O 437 J19906 # DFC

30/06/44+ ANGELL, Gerald Ellis Lintott WO 77 R57572 DFC

16/01/45+ ANGUS, Arthur George F/O 419 J22435 DFC

22/05/45+ ANGUS, James Russell F/O 426 J36118 DFC

19/10/43+ ANGUS, Thomas Anderson P/O 115 J16350 DFC (*)

14/09/45+ ANNAN, Douglas Bruce W/C 418 J4554 DFC

13/07/43+ ANNAND, Favell Clinton P/O 51 J16435 DFC

17/10/44+ ANNESLEY, George William WOII 626 R150830 DFC

17/11/44+ ANTHONY, Roy Frederick F/O 432 J85881 DFC

03/04/45+ APPLEBY, Arthur William F/L 684 J21402 DFC BEM

16/01/45+ APPLETON, Charles Arthur F/L 433 J26064 DFC

03/10/44+ ARBUCKLE, George Frederick S/L 429 J23445 # DFC

29/09/44+ ARBUCKLE, William Morton F/O 216 J17202 DFC

05/06/45+ ARCHAMBAULT, Robert Francis F/L 425 J11286 # DFC

21/09/45+ ARCHER, Gordon Walter F/L 427 J28296 DFC

11/09/42+ ARCHER, Phillip Leslie Irving F/L 416 J3508 # DFC

19/10/45+ ARDELINE, Paul F/O 152 J16569 DFC

13/06/44+ ARDIS, Beverley Donn F/O 428 J26495 # DFC

30/11/43+ ARDIS, Victor Dempster F/O 420 J16907 DFC

21/09/45+ ARMITAGE, Robert Munday F/O 408 J35566 DFC

17/07/45+ ARMSTRONG, Frederick Finlay F/L 76 J87608 DFC

20/07/45+ ARMSTRONG, Lloyd George P/O 78 J92448 DFC

06/11/45+ ARMSTRONG, Norman Henry F/L 103 J22801 DFC

02/06/44+ ARMSTRONG, Stanley William F/O 405 J13823 DFC

10/09/43+ ARMSTRONG, William Albert F/L 407 J8128 DFC

08/02/44+ ARMSTRONG, William Norman P/O 174 J18086 # DFC

A6 = Effective 15/12/41

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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS Awards to the RCAF for WW2 (DFC)

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

14/08/45+ ARNE, Ira Clifford F/O 11(R) J38580 DFC

20/07/45+ ARNILL, William Robert P/O 408 J90157 DFC

09/01/45+ ARNOLD, Alfred Joseph F/O 419 J21168 # DFC

08/05/45+ ARNOLD, Charles Keevor F/L 541 J21404 DFC

08/12/44+ ARNOLD, Harold Frederick F/O 49 J24304 DFC

18/01/44+ ARNOT, Donald MacKenzie F/L 427 J13470 DFC

19/05/44+ ARNOTT, Morley Albert WO 35 R137690 DFC

25/09/45+ ARVANETES, George P/O 425 J93515 DFC

25/09/45+ ASH, Ernest James WOII 433 R222529 DFC

08/09/44+ ASHBAUGH, Frederick Alexander F/L 104 J15538 DFC

05/11/43+ ASHTON, Joel Hilton P/O 137 J17890 # DFC

16/11/45+ ATKINS, Clifton Clarence F/L 428 J17234 DFC

16/01/45+ ATKINS, Eric F/L 415 J21982 DFC

19/05/44+ ATKINS, James F/L 429 J14000 # DFC

21/08/45+ ATKINSON, John Henry F/O 272 J27547 DFC

27/03/45+ ATKINSON, William Cecil P/O 158 J87838 DFC

16/02/45+ AUBREY, Gordon Alex F/O 415 J35746 DFC

16/02/45+ AUDET, Richard Joseph + F/L 411 J20136 # DFC (*)

13/04/45+ AUSTEN, Norman Lloyd F/O 101 J35890 DFC

05/12/44+ AUSTEN, Robert James F/O 408 J15710 # DFC

22/05/45+ AUSTENSON, Oliver Henry F/L 420 J21376 DFC

22/09/42+ AUSTIN, Lloyd Fisher P/O 57 J15254 DFC (*)

06/07/45+ AUSTIN, Warren Russell F/L 408 J8939 # DFC

20/04/43+ AVANT, Alan Frederick F/L 115 J10503 # (DSO) DFC

10/08/43+ AVENT, Gordon Halse F/O 40 J6377 # DFC

21/12/45+ AWREY, Donald McLean P/O 433 J19610 A7 DFC

21/09/45+ BACON, James Alexander F/O 428 J38725 DFC

21/09/45+ BACZINSKI, Michael F/O 431 C85784 DFC

14/11/44+ BAER, Russell Elmer F/O 578 J24467 DFC

05/06/45+ BAGNELL, Russell Elbert P/O 420 J93007 # DFC

17/10/44+ BAILEY, Theodore Reginald P/O 408 J86729 DFC

10/08/43+ BAIN, Donald Thomas F/O 408 J9412 # DFC

27/07/43+ BAIN, John Douglas Norman + P/O 156 J6027 A8 DFC

21/09/45+ BAIN, John Kennedy F/L 432 J90510 DFC

06/11/45+ BAIRD, Ernest McNea F/O 12 J36619 DFC

21/09/45+ BAIRD, John Douglas F/L 408 J45298 DFC

20/07/45+ BAIRD, Thomas McHenry P/O 625 J93382 DFC

A7 = Effective 30/03/44

A8 = Effective 30/05/42 (since deceased)

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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS Awards to the RCAF for WW2 (DFC)

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

16/03/43+ BAKER, Edward Donald + F/L 214 J5060 A9 DFC

13/08/43+ BAKER, Edward Saunders F/L 7 J5090 DFC

02/06/44+ BAKER, Eli F/L 405 J14781 DFC

21/09/45+ BAKER, Gordon Stanley F/L 582 J29073 DFC

16/01/45+ BAKER, Oliver Nelson S/L RCAF J7804 DFC

13/10/44+ BAKER, Richard Peyton F/L 15 J19777 DFC

23/03/45+ BAKER, William Elstan F/O 103 J87677 # DFC

07/12/45+ BALDWIN, Cecil Elmer P/O 78 J94878 DFC

26/11/43+ BALDWIN, David Gilmore F/O 5(R) J5702 DFC

11/12/45+ BALDWIN, William Gordon F/L 160(R) J23096 DFC

22/09/42+ BALDWIN, William Henry + F/L 405 J15169 DFC

21/09/45+ BALL, Frank Westoby W/C 415 C841 DFC

29/12/45+ BALIACHEY, John McDonnell F/L 107 J13609 DFC

21/09/45+ BALLARD, Arthur Wray F/O 83 J91082 DFC

14/07/44+ BALMER, David Henry WOII 570 R118197 # DFC

15/09/44+ BALSDON, Clifford Glenn F/O 423 J25124 DFC

04/08/44+ BAMFORD, Jack F/O 421 J22669 # DFC

08/12/44+ BAMFORD, Robert F/O 433 J27401 DFC

17/10/44+ BANIKA, Nicola P/O 578 J86552 DFC

08/12/44+ BANISTER, Ronald Kitchener F/O 90 J23958 DFC

15/03/44+ BANKS, Henry Cyril Cameron F/O 405 J12855 DFC

22/09/44+ BANKS, Wilfred John F/L 412 J12311 # DFC (*)

07/07/44+ BANNING, James Edgar Victor + P/O 162 J28388 DFC

03/10/44+ BANNOCK, Russell S/L 418 C1086 # (DSO) DFC (*)

17/10/44+ BANNOFF, Eugene WOII 428 R138378 DFC

23/01/45+ BANTING, Donald Wallwin F/L 438 J10809 DFC

17/07/45+ BAPTISTE, Frank Joseph F/O 415 J88133 DFC

27/03/45+ BARBEAU, Joseph Paul Ernest P/O 425 J89679 DFC

16/02/45+ BARBER, James Donald F/O 101 J23822 DFC

22/05/45+ BARBER, Truman Verdun F/O 408 J86279 DFC

27/03/45+ BARBER, William Paul P/O 102 J89012 DFC

20/02/45+ BARBOUR, Douglas P/O 78 J87609 DFC

09/01/45+ BARKER, Anthony W/C 418 J6807 # DFC

13/10/44+ BARKER, John Morrell F/L 432 J24401 DFC

13/10/44+ BARKER, Norman George F/O 103 J25692 DFC

14/09/45+ BARKER, Robert Bruce F/L 412 J5983 DFC

19/12/44+ BARLOW, John Thomas F/O 429 J85385 # DFC

21/09/45+ BARNES, Lloyd Gordon F/L 109 J16228 DFC

02/10/45+ BARNETT, Campbell Devere F/L 107 J5289 DFC

08/12/44+ BARNETT, Reginald Victor Macaulay F/O 100 J25035 DFC

14/07/44+ BARNHART, Harold William F/O 428 J14199 # DFC

13/10/44+ BARONI, Ross Bernard F/L 405 J19400 DFC (*)

23/03/45+ BARR, Douglas William F/O 426 J25042 DFC

17/07/45+ BARR, Vernon Leroy F/L 434 J29213 DFC

A9 = Effective 30/03/42

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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS Awards to the RCAF for WW2 (DFC)

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

22/05/45+ BARRETT, Alexander Robert Brownlie F/O 424 J37519 DFC

18/08/44+ BARRETT, William Lemert F/O 408 J18930 DFC

17/07/45+ BARRON, George Albert Henry F/O 432 J36201 DFC

13/06/44+ BARRON, John Hollis F/L 692 J9161 DFC

02/06/44+ BARROWMAN, Archibald McArthur WO 97 R147703 DFC

09/02/43+ BARRY, William Alexander Renton P/O 1474 J16116 DFC

14/11/44+ BARTLEMEN, James Maxwell F/L 428 J21033 DFC

12/12/44+ BARTLEMAN, Kenneth Earl P/O 156 J87199 DFC

05/05/44+ BARTLETT, Allan Harold F/O 415 J14654 DFC

01/06/45+ BARTLETT, Fred Raymond F/L 414 J23044 DFC

17/10/44+ BARTMAN, Michael P/O 408 J85663 DFC

08/12/44+ BARTON, George Gordon F/O 424 J24258 DFC

08/05/45+ BARTON, Paul Smith F/L 400 J13606 # DFC

26/11/43+ BASARICH, George P/O 114 J17784 DFC

22/05/45+ BASCOM, Stephen Arthur F/L 420 J23370 DFC

19/09/44+ BASSETT, Glen Alvin P/O 428 J86138 # DFC

19/09/44+ BASSON, Robert Alexander P/O 424 J19840 DFC

01/10/43+ BATCHELOR, Eric Trelawny F/O 224 J10594 # DFC

12/12/44+ BATEMAN, Lewis Franklin P/O 101 J86083 DFC

09/06/44+ BATEMAN, Lorenzo John F/O 407 C22661 # DFC

22/05/45+ BATEMAN, William Maxwell F/L 76 J26116 DFC

04/12/45+ BAWTREE, Leonard F/L 625 J35650 DFC

06/04/45+ BAXTER, Frank Dennis F/O 432 J27670 # DFC

02/01/45+ BAYLY, George Henry S/L 413 J5810 DFC

13/10/44+ BAYNE, Robert Joseph F/L 405 J24725 DFC (*)

18/09/42+ BEACH, Albert Mansfield P/O 104 J15187 DFC (*)

16/02/45+ BEAIRSTO, Frederick Wendall F/O 420 J86692 DFC

21/09/45+ BEALE, James Alsford F/O 550 J89371 DFC

21/09/45+ BEALS, Alan Welton F/L 420 J17568 DFC

03/12/43+ BEALS, William Beals WO 422 R101280 # DFC

08/06/44+ BEAMISH, Roger Wilson P/O 10(R) J36688 DFC

16/01/45+ BEARD, James Seymour F/O 57 J25438 DFC

07/01/44+ BEARE, Burgess John F/O 227 J21277 # DFC

27/03/45+ BEARE, Richard George P/O 78 J88661 DFC

21/09/45+ BEATON, John F/L 83 J27161 DFC

03/10/44+ BEATTIE, Robert Leslie F/O 138 J17090 # DFC

22/06/45+ BEATTY, James Hughes S/L 439 J14471 # DFC

17/07/45+ BEAUCHAMP, Joseph Norbert Raymond F/L 425 J17330 DFC

16/01/45+ BEAUCHAMP, Sidney Neil Edward F/O 419 J20162 DFC

23/03/45+ BEAUDET, Joseph Rudolph Paul F/O 23 J24277 DFC

08/12/44+ BEAUDOIN, Joseph Alcide Marcel F/L 630 J21913 DFC

19/10/45+ BEAUPRE, Harold Henry F/L 83 J16378 DFC

17/07/45+ BEAUVAIS, Joseph Lucien Rosaire F/O 425 J37765 DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

14/11/44+ BECK, William Darrell Clint F/O 625 J23346 DFC

09/07/43+ BECKETT, Harry F/O 115 J11103 DFC

22/05/45+ BECKLEY, Donald Wilson James F/O 405 J88138 DFC

12/11/43+ BECKWITH, Ivor Campbell F/O 432 J6827 DFC

13/03/45+ BEDWELL, William P/O 5(R) C48205 DFC

27/03/45+ BEEBY, Thomas James F/O 10 J88676 DFC

17/07/45+ BEGG, George Henry Knight F/O 405 J27527 DFC

25/09/45+ BEILHARTZ, Harry John Gustave P/O 415 J89749 DFC

24/10/44+ BEIRNES, John Rife S/L 438 C13458 # DFC (*)

01/01/43+ BELANGER, Maurice John F/O 113(R) J10432 DFC (*)

06/06/44+ BELL, Andrew Gordon F/O 408 J14413 DFC

12/01/45+ BELL, David F/O 429 J35329 # DFC

13/10/44+ BELL, Donald Alexander Lloyd F/O 617 J17535 DFC

22/05/45+ BELL, Garnet Wigle F/O 550 J24424 DFC

15/10/43+ BELL, James David F/O 218 J11221 # DFC

02/06/44+ BELL, James Frank MacDonald S/L 194 J4821 DFC (AFC)

20/04/43+ BELL, Jerold Walton F/L 425 J7020 DFC

15/06/43+ BELL, John Kopf P/O 408 J16345 DFC

30/11/43+ BELL, Roy Gordon F/L 221 J9673 DFC

03/12/43+ BELLIS, Arthur Raymond Blair F/O 422 J11564 # DFC

19/09/44+ BELLMAN, William Alexander P/O 138 J86078 DFC

10/04/45+ BENDIXSEN, John F/L 541 J13401 DFC

26/10/43+ BENNELL, Richard James + S/L 418 C1376 # DFC

12/11/43+ BENNER, Keith Johnstone F/O 44 J22565 DFC

07/04/42+ BENITZ, Frank Malcolm P/O 104 J15035 DFC

08/12/44+ BENNET, Charles Erickson F/O 420 J15964 DFC

08/12/44+ BENNET, Robert Cottingham F/O 626 J27537 DFC

21/09/45+ BENNETT, Gordon Wellington S/L 405 J9180 DFC

21/09/45+ BENNETT, Lancelot Gordon Hambleton F/O 419 J36690 DFC

14/11/44+ BENNETT, William Russell F/O 158 J21557 DFC

16/11/45+ BENOIT, Frederick James F/L 626 J24757 DFC

25/05/45+ BENOIT, Jean Paul Raoul Conrade P/O 433 J93505 DFC

06/08/43+ BENNETT, Gordon F/O 408 J15248 # (DSO) DFC

05/06/45+ BENTON, Charles Butts F/L 426 J22891 # DFC

25/05/45+ BENTON, Ivan Duggan P/O 405 J93253 DFC

16/02/45+ BENTSON, Morris William F/O 78 J19671 DFC

09/07/43+ BERESFORD, Donald Ashton F/O 269 J15826 DFC

26/09/44+ BERGEVIN, Joseph Jean Charles WOII 162 R117327 # DFC

07/12/45+ BERIAULT, Vincent Edgar F/O 420 J36896 DFC

14/05/43+ BERNARD, Seymour P/O 7 J15939 DFC

16/02/45+ BERNIER, Joseph Wilfrid Laurier F. + F/O 425 J29412 DFC

02/06/44+ BERRIGAN, Leonard Thomas + F/O 7 J16898 DFC

26/05/44+ BERRY, Grover Arnold F/L 61 J23390 # DFC

30/03/43+ BERRY, Jack Pershing P/O 142 J15759 DFC

15/06/43+ BERRY, Robert Charles P/O 408 J16128 DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

21/04/44+ BERRY, Donald Albert P/O 426 J18864 # DFC

24/11/44+ BERRYMAN, Lloyd Frederick F/O 412 J24513 # DFC

08/01/43+ BERTRAM, Ross Herbert F/O 38 J6396 # DFC

21/09/45+ BERTRAN, Roy Franklin F/L 433 J27716 DFC

06/11/45+ BEST, Raymond Victor F/L 10 C89536 DFC

17/07/45+ BEST, Stephen F/L 419 J8432 DFC

27/06/44+ BETCHER, Bruce Ervin F/L 419 J20078 DFC

09/11/43+ BEVERIDGE, Massey Williamson + S/L 418 J15070 DFC

21/09/45+ BEWS, Andrew Robert Alam F/L 432 J27814 DFC

07/12/43+ BEZER, John Moor F/O 612 J9659 DFC

13/04/45+ BIDDELL, Francis Henry F/O 429 J28345 DFC

29/02/44+ BIDEN, Douglas Edmund F/O 405 J24434 DFC

01/10/43+ BIECH, Alfred Theodor P/O 425 J17040 DFC

22/05/45+ BIGELOW, William John F/O 434 J28036 DFC

08/10/46+ BIGGS, Herbert Darrell F/L 405 J36325 #C DFC

17/11/44+ BILL, James Davin P/O 635 J87292 DFC

08/06/44+ BILLINGS, John WOI 10(R) R92420 DFC

08/12/44+ BILLINGSLEY, Harry George F/O 434 J22744 DFC

28/07/42+ BING, Leslie Patrick Sandford F/O 89 J15465 # DFC (*)

26/09/44+ BIRCH, John Oswald F/O 103 J23888 # DFC

18/05/43+ BIRCHALL, Leonard Joseph S/L 413 C775 (OBE) DFC

18/01/44+ BIRKENES, Ronald Herbert WO 462 R60572 DFC

14/09/43+ BISHOP Albert Alton F/O 423 J7747 # DFC

17/07/45+ BISHOP, George Russell F/O 153 J29887 DFC

25/05/45+ BISHOP, Hubert George + P/O 431 J92591 DFC

13/04/45+ BITTNER, Irving Joseph F/O 514 J86219 DFC

18/05/45+ BLACK, Clifford Murray W/C 426 J3476 # DFC

05/06/45+ BLACK, Duncan Roderick F/O 426 J89826 # DFC

16/11/45+ BLACK, Robert Loughrey F/L 101 J37377 DFC

25/09/45+ BLACK, Stanley P/O 77 J93285 DFC

18/08/44+ BLACK, Stewart Blair P/O 12 J85057 DFC

03/11/44+ BLACK, Victor James F/O EACHQ J26061 DFC

17/08/45+ BLACK, William Lyle F/O 65 J35794 DFC

16/01/45+ BLACKBURN, Arthur Paul W/C 434 C846 DFC

17/10/44+ BLACKBURN, William John P/O 12 J87461 DFC

05/12/44+ BLAIR, Charles Edgar F/L 59 J10609 DFC

06/11/45+ BLAIR, Charles Gordon F/O 431 J87293 DFC

16/02/45+ BLAKE, Malcolm Richard F/O 166 J86752 DFC

14/09/45+ BLAKE, Vincent James F/L 644 J25281 DFC

10/03/44+ BLAKE, William Vincent + F/O 428 J14132 # DFC

24/07/45+ BLAKENEY, William Tupper F/L 414 J9940 DFC

14/08/42+ BLAKESLEE, Donald James Mathew F/L 133 J4551 # DFC

02/06/44+ BLAMEY, Douglas Owen F/L 156 J19258 DFC

#C = Citation in Canada Gazette 16/11/46

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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS Awards to the RCAF for WW2 (DFC)

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

20/07/45+ BLANCHER, Charles Francis Lyon WOII 150 R169265 DFC

14/11/44+ BLEAKLEY, Roland MacKay F/L 578 J19669 DFC

21/04/44+ BLENKINSOP, Edward Weyman + S/L 425 J3467 DFC

20/03/45+ BLISS, Osborne Lloyd + WO 35 R88244 B1 DFC

19/10/43+ BLOOM, Robert John WO 35 R58524 DFC

12/12/44+ BLOOMFIELD, Melvin Russell P/O 7 J88466 DFC

27/03/45+ BLUETHNER, Paul Daniel P/O 405 J88239 DFC

26/03/43+ BLUMENAUER, Charles Richard P/O 103 J16226 # DFC

08/12/44+ BLY, Kenneth Eric F/O 57 J27322 DFC

19/09/44+ BOADWAY, John Murray P/O 420 J85410 DFC

27/07/45+ BOAK, William Aaron F/L 406 J13413 # DFC

12/05/44+ BOAL, Earl William P/O 418 J85009 # DFC (*)

17/08/45+ BOCKUS, Dave Edgar F/L 67 J14759 DFC

14/09/43+ BOCZAR, Stephen P/O 9 J17098 DFC

19/01/45+ BODALY, Stanley Herbert P/O 433 J88329 DFC

23/01/45+ BODARD, George Philip Alcide F/O 410 J86079 DFC

20/07/45+ BODIE, Wolfred P/O 433 J93619 DFC

17/08/43+ BODNAR, Boris Olen P/O 35 J17669 DFC

15/09/44+ BOE, Ralph Lloyd F/L 419 J20065 DFC

19/01/45+ BOILEAU Louis Celos F/O 404 J23870 # DFC

13/04/45+ BOLDUC, Richard Leonidas W/C 429 C1057 DFC

30/06/44+ BOLDUC, Willard John P/O 15 J19306 DFC

20/07/45+ BOLEN, John Edmund P/O 405 J89486 DFC

21/09/45+ BOLENDER, Woodrow Lyle F/L 142 J25534 DFC

07/07/44+ BOLGER, Clarence Martin F/O 407 J20055 # DFC

17/07/45+ BOLTON, Franklin Bruce F/O 153 J37133 DFC

21/09/45+ BOND, Frank Eugene F/L 582 J22984 DFC

17/11/44+ BONGARD, Kenneth John WOI 78 186 DFC

07/03/44+ BONNAR, Robert F/L 205 J16264 DFC

12/06/45+ BONNELL, Donald Frederick F/O 11 J29126 DFC

16/03/45+ BONNER, Joseph Franklin F/O 420 J27231 # DFC

01/01/43+ BOOMER, Kenneth Arthur S/L 111(R) C1220 DFC

20/07/45+ BOON, Alfred Edward P/O 9 J91070 DFC

19/10/43+ BOOTH, Grant Gordon P/O 207 J17928 DFC

03/04/45+ BOOTH, Kenneth Gordon F/L 357 J11769 DFC

19/09/44+ BOOTH, Reginald Jack P/O 100 J85416 DFC DFM

09/06/44+ BORDEN, James Walter F/O 18 J17932 DFC

07/12/45+ BORKOWITZ, Solomon F/O 12 J40829 DFC

23/03/45+ BORLAND, David Simpson F/L 431 J12057 DFC

21/04/44+ BORROWES, Robert Dean WO 405 R135047 DFC

29/01/46+ BORTHWICK, Roy McIntosh F/L 159 J12490 DFC

16/11/45+ BOSSENBERRY, Alvin S/L 408 J8377 DFC

13/04/45+ BOUCHARD, Joseph Alphonse Camille F/O 425 J26027 DFC

06/06/44+ BOUCHARD, Vernon John P/O 550 J85054 DFC

B1 = Effective 22/08/43

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

26/10/45+ BOUDREAU, Joseph Hector F/L 433 J16958 DFC

19/09/44+ BOULANGER, Joseph Hector Gilbert P/O 425 J19867 DFC

04/06/43+ BOULTON, Foss Henry S/L 416 C1090 # DFC

17/10/44+ BOURASSA, John Maurice F/O 635 J85941 DFC (*)

16/02/45+ BOURASSA, Joseph Alphonse Claude F/L 425 J86211 DFC

22/08/44+ BOURASSA, Paul Emile WOII 419 R136575 # DFC

06/11/45+ BOURDON, Marcel Joseph Victor P/O 425 J93544 DFC

17/07/45+ BOURNE, Alan Alexander William F/O 582 J88180 DFC

22/05/45+ BOURQUE, Robert Joseph Terrence F/O 429 J36836 DFC

13/07/43+ BOUSCHARD, Alfred Dale P/O 83 J17049 DFC

01/12/44+ BOUSKILL, Russell Reginald F/L 401 J10254 # DFC

23/11/43+ BOUTILIER, Edward Harold WO 115 R76385 # DFC

25/09/45+ BOUVIER, William Leo P/O 428 J93002 DFC

17/04/45+ BOUZEK, Jaroslov Victor P/O 578 J89798 DFC

27/03/45+ BOVA, George WOII 405 R169371 DFC

13/04/45+ BOWEN, Leonard Charles F/O 426 J36299 DFC

26/06/42+ BOWEN, Robert Douglas P/O 616 J15064 # DFC

08/12/44+ BOWER-BINNS, John Robert F/O 578 J21646 DFC

06/06/44+ BOWERS, Alexander F/O 138 J14628 DFC

22/05/45+ BOWHAY, Robert Wilfred F/O 408 J35177 DFC

17/07/45+ BOYCE, Wilfred Arthur F/O 153 J29984 DFC

05/04/46+ BOYD, Jack Edgelow Dundas F/O 117 J44069 DFC

13/04/45+ BOYD, Lehman Francis F/L 635 J86510 DFC (*)

20/07/45+ BOYD, Maurice David S/L 412 J7906 DFC

16/01/45+ BOYD, Walter Halcro Calvin F/O 415 J20711 DFC

02/03/45+ BOYDEN, Robert Garland F/O 627 J87310 # DFC (*)

13/10/44+ BOYER, Albert Vincent Joseph WOI 425 R151123 # DFC

06/11/45+ BOYER, Joseph Claude Pacific F/O 425 J38337 DFC

03/04/45+ BOYLE, John Joseph F/L 411 J13615 DFC

18/08/44+ BOYLE, Thomas Edward WO 550 R150138 DFC

21/09/45+ BRACKEN, Harry Dalbert F/L 408 J14133 DFC

10/09/43+ BRACKEN, William James F/O 681 J6279 DFC

19/01/45+ BRACKETT, Edgar William Charles P/O 156 J87278 DFC

15/06/45+ BRADFORD, Cecil Ronald F/L 212 J12027 # DFC

08/05/45+ BRADFORD, John William F/O 681 C18598 DFC

09/07/43+ BRADLEY, Clare Willis F/L 423 J5994 DFC

11/06/43+ BRADSHAW, Douglas Alexander Ransome W/C 420 C166 DFC

08/12/44+ BRADSHAW, Fredrick Blair F/L 424 J12278 DFC

21/09/45+ BRADSHAW, William Mervyn F/O 138 J19529 DFC

22/05/45+ BRADY, Bernard Lester F/O 424 J19443 DFC

22/05/45+ BRADY, Charles Stewart F/L 434 J15499 DFC

12/12/44+ BRANCH, Alec Henry P/O 432 J87394 DFC

29/08/44+ BRANNAGAN, Thomas Anthony F/L 441 J10762 DFC

16/06/44+ BRASNETT, William George F/O 415 J23408 # DFC

18/05/45+ BRASSARD, Joseph Antoine F/L 425 J35310 # DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

16/01/45+ BRAWN, Harry F/L 429 J9536 DFC

17/11/44+ BRAY, John Reynold P/O 434 J86281 DFC

17/07/45+ BRAY, Joseph Sydney F/L 625 J29546 DFC

17/07/45+ BREARLEY, John Edward F/O 405 J88588 DFC

07/07/44+ BREITHAUPT, William Ransom F/O 239 J17271 # DFC

16/02/45+ BRENNAN, William Robert F/O 166 J29236 DFC

10/09/43+ BRENNER, Alfred Burrell F/L 415 J7619 DFC

22/09/42+ BRETZ, Norman Hobson S/L 402 J2975 #(Y) DFC

17/11/44+ BREWER, Denis Leonard P/O 426 C85792 DFC

16/01/45+ BREWSTER, John George F/O 433 J35244 DFC

03/04/45+ BRICKER, Calvin David ('Cal') F/L 430 C1449 DFC

03/10/44+ BRIDGES, Harold Eugene F/L 77 J10742 # DFC

27/03/45+ BRIGGS, William Walter F/O 77 J88043 DFC

16/01/45+ BRIGHT, William F/O 12 J26317 DFC

17/07/45+ BRIMICOMBE, Vincent Earle F/O 425 J28631 DFC

10/12/43+ BRISBIN, Lorne Ivan P/O 101 J17370 DFC

12/12/44+ BRITTAIN, Graham Douglas P/O 431 J87845 DFC

20/07/45+ BRITTAIN, Miller Gore P/O 78 J92491 DFC

23/03/45+ BRITTAIN, William Bruce F/L 427 J28286 DFC

13/02/45+ BRITTEN, Ralph Isaac F/O 409 J24431 DFC

05/05/44+ BRITTEN, Tom Beverley P/O 220 J19441 DFC

19/01/45+ BRITTON, Henry P/O 432 J85998 DFC

13/04/45+ BRITTON, William Bruce F/L 427 J25816 DFC

05/09/44+ BROCHU, Leopold Rosario F/L 425 J85412 # DFC

21/12/45+ BROCK, Robert George P/O 50 J82520 B2 DFC

19/01/45+ BRODIE, Robert James F/O 426 C35288 # DFC

30/06/44+ BROOK, Albert Carnelley F/O 431 J10422 DFC

21/11/44+ BROOK, Philip Roy F/L 418 J15469 DFC

07/12/45+ BROPHY, Bernard Joseph P/O 101 J94387 DFC

29/10/43+ BROUSSEAU, Joseph Henri Normand P/O 425 J17601 DFC

08/12/44+ BROWN, Alan Grant F/O 429 J28086 DFC

06/07/45+ BROWN, Allan Keith P/O 408 J92578 # DFC

29/09/44+ BROWN, Arthur Leland F/L 216 J9354 DFC (AFC)

08/12/44+ BROWN, David Reid F/L 424 J25969 DFC

23/03/45+ BROWN, Douglas Arthur F/L 408 J26128 DFC

22/05/45+ BROWN, Donovan Samuel F/O 10 J27188 DFC

10/12/43+ BROWN, Everett Lennes P/O 427 J17162 DFC

21/07/44+ BROWN, Gordon Frederick WO 293 R104757 # DFC

03/04/45+ BROWN, Gordon Stewart F/L 400 J9387 DFC

28/09/43+ BROWN, Harold Thomas F/O 419 J13055 # DFC

14/11/44+ BROWN, Jack F/L 429 J7027 DFC

19/10/43+ BROWN, Jack Allen WO 57 R63935 DFC

16/02/45+ BROWN, James Albert F/L 408 J19704 DFC

(Y) = for Dieppe air support B2 = Effective 23/04/44

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

21/09/45+ BROWN, Joseph F/O 466 C94009 DFC

15/02/44+ BROWN, Joseph Frederick Carol P/O 50 J18143 DFC

01/10/43+ BROWN, Leonard Norman F/O 424 J11145 DFC

20/04/43+ BROWN, Malcolm George F/L 683 J8771 # DFC (*)

24/04/45+ BROWN, Norman F/O 194 J16839 DFC

03/10/44+ BROWN, Norman Fenton F/L 428 J24433 # DFC

21/09/45+ BROWN, Norval Howard F/L 433 J13826 DFC

20/02/45+ BROWN, Percival Robert P/O 419 J89231 DFC

14/09/45+ BROWN, Raymond Alexander F/L 438 J21136 DFC

14/09/45+ BROWN, Ross Norman Morrison F/O 245 J90481 DFC

20/07/45+ BROWN, Wallace Hilton + F/L 407 J6844 B3 DFC

23/03/45+ BROWN, William Forbes S/L 415 J18186 DFC

08/12/44+ BROWN, William James F/O 427 J26755 DFC

05/06/45+ BROWNE, Arthur William F/L 550 J26970 # DFC

24/10/44+ BROWNE, John Danforth S/L 442 J9068 # DFC

16/02/45+ BROWNELL, Francis Henry F/O 427 J27222 DFC

22/05/45+ BROWNELL, Gavin James F/L 582 J26394 DFC (*)

14/11/44+ BROWNHILL, Jack Kenneth F/O 12 J21638 DFC

12/12/44+ BROWNING, Charles Henry F/O 431 C87693 DFC

27/07/45+ BRUNEAU, Arthur Andrew F/O 547 J29136 DFC

03/04/45+ BRUNELLE, Joseph Paul Marcel Alphonse F/L 414 C1066 DFC

27/08/43+ BRUNET, Arthur Gaston P/O 137 J17907 # DFC

21/09/45+ BRUNTON, Muns Linton F/L 77 J26449 DFC

21/09/45+ BRUSH, Garfield Charles F/O 415 J38297 DFC

21/09/45+ BRUYNS, Franciscus F/L 419 J36355 DFC

31/07/45+ BRYAN, Anthony John Adrian F/L 417 J21120 # DFC

23/03/45+ BRYDON, Newton Reid F/L 408 J17141 DFC

02/06/44+ BRYERS, Charles Robert F/O 62 J16285 DFC

14/11/44+ BRYSON, Allan Alexander F/O 408 J25317 DFC

23/03/45+ BRYSON, Cecil Walsh F/O 578 J19782 DFC

16/11/43+ BRYSON, Howard WO 97 R110822 DFC

14/11/44+ BRYSON, Maurice W/C 429 J5116 DFC

15/05/45+ BUCHAN, William John F/L 12 J87399 # DFC

17/07/45+ BUCHANAN, Donald Laughlin S/L 420 C13128 DFC

14/09/43+ BUCHANAN, Douglas John P/O 101 J17456 DFC

16/01/45+ BUCHANAN, Mervin Arthur F/O 550 J23886 DFC

17/07/45+ BUCK, Wilfred Marshall F/L 35 J21334 DFC

04/06/43+ BUCKHAM, Robert Andrew F/L 416 J15426 # DFC (*)

16/11/45+ BUCKINGHAM, Dalton Robert F/O 429 J39879 DFC

17/07/45+ BUDREAU, Donald Hackett F/O 158 J88233 DFC

23/03/45+ BUE, Roy Sylvester F/L 427 J11866 DFC

18/08/44+ BUGDEN, Herbert Chesley F/O 571 J16657 DFC

B3 = Effective 05/06/44

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

17/07/45+ BULBECK, Arthur Andrew F/O 432 C89491 DFC

25/04/44+ BULL, Clifford Frank F/O 38 J20632 # DFC

17/07/45+ BULLEN, Frederick William F/O 429 J27422 DFC

27/10/45+ BULLEY, Gordon Henry WO 172 R124688 # DFC

26/09/44+ BULLIVANT, Ralph Gordon P/O 432 J86703 # DFC

13/04/45+ BULLOCK, Harold Gordon F/O 101 J36278 DFC

21/09/45+ BUMSTEAD, William Ralph F/O 405 J37811 DFC

23/03/45+ BURCH, Jack F/O 433 J26783 DFC

17/07/45+ BURDEN, Paul Edward F/L 405 J23035 DFC

23/01/45+ BURGESS, Charles Lebert F/O 439 J21143 DFC

23/03/45+ BURGESS, Charles Walter W/C 426 C265 DFC

22/02/44+ BURGESS, Frank Willis P/O 61 J19249 # DFC

14/11/44+ BURK, John Morton F/L 424 J22535 DFC

17/10/44+ BURKE, Edmund Armstrong P/O 428 J87193 DFC

08/12/44+ BURNAND, Lewis Bransby F/L 405 C2980 DFC (*)

23/03/45+ BURNETT, Walter James Norval F/O 433 J35827 DFC

15/09/44+ BURNS, Cecil Albert F/L 220 J8605 DFC

23/03/45+ BURNS, Gordon Mortimer F/L 49 J25789 DFC

20/07/45+ BURNS, Jack Chester P/O 405 J93617 DFC

17/11/44+ BURNS, Joseph Myles P/O 51 J86462 DFC

18/09/45+ BURNS, Neil Alexander F/O 442 J35212 B4 DFC

02/06/44+ BURNS, Robert F/L 408 J18363 DFC

19/05/44+ BURROUGHS, George Whitehead F/L 414 J9392 DFC

19/09/44+ BURROWS, Charles Douglas WO 166 R160639 DFC

07/01/44+ BURTON, Gordon Ralph F/O 114 J16558 DFC

17/11/44+ BURTON, Ralph Wellington WOII 424 R147766 DFC

29/12/44+ BURTON, William Donald F/L 439 J18959 DFC

12/12/44+ BURTON, William Robert P/O 429 J85126 DFC

05/05/44+ BUSH, Douglas Gordon+ WOII 11(R) R97643 DFC

21/09/45+ BUSH, Edward Forbes F/O 425 J27119 DFC

18/08/44+ BUTCHER, Ronald William F/O 408 J20961 DFC

04/12/45+ BUTLER, Anthony Robert F/L 100 J26093 DFC

13/10/44+ BUTLER, Arthur Lawrence F/O 433 J39809 # DFC

16/02/45+ BUTLER, Gordon Douglas F/O 408 J24616 DFC

23/03/45+ BUTT, Leslie F/O 10 J28904 DFC

15/08/44+ BUTTAR, Philip F/L 619 J18848 DFC

06/03/45+ BUTTE, Steve P/O 403 J85829 # DFC

22/05/45+ BUTTERWICK, Gordon Francis F/O 166 J36276 DFC

21/09/45+ BUTTLE, Thomas William F/L 434 J9178 DFC

04/12/45+ BUTTS, Robert Anthony F/L 582 C854 DFC

16/11/45+ BYERS, Angus Charles WOII 425 R264874 DFC

13/10/44+ BYERS, William Bernard F/O 429 J19507 DFC

19/05/44+ BYFORD, Arthur John Percival F/O 419 J22142 # DFC (*)

08/06/45+ BYRNES, John MacEachern F/O 437 J28308 # DFC

B4 = Effective 23/01/45

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

15/09/44+ CACCHIONI, Thommaso Albert F/O 138 J24654 DFC

17/11/44+ CADEGAN, Patrick Crosby F/O 405 J86251 DFC (*)

16/02/45+ CAINE, Allan Manchee F/O 420 J86111 DFC

04/04/44+ CAINE, John Todd F/O 418 J22379 # DFC (**)

14/11/44+ CALDER, James Alexander F/O 160(R) J6149 DFC

03/11/44+ CALDER, James Harold F/O 419 J24292 # DFC

03/10/44+ CALDER, John Mills F/O 235 J14118 # DFC

03/11/44+ CALDERBANK, James Robert F/O 429 J27605 # DFC

07/12/45+ CALDWELL, Donald MacNair F/O 420 J38751 DFC

25/01/46+ CALHOUN, Maxwell Boyd + F/L 405 J23966 B5 DFC

23/03/45+ CALLAGHAN, Thomas Cecil F/L 77 J13486 DFC

15/09/44+ CAMACHO, Vivian Evelyn F/L 59 J4899 DFC

23/02/45+ CAMERON, Gregory Donald Angus F/O 401 J16336 # DFC

04/04/44+ CAMERON, Lorne Maxwell S/L 401 J15378 # DFC

25/01/44+ CAMERON, Thomas Henry F/O 255 J17785 DFC

22/05/45+ CAMERON, William Clackson F/L 419 J7456 DFC

17/11/44+ CAMIRE, Joseph Jean Paul P/O 425 J85895 DFC

20/07/45+ CAMPBELL, Allan P/O 424 J93772 DFC

03/04/45+ CAMPBELL, Arnold Ernest P/O 159 J90742 DFC

19/10/45+ CAMPBELL, Charles Scott Henry F/O 357 J45828 DFC

04/08/42+ CAMPBELL, Colin Summers + P/O 103 J15235 DFC

27/10/44+ CAMPBELL, Donald Ralph F/O 196 J24406 # (CM) DFC (*)

03/11/44+ CAMPBELL, Edward Alexander F/L 514 J25414 # DFC

28/07/44+ CAMPBELL, Graham F/O 162(R) J26921 # DFC

16/11/45+ CAMPBELL, Gray Alexander F/L 576 C89599 DFC

08/12/44+ CAMPBELL, Hugh Henry F/O 427 J28490 DFC

08/06/45+ CAMPBELL, John Douglas Wier F/L 119 J15297 DFC

12/12/44+ CAMPBELL, John Howard F/O 626 J85810 DFC

20/07/45+ CAMPBELL, Michael John P/O 419 J85694 DFC

07/12/43+ CAMPBELL, Patrick F/O 419 J10420 DFC

29/12/42+ CAMPBELL, Robert Joseph F/O 405 J15594 DFC

19/01/45+ CAMPBELL, Robert McNeil P/O 432 J88294 DFC

03/10/44+ CAMPBELL, Donald Cedric WO 184 R104882 # DFC

09/07/43+ CAMPBELL, Ross Gutherie F/L 218 J8198 DFC

16/11/45+ CAMPBELL, Silas Franklin WOII 419 R218396 DFC

16/06/44+ CAMPBELL, Stanley Enos P/O 408 J85691 # DFC

14/11/44+ CAMPBELL, Thomas F/L 97 J22909 DFC (*)

18/08/44+ CAMPBELL, William Charles WO 35 R155553 DFC

21/07/44+ CAMPBELL, William James F/O 408 J20820 # DFC

22/05/45+ CAMPBELL, William Ross F/O 405 J87870 DFC

23/03/45+ CAMSELL, George Clarke F/L 9 J7985 DFC

13/10/44+ CANTRELL, George Arthur F/L 15 J23719 DFC

B5 = Effective 16/08/44

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

21/01/44+ CARD, Henry Clifford P/O 405 J18179 DFC

08/12/44+ CARD, Robert Keith F/O 432 J85061 DFC

20/07/45+ CARDIFF, John Abel P/O 77 J90202 DFC

17/11/44+ CARDNO, Murray Bruce P/O 405 J87548 DFC (*)

15/10/43+ CAREY, Douglas Mintie + F/L 103 J16480 DFC

13/04/45+ CARLEY, Lloyd Albert F/L 138 J16922 DFC

11/08/44+ CARLSON, Alan Theophilus F/L 400 J8947 DFC

21/09/45+ CARLSON, Carl Leonard F/O 156 J37888 DFC

16/11/45+ CARLYLE, Kenneth Austin F/L 49 J26979 DFC

12/03/43+ CARMICHAEL, Duncan William F/O 104 J4531 DFC

17/11/44+ CARMICHAEL, Robert Edgar WOI 106 R168300 (1) DFC

19/10/45+ CARON, Wilfred Michael F/L 357 J24042 DFC

22/05/45+ CARPENTIER, Joseph Herbert F/O 425 J39956 DFC

13/10/44+ CARR, Donald Delas F/O 428 J23590 DFC

10/04/45+ CARR, John F/L 439 J37846 DFC

07/12/45+ CARR, John Allen F/O 9 J27266 DFC

29/12/44+ CARR, William Keith F/O 603 J13090 (CMM) DFC

14/09/43+ CARRERE, Jean Pierre Henri P/O 9 J17078 DFC (*)

17/11/44+ CARRUTHERS, Douglas Evard P/O 433 J86983 DFC

15/09/44+ CARRUTHERS, Gerald Franklin F/O 12 J25157 DFC

09/07/43+ CARSCALLEN, Henry Myles W/C 424 C148 DFC

17/07/45+ CARSON, John Nelson F/L 166 J28723 DFC

17/10/44+ CARSON, Maurice Albert P/O 101 J85484 DFC

03/10/44+ CARTER, Arthur John Edward F/O 428 J22971 # DFC

28/09/43+ CARTER, Arthur Reginald F/O 153 J15673 DFC

15/08/44+ CARTER, Charles Murray F/L 428 J16830 DFC

06/07/43+ CARTER, Gordon Henry Francis F/O 35 J11213 # DFC (*)

13/08/43+ CARTER, Ronald George F/O 467 J15862 DFC

10/10/44+ CARTER, Stewart MacMordie F/O 150 J24018 DFC

21/09/45+ CARTER, Yale Knox F/O 35 C88282 DFC

02/10/45+ CARTMELL, James Henry F/L 140 J12030 DFC

17/07/45+ CARTWRIGHT, John Edgar F/L 83 J25860 DFC

18/09/42+ CASEY, George Allan F/O 226 J4432 #(Y) DFC

07/12/45+ CASEY, John Morrell F/O 582 J35769 DFC

08/12/44+ CASEY, Weston Peter F/O 138 J23466 DFC

07/11/44+ CASSOR, Teftime William ('Tim') F/O 158 J19667 # DFC

21/09/45+ CATHREA, Howard West F/O 405 J89617 DFC

02/06/44+ CATTINY, George WO 625 R154038 DFC

19/03/43+ CAVANAUGH, Lewis Marmaduke P/O 150 J9066 # DFC

16/01/45+ CAWSEY, Edwin Hamlin F/O 7 J85439 DFC

23/03/45+ CEMBROWSKI, Johan F/O 10 J85843 DFC

17/10/44+ CERAT, Joseph Andre Yuen Wilfred P/O 434 J85404 DFC

06/11/45+ CHABOT, Stanislas George Emile F/L 425 J88573 DFC

22/09/42+ CHADBURN, Lloyd Vernun S/L 416 J2976 #(Y) (DSO*) DFC

(Y) = for Dieppe air support

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

22/05/45+ CHALCRAFT, William Robertson F/L 419 J16556 DFC

22/05/45+ CHAMBERS, Edward Sanford F/O 166 J37817 DFC

23/03/45+ CHANCE, David Godwin F/O 424 J86499 DFC

21/12/45+ CHAPMAN, John Randall WOII 97 R85522 B6 DFC

13/04/45+ CHAPMAN, Tom Herbert S/L 425 J11763 DFC

17/07/45+ CHAPUT, Joseph George Aime F/O 428 J85376 DFC

07/12/45+ CHARBONNEAU, Joseph Delphis Maurice F/O 419 J87585 DFC

16/01/45+ CHARLEBOIS, Joseph Henri Hercule F/O 433 J29782 DFC

16/02/45+ CHARLEY, Walter Alan F/O 405 J24697 DFC (*)

17/07/45+ CHARTIER, Clarence Amos F/L 415 J87460 DFC

17/10/44+ CHASE, Gerald Wilson P/O 103 J85402 DFC

24/03/44+ CHEATER, Allan Percy Vivian F/O 10(R) J9135 (X) DFC

03/11/44+ CHEKALUK, Harry Richard F/L 408 J24172 # DFC

16/01/45+ CHENEY, Donald Harry F/O 617 J18295 DFC

05/12/44+ CHILDS, Arthur Frederick F/L 429 J9356 # DFC

08/12/44+ CHISHOLM, Melvin Douglas F/L 431 J27672 DFC

05/02/43+ CHISHOLM, William Lawrence F/L 92 J15044 DFC (*)

16/02/45+ CHISLETT, John Robert S/L 156 C2234 DFC

15/06/43+ CHITTENDEN, Frederick Jackson F/O 424 J15369 DFC

13/04/45+ CHMILAR, William Alexander F/O 156 J29855 DFC

25/09/45+ CHORNY, Walter P/O 9 J92831 DFC

31/10/44+ CHOWN, Clinton Warren F/O 515 J19991 # DFC

16/01/45+ CHRISTIAN, Charles Donald F/O 419 J27454 DFC

20/02/45+ CHRISTIANSEN, Paul Eric F/O 78 J86550 DFC

14/09/43+ CHRISTIE, James Oliver P/O 50 J17256 DFC

12/12/44+ CHRISTIE, Kenneth P/O 90 J88370 DFC

08/12/44+ CHRISTIE, Robert Davison F/L 424 C1508 DFC

17/10/44+ CHRISTISON, William Ritchie + F/L 404 J15143 # DFC (*)

02/06/42+ CHURCH, Robert Douglas F/L 148 J3266 DFC

03/11/44+ CIRKO, August F/L 11(R) J9139 DFC

26/01/45+ CLACKEN, Courtnay O'Brien Robertson F/L 440 J39101 DFC

16/11/45+ CLARAHAN, Lawrence Earl F/L 408 J90841 DFC

12/02/46+ CLARK, Austin Thomas + F/L 57 J86332 B7 DFC

10/09/43+ CLARK, Donald Hartford F/L 210 J6993 DFC

14/09/45+ CLARK, Everett Frederick Jackson F/L 430 J6953 DFC

23/05/44+ CLARK, George Frederick P/O 429 J18905 DFC

09/07/43+ CLARK, John Frederick Percival S/L 405 J15167 DFC

20/07/45+ CLARK, John Hubert P/O 419 J92980 DFC

20/07/45+ CLARK, Lawrence Wilfred P/O 77 J93256 DFC

17/08/43+ CLARK, Ralph Johnston P/O 158 J17004 DFC

20/07/45+ CLARK, Reginald Ferguson P/O 162 J93656 DFC

B6 = Effective 09/05/44

B7 = Effective 25/08/44

(X) = NAME CORRECTED FROM NESSER TO CHEATER LG 31/03/44+ (Y) = for Dieppe air support

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

15/10/43+ CLARK, Robert John F/O 61 J10883 DFC (*)

22/08/44+ CLARK, William F/L 279 J9331 DFC

07/12/45+ CLARKE, Owen Sidney Thetford WOII 433 R200657 DFC

17/04/45+ CLARKE, Robert Granville WO 90 R165335 (1) DFC

19/10/45+ CLARKSON, Peter F/O 436 J85333 DFC

21/09/45+ CLEGG, Frederick Charles F/L 51 J25884 DFC

11/12/45+ CLEMENT, George Franklin F/L 10(R) J8783 DFC

05/04/46+ CLEMENT, Robert James S/L 435 C288 DFC

17/11/44+ CLEMENT, Rodney Stewart F/O 626 J18133 # DFC AFM

02/06/44+ CLEVELAND, Howard Douglas S/L 418 J5765 # DFC

07/12/43+ CLEVELAND, James Barry F/L 426 J15804 DFC

15/09/44+ CLIFF, Edward George F/L 415 J11621 DFC

04/12/42+ CLIFFORD, Arthur Wellington F/O 162 J4770 DFC

25/05/45+ CLIFTON, Joseph William P/O 420 J90982 DFC

23/03/43+ CLINE, Richard Emmett F/O 69 J9501 DFC

13/07/43+ CLINTON, Richard Seymour P/O 425 J16202 DFC

05/12/44+ CLOTHIER, Robert Allan F/L 408 J15680 # DFC

15/02/44+ CLOUTIER, William Blaise Burke + F/O 405 J10313 DFC

15/10/43+ CLOW, William Ralph F/O 51 J14011 DFC

14/11/44+ COATSWORTH, Emerson Steadman F/O 429 J25354 DFC

14/05/43+ COBB, Nelson Alexander P/O 10 J16276 DFC

21/01/44+ COBURN, Graham Willoughby P/O 83 J18560 DFC

15/02/44+ COBURN, Lloyd Gerrard P/O 405 J18127 DFC

21/09/45+ COCHRAN, Charles Kerr F/L 170 J17296 DFC

15/12/44+ COCHRANE, John Malcolm P/O 433 J88460 # DFC

12/10/43+ COCHRANE, Robert Hugh F/L 218 J17277 # DFC

17/07/45+ CODD, Percy F/O 429 J38184 DFC

17/11/44+ CODE, Arthur Warren WOI 101 R128398 (1) DFC

04/12/45+ CODERRE, Maurice Allan F/L 170 J21551 DFC

13/10/44+ COFFEY, Jesse Ray F/O 405 J86050 DFC (*)

23/01/45+ COFFEY, Robert Ellsworth F/L 438 J10256 DFC (*)

21/09/45+ COGHLAN, Terence F/L 434 J14087 DFC

13/08/43+ COLBORNE, Frederick Charles F/L 5(R) J2937 DFC

30/01/45+ COLE, Edward Frederick WO 409 R157880 # DFC

19/09/44+ COLE, Harry Clifford WO 582 R61668 DFC

19/09/44+ COLE, James Henry P/O 50 J86733 DFC

20/02/45+ COLE, Mervyn William P/O 432 J88249 DFC

14/09/43+ COLES, Millard Wright P/O 115 J16833 DFC

23/03/45+ COLES, Nathaniel John F/O 419 J17728 DFC

23/03/45+ COLEY, James Edmund F/O 10 J26344 DFC

20/04/43+ COLLEDGE, William Wilson F/O 405 J8207 DFC

08/05/45+ COLLIER, James Edwin S/L 403 J8648 DFC

25/09/45+ COLLINGS, Baisel Benjamin WOI 433 R117346 DFC

24/07/45+ COLLINS, Arthur Stewart S/L 400 J7819 DFC

21/09/45+ COLLINS, Clarence Charles F/L 427 J5819 DFC

16/11/45+ COLLINS, Frank Alastair F/L 576 J12810 DFC

DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS Awards to the RCAF for WW2 (DFC)

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

17/07/45+ COLLISON, Harvey John F/L 156 J29582 DFC

14/11/44+ COLLVER, Hugh Ray F/O 427 J87759 DFC

25/09/45+ COLQUHOUN, Aldie Beaton P/O 429 J93319 DFC

15/09/44+ COMBE, Charles Joseph F/O 424 J14215 DFC

13/10/44+ CONLEY, William F/O 431 J18328 DFC

29/06/45+ CONLIN, John Baskerville F/L 107 J21125 DFC

17/07/45+ CONLIN, Wesley Gerald F/O 10 J35805 DFC

13/04/45+ CONNELL, Cameron Laird F/O 415 J29976 DFC

12/02/46+ CONNOR, Donald Daubney F/O 431 J86186 B8 DFC

21/11/44+ CONNOR, Douglas William F/L AFTU J8157 DFC

21/04/44+ CONNOR, Paul Morton WO 83 R124700 DFC

21/09/45+ CONQUIST, Carlyle William S/L 431 J16812 DFC

15/09/44+ CONRAD, Reginald George F/O 166 J25511 DFC

22/01/43+ CONRAD, Walter Allan Grenfell F/L 274 J5023 DFC (*)

18/09/45+ CONWAY, Joseph William Henry + F/O 268 J20157 B9 DFC

14/11/44+ COOK, Clifford Tiffany F/O 420 J20971 DFC

16/05/44+ COOK, Douglas Tasker P/O 419 J18875 # DFC

23/03/45+ COOK, Eugene Thompson F/L 156 J12958 DFC

13/03/45+ COOK, Garrett Munro W/C 11(R) C1059 DFC AFC

21/04/44+ COOK, Harry Robert F/O 424 J17563 DFC

11/06/43+ COOK, Robert Geoffrey + F/L 420 J6276 DFC

20/02/45+ COOK, Walter Leroy F/O 626 J86874 DFC

29/12/44+ COOK, William Francis F/O 421 J16201 DFC

21/09/45+ COOKE, Arthur Grenfell F/L 77 J85106 DFC

21/09/45+ COOKE, James Geddes Robertson F/L 101 J36361 DFC

30/05/44+ COOKE, Thomas Charles F/O 162 J11462 # DFC (AFC)

22/08/44+ COOKE, Wilfred Gordon WO 408 R52693 # DFC

16/03/43+ COONS, Herbert Lindsay F/O 95 J5083 DFC (*)

07/12/45+ COOPER, Albert Joseph F/O 433 J89624 DFC

17/10/44+ COOPER, Ewart McCallum P/O 432 J86384 DFC

17/08/43+ COOPER, Frederick Charles P/O 78 J17003 DFC

25/01/46+ COOPER, John Herbert F/L 432 J6642 C1 DFC

13/10/44+ COOPER, John Joseph F/L 432 J85602 DFC

25/07/44+ COOPER, Woodward Bowers S/L 226 J4539 # DFC

17/07/45+ COPE, Jacob Lewis F/O 405 J28702 DFC

21/09/45+ COPE, Roy Allan F/O 103 J90328 DFC

01/10/43+ COPENHAVER, Lawrence Benjamin P/O 424 J16770 DFC (*)

17/05/45+ COPPINGER, John Joseph F/O 161 J88623 (I) DFC

05/12/44+ CORBEIL, Laurent Josephat F/O 408 J18330 # DFC

16/01/45+ CORBETT, Leslie Allister F/O 640 J26329 DFC

13/02/42+ CORBETT, Vaughan Bowerman S/L 402 C299 # DFC

06/04/45+ CORBETT, William David + P/O 425 J88248 # DFC

B8 = Effective 31/10/44 (I) = awarded Bar to DFC when with USAAR

B9 = Effective 03/07/44

C1 = Effective 16/07/44

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

13/10/44+ CORBETT, William Granville F/O 102 J20958 DFC

13/03/45+ CORCORAN, Edward Lambert F/O 10(R) J40290 DFC

22/05/45+ CORMIER, Percival Joseph F/O 405 J29080 DFC

25/05/45+ CORNELL, William Robert P/O 431 J90498 DFC

17/11/44+ CORRIGAN, Graham Harley F/L 2 J8403 # DFC

08/12/44+ CORRIGAN, John Francis F/L 7 J23909 DFC (*)

21/09/45+ CORSBIE, Joseph Hardcastle F/O 626 J29983 DFC

15/01/43+ COSBURN, Stanley Cyril P/O 401 C15709 # DFC

17/11/44+ COSMAN, William Nathan + F/O 248 J23397 # DFC

15/09/44+ COTE, Joseph Yvon Alcide F/L 425 J85354 # DFC (*)

05/12/44+ COTE, Joseph Yvan Jacques F/O 425 J19722 # DFC

17/07/45+ COTE, Louis Philippe Marius Robert F/O 425 J24917 DFC

01/09/44+ COTTERILL, Stanley Herbert Ross F/L 418 J4874 # DFC

08/02/44+ COULOMBE, Joseph Albert Roger WOII 426 R96703 # DFC

21/09/45+ COULTER, John Lorne F/L 635 J36272 DFC

24/04/45+ COULTER, Lionel Elwood F/L 434 J27630 # DFC

27/06/44+ COURT, George Lachlan F/L 405 J5304 DFC

17/11/44+ COURTOIS, Joseph Herve Roger P/O 429 J88449 # DFC

07/12/45+ COUSE, Mervyn Austin F/O 12 J40407 DFC

06/11/45+ COUSINS, George Thomas F/L 424 J10871 DFC

15/02/44+ COUTLEE, Charles Martin P/O 419 J18986 DFC

15/09/44+ COUTTS, Gordon Lyle F/O 424 J20167 DFC

22/05/45+ COVERT, Frank Manning F/O 433 J36828 (OC OBE) DFC

25/09/45+ COVILLE, Harold Lloyd WOII 419 R188530 (1) DFC

18/05/45+ COWAN, Henry Hugh F/O 424 J85095 # DFC

23/03/43+ COWAN, Irving Clark F/O 69 J9495 DFC

12/12/44+ COWAN, William James Henry P/O 433 J88515 DFC

22/05/45+ COWANS, Russell S/L 426 J4106 DFC

19/01/45+ COX, Douglas Maxwell P/O 433 J88380 # DFC

25/05/45+ COX, Gordon Alexander P/O 405 J92193 DFC

27/10/42+ COX, Jesse Edwin WO 77 R67128 DFC (*)

26/01/45+ COX, Ronald Lee F/O 419 J26413 # DFC

23/03/45+ COX, Walter Fred F/O 550 J21810 DFC

01/03/46+ COYNE, Edward Kenneth + WO 7 R21296 C2 DFC

15/06/43+ COYNE, James Patrick F/O 263 J15233 # DFC

29/05/45+ COYNE, John McCreary F/O 404 J36344 # DFC

08/01/43+ COZENS, Ernest Brazier P/O 218 J16010 # DFC

29/10/43+ CRABTREE, George F/L 420 J15524 DFC

15/02/44+ CRADDOCK, Billy Alfred F/O 405 J17793 DFC

12/01/43+ CRADDOCK, Gordon Robson P/O 419 J15705 DFC

16/01/45+ CRAIG, Frederick Young S/L 420 J15694 DFC

08/12/44+ CRAIG, George Laughlin F/L 424 J18420 DFC

02/06/44+ CRAIG, James F/O 97 J21466 DFC

C2 = Effective 03/04/45 (later P/O)

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

17/10/44+ CRAIN, Arthur Parlow P/O 434 J87344 DFC

30/06/44+ CRAMER, Lawrence George P/O 77 J19373 DFC

06/07/45+ CRATON, James Douglas Crawford F/L 428 J15666 # DFC

23/01/45+ CRAWFORD, Harvey Alexander F/L 411 J15545 DFC

08/12/44+ CRAWFORD, Nathan + S/L 156 J12954 DFC

30/03/45+ CREEPER, John Ernest F/L 429 J8382 # DFC

25/01/46+ CREIGHTON, Allan David + P/O 49 J19870 C3 DFC

10/09/43+ CREW, Basil Glynn F/L 427 J17170 DFC

25/09/45+ CREW, John Alfred + P/O 582 J93353 DFC

20/04/43+ CRIMMINS, William Dennis P/O 12 J16533 DFC

12/02/46+ CRONYN, Peter Hume + F/L 427 C24436 C4 DFC

05/12/44+ CROOK, Norman Joseph P/O 433 J88295 # DFC

03/04/45+ CROSBY, Robert Gordon S/L 439 C22655 DFC

07/12/45+ CROSS, James Sherley F/O 425 J36827 DFC

13/04/45+ CROSS, John Edgar F/O 10 J28225 DFC

21/09/45+ CROSSEY, Richard Edward Fitzpatrick F/O 427 J37520 DFC

17/08/43+ CROSSMAN, George Travis P/O 427 J17501 DFC

01/01/45+ CROUCHER, Gordon + F/L 409 J26857 DFC

13/04/45+ CROWE, Clinton Norton F/L 405 J22104 DFC

27/07/43+ CROWTHER, Gordon Charles F/O 420 J12975 # DFC

21/09/45+ CROWTHER, Raymond Maurice F/L 576 J26093 DFC

04/08/42+ CROXTON, Bruce Darwin P/O 419 J15153 DFC

21/09/45+ CRUICKSHANK, Alfred Stanley F/L 415 J22339 DFC

15/09/44+ CRUICKSHANK, John Alexander F/L 433 J12986 DFC

22/05/45+ CRUIKSHANK, Lloyd Salter F/O 434 J28265 DFC

15/06/43+ CUDDINGTON, Leonard Frederick P/O 61 J16758 DFC

15/06/43+ CUELENAERE, Marcel Edmond Charles P/O 97 J16384 DFC (*)

20/07/45+ CULL, Richard Henry F/L 401 J5065 DFC

17/07/45+ CULLEY, James Edwin F/O 433 J35535 DFC

19/10/45+ CUMING, Howard Nelson F/L 436 J19790 DFC

23/03/45+ CUMMINGS, Russell Spence F/O 431 J28886 DFC

13/06/44+ CUNNINGHAM, Charles Cleveland F/L 162 J10105 # DFC

10/09/43+ CUNNINGHAM, Roy Harvey F/O 233 J9754 DFC

10/10/44+ CURLEE, Thomas Hoyle S/L 39 J11079 DFC

13/04/45+ CURRIE, Leo Lloyd F/L 514 J9582 DFC

13/04/45+ CURRIE, Neill Edward F/O 434 J25295 DFC

17/04/45+ CURRIE, Ryland Vincent P/O 431 J88935 DFC

05/02/43+ CURRY, John Harvey F/L 601 C2645 (OBE) DFC

21/08/42+ CURTIN, Donald Joseph + P/O 106 J9340 # DFC (*)

07/12/43+ CURTIN, Joseph Patrick F/O 138 J21889 DFC

27/06/44+ CURTIS, Robert Douglas WO 97 R92557 DFC

17/10/44+ CURTIS, William Arthur P/O 433 J86474 DFC

19/09/44+ CUTHBERT, Harvey Elliot P/O 101 J86582 DFC

C3 = Effective 21/06/44

C4 = Effective 12/08/44

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

14/09/45+ CUTTING, Robert James F/L 414 J20080 DFC

09/11/43+ CYBULSKI, Martin Anthony F/L 410 J15807 # DFC

22/09/42+ CYBULSKI, Stanley Julian P/O 420 J15531 DFC

25/09/45+ CYR, Maurice P/O 429 J94265 DFC

16/02/45+ D'ALVISE, Guerino Guiseppe F/O 433 J35706 DFC

16/11/43+ D'EON, Alderic Liboire WO 427 R88017 DFC

18/12/42+ DABBS, Howard Earl + P/O 101 J15608 # DFC

17/11/44+ DAKIN, David Douglas P/O 426 J86386 DFC

06/11/45+ DALE, Howard Walter F/L 431 J5314 DFC

08/06/44+ DALE, John Peter Blythman F/L 10(R) J10795 DFC

17/07/45+ DALE, Milton Clarence James F/O 166 J88263 DFC

13/02/42+ DALE, Robert Gordon P/O 150 J15042 (DSO) DFC

19/09/44+ DALGLEISH, Willmott Bernard P/O 156 J85337 # DFC

12/12/44+ DALTON, Rodney William P/O 78 J87295 DFC

13/10/44+ DALY, Raymond Vincent Joseph F/O 419 J21355 DFC

08/12/44+ DAMGAARD, Harold Edward F/O 420 J24475 DFC

12/03/43+ DANAHY, Sylvester P/O 57 J16385 DFC

16/02/45+ DANBY, Christopher F/O 76 J26936 DFC

05/12/44+ DANIEL, Walter Alexander F/O 617 J26647 # DFC

03/11/44+ DARGIS, Joseph George Jules F/O 425 J27243 # DFC

12/11/43+ DARK, William Locke F/O 432 J15992 DFC

17/07/45+ DARYCKERE, Lucien Roger F/L 426 J2022 DFC

13/07/43+ DASHPER, Frederick Benjamin P/O 61 J17211 DFC

11/08/44+ DATE, Harry Benson F/O 20 J18075 DFC

31/10/44+ DAVENPORT, Robert Monroe F/O 401 J18048 # DFC

17/11/44+ DAVIDSON, Albert Edwin P/O 625 J87003 DFC

15/02/44+ DAVIDSON, Auber Maurice P/O 51 J19161 DFC

17/07/45+ DAVIDSON, Max Whitely F/L 420 C23562 DFC

17/07/45+ DAVIDSON, Reuben Herbert F/L 420 J28937 DFC

23/05/44+ DAVIDSON, Samuel P/O 426 J19143 DFC

30/06/44+ DAVIE, John P/O 429 J85334 DFC

05/06/45+ DAVIES, Alan Craig F/L 426 J19015 # DFC

14/11/44+ DAVIES, Daniel Peter F/L 405 J22413 DFC (*)

02/06/44+ DAVIES, Frederick Charles WO 405 R153085 DFC

12/05/44+ DAVIS, John Terence Joseph S/L 415 J2936 # DFC

16/01/45+ DAVIS, Kenneth Knight F/O 431 J36374 DFC

12/12/44+ DAVIS, Robert Harold P/O 434 J87124 DFC

02/02/43+ DAVOUD, Paul Yettvart W/C 409 C325 # (DSO OBE) DFC

30/06/44+ DAVY, Henry William WO 156 R107107 DFC

13/02/45+ DAWBER, Norman Ewart F/O 438 J26435 DFC

20/02/45+ DAY, Arthur Leonard P/O 582 J87702 DFC

27/03/45+ DAY, Robert William Rouviere S/L 67 C1459 # DFC

28/09/43+ DAY, William Selfridge F/L 90 J11555 # DFC

06/11/42+ DE BARTOK, Ernest Akos Frederick P/O 101 J15717 DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

13/10/44+ DE BECK, Henry Keary F/O 625 J23714 DFC

08/12/44+ DE BOW, Everett Saunders F/O 424 J21418 DFC

26/06/45+ DE COURCY, Thomas Joseph S/L 443 J17641 # DFC

30/07/43+ DE HOUX, Joseph Laurier F/O 137 J15145 # DFC

05/05/44+ DE LA HAYE, Alphonce Leopolds S/L 404 J2938 DFC

17/07/45+ De LALLA, John Peter F/O 427 J85739 DFC

14/04/44+ DE LE PAULLE, Jack Andrew Hubert F/L 422 J8964 DFC

26/06/45+ DE MILLE, Alfred Hartwell F/L 576 J36365 # DFC

16/01/45+ DE NEVERS, Roy Olaf F/O 192 J23952 DFC

07/11/44+ DE PELHAM, William Charles Lovell F/O 524 J14650 DFC

18/08/44+ DE ROSENROLL, James Anthony F/O 428 J14804 DFC

21/04/44+ DE SOLLA, Henri F/L 425 J14707 DFC

03/11/44+ DE ZORZI, Santy Joseph F/O 408 J16690 # DFC

23/01/45+ DEAN, Thomas Hancel F/L 184 J13104 DFC

15/06/45+ DEANE, Patrick Kitchener F/L 426 J13844 # DFC

30/06/44+ DECHER, Karl Alfred F/O 408 J16052 DFC

13/10/44+ DEEGAN, Robert Cyril S/L 420 J18889 DFC

28/05/43+ DEERING, George Andrew P/O 617 J17245 DFC

03/11/44+ DELANEY, Anthony Lee F/O 419 J22419 # DFC

24/04/45+ DELANEY, Peter Scott W/C 145(R) C819 DFC

28/09/43+ DELISLE, Joseph Charles Herve F/L 425 J16655 # DFC

25/05/45+ DELORIE, Albert Henry P/O 158 J92283 DFC

21/09/45+ DEMARCO, Nicholas F/O 76 J27693 DFC

19/05/44+ DEMPSEY, Stephen William F/O 408 J21039 # DFC

21/09/45+ DENBEIGH, George F/O 153 J39952 DFC

29/01/46+ DENISON, Richard Lippincott W/C 436 C1341 DFC

15/12/44+ DENNETT, William Edward F/O 425 J25933 # DFC

02/11/43+ DENNISON, Borden Carrick P/O 405 J16008 DFC

20/02/45+ DENT, Lionel Ronald Gordon P/O 433 J87961 DFC

13/02/45+ DEROSIER, Leo Joseph F/O 107 J21005 DFC

30/11/43+ DERRY, Fred Craig P/O 40 J16968 DFC

25/05/45+ DESCHAINE, Gordon Edward WOI 74 R109929 DFC

12/01/45+ DESMARAIS, Joseph Raymond Jean M. + F/O 425 J87112 # DFC

01/06/45+ DESROCHES, Joseph Omer Leopold + F/O 425 J15820 C5 DFC

22/08/44+ DESTONIS, Dene F/O 53 J15901 DFC

06/11/45+ DEUTSCHER, Joseph Charles F/L 431 J22538 DFC

03/10/44+ DEVINE, Francis Joseph P/O 433 J86985 # DFC

13/10/44+ DEVITT, Robert F/O 10 J19510 DFC

16/01/45+ DIAMOND, Robert Cahoon F/O 432 J86836 DFC

27/06/44+ DICKINSON, John Crabtree WO 9 R128363 DFC

14/09/43+ DICKSON, James Donald P/O 419 J15678 DFC (AFC) DFM

16/01/45+ DICKSON, Terrence Richard F/O 419 J21461 DFC

11/06/43+ DIERKES, William John F/L 61 J15123 DFC

17/07/45+ DILL, Raymond F/O 405 J18859 DFC

C5 = Effective 14/04/43

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

15/10/43+ DILWORTH, Leslie Claremont F/L 429 J10896 DFC

30/01/42+ DINGLE, Charles Edward F/O 144 J3598 DFC

21/04/44+ DINGLEY, Wilfred P/O 424 J19107 DFC

12/12/44+ DINGWALL, Malcolm McLeod P/O 405 J89033 DFC

08/05/45+ DINSDALE, Walter Gilbert F/L 410 J21124 DFC

19/01/45+ DIONNE, Charles Arthur Joseph F/O 425 J88127 # DFC

22/05/45+ DIX, Wilbur Frederick F/O 405 J25776 DFC

16/03/45+ DIXIE, John Proctor F/O 170 J27305 # DFC (*)

18/08/44+ DOBBIN, Ian Harper P/O 103 J85086 DFC

18/06/43+ DOBBIN, Wilfred Lloyd F/O 104 J6011 DFC

21/12/45+ DOBBYN, Joseph Lloyd + F/O 50 J18666 C6 DFC

16/01/45+ DOBSON, Murray Richard F/O 433 J27490 DFC

13/03/45 DOBSON, Roland S/L WACHQ C1583 DFC

05/11/43+ DODD, Wilbert George F/O 402 J15740 # DFC

15/09/44+ DODDS, Alan Fenwick F/O 571 J15674 DFC

08/12/44+ DOHANEY, Vincent Coleman F/O 430 J13094 # DFC

14/11/44+ DOLAN, Samuel Eric F/O 429 J27952 DFC

17/08/43+ DOLBY, Earle George P/O 97 J17608 DFC

21/09/45+ DOLL, Lincoln Edward F/O 166 J40411 DFC

19/01/45+ DONALD, Richard Graham P/O 424 J88073 DFC

19/01/45+ DONALDSON, James Duffin P/O 405 J88959 DFC

20/11/42+ DONKERSLEY, Harry Woodward + P/O 69 J8203 # DFC (*)

08/05/45+ DONOVAN, John Hogg F/L 414 J22627 DFC

20/07/45+ DOODY, Ray Francis F/O 420 J89226 DFC

13/04/45+ DORSEY, Edgar Wilson F/O 158 J85502 DFC

04/12/42+ DOUCETTE, Alexander Theodore P/O 425 J15960 # DFC

02/09/41+ DOUGALL, Donald Charles + P/O 92 J3710 # DFC

02/06/44+ DOUGLAS, Clifford Lloyd WO 405 R147280 DFC

15/08/44+ DOUGLASS, Robert Newton F/L 428 J17076 DFC

18/08/44+ DOURLEY, Michael Raymond F/O 10 J22578 DFC

11/08/44+ DOVER, Dean Hugh F/L 403 J16342 DFC (*)

15/09/44+ DOW, Henry Robinson W/C 431 J4893 (P) DFC

15/08/44+ DOW, James Richard F/L 635 J5691 (DSO) DFC (*)

07/11/44+ DOWDING, Edward George F/O 254 J23224 DFC

29/10/43+ DOWDING, Harry James F/O 403 J16027 DFC (*)

04/08/42+ DOWIE, Charles Stuart F/L 408 J6008 DFC (*)

07/12/45+ DOWLING, Lloyd Douglas P/O 425 J94157 DFC

21/12/45+ DOWNER, William Watson + P/O 93 J86143 C7 DFC

16/01/45+ DOWNEY, Wilfred F/O 420 J35760 DFC

14/11/44+ DOWNING, George Oscar F/O 149 J24544 DFC

09/06/43+ DRAPER, John William Patterson F/O 111 J10159 DFC

08/06/44+ DRAPER, Leonard Alvin F/L 113(R) J5704 DFC

C6 = Effective 22/03/44

C7 = Effective 15/04/44

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

29/01/46+ DREW, William F/O 159 J44132 DFC

22/05/45+ DREWERY, John Ronald F/O 101 J38817 # DFC

15/02/44+ DRIMMIE, Gordon Robert + F/O 405 J16306 DFC

25/01/46+ DRYDEN, Robert Page F/L 432 J24224 C8 DFC

27/03/45+ DUBAS, John P/O 10 J87988 DFC

10/12/43+ DUBE, Ronald Archie Hugh P/O 102 J17405 DFC

03/10/44+ DUBOIS, Maurice Leo F/L 550 J25922 # DFC

22/09/44+ DUCHESNAY, Antoine Andre F/O 10 J11502 # DFC (*)

16/01/45+ DUERN, Stewart Barclay F/O 425 J21786 DFC

30/06/44+ DUFF, Thomas Raymond Noel F/O 405 J16125 DFC

01/10/43+ DUFFIELD, Gordon William P/O 424 J17479 DFC

22/08/44+ DUFFY, Warren Alvin F/O 617 J7073 # DFC

17/07/45+ DUGGAN, Jack + F/O 424 J89754 # DFC

01/03/46+ DUGGAN, John Philip F/L 431 J35871 C9 DFC

16/02/45+ DUMAS, Walter Vernon F/L 434 J21327 DFC

06/11/45+ DUMKA, Carl Walter F/O 78 J92590 DFC

15/09/44+ DUNBAR, Hector Gordon Stuart F/O 433 J13824 DFC

06/11/45+ DUNCAN, Ian George F/L 426 J10895 DFC

02/09/41+ DUNCAN, John Appleton P/O 40 J3116 # DFC

30/06/44+ DUNCAN, John Douglas P/O 9 J19955 DFC (*)

14/11/44+ DUNCAN, Robert P/O 5(R) J35954 DFC

28/11/44+ DUNCANSON, Don Allister S/L 144 J12204 # DFC

14/09/43+ DUNDAS, Edward Garth P/O 61 J17017 DFC (*)

08/12/44+ DUNDAS, John Owen F/L 424 J25964 DFC

11/12/45+ DUNFIELD, John Watkins F/L 161(R) J12881 DFC

19/11/43+ DUNGEY, Elmer Burton P/O 408 J17742 # DFC

19/09/44+ DUNLOP, James Fraser P/O 166 J19623 DFC

01/06/45+ DUNN, Edmund Speck F/L 430 C1712 DFC

08/05/45+ DUNN, John Edwards F/O 410 J85003 DFC

27/03/45+ DUNN, Robert P/O 426 J89014 DFC

16/02/45+ DUNN, Wyman Grant F/L 405 J16267 DFC

17/10/44+ DUNPHY, Arthur Victor S/L 148 J20571 DFC

08/05/45+ DUNPHY, Roderick James + F/L 426 J13843 D1 DFC

27/03/45+ DUNSTER, Bernard Frank P/O 420 J86579 DFC

15/09/44+ DUPUIS, Lionel Palmer Joseph F/L 425 J85013 # DFC

16/11/45+ DUROCHER, Arthur Eugene F/L 428 J24067 DFC

13/10/44+ DUROCHER, Jacques Ernest F/L 427 J7992 DFC

27/03/45+ DURRANT, Frederick George F/O 103 J86070 DFC

16/01/45+ DUTKOWSKI, Raymond Michael F/O 427 J28079 DFC

17/07/45+ DWORKIN, David Louis F/L 432 J23584 DFC

22/05/45+ DYCK, Abram Louis F/L 223 C12593 DFC

C8 = Effective 16/07/44 (POW)

C9 = Effective 21/03/45

D1 = Effective 19/12/43

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

19/05/44+ DYER, Hugh Richard Ford S/L 419 J5699 # (OBE) DFC

17/11/44+ DYKES, George P/O 433 J86178 DFC

14/11/44+ DYSON, Eddie F/O 156 J21809 DFC

16/11/43+ EAGER, William Hedley P/O 61 J17626 DFC

12/12/44+ EARL, Russell Spencer F/O 424 J86872 DFC

30/11/43+ EARL, William Henry F/L 420 J12674 DFC

13/03/45+ EASSON, James Gavin F/O 7(R) J12095 DFC

30/11/43+ EASSON, James Kenneth P/O 420 J17551 DFC (AFC)

08/01/43+ EASTCOTT, Peter P/O 221 J9563 # DFC

24/10/44+ EASTON, John Franklin S/L 408 J9549 # DFC

14/11/44+ EBDON, Frank Arthur F/L 405 J20236 DFC (*)

17/10/44+ EBY, George Albert Christian WOII 101 R155477 DFC

17/07/45+ ECCLESTONE, George Awrey F/L 434 J26114 DFC

16/01/45+ ECKEL, Edward Albert F/L 625 J26464 DFC

07/12/45+ EDGE, Lawrence Stanley P/O 78 J94313 DFC

05/12/44+ EDINGER, Charles Emanuel F/L 410 J10272 # DFC

21/09/45+ EDMONDS, William Beatty F/L 90 J28122 DFC

15/09/44+ EDMONDSON, Frederick Roy P/O 433 J88254 # DFC

23/03/45+ EDMONDSTON, William Rankin F/L 428 J26767 DFC

18/08/44+ EDSON, Ivan George P/O 90 J19320 DFC

14/08/45+ EDWARDS, Francis William F/L 116(R) J26275 DFC

08/12/44+ EDWARDS, Gerard John James S/L 428 J14045 DFC

16/02/43+ EDWARDS, James Francis F/L 260 J16077 # DFC (*) DFM

06/06/44+ EDWARDS, John Francis P/O 115 J19824 DFC

13/10/44+ EDWARDS, Thomas Kenneth F/L 582 J22622 DFC (*)

14/11/44+ EDWARDS, William Fraser F/L 49 J24375 DFC (*)

13/10/44+ EGLI, Howard Dunstan P/O 427 J85133 # DFC

25/01/44+ EINARSON, Johann Walter F/O 61 J17276 # DFC DFM

20/07/45+ ELKIN, Noel Bernard F/O 429 J28233 DFC

14/11/44+ ELL, Joseph F/O 15 J26711 DFC

13/04/45+ ELLIS, Donald Rochead F/O 578 J87963 DFC

19/01/43+ ELLIS, Richard Attwill F/L 412 J15056 # DFC

20/07/45+ ELLISON, Philip Patrick F/O 408 J18370 DFC

16/01/45+ ELLISON, Thomas F/L 405 J13468 DFC (*)

17/07/45+ ELLSON, Keith Irwin F/L 428 J9436 DFC

15/10/43+ ELLWOOD, Glenmore Benjamin F/O 405 J11442 (DSO) DFC (*)

17/10/44+ ELLWOOD, Wilbert John P/O 427 J86870 DFC

27/07/45+ ELVISS, John Aiken F/L 206 J24499 DFC

16/06/42+ EMBERG, Ronald John WO 175 R56105 # DFC

22/09/44+ EMENY, Frank Edgar F/L 13 J10489 # DFC

16/01/45+ EMERSON, Edgar Philip F/O 192 J27571 DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

09/02/43+ EMERY, Joseph Arthur F/O 7 J15421 DFC

23/03/45+ EMMOTT, Alan Herbert F/L 635 J27769 DFC

08/12/44+ EMMOTT, Norman Wilfred F/O 433 J22234 DFC

16/02/45+ EMOND, Charles Edward F/O 76 J25411 DFC

26/05/44+ EMPEY, George Gordon F/L 115 J16917 # DFC

14/09/43+ ENGLISH, Earl Thomas WO 57 R57926 DFC

16/02/45+ ENGLISH, Walter Merril Haig F/L 420 C23861 DFC (AFC)

17/11/44+ ENNS, John Abram F/O 524 J21898 # DFC

19/01/45+ ENOS, Idola Romeo Roland P/O 425 J89201 DFC

11/02/44+ EPPS, Robert Frederick S/L 426 J11552 DFC

20/07/45+ ERICKSON, Eugene Walter WOII 158 R196577 DFC

02/09/41+ ERLY, James Paul+ P/O 106 J3264 DFC

15/09/44+ ESCARAVAGE, Pierre Victor Marie F/L 434 J19397 DFC

15/09/44+ ESSERY, Robert Kent F/O 207 J24793 DFC

27/07/45+ ETIENNE, Philippe Elwyn F/L 406 J15118 # DFC

12/03/43+ EUSTACE, Robert Sherlock P/O 207 J16071 DFC

13/10/44+ EVANS, David Clifford F/L 426 J22233 DFC

14/09/43+ EVANS, Earle Robert P/O 90 J17548 DFC

20/07/45+ EVANS, Frederick William F/O 421 J36191 DFC

29/12/44+ EVANS, Robert Ernest F/L 417 J18702 DFC

12/12/44+ EVANS, William George P/O 617 J85812 DFC

21/04/44+ EVANS, William Thomas WO 138 R119970 DFC

14/11/44+ EVENSON, Lloyd Roland F/L 432 J23253 DFC

25/04/44+ EVERARD, Hedley Joseph F/L 417 J6222 # DFC

16/11/43+ EWAN, Gordon Mitchell P/O 405 J17183 DFC

13/03/45+ EWART, Frederick James G/C Gaspe C949 DFC

28/03/44+ EWER, Harold Frederick F/L 103 J16328 D2 DFC

19/01/45+ EWING, Frank Hewitt P/O 405 J87964 DFC

17/08/45+ EXEL, Frederick Leighton F/L 122 J6363 DFC

08/12/44+ EYJOLFSON, Emile F/O 433 J20947 DFC

19/09/44+ EYJOLFSSON, Hilmar Clifford P/O 419 J85015 DFC

22/09/44+ EYOLFSON, Kristian Marteinn F/L 410 J8799 # DFC

D2 = Effective 18/07/43

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

02/06/44+ FACEY, Harold Richmond F/O 224 J16440 DFC

23/01/45+ FAIRBANKS, David Charles F/L 274 J9096 # (P) DFC (*)

25/08/44+ FAIREY, Walter McNutt F/L 624 J14324 DFC

15/06/43+ FAIRLEY, James Alan P/O 61 J17088 DFC

16/02/45+ FALLIS, Allan Harry F/O 514 J16828 DFC

22/05/45+ FALLON, Frank Charles F/O 405 J29669 DFC

19/09/44+ FALLON, Richard Henry P/O 429 J86801 DFC

20/11/42+ FALLS, Franklin Meredith P/O 97 J15734 # DFC (*)

29/02/44+ FARB, Herbert Reuben F/O 405 J14222 # DFC

15/02/44+ FARMER, Alfred Clayton WO 12 R134906 DFC

21/09/45+ FARMER, Henry Horatio F/O 429 J17773 DFC

29/08/44+ FARQUHARSON, Gordon Henry Taylor F/O 416 J15976 DFC

27/10/44+ FARQUHARSON, John Ernest WO 622 R144254 # DFC

20/07/45+ FARRELL, Leonard P/O 432 J90896 DFC

14/05/43+ FARRELL, William Henry P/O 101 J16461 DFC

27/07/45+ FARREN, Joseph Norman F/L 423 J23013 DFC

16/02/45+ FARRIS, Loran Wendell F/L 156 J29517 DFC

08/12/44+ FAULDER, John Murray F/L 408 J22749 DFC

19/09/44+ FAULKNER, Victor Herbert WO 158 R127997 DFC

04/08/42+ FAUQUIER, John Emilius W/C 405 C1399 (DSO**) DFC

11/08/44+ FAUROT, Vincent Joseph F/L 226 J15479 DFC

27/10/44+ FAWCETT, Herbert Andrew P/O 139 J86875 # DFC

22/05/45+ FAWCETT, Roswell John F/L 429 J22867 DFC

11/09/42+ FEE, John Clarke S/L 412 C773 # DFC (*)

21/09/45+ FEE, Kendall Russell F/O 428 J18452 DFC

09/07/43+ FEE, William Burdette F/O 98 J9247 # DFC

23/03/45+ FENTIMAN, Arthur Edward S/L 424 J5789 DFC

14/09/43+ FENTON, Harvey Wesley P/O 405 J16787 DFC

08/12/44+ FENTON, William Innis F/O 420 J19673 DFC

16/02/43+ FENWICK, Harry Elmore P/O 81 J15790 # DFC

14/05/43+ FERGUSON, Douglas Coatts P/O 408 J16467 DFC

19/10/45+ FERGUSON, John Ambrose F/O 428 J17623 DFC

16/01/45+ FERGUSON, Ross McMillan F/O 429 J28917 DFC (*)

20/07/45+ FERGUSON, Stephen P/O 408 J92240 DFC

13/04/45+ FERNIE, James Kay F/O 415 J35761 DFC

21/09/45+ FERNIHOUGH, Ross John F/O 408 J38737 DFC

25/01/46+ FERNYHOUGH, Walter + P/O 432 J85610 D3 DFC

20/02/45+ FERRIS, Cyril WO1 434 R79732 DFC

08/12/44+ FERRIS, Jack Rowe F/O 419 J20924 DFC

28/05/43+ FERRIS, William Donovan Swanzey W/C 408 C1351 # DFC

08/12/44+ FERSTMAN, Abraham Nathan F/O 431 J21354 DFC

14/11/44+ FETHERSTON, John David F/O 431 J85181 DFC

17/07/45+ FIDLER, Gerald Thomas James F/L 426 J29885 DFC

22/05/45+ FIELD, Robert Benjamin Thomas F/L 420 J21583 DFC

D3 = Effective 27/06/44

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

17/07/45+ FIKIS, William F/L 429 J88425 DFC

11/12/45+ FILER, Douglas Edward F/L 145(R) J21259 DFC

06/11/45+ FINCH, Edward Thomas F/L 408 J25226 DFC

25/08/44+ FINCH, George Herbert F/L 13 J11101 DFC

27/06/44+ FINDLAY, James Bruce WO 97 R96333 DFC

16/01/45+ FINK, Raymond Gordon F/O 550 J21630 DFC

14/11/44+ FINKELSTEIN, Clive Leslie F/O 428 J85089 DFC

07/12/45+ FINKELSTEIN, Samuel Irwin F/O 692 J41420 DFC

02/02/45+ FINLAY, Samuel Stevenson F/O 48 J14734 # DFC

28/04/44+ FINLAYSON, Colin Gowans F/O 418 J13956 # DFC (*)

06/02/45+ FINLAYSON, Douglas Malcolm P/O 524 J88637 DFC

24/07/45+ FINLEY, Hartland Ross F/L 443 J14030 DFC

06/11/45+ FINNER, Francis Sylvester F/O 429 J19708 DFC

04/12/45+ FINNERTY, George Patrick F/L 692 J17279 DFC DFM

14/09/43+ FINNIE, Gilbert Kingdon P/O 83 J17342 DFC

17/07/45+ FIRTH, Louis Keith F/L 153 J14105 DFC

21/09/45+ FISET, Campbell George F/O 514 J28322 DFC

24/10/44+ FISET, Kenneth James F/L 439 J9078 # DFC

16/02/45+ FISH, Frank Hamilton F/O 166 J36391 DFC

13/10/44+ FISHER, Carson Clarence F/L 405 J15636 DFC

12/02/46+ FISHER, Charles Harold + F/L 405 J19844 D4 DFC

24/11/42+ FISHER, Gordon Clayton F/L 408 J4690 # DFC

16/02/45+ FISHER, John Edwin F/O 408 J24228 DFC

20/07/45+ FISK, James Carlyle F/O 626 J89475 DFC

13/04/45+ FITZGERALD, Howard Arthur F/L 420 J37155 DFC

02/01/45+ FITZGERALD, Robert Edward Joseph F/O 408 J15898 # DFC

16/02/45+ FITZSIMMONS, Earl Francis F/O 626 J28561 DFC

27/06/44+ FJELDSTED, Thor Bjorgvin P/O 429 J19797 # DFC

23/03/45+ FLANAGAN, Beverly William F/O 426 J18515 DFC

17/08/43+ FLANAGAN, Earl Francis P/O 427 J17232 DFC

16/02/45+ FLECK, Andrew Baker F/O 619 J86730 DFC

18/08/44+ FLEMING, Donald James Cheal P/O 103 J85087 DFC

12/12/44+ FLEMING, John Charles P/O 49 J88048 DFC

12/12/44+ FLEMING, Melville WOI 156 R109805 DFC

19/12/44+ FLEMING, Ronald Mitchell F/O 415 J24920 # DFC

01/08/44+ FLEWELLING, Murray Franklin F/L 434 J18927 # DFC

16/11/45+ FLEWWELLING, Paul Hamilton F/O 207 J18586 DFC

23/09/41+ FLORENCE, David Stewart P/O 75 J2834 DFC

29/05/45+ FLYNN, Harold Patrick F/O 404 J87622 # DFC

21/09/45+ FLYNN, Ralph Robert F/L 420 J16879 DFC

11/08/44+ FOCKLER, Edwin Wesley F/L 20 J10514 DFC

06/11/42+ FODERINGHAM, Clifford P/O 101 J15718 DFC

21/09/45+ FODERINGHAM, William Cecil F/L 166 J35573 DFC

08/12/44+ FOLEY, Joseph Charles Copeland F/O 419 J19524 DFC

D4 = Effective 16/08/44

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

27/06/44+ FOLKES, Reginald William P/O 77 J18382 DFC

19/10/45+ FOLSOM, Charles F/L 436 J12203 DFC

30/06/44+ FONGER, Owen Woodward F/O 419 J21918 DFC

02/06/44+ FONSECA, Allan Richard Gomez WO 7 R140829 DFC

23/03/45+ FONTAINE, Joseph Lucien Jean F/O 35 J18418 DFC

19/10/45+ FOORD, Albert Vernon F/O 436 J85863 DFC

12/01/43+ FORBES, Homer Ashmore S/L 405 J4786 DFC

20/07/45+ FORBES, Robert Alexander F/O 433 J86735 DFC

06/11/45+ FORBES, Theodore Scott F/L 100 J88121 DFC

13/06/44+ FORD, Charles George F/L 428 J21372 # DFC

16/02/45+ FORD, James Andrew Lorne F/L 608 J12688 # DFC

17/11/44+ FORD, Lawrence Eagleton P/O 425 J85684 DFC

26/06/42+ FORD, Leslie Sidney + F/L 175 J3712 # DFC (*)

12/06/45+ FORD, Thomas Fullerton F/O 420 J49321 # DFC

23/03/45+ FORD, Thomas Hooper F/O 626 J25490 DFC

22/05/45+ FORD, William Henry F/O 166 J37510 DFC

17/11/44+ FORGRAVE, Ross Aubrey P/O 424 J87189 DFC

16/01/45+ FORMAN, George William F/L 432 J11616 DFC

17/07/45+ FORMAN, John Murray W/C 428 J15236 DFC

15/10/43+ FORREST, Hugh Lindsay F/O 196 J11188 DFC (*)

08/09/44+ FORSBERG, Walter Gordon WO 428 R107547 # DFC (*)

02/01/45+ FORSYTH, David Esplin F/L 418 J11310 DFC

20/07/45+ FOSTER, Edward Austin Nixon + P/O 115 J17091 D5 DFC

23/03/45+ FOSTER, Gordon Edward F/L 156 J25180 DFC

24/07/45+ FOSTER, Livingston F/L 403 J10957 DFC

22/08/44+ FOSTER, Peter WO 224 R114420 # DFC

13/03/45+ FOSTER, Walter Douglas F/L 160(R) J14456 DFC

29/12/44+ FOSTER, William Mortimer S/L 66 C910 DFC

13/04/45+ FOSTER, William Ronald F/O 10 J28901 DFC

21/09/45+ FOTHERINGHAM, Andrew Monteith F/O 426 J40485 DFC

11/08/42+ FOWLER, George Paget P/O 419 J15380 DFC

08/12/44+ FOWLER, Victor Thomas F/L 7 J18636 DFC

24/09/43+ FOWLOW, Norman Ralph F/L 421 J15095 # DFC

13/02/45+ FOWNES, Leo Elton F/L 409 J22528 DFC

24/11/44+ FOX, Bernard Allan Marvin WOI 614 R163681 # DFC

29/12/44+ FOX, Charles William F/L 412 J6364 DFC (*)

19/09/44+ FOX, Gardie William P/O 626 J85607 DFC

12/12/44+ FOX, Keith Charles P/O 419 J86179 DFC

14/11/44+ FOY, Harold Osborne F/O 420 J85446 DFC

13/08/43+ FOY, James Henry F/O 405 J15609 DFC

17/08/43+ FOYSTON, Frank Stanley F/O 252 J8166 # DFC

21/12/45+ FRAME, James Henry P/O 405 J90419 D6 DFC

21/09/45+ FRANCE, Kenneth Alan W/C 432 J7446 DFC

29/12/42+ FRANCIS, Alan John P/O 405 J15331 DFC

D5 = Effective 25/04/43 D6 = Effective 23/05/44

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

08/06/44+ FRANCIS, Gustave Edwin F/O 113(R) J10690 DFC

06/11/42+ FRANCIS, James Earle P/O 12 J15758 DFC (*)

20/07/45+ FRANCIS, John Phillip Wiseman F/O 401 J26866 DFC

27/03/45+ FRANCIS, Norman Alfred P/O 431 J88177 DFC

08/12/44+ FRANKEL, Bernard F/O 428 J85367 DFC

28/04/44+ FRANKLIN, Arthur Edmond F/O 418 J14225 # DFC

13/10/44+ FRANKLIN, Elliot Maynard Claude F/L 408 J14038 DFC

13/04/45+ FRANKLING, George Reginald F/O 408 J25781 DFC

14/11/44+ FRANKLING, Samuel Roy S/L 408 J5046 DFC

17/07/45+ FRANKS, Harry Gordon F/L 425 J20635 DFC

23/01/45+ FRASER, Alexander Donald P/O 37 J90500 DFC

16/11/45+ FRASER, Donald John F/O 427 J29665 DFC

20/07/45+ FRASER, Jack Whitney F/O 78 J90453 DFC

20/07/45+ FRASER, Kenneth Vaughan F/O 100 J88003 DFC

17/10/44+ FRASER, Lawrence McLeod P/O 428 J86757 DFC

16/10/42+ FRASER, Lennox Gordon Douglas W/C 405 C1283 # DFC

25/05/45+ FRASER, Morris Edwin P/O 426 J89414 DFC

23/06/44+ FRASER, Reginald Bruce F/L 114 C1350 # DFC

17/10/44+ FRASER, Robert Charles P/O 428 J87011 DFC

08/06/44+ FRASER, Thomas F/O 113(R) J22321 DFC

08/01/43+ FREBERG, Philip Gustave F/O 7 J6659 # DFC

13/04/45+ FREE, George Henry F/O 433 J86667 DFC

12/12/44+ FREEBORN, Donald Boyd F/O 153 J35289 # DFC

13/03/45+ FREEMAN, Albert Brawley F/L 160(R) J14457 DFC

17/08/45+ FREEMAN, Donald Burke S/L 406 J15228 DFC

25/09/45+ FREEMAN, George Charles P/O 9 J90980 DFC

07/11/44+ FRENCH, Arthur Bodan F/O 404 J85937 DFC

20/07/45+ FRENCH, Colin Donald F/O 424 J40213 DFC

19/05/44+ FRENCH, David Thomas W/C 428 C1617 # DFC

14/11/44+ FRENCH, James Albert F/L 145(R) J12548 DFC

20/08/43+ FRENCH, William Maynard F/O 228 J4742 DFC

14/09/45+ FRIEDLANDER, John Brown F/L 247 J11276 DFC

23/03/45+ FRIEDMAN, Lloyd Arnold F/L 405 J27859 DFC

16/02/45+ FRIESEN, John F/O 514 J29859 DFC

17/11/44+ FRITH, Hubert Daniel Fraser P/O 434 J85330 DFC

08/12/44+ FRITZ, Henry John F/L 90 J24265 DFC

23/03/45+ FROST, Douglas Patterson F/O 432 J86102 DFC

16/02/45+ FROST, Gordon Richard F/O 424 J21359 DFC

14/11/44+ FRY, Charles William F/O 426 J19861 DFC

25/09/45+ FULLER, Robert Nelson F/O 426 J27550 DFC

14/09/43+ FULSHER, Joseph Leroy P/O 77 J17758 DFC

08/12/44+ FULTON, Kenneth Roland F/O 426 J27575 DFC

13/07/45+ FULTON, Ward Hargrove F/L 236 J23399 # DFC

16/01/45+ FULTZ, John Gerald F/O 405 J28913 DFC (*)

27/03/42+ FUMERTON, Robert Carl F/O 89 J1352 # DFC (*) (AFC)

14/08/45+ FUTER, Thomas Richard F/L 10(R) J23072 DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

15/10/43+ GABEL, Goldwin Wilbur P/O 15 J17528 # DFC

23/03/45+ GADD, Kenneth Vincent F/L 115 J27906 DFC

22/05/45+ GAGNON, Joseph Aschiele Eugene F/L 23 J27002 # DFC

27/06/44+ GALAN, Peter Russell P/O 51 J18391 DFC

21/09/45+ GALARNEAU, Hubert Phillip F/L 582 J89417 DFC DFM

08/12/44+ GALBRAITH, John Alexander F/O 161 J26644 DFC

16/02/45+ GALBRAITH, John Robert F/O 12 J23960 DFC

25/09/45+ GALBRAITH, Leonard Lawrence F/O 12 J35181 DFC

08/12/44+ GALBRAITH, Lloyd James F/O 76 J86428 DFC

21/09/45+ GALL, Robert F/L 408 J20725 DFC

20/07/45+ GALLANT, Joseph Edmond Ulysse P/O 432 J92680 DFC

08/12/44+ GALLEN, Robert Muir F/O 420 J26811 DFC

07/12/45+ GALLICANO, Joseph Norman F/O 514 J88748 DFC

15/12/44+ GALLIPEAU, Jean F/L 425 J36436 # DFC

12/12/44+ GALLOWAY, Ian MacBean P/O 428 J85386 DFC

14/11/44+ GALVIN, John William F/O 424 J22864 DFC

23/07/43+ GANDERTON, Vaughan Francis F/L 427 J10133 # (DSO) DFC

16/01/45+ GANLEY, Clinton Jerome F/O 427 J87383 DFC

09/02/43+ GARBUTT, David Austin F/L 7 J7527 DFC

16/11/45+ GARDEN, Harold Jerome F/O 12 J90056 DFC

29/05/42+ GARDINER, Glenn Powell + P/O 35 J15252 # DFC

20/04/43+ GARDINER, Llewellyn Hugh Cloverdale WO 420 R67228 DFC

10/09/43+ GARDINER, Raymond Arthur F/L 405 J15548 DFC

17/07/45+ GARDINER, William Alexander F/L 427 J17445 DFC

06/11/45+ GARDNER, Ernest Hugh F/L 427 J12968 DFC

15/09/44+ GARDNER-MEDWIN, Alexander George F/L 424 J11245 DFC

27/06/44+ GARGETT, Edward P/O 429 C18867 DFC

23/02/45+ GARLAND, John Wilburn F/O 80 J17155 # DFC

15/10/43+ GARLAND, Stewart Foster P/O 40 J16208 # DFC

16/01/45+ GARNEAU, Joseph Rosario Francois F/O 425 J26358 DFC

10/09/43+ GARRETT, Eric Alonzo F/O 158 J9779 DFC

07/07/44+ GARRETT, Ernest Walter F/O 109 J16299 # DFC (*)

16/02/45+ GARRETT, Francis Milton F/O 158 J29620 DFC

06/04/45+ GARVIN, Robert Joseph F/L 427 J11036 # DFC

17/04/45+ GATES, Percy Lawrence WOII 12 R153351 DFC

10/09/43+ GATTEY, Heath Boulton F/L 408 J15529 DFC

03/11/44+ GAUDRY, Leon Albert Joseph P/O 425 J87389 # DFC

23/03/45+ GAULT, Joseph Arthur F/O 432 J29071 DFC

13/03/45+ GAUTHIER, Jean Raymond P/O 11(R) J45287 DFC

07/07/44+ GAUTHIER, Robert Adrian F/L 415 J12450 DFC

25/01/46+ GAUTSCHI, Norman Vincent + F/O 106 J25073 D7 DFC

16/02/45+ GAUVREAU, Raymond Joseph F/O 626 J85521 DFC

03/04/45+ GEDDES, Edward John F/O 430 J24152 DFC

13/10/44+ GEE, Wilbur Thomas F/L 97 J19209 DFC

D7 = Effective 06/07/44

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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS Awards to the RCAF for WW2 (DFC)

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

16/02/45+ GEEVES, Gerald Edward Dudman F/O 405 J19058 DFC

15/11/41* GELLNER, John F/O 311 J2822 (CM) DFC

23/03/45+ GEMBROWSKI, Johan F/O 10 J85843 DFC

26/10/45+ GEMMEL, John Leslie F/O 78 J19036 DFC

20/07/45+ GEORGE, Charles Andrew F/O 192 J86910 DFC

07/12/43+ GERRARD, George Edward F/O 12 J13802 DFC

25/09/45+ GERRIE, Gordon Charles P/O 415 J93592 DFC

17/03/44+ GIBBONS, Noel James + F/O 418 J12273 # DFC (*)

27/06/44+ GIBBS, John Cecil F/O 405 J17590 DFC

29/12/44+ GIBBS, Paul Lewis F/L 66 J15108 DFC (AFC)

17/04/45+ GIBSON, Douglas Ralph P/O 419 J89229 DFC

09/07/43+ GIBSON, Joseph Vernon + F/L 119 J6942 DFC

16/01/45+ GIDDENS, James Arthur F/O 207 J23624 DFC

05/03/46+ GIESELMAN, Leon Emanuel F/L 47 J20950 DFC

17/07/45+ GIFFORD, Cuthbert Gorham F/L 7 J13360 DFC

13/08/43+ GIGGEY, Douglas Lloyd F/O 83 J9445 DFC

16/02/45+ GILBERT, Anson Edward F/L 428 J85413 DFC

22/05/45+ GILBERT, Grant Lester F/O 405 J28892 DFC

16/02/45+ GILBERT, Joseph Evangeliste J. F/O 425 J26356 DFC

08/05/45+ GILBERTSON, Forbes Sangster S/L 414 J21229 DFC

25/09/45+ GILDNER, Earl Norman F/O 428 J28872 DFC

14/08/45+ GILES, Harold Trevor F/O 11(R) J46845 DFC

19/01/45+ GILL, Frederick Allan P/O 428 J89089 DFC

23/02/43+ GILL, William Thomas Hicks F/O 73 J7766 # DFC

16/02/45+ GILLESPIE, Gordon Campbell F/O 419 J27402 DFC

07/12/45+ GILLESPIE, Malcolm Gregor McGregor F/O 90 J88981 DFC

03/10/44+ GILLETTE, Arza Berry F/O 140 J14754 DFC

02/10/45+ GILLIATT, Courtney Spurr F/L 107 J10269 DFC

06/11/45+ GILLIN, Robert Clark F/L 31 J11211 DFC

16/02/45+ GILLIS, Donald James F/O 429 J25875 DFC

29/10/43+ GILLIS, William Edgar P/O 420 J17233 DFC

14/11/44+ GILLMORE, John Harvey F/L 635 J16762 DFC DFM

06/04/43+ GILMORE, Edward Gerard + S/L 408 C1036 # DFC

21/09/45+ GILMORE, John Duncan F/L 626 J23896 DFC

13/02/45+ GILMOUR, Benton Thomas F/L 421 J6189 DFC

16/02/45+ GILMOUR, Bert Cummins F/O 428 J28672 DFC

20/07/45+ GILPIN, Elywen Courtney F/O 433 J87998 DFC

23/03/43+ GIMBEL, Edward Lester P/O 403 J15890 # DFC

20/02/45+ GIRLING, Delton Ernest P/O 101 J92004 DFC

15/09/44+ GIRVAN, Ronald McLelland F/O 100 J23208 DFC

20/07/45+ GLADDING, Frederick F/O 405 J38706 DFC

09/01/45+ GLASGOW, Albert David P/O 404 J92197 DFC

13/04/45+ GLASS, William Thomas F/L 429 J28485 DFC

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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS Awards to the RCAF for WW2 (DFC)

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

03/11/42+ GLAZEBROOK, Edwin Herbert + F/L 229 J5329 # DFC

18/08/44+ GLAZEBROOK, Joseph Redmond F/O 106 J22584 DFC

18/09/42+ GLAZER, Albert Ernest F/L Stn Luqa C3422 DFC

10/10/44+ GLEN, Ian F/O 683 J14092 DFC

21/09/45+ GLENESK, James F/L 166 J12233 DFC

14/11/44+ GLIDDON, Wilfred James F/O 434 J27226 DFC

14/09/43+ GLOVER, Gordon Leonard P/O 101 J17142 DFC

09/01/45+ GLOVER, Vincent Roy F/O 420 J14713 # DFC

23/03/45+ GLOVER, William Vaughan Alexander F/O 408 J37162 DFC

08/12/44+ GLUSTIEN, Aaron F/L 405 J15765 DFC

16/02/45+ GOATCHER, Robert Edward F/O 420 J29970 DFC

25/05/43+ GODEFROY, Hugh Constant F/L 403 J3701 (DSO) DFC (*)

01/01/44+ GODFREY, Calvin Oliver P/O 10(R) J26272 DFC

14/09/45+ GODFREY, William Henry F/L 400 C17521 DFC

15/09/44+ GOERES, Raymond Joseph F/L 101 J22395 DFC

20/03/45+ GOLDBERG, David S/L 417 J4242 DFC

16/03/45+ GOLDIE, John Kenneth F/L 428 J5981 # DFC

19/09/44+ GOLDING, William Henry P/O 57 J19871 # DFC

14/11/44+ GOLDSMITH, John Edward F/L 156 J85064 DFC (AFC)

25/09/45+ GONOR, Abraham F/O 156 J36924 DFC

05/06/45+ GONYEA, David Charles F/L 431 J12557 # DFC

08/12/44+ GONYON, Gordon Lloyd F/L 428 J25985 DFC

19/01/45+ GOODHEW, Winston Kimberley P/O 630 J89963 DFC

06/10/44+ GOODHUE, Wilbur Ralph P/O 429 J87056 # DFC

27/02/45+ GOODING, Harold Orville S/L 440 J10608 DFC

13/10/44+ GOODMAN, Gilbert Murray F/L 434 C18336 DFC

27/07/45+ GOODMAN, Keith Steward F/L 407 J8613 DFC

19/01/45+ GOODMAN, Robert Murray P/O 433 J88817 DFC

24/10/44+ GOODWIN, Donald Wallace F/O 442 J16942 # DFC (*)

14/11/44+ GOODWIN, Harold F/O 692 J17399 DFC DFM

23/02/45+ GORDON, Donald Campbell F/L 442 J16633 # DFC (*)

22/05/45+ GORDON, Frederick Beardsley F/O 424 J37537 DFC

17/11/44+ GORDON, James Cape P/O 12 J86308 DFC

15/02/46+ GORDON, John Aaron F/O 253 J92360 DFC

16/11/45+ GORDON, John Ralph F/O 420 J93342 DFC

15/09/44+ GORDON, John Sinclair F/L 635 J22418 DFC

25/09/45+ GORDON, John Stewart F/O 427 J38721 DFC

10/04/45+ GORDON, Malcolm James F/L 421 J7908 DFC

17/07/45+ GORDON, Norman Graham F/L 158 J27198 DFC

19/10/45+ GORDON, Ralph Alan W/C 436 C1467 (DSO) DFC

13/07/43+ GORDON, William Campbell P/O 101 J16260 DFC

16/02/45+ GORMAN, Ogden Chenault F/L 427 J12461 DFC

14/04/44+ GORRILL, Vernon Irving F/O 541 J18534 DFC

13/04/45+ GOSLING, Dickinson F/O 415 J28247 DFC

18/06/43+ GOSLING, Leslie Cyril + F/O 229 J9359 # DFC (*)

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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS Awards to the RCAF for WW2 (DFC)

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

14/11/44+ GOSMAN, Henry Gordon F/L 405 J15224 DFC

22/05/45+ GOUCHEY, Hans Henry F/L 405 J28237 DFC

12/12/44+ GOUDREAULT, Joseph Albert Gerard P/O 425 J88027 DFC

21/09/45+ GOULD, Raymond Melville F/L 427 J23070 DFC

17/10/44+ GOULET, Narcisse Alban P/O 434 J85351 DFC

12/01/45+ GOURDEAU, Joseph Emile Henri F/L 425 J28993 # DFC

23/05/44+ GOURLAY, James Lauren F/O 44 J21811 DFC

16/02/45+ GOURLEY, Daryl Millard F/O 431 J86353 DFC

07/12/45+ GOW, Lorne Duncan F/O 150 J89847 DFC

22/10/43+ GOWAN, Harry P/O 405 J17018 # DFC (*)

02/01/45+ GOWANS, John Roberts S/L 413 J12820 DFC

17/10/44+ GRACE, Martin Anthony P/O 156 J19963 DFC

26/10/45+ GRACIE, James Paton F/L 76 J27655 DFC

17/03/44+ GRAHAM, David Dunbar P/O 466 J18335 # DFC

16/01/45+ GRAHAM, Edward Bruce F/L 428 J16364 DFC AFC

27/06/44+ GRAHAM, George Thomas F/O 419 J14729 # DFC

25/09/45+ GRAHAM, Gordon Vimy F/O 78 J87582 DFC

03/04/45+ GRAHAM, Malcolm Grant F/O 411 J29088 DFC

20/07/45+ GRAN, Joseph Cyriac Raymond F/O 9 J88170 DFC

23/03/45+ GRANDA, Armando Hanorio F/O 102 J86990 DFC

06/11/45+ GRANGER, Hugh Charles F/L 431 J18510 DFC

19/01/45+ GRANT, Duncan Arpad P/O 433 J88381 DFC

25/05/43+ GRANT, Duncan Marshall F/O 400 J5982 DFC

27/07/45+ GRANT, Francis Joseph F/L 423 J10110 DFC

19/09/44+ GRANT, Frank George S/L 438 J5056 # (DSO) DFC

26/01/45+ GRANT, Harold Graham F/O 101 J86001 # DFC

08/12/44+ GRANT, Ian Craig F/O 433 J28351 DFC

05/04/46+ GRANT, James F/L 117 J10965 DFC

17/07/45+ GRANT, Robert Bickerton F/L 10 J27189 DFC

20/07/45+ GRANT, Robert Stuart P/O 419 J92382 DFC

05/06/45+ GRAY, Bruce Burrard F/O 428 J18650 # DFC

23/03/45+ GRAY, Clarence Boyd F/L 429 J35291 DFC

08/12/44+ GRAY, Ernest Gordon F/L 405 J14183 DFC

20/07/45+ GRAY, Gordon Herbert F/O 405 J28504 DFC

27/03/45+ GRAY, James Andrew Douglas F/O 101 J26469 DFC

20/07/45+ GRAY, James Gordon WOII 405 R198884 DFC

29/02/44+ GRAY, John MacPherson F/O 433 J21518 # DFC

15/10/43+ GRAY, Kenneth Grant F/O 207 J10401 DFC

13/06/44+ GRAY, Robert Alexander P/O 158 J19799 # DFC

17/11/44+ GRAY, Roger Thomas P/O 640 J86561 DFC

09/01/45+ GRAY, Ross Garstang S/L 418 J7547 # DFC (*)

08/12/44+ GRAY, Wallace Gilbert F/O 76 J25043 DFC

16/01/45+ GRAY, William F/O 432 J24023 DFC

18/08/44+ GRECO, John Paul F/O 428 J20863 DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

04/12/45+ GREEN, Arthur Favence S/L 582 J9548 DFC AFC

11/09/42+ GREEN, Frederick Ernest F/L 412 J15071 # DFC

03/11/44+ GREEN, John Frederick S/L 145(R) C1970 DFC

20/07/45+ GREEN, Percy Clifton F/O 420 J24531 DFC

21/09/45+ GREEN, Rodman Wesley S/L 424 J11327 DFC

13/10/44+ GREENE, George Allison F/O 431 J22852 DFC

04/06/46+ GREENE John James F/L 406 J22689 DFC

16/11/45+ GREENSLADE, Thomas F/L 625 J36624 DFC

15/09/45+ GREENWOOD, Edward Alfred F/O 514 J19060 DFC

16/02/45+ GREGG, Robert Berkeley F/O 12 J26697 DFC

13/04/45+ GREGOIRE, Leo Joseph Robert F/O 153 J87391 DFC

03/10/44+ GREGSON, Harold Houghton F/O 425 J26501 # DFC

07/12/45+ GREINER, Clifford William F/O 426 J39936 DFC

25/09/45+ GRIBLING, Robert Gerald P/O 426 J94422 DFC

12/01/43+ GRIERSON-JACKSON, William Robert F. S/L 35 J5683 DFC (AFC)

21/09/45+ GRIFFIN, Dugald F/L 158 J27514 DFC

13/04/45+ GRIFFITH, William John F/O 10 J27419 DFC

18/08/44+ GRIFFITHS, Robert Murray F/O 405 J17375 DFC

05/06/45+ GRIFFITHS, William French F/O 415 J19961 # DFC

14/07/44+ GRIMBLE, Harold Frederick P/O 78 J27282 # DFC

27/03/45+ GRIME, Frank Gordon P/O 578 J92387 DFC

08/12/44+ GRIMES, Robert Anthony F/O 405 J17625 DFC

21/04/44+ GROUT, Alan Carrick F/O 424 J17559 DFC

07/12/45+ GROVES, Thomas Albert F/O 50 J26944 DFC

19/10/43+ GRUDZIEN, Joseph P/O 51 J22090 DFC

19/09/44+ GRUNINGER, Emery P/O 427 J19386 DFC

23/03/43+ GUBB, Anthony Wreford F/O 69 J3741 DFC

25/09/45+ GUILBAULT, Joseph Arthur Louis P/O 425 J93341 DFC

17/04/45+ GUILBEAULT, Julien Josephat Joseph P/O 425 J91054 DFC

08/12/44+ GUILFOYLE, Harold Bernard F/O 576 J25934 DFC

12/12/44+ GUILLET, Gordon Joseph WO 78 R180666 DFC

15/09/44+ GUILLEVIN, Francois Eugene F/L 431 J24448 DFC

20/07/45+ GUINN, Melvin Wilbert F/O 408 J18397 DFC

17/10/44+ GUNDY, Richard Montrosss WO 101 R160449 (1) DFC

17/11/44+ GURSKI, Nicholas Leslie P/O 51 J87695 DFC

13/04/45+ GUSE, John Maurice F/O 420 J24140 DFC

25/09/45+ GUTHMAN, Michael Geoffrey F/O 424 J35652 DFC

27/03/45+ GUTHRIE, William Alexander P/O 578 J89862 DFC

27/07/45+ GUTTORMSON, John Konrad F/L 162(R) J13602 DFC

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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS Awards to the RCAF for WW2 (DFC)

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

05/12/44+ HACHE, Pierre Joseph Damien F/O 425 J85157 # DFC

01/10/43+ HACKETT, Douglas F/O 424 J22541 DFC

30/11/43+ HADDLESEY, Ernest Francis George P/O 467 J26846 # DFC

22/05/45+ HAGAR, Donald Leroy F/O 431 J27637 DFC

11/06/43+ HAGERMAN, Douglas Creswell F/L 12 J9656 DFC (*)

02/02/45+ HAGERMAN, Gerald Purvis F/O 437 J14437 # DFC

17/07/45+ HAIG, John Douglas F/L 195 J20954 DFC

16/04/43+ HAINES, Alfred Roy F/O 102 J8601 # DFC

22/05/45+ HALCRO, George Herbert Alexander F/L 434 J16599 DFC

08/12/44+ HALCROW, Alexander Foch F/L 411 J6795 # DFC

13/03/45+ HALE, Edward Birney W/C 161(R) C1408 DFC

16/11/43+ HALES, Arthur Reginald WO 49 R101669 DFC

22/08/44+ HALES, Frank William S/L 408 J6498 # DFC (AFC)

15/08/44+ HALL, Donald George F/L 419 C17597 DFC

10/04/45+ HALL, Douglas Irving F/L 414 J12193 # DFC (*)

23/03/45+ HALL, Gavin Allan F/O 7 J17935 DFC

06/10/44+ HALL, Jack Cecil F/O 429 J25156 # DFC

13/10/44+ HALL, James Barclay F/O 424 J14776 DFC

04/12/45+ HALL, John McInnes F/L 405 J20938 DFC

01/08/44+ HALL, John Thomas F/O 51 J25802 # (DSO) DFC

08/12/44+ HALL, Terrence Smyth + F/O 76 J22416 DFC

19/01/45+ HALL, Willard Samuel F/O 428 J87592 DFC

23/03/45+ HALL, William Howarth F/L 15 J14068 DFC

08/12/44+ HALLADAY, Herbert Douglas F/O 429 C19689 DFC

09/01/45+ HALLATT, Herbert Ernest F/O 404 J85078 DFC

15/09/44+ HALLIKAS, Eino Ollie F/O 83 J22057 DFC

21/07/44+ HAMBER, Eric Colquhoun W/C 426 C1625 # DFC

21/04/44+ HAMBLIN, William David Melvin F/O 425 J13388 DFC

16/02/45+ HAMILTON, Charles Stephen Valentine F/O 426 J86340 DFC

22/08/44+ HAMILTON, Clayton Edwin Thomas F/O 419 J20900 # DFC

19/05/44+ HAMILTON, Frank Fletcher F/O 424 J16121 # DFC DFM

15/08/44+ HAMILTON, Jack Kincaid F/L 100 J20580 DFC

08/12/44+ HAMILTON, John Dickson F/O 103 J27149 DFC

24/09/43+ HAMILTON, William Bruce P/O 218 J18149 # DFC

16/01/45+ HAMILTON-JONES, John Edwin F/O 420 J23939 DFC

29/06/45+ HAMM, Douglas James Thomas F/L 409 J13116 # DFC

16/01/45+ HAMMOND, Arthur Bernard F/O 139 J17352 DFC (*)

08/12/44+ HAMMOND, Harold Hugh F/O 427 J26423 DFC

14/09/43+ HAMMOND, Herbert William Edgar P/O 109 J17229 DFC

14/11/45+ HAMMOND, James Walter S/L 434 J10645 DFC

22/09/42+ HAMMOND, Leonard Stanley P/O 114 J15539 DFC

03/11/44+ HAMMOND, Warren Kenneth P/O 427 J88664 # DFC

14/11/44+ HAMPE, Martin Albert F/O 51 J25249 DFC (*)

09/03/45+ HANCOX, Edgar Ronald F/O 432 J38752 # DFC

22/05/45+ HANLEY, Lawrence Gerald F/O 428 J35085 DFC

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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS Awards to the RCAF for WW2 (DFC)

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

16/11/45+ HANN, Charles Wesley F/O 12 J36204 DFC

02/03/45+ HANNA, Kenneth Charles F/O 181 J86018 # DFC

13/04/45+ HANSON, Alfred Wallace F/O 424 J27485 DFC

18/08/44+ HANSON, Carl Eric F/O 460 J22850 DFC

23/05/44+ HANSON, James Robert + F/L 408 J15599 DFC

29/10/43+ HANTON, Frank Edward William F/O 400 J10116 DFC

19/10/43+ HARDING, Andrew Crawford P/O 7 J16700 DFC

15/06/45+ HARDING, Harold Harvey F/O 625 J40921 # DFC

06/06/44+ HARDING, John Robert F/O 550 J17377 DFC

19/10/43+ HARDING, Milton Augustus B. P/O 158 J18021 DFC

04/08/42+ HARDINGHAM, Raymond Joseph F/O 408 J4691 DFC

18/08/44+ HARDY, Archie Vernon P/O 35 J19301 DFC DFM

17/07/45+ HARE, Christopher Edwin Lawrence S/L 150 J15232 DFC (AFC)

15/12/44+ HARGROVE, William Warren F/L 410 J9132 # DFC

13/10/44+ HARKINS, Gordon Finley F/O 433 J14242 DFC

05/05/44+ HARLAND, Garnet Robson F/L 10(R) J9316 DFC

29/12/44+ HARLING, David William Armstrong + F/L 416 J11481 DFC

14/09/43+ HARLING, Russell P/O 419 J16909 DFC

20/02/45+ HARLOW, Robert Grant P/O 408 J87953 DFC

19/10/45+ HARNETT, Thomas Patrick W/C 435 C799 DFC

04/12/45+ HARPER, Earle Douglas F/L 635 J27518 DFC

16/01/45+ HARPER, Owen James F/O 408 C19525 DFC

20/07/45+ HARPWOOD, George Albert F/O 408 J86802 DFC

13/04/45+ HARRINGTON, James Brendan F/O 433 J17406 DFC

15/09/44+ HARRIS, Alan Albert Champion F/L 428 J9498 DFC

14/11/44+ HARRIS, Alan Alexander F/O 106 J25098 DFC

19/09/44+ HARRIS, Alan Moran Patrick P/O 420 J85038 DFC

23/03/45+ HARRIS, David Edmund F/O 434 J17400 DFC

09/06/44+ HARRIS, Francis Robert F/L 78 J20064 # DFC (*)

23/05/44+ HARRIS, William Jarvis F/L 431 J9766 DFC

10/10/44+ HARRIS, William Norval F/L 544 J5908 DFC

27/03/45+ HARRISON, Allan Henry F/O 227 J87593 DFC

03/10/44+ HARRISON, Francis Arthur WO 428 R148282 # DFC

11/12/45+ HARRISON, Harvey William F/L 8 J24956 DFC

20/03/45+ HARRISON, Raymond Stanley F/O 144 J20203 DFC

16/01/45+ HARRISON, Roy F/O 431 J16686 DFC

20/04/43+ HARROWER, Howard George P/O 101 J16415 DFC

14/11/44+ HART, Daniel Alexander F/O 51 J22483 DFC

20/07/45+ HART, Frederick Charles F/O 434 J90792 DFC

17/11/44+ HARTFORD, George Palmer P/O 419 J86736 DFC

27/03/45+ HARTFORD, John Frederick P/O 186 J90173 DFC

13/04/45+ HARTLEY, James Raymond F/O 405 J28134 DFC

23/03/43+ HARTMAN, Paul Albert F/O 69 J8419 DFC (AFC)

25/05/45+ HARTMAN, William Harold P/O 429 J90546 DFC

20/03/45+ HARTRICK, Walter Johnston F/O 120 J15896 DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

11/08/44 a HARTSHORN, Joseph H. F/O 419 J12457 DFC

16/02/45+ HARTY, James Caldwell F/O 405 J16995 DFC

14/09/43+ HARVEY, Harold Kenneth Campbell P/O 100 J16420 DFC

19/05/44+ HARVEY, John Douglas P/O 408 J85081 # DFC

22/05/45+ HARVEY, Robert George F/O 582 J87012 DFC

20/02/45+ HARVEY, Roger Charles P/O 408 J87004 DFC

26/01/45+ HARVEY, Thomas Swindale Wilson F/O 226 J35172 DFC

22/05/45+ HARVIE, Murdoch F/O 434 J24818 DFC

23/03/45+ HASLOP, George Kenneth Alfred F/L 420 J16353 DFC

13/04/45+ HASTINGS, Albert Donald F/O 90 J35540 DFC

31/10/44+ HATCH, John Angus S/L 409 J11307 # DFC

14/09/45+ HATTON, Richard Francis W/C 409 C18638 DFC

09/07/43+ HAUGEN, Elvert John F/O 202 J9521 DFC

20/04/45+ HAUS, Harry James F/L 601 J26151 DFC

15/02/44+ HAWKES, Earnest Stewart + WO 426 R109508 DFC

16/02/45+ HAWKES, Robert Campbell F/O 626 J27535 DFC

14/11/45+ HAWKINS, Alfred F/L 420 J18020 DFC

21/12/45+ HAWKINS, Walter + WOI 7 R98864 D8 DFC

13/04/45+ HAWLEY, Howard Joseph F/O 434 J85775 DFC

21/07/44+ HAWORTH, Raymond John F/O 429 J21640 # DFC

16/01/45+ HAWN, Elmer Joseph F/L 429 J9242 DFC

17/11/44+ HAWTHORNE, Thomas P/O 428 J85823 DFC

14/11/44+ HAWTIN, George Francis F/O 429 J26743 DFC

06/11/42+ HAY, Hugh Burns P/O 61 J15707 (DSO) DFC

10/10/44+ HAY, Wellington Burt S/L 417 J5489 DFC

25/09/45+ HAYDEN, William Vincent P/O 158 J93873 DFC

09/06/44+ HAYES, Jack Hewitson WOII 254 R140172 # DFC

27/03/45+ HAYLEY, Derek F/O 61 J28768 DFC

24/04/45+ HAYS, Raymond Morris P/O 544 J88928 # DFC

30/06/44+ HAYWARD, Frederick Robert WO 35 R105406 DFC

05/09/44+ HAYWARD, Robert Kitchener F/L 411 J12324 # (DSO) DFC

10/04/45+ HAZLETT, Clifford Carlyle F/O 422 J28382 DFC

08/12/44+ HEA, Riley Winston Knight F/O 218 J86040 DFC

13/10/44+ HEAD, James Thomas F/O 427 J14508 DFC

08/12/44+ HEALEY, Thomas F/O 428 J22838 DFC

14/03/44+ HEALEY, Wilbert Arley F/O 49 J21121 # DFC

15/09/44+ HEANEY, Henry Charles F/O 514 J23343 DFC

18/08/44+ HEATON, John WO 427 R165207 DFC

17/08/43+ HEATON, Peter P/O 158 J16801 DFC (*)

25/09/45+ HEAVEN, Charles Edward Glyde F/O 431 J89186 DFC

16/11/45+ HEAVEN, Ernest Arthur F/L 408 J23082 DFC

D8 = Effective 14/02/44

HARTSHORN DFC not Gazetted as he had transferred to USAAF as a 1st Lt by time award announced.

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

25/09/45+ HEBERT, Charles Edward Roger Yvan F/O 432 J36298 DFC

09/01/45+ HEBERT, Jean F/O 404 J16485 DFC

21/04/44+ HEBERT, Jean Claude S/L 425 C1469 DFC

20/07/45+ HECHTER, Joseph F/O 415 J88849 DFC

17/10/44+ HEGSETH, Arne Hillman P/O 434 J85353 DFC

07/04/44+ HEIDE, Cecil Leroy F/O 39 J16650 DFC

16/01/45+ HEIMPEL, Earle Stanley F/L 420 J19426 DFC

29/10/43+ HELMSLEY, Alan Frank F/L 420 J16788 DFC

25/09/45+ HEMMING, Cyril George F/O 432 J35270 DFC

12/01/45+ HEMPHILL, Roy Donald Kilburn F/L 425 J13447 # DFC (*)

05/04/46+ HEMPSALL, Leslie Coomber F/L 435 J14638 DFC

22/05/45+ HEMSLEY, John Albert F/O 428 J85193 DFC

09/03/45+ HENDERSON, Carl Heebner de Havilland F/L 608 J9123 # DFC

23/03/45+ HENDERSON, Lloyd Waymouth F/L 10 J27690 DFC

20/07/45+ HENDERSON, Raymond Pennicott P/O 432 J90879 DFC

22/05/45+ HENDERSON, Wallace Graham F/O 432 J37173 DFC

12/01/45+ HENRICKSON, Donald Carl F/L 429 J10516 # DFC

14/05/43+ HENRY, Douglas Woods F/L 214 J15093 DFC (*)

15/09/44+ HENRY, Ernest Raymond F/L 109 J16469 DFC (*)

03/11/44+ HENRY, Jack Calvin F/O 425 J85016 # DFC

17/07/45+ HENRY, Jack Carleton F/L 431 J14687 DFC

21/09/45+ HENRY, Robert James F/L 434 J14688 DFC

17/08/43+ HENRY, Roy Alexander P/O 426 J17441 DFC

23/03/45+ HEPBURN, Donald Thayer F/L 427 J14908 DFC

16/02/45+ HEPBURN, Harold Rich F/O 426 J29585 DFC

17/11/44+ HERBERT, Ralph Gordon F/O 405 J85050 DFC (*)

13/04/45+ HERBERT, Raymond Groo F/O 429 J36863 DFC

29/06/45+ HERMANSON, Evert Emanuel F/O 409 J191175 # DFC

16/02/45+ HERON, Gordon Lachlan F/L 420 J27687 DFC

02/06/44+ HERON, Peter William F/O 407 J11139 # DFC

25/09/45+ HERRING, Arthur Murray F/L 101 J10764 DFC

10/12/43+ HESELTON, Gordon Warters P/O 427 J18175 DFC

12/11/43+ HESS, Clifford Borden S/L 432 J6720 DFC

16/01/45+ HETHERINGTON, John Nichol F/O 426 J29846 DFC

27/03/45+ HEWETSON, Harvey John F/O 625 J27629 DFC

15/08/44+ HEWITT, Harold Arthur F/L 419 J21294 DFC

14/11/44+ HEWITT, John Thorburn F/L 10 J85562 DFC

11/12/45+ HEWSON, Benjamin George F/L 357 J10354 # DFC

16/11/43+ HEWSON, Kenneth P/O 76 J17979 DFC

22/05/45+ HICKEN, Howard Skouson F/L 426 J29118 DFC

13/04/45+ HICKEY, Francis Lawrence F/O 101 J36401 DFC

11/12/45+ HICKMAN, William Robert F/O 8 J26667 DFC

D9 = Effective 25/07/43

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

20/07/45+ HICKMOTT, Kenneth Russell F/O 619 J88264 DFC

27/06/44+ HICKS, Victor Claire P/O 640 J18834 DFC

23/05/44+ HIGGINS, Clarence Wilfred S/L 431 J15695 DFC

20/02/45+ HIGGINS, Gordon Richard P/O 78 J87596 DFC

21/08/42+ HIGHAM, John Brock P/O 419 J7080 # DFC

20/03/45+ HIGHTOWER, Cecil Earl + P/O 10 C18022 D9 DFC

23/03/45+ HILL, Charles Nelson F/L 61 J23838 DFC

21/09/45+ HILL, Donald Gordon F/L 420 J37137 DFC

16/01/45+ HILL, Donald John Lee F/L 115 J25798 DFC

17/04/45+ HILL, Edward Cornelius P/O 419 J89152 DFC

21/05/43+ HILL, George Urquhart F/L 111 C1075 # DFC (**)

12/01/43+ HILL, Howard Stephenson P/O 405 J15522 DFC

13/06/44+ HILL, Venon Peter Bruce F/O 692 J16255 DFC

13/10/44+ HILL, Willard Floyd F/O 424 J24296 DFC

10/09/43+ HILTON, William James F/O 44 J8345 DFC

27/06/44+ HIND, John Philip P/O 619 J19496 DFC

20/07/45+ HINDLE, John Frederick F/O 419 J29708 DFC

20/02/45+ HINDS, Robert Herbert P/O 101 J92003 DFC

29/01/46+ HINGSTON, Harold William F/L 436 J14031 DFC

16/02/45+ HINMAN, Grant Wynder F/O 78 J26290 DFC

21/12/45+ HINSCLIFFE, Alfred + F/O 405 J22411 E1 DFC

27/06/44+ HIRSCHFELD, George Daniel WO 405 R137822 DFC

08/12/44+ HISCOTT, Roger Wilson F/L 405 J29571 DFC (*)

16/02/45+ HISLOP, John Victor F/O 15 J28772 DFC

14/09/45+ HOARE, Thomas Harvey S/L 127(W) J6281 DFC

02/06/44+ HODGES, Stanley Charles P/O 626 J18609 DFC

02/02/45+ HODGINS, Rooney Alexander F/L 443 J41894 # DFC

14/11/44+ HODGSON, Wesley Bert S/L 90 C428 DFC

25/07/44+ HODSON, Albert Harold F/L 404 J12828 # DFC

02/10/42+ HODSON, Keith Louis Bate S/L 401 C807 # (OBE) DFC (*)

19/12/44+ HOFFMAN, John Wilfred F/L 514 J9067 # DFC

23/03/45+ HOGARTH, Harold Joseph F/L 429 C26079 DFC

23/01/45+ HOGG, James Easson + F/L 439 J21119 DFC

13/10/44+ HOLDEN, Robert Gray F/O 431 J28141 # DFC

19/09/44+ HOLDING, Stanley Roy WO 12 R120992 (1) DFC

03/04/45+ HOLLAND, Harold Edward F/L 11 J11050 DFC

17/10/44+ HOLLAND, John Rhys P/O 420 J85039 DFC

29/01/46+ HOLLAND, William John F/O 436 J35553 DFC

22/08/44+ HOLLINGWORTH, John Moore F/L 426 J18740 # DFC

22/05/45+ HOLLOWELL, Raymond Albert F/O 626 J25787 DFC

02/03/45+ HOLMAN, William Gordon P/O 640 J92116 # DFC

E1 = Effective 06/05/44

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

19/01/45+ HOLMES, Alfred Mathew WOII 9 R161124 (1) DFC

16/11/45+ HOLMES, Arthur Peter Rogerson F/L 432 J25018 DFC

12/01/43+ HOLMES, George Alexander P/O 61 J15427 DFC

16/11/45+ HOLMES, Phillip Despard F/L 433 J26099 DFC

07/12/45+ HOLMES, William Wallace F/O 576 J37665 DFC

20/07/45+ HOLSTEAD, Clifford Wilson P/O 10 J92749 DFC

30/06/44+ HOOKE, Edwin Norman F/O 103 J14350 DFC

17/08/43+ HOOVER, Harold Clifford P/O 76 J17343 DFC (*)

27/03/45+ HOPE, James F/O 431 J86678 DFC

17/10/44+ HOPE, William John + WO 90 R135944 (1) DFC

16/02/45+ HOPKINS, Douglas Bentley F/O 432 J28985 DFC

02/01/45+ HOPKINS, John Douglas F/L 113 J5812 DFC

21/04/44+ HOPTON, Cecil George P/O 156 J19003 DFC

21/09/45+ HORAN, Francis Joseph S/L 432 J10491 DFC

14/05/43+ HORAN, Joseph MacInnis WO 156 R62459 DFC

08/12/44+ HORBUL, Toney F/O 428 J28929 DFC

17/10/44+ HORDAL, Stephen Godmunder P/O 576 J85627 DFC

27/03/45+ HORNE, Alexander F/O 10 J87285 DFC

20/07/45+ HORNE, Ernest P/O 419 J92872 DFC

25/05/45+ HORNER, Victor Hugh WOI 35 R129968 DFC

13/04/45+ HORSNELL, Clarke Kennedy F/O 425 C86575 DFC

13/10/44+ HORSWILL, Thomas Stanley F/O 424 J23110 DFC

23/03/45+ HORTON, Ernest Leslie F/L 578 J88137 DFC

13/02/42+ HOSEA, Russell Lloyd George + P/O 115 J15033 DFC

13/04/45+ HOUDE, Joseph Jean Louis Marcel F/O 425 J37717 DFC

04/12/42+ HOULE, Albert Ulric F/O 213 J4887 # DFC (*)

23/03/45+ HOUSE, Kenneth George F/L 405 J14669 DFC

22/05/45+ HOUSER, John Henry F/L 425 J10679 DFC

24/03/44+ HOUSTON, James Talbert WOI 428 R82755 # DFC

17/07/45+ HOUSTON, Robert Blake F/L 158 J27732 DFC

08/12/44+ HOVEY, James Carter S/L 415 J5100 DFC

10/11/44+ HOWARD, James Paul Ogilvie F/L 139 J8790 # DFC

16/11/45+ HOWARD, John William F/O 78 J27674 DFC

18/08/44+ HOWARD, Marshall Earl F/O 408 J22203 DFC

02/06/44+ HOWARD, Thomas Joseph WO 405 R78919 DFC

11/08/44+ HOWE, Norman Charles Russell F/O 175 J15930 DFC

09/07/43+ HOWELL, Allison Brant F/L 423 J8971 DFC

16/02/45+ HOWES, James Herbert F/L 433 J29268 DFC

25/05/43+ HOWEY, Ezra Lorne F/L 407 J15514 DFC

06/10/44+ HOY, John Cecil F/O 158 J87595 # DFC

27/03/45+ HRYNKIW, Walter F/O 101 J86647 DFC

22/05/45+ HUBLEY, Russell Frederick F/O 405 J87810 DFC

13/04/45+ HUCHALA, Andrew Paul F/O 431 J25362 DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

04/12/45+ HUDSON, Donald Edward Thomas F/L 170 J43199 DFC

25/09/45+ HUDSON, Donald Hewitt F/O 51 J35092 DFC

12/12/44+ HUDSON, Ernest Bell WO 70 R154623 # DFC

09/07/43+ HUDSON, John F/L 425 J15661 DFC (*)

17/04/45+ HUFF, Charles Clayton P/O 419 J90094 DFC

13/10/44+ HUGET, Carlos Melvin F/O 426 J21976 DFC

13/10/44+ HUGHES, Bert Gladstone Bertram F/L 426 J10234 DFC

28/03/44+ HUGHES, James Ronald F/O 254 J12639 # DFC (*)

08/12/44+ HUGHES, Laurence George F/O 433 J28282 DFC

16/01/46+ HUGHES, Leonard Gavin F/O 424 J26927 DFC

08/06/44+ HUGHES, Peter Gower F/O 10(R) J10708 DFC

02/06/44+ HULETSKY, Peter F/O 418 J22196 # DFC (*)

26/01/45+ HULL, Allan Chester W/C 428 C1256 # (CMM) DFC

27/03/45+ HUMBER, Harold John F/O 428 J87364 DFC

08/12/44+ HUMPHREY, Hugh John F/O 428 J24929 DFC

22/05/45+ HUNKA, Wasyl F/O 428 J37202 DFC

16/02/45+ HUNT, Howard Switzer F/O 427 J18053 DFC

22/05/45+ HUNT, Philip Francis F/O 405 J88072 DFC

12/11/43+ HUNT, Reginald George Frederick F/O 426 J11498 DFC

23/02/43+ HUNTER, Arthur Gordon F/O Mid East J3994 DFC

26/06/42+ HUNTER, Arthur Richardson WO 408 R68534 DFC

25/09/45+ HUNTER, Herald Edward F/O 158 J37175 DFC

04/06/46+ HUNTER, Ralph Harvey + F/L 28 J13718 E2 DFC

23/01/45+ HUNTER, Roy Heath F/L 42 J5037 DFC

02/10/45+ HUNTING, Peter Richard F/O 356 J44128 # DFC

15/09/44+ HUNTLEY, Francis Joseph F/O 434 J13816 DFC

06/06/44+ HURD, Eric James P/O 408 C18877 DFC

21/09/45+ HURLBUT, Ernest Eugene F/L 77 J26230 DFC

14/11/44+ HURLEY, Frank S/L 78 J22662 DFC

19/01/45+ HURLEY, John Robert P/O 431 J88936 DFC

19/05/44+ HURST, Harvey Roy WO 405 R58023 DFC

26/01/45+ HUSBAND, Douglas Franklin F/L 401 J17192 DFC

17/11/44+ HUSBAND, Max Lewis P/O 578 J88082 DFC

16/02/45+ HUSTON, Samuel F/L 428 J19887 DFC

20/02/45+ HUTCHEON, Angus F/O 425 J86648 DFC

14/11/44+ HUTCHEON, Donald Robert F/O 434 J21893 DFC

20/07/45+ HUTCHINS, Arthur William F/O 426 J89308 DFC

05/04/46+ HUTCHINSON, Albert Hewiton F/O 435 J95266 DFC

15/09/44+ HUTCHINSON, Edgar Bruce F/O 425 J16831 DFC

01/10/43+ HUTCHINSON, Rowan Theodore F/L 414 J5445 DFC

25/05/45+ HUTTON, George Enderby P/O 425 J93462 DFC

12/01/43+ HYNAM, Graham Stanley P/O 420 J15652 DFC

20/07/45+ HYNDHAM, William Wesley Burton F/O 158 J37118 DFC

23/05/44+ HYSLOP, Murray Carslaw F/L 39 J17380 DFC

E2 = Effective 18/02/45

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

16/01/45+ IDE, Floyd Ivan F/O 156 J86472 DFC

17/04/45+ IDLER, David Richard P/O 12 J88255 DFC

01/01/44+ IMRIE, Allister Andrew Thomas F/L 10 (R) J3525 DFC

17/11/44+ IMRIE, Brainard Shields S/L 434 J4425 # DFC

29/06/45+ INCHES, James Donald F/L 609 J20146 DFC

23/05/44+ INGALLS, Bruce Johnston + F/L 72 J17096 DFC

11/08/42+ INGALLS, Ross Baxter F/O 142 J4771 (DSO) DFC

17/10/44+ INGLEBY, William George P/O 578 J86461 DFC

07/12/43+ INGRAM, Kenneth Edgar F/O 467 J13372 DFC

13/03/45+ INGRAMS, Reginald Ross S/L 145(R) J5907 DFC AFC

14/09/45+ INNES, Bruce Evans F/L 402 J16925 DFC

08/05/45+ INVERARITY, William F/O 35 J21538 E3 DFC

08/05/45+ IRELAND, Elgin Gerald F/L 411 J9464 DFC

12/12/44+ IRVINE, Joseph Vernon P/O 425 J86686 DFC

13/04/45+ IRVINE, Robert Davis F/O 101 J36336 DFC

22/08/44+ IRVING, William John F/L 53 J10245 DFC

14/11/44+ IRWIN, Albert Keith F/L 83 J22132 DFC

27/03/45+ IRWIN, Donald George P/O 426 J88230 DFC

23/02/45+ IRWIN, Walter Arnott F/L 614 J12868 DFC

25/09/45+ ISENBERG, Melville F/O 434 J87286 DFC

17/04/45+ JACK, Clayton Hugh WO 35 R75219 DFC

08/12/44+ JACK, Robert Alastair S/L 432 J12339 DFC

15/09/44+ JACKMAN, Frederick Desmond F/O 422 J21827 DFC

22/05/45+ JACKMAN, John Milton F/O 424 J25696 DFC

10/10/44+ JACKSON, Alfred Hillman F/L 210 J11231 DFC

02/11/43+ JACKSON, Basil George Delaval F/O 429 C21204 # DFC

22/05/45+ JACKSON, Edward Richard F/O 405 J28923 DFC

19/05/44+ JACKSON, Harold Naylor + P/O 156 J18946 DFC

08/12/44+ JACKSON, Henry F/O 428 J19710 DFC

04/12/45+ JACKSON, Ivan Basil F/L 170 J89857 DFC

12/06/45+ JACKSON, James Ivor F/L 160 J23816 DFC

14/11/44+ JACKSON, Laurence Edward F/O 626 J23716 DFC

20/11/42+ JACKSON Leonard Thomas + P/O 83 J15950 # DFC

E3 = Effective 04/01/44

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

20/04/43+ JACOBS, David Sinclair + S/L 420 C1629 DFC

13/04/45+ JACOBS, Stuart Henry F/O 425 J27416 DFC

20/04/43+ JACOBSEN, Garnet Franklin S/L 75 J3500 DFC

17/10/44+ JAMES, Glynn Sowden P/O 429 J85576 DFC

15/09/44+ JAMES, John Leslie P/O 433 J85056 # DFC

13/04/45+ JAMES, Lyle Franklin F/O 101 J26115 DFC

27/10/44+ JAMES, Norton Herbert WOII 186 R181874 DFC

21/07/44+ JAMES, Raymond Henry F/O 434 J22093 # DFC

20/07/45+ JAMES, Reginald Vincent F/O 429 J87404 DFC

04/12/45+ JAMES, Thomas Flavell Arthur F/L 97 J89845 DFC

22/09/44+ JAMIESON, David Robert Charles F/O 412 J19196 # DFC (*)

17/07/45+ JARDINE, James Kinnard F/L 625 J11572 DFC

16/05/44+ JARMAN, Robert Harold P/O 426 J19705 # DFC

15/08/44+ JASPER, Clarence Murl F/L 418 J10611 # DFC

03/04/45+ JAY, David Joseph + P/O 248 J6996 E4 DFC

12/12/44+ JEAN, Joseph Edouard Flavien P/O 425 J85358 DFC

27/03/45+ JEFFERY, Fredrick Emmett McGill F/O 432 J29068 DFC

17/11/44+ JENKINS, Francis F/O 268 J9441 # DFC

17/11/44+ JENNINGS, Douglas Reid WO 214 R153179 # DFC

06/07/43+ JENNINGS, Harold Jack P/O 405 J16817 # DFC

21/11/41+ JENNINGS, Warring Laird P/O 57 J3117 DFC

27/10/44+ JENNINGS, Welland Thomas F/O 90 J85173 # DFC

05/06/45+ JENSEN, Bent Herbst P/O 433 J92115 # DFC

19/10/43+ JENSEN, Morton Glenis P/O 405 J17291 DFC

25/05/45+ JENSEN, William Talbot P/O 433 J89320 DFC

02/03/45+ JENVEY, Donald Edward + F/L 440 J11309 # DFC

23/01/45+ JESSEE, James Pyle F/O 184 J26908 DFC

25/05/45+ JODRELL, Leonard James P/O 429 J92646 DFC

21/12/45+ JOEL, Willard Vernon P/O 405 J96470 E5 DFC

17/07/45+ JOHN, James Elmore Logan F/L 150 J27306 DFC

17/10/44+ JOHNSON, Arthur Bernard P/O 405 J86086 DFC

21/04/44+ JOHNSON, Carl Helmer F/O 630 J22577 DFC

13/04/45+ JOHNSON, Donald Alexander F/O 10 J19041 DFC

01/06/45+ JOHNSON, Frederick Arthur F/L 418 J12259 DFC

20/10/44+ JOHNSON, George William F/L 401 J9262 # DFC (*)

17/03/44+ JOHNSON, James Robert Feir F/L 418 J14873 # DFC (AFC)

30/11/43+ JOHNSON, Joseph Albert Lawless P/O 108 J18070 DFC

29/09/42+ JOHNSON, Leonard Alfred WO 214 R78489 # DFC

15/09/44+ JOHNSON, Magnus Jonas F/O 428 J20834 DFC

08/08/44+ JOHNSON, Paul Gilbert + F/L 421 J20050 # DFC

25/09/45+ JOHNSON, Raymond F/O 429 J27585 DFC

22/05/45+ JOHNSON, Robert Earl F/O 408 J23885 DFC

27/10/44+ JOHNSON, Russell Edward F/O 158 J87545 # DFC

E4 = Effective 12/08/42

E5 = Effective 23/05/44

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

09/01/45+ JOHNSON, Thomas Roger Murray P/O 419 J85807 # DFC

22/05/45+ JOHNSON, William Axel F/O 102 J27276 DFC

03/04/45+ JOHNSON, William Manley F/L 60 J12690 DFC

09/01/45+ JOHNSSON, Ivar F/O 404 J13346 DFC

14/11/44+ JOHNSTON, Arthur James F/L 405 J15583 DFC

05/02/42+ JOHNSTON, Brian Earl F/O 70 J15429 # DFC

08/12/44+ JOHNSTON, Bruce F/O 115 J25407 DFC

16/02/45+ JOHNSTON, Edward Charles William F/O 7 J25509 DFC

15/02/44+ JOHNSTON, Frederick Edward P/O 35 C18596 DFC

14/09/45+ JOHNSTON, Gerald Stewart P/O 418 J94516 DFC

27/06/44+ JOHNSTON, James Ian + P/O 619 J19259 DFC

18/05/43+ JOHNSTON, John Douglas F/O 78 J15430 DFC

04/12/45+ JOHNSTON, John Hamilton F/L 619 J37138 DFC

11/12/45+ JOHNSTON, John Philip Sidney F/L 161(R) J13465 DFC

13/10/44+ JOHNSTON, Kenneth Ewert F/L 429 C18844 DFC

16/01/45+ JOHNSTON, Verdun Robert F/O 432 J27556 DFC

16/01/45+ JOHNSTON, William Henry F/O 434 J24724 DFC

16/11/45+ JONES, Arthur Allan S/L 426 J12342 DFC

13/10/44+ JONES, Chesley Robert F/L 425 J85017 DFC

13/04/45+ JONES, Cornelius Reece F/O 428 J29368 DFC

14/11/44+ JONES, Dewi Charles F/L 635 J12718 DFC

22/03/44+ JONES, Edgar Thompson P/O 103 J19171 # DFC (*)

13/10/42+ JONES, Frank Everett F/L 249 J15327 # DFC

13/04/45+ JONES, Gerald Joseph Lavern F/L 420 J13443 DFC

22/05/45+ JONES, Harold Lloyd F/O 408 J25886 DFC

07/01/44+ JONES, Joseph Albert Lloyd F/L 150 J14034 DFC

15/09/44+ JONES, Kenneth William F/O 431 J13827 DFC

17/10/44+ JONES, Lewis Ernest WO 433 R149413 (1) DFC

17/10/44+ JONES, Ottie Everett P/O 576 J87406 DFC

24/04/45+ JONES, Richard James F/L 116(R) J11550 DFC

20/07/45+ JONES, Ronald John P/O 626 J93755 DFC

13/04/45+ JONES, Thomas Matthew S/L 142 J15168 DFC

20/08/43+ JONES, Thomas Reid F/O 280 J6016 DFC

04/12/45+ JORDAN, Ned F/L 622 J18919 DFC

06/11/42+ JOST, Burton Norris F/L 419 J7433 DFC

01/10/43+ JOWSEY, Milton Eardley F/O 92 J6366 DFC

26/10/45+ JOY, William Norman F/O 419 C18841 DFC

25/09/45+ JOYNER, Robert Campbell F/O 419 J37161 DFC

15/08/44+ JUDAH, Francis Thomas F/L 419 J9508 DFC

09/07/43+ JULIAN, Thomas Augusta F/L 100 J16191 DFC

14/11/44+ JUTRAS, Joseph Rene F/O 425 J26321 DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

16/01/45+ KABBASH, Alexander David F/O 101 J26354 DFC

22/05/45+ KAGNA, Leon Irving F/L 428 J16847 DFC

13/04/45+ KAISER, John William F/L 90 J27998 DFC

16/01/45+ KALLAL, Joseph Thomas F/O 425 J28482 DFC

21/07/44+ KALLE, Robert Alexander P/O 420 J19881 # DFC

01/01/43+ KALLIO, Oliver Charles F/L 33 J6494 # (DSO) DFC

16/01/45+ KALYNIUK, Alexander F/O 433 C19796 DFC

27/03/45+ KANAS, Paul Constantine P/O 102 J89206 DFC

21/09/45+ KANE, Russel George F/L 420 J38070 DFC

05/06/45+ KAPLANSKY, Bertram Morris F/L 431 J16510 # DFC

27/03/45+ KARLEFF, Jack Vaughan F/O 426 J17797 DFC

25/09/45+ KATRICHAK, Joseph P/O 429 J94427 DFC

16/06/42+ KAY, Frank Albert P/O 407 J15337 # DFC

17/08/45+ KAZAKOFF, Mike F/L 406 J20402 DFC

15/02/44+ KEANE, Henry William F/O 619 J16135 DFC DFM

15/09/44+ KEANE, John Hunter F/L 428 J19422 DFC

21/12/45+ KEARL, Eldon Eastham + F/L 408 J18810 E6 DFC

15/10/43+ KEDDIE, William Neil F/L 419 J12824 DFC

07/07/44+ KEEFE, Ernest James + F/O 404 J14117 DFC

22/01/43+ KEEFER, George Clinton F/L 274 J5022 (DSO*) DFC (*)

09/01/45+ KEEFER, Ralph Gardner F/L 540 J4876 DFC

17/10/44+ KEEGAN, Kenneth Edward P/O 420 J86148 DFC

16/02/45+ KEELAN, Laurence Henry F/O 429 J25807 DFC

29/10/43+ KEEN, George Frederick P/O 420 J17489 DFC

19/01/45+ KEEN, William Daniel P/O 433 J87496 DFC

13/07/43+ KEENE, Norman Alexander F/O 411 J15654 DFC

26/10/45+ KEEPER, George James F/O 420 J38108 DFC

08/12/44+ KEIGHLEY, Frederick Ernest F/L 156 J23599 DFC

04/08/44+ KEILLOR, Hubert George S/L 415 J7548 # (DSO) DFC

10/09/43+ KEITH, George Noel + F/O 72 J15374 # DFC

03/10/44+ KELLER, John Wilbur F/L 680 J9074 # DFC

02/02/43+ KELLY, Frederick Wishart S/L 412 J2972 # DFC

10/09/43+ KELLY, Gerald Joseph Francis F/O 161 J16326 DFC

24/04/45+ KELLY, Maurice Joseph P/O 166 J85024 # DFC

14/11/44+ KELLY, Patrick Gregory F/L 420 J17332 DFC

19/09/44+ KELLY, Patrick Joseph P/O 12 J86309 DFC

21/04/44+ KELLY, Robert Lloyd F/O 424 J20729 DFC

27/03/45+ KELLY, Terence John F/O 433 J28647 DFC

22/05/45+ KELLY, Thomas Richard Clarence F/O 428 J37529 DFC

08/12/44+ KELLY, William Wilson F/L 90 J86452 DFC

13/07/43+ KELTIE, Ian George Secord F/L 402 J7455 DFC

20/07/45+ KEMP, Lyle Horace F/O 158 J36906 DFC

19/01/45+ KEMP, Walter George P/O 640 J88367 DFC

12/01/43+ KENDALL, Edgar Cardiff F/L 407 J6648 DFC

E6 = Effective 26/01/44

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

25/09/45+ KENDRICK, Reginald Jack F/O 432 J38387 DFC

27/03/45+ KENNEDY, Donald MacRae F/O 408 J19578 DFC

27/06/44+ KENNEDY, Hugh Robert P/O 51 J19139 DFC

06/07/43+ KENNEDY, Irving Farmer F/O 249 J15273 # DFC (*)

13/10/44+ KENNEDY, Leonard John F/L 426 J19974 DFC

06/11/45+ KENNEDY, William Wesley F/L 427 J16875 DFC

10/09/43+ KENNEY, Delford Harold S/L 419 C4801 DFC (*) (AFC)

13/10/44+ KENT, Ray William F/L 419 J25793 # DFC

17/11/44+ KENT, William Carman F/O 426 J18425 # DFC

13/04/45+ KEON, Howard Joseph Christopher F/O 90 J38695 DFC

01/10/43+ KER, Edgar Andrew P/O 145 J16824 DFC

13/10/44+ KERR, Clifford Gordon F/L 424 J17500 DFC

20/07/45+ KERR, Douglas George F/O 76 J26103 DFC

29/12/44+ KERR, James Andrew P/O 411 J86532 DFC

16/01/45+ KERR, John Williamson F/L Topclife J11940 DFC

19/01/45+ KERR, Robert Douglas P/O 9 J89277 DFC

11/02/44+ KERRIGAN, Harold Fleming F/L 120 J6002 (DSO) DFC

20/07/45+ KERRY, Ivan Gordon P/O 432 J92975 DFC

20/02/45+ KESLICK, John Leask P/O 429 J87067 DFC

16/01/45+ KETTLEWELL, Thomas Wilfred F/O 405 J24254 DFC (*)

17/11/44+ KICAK, Joseph F/O 427 J87069 DFC

03/11/44+ KIDD, Keith Roy F/O 420 J22340 # DFC

23/03/45+ KILGOUR, Gilbert Norval F/L 227 J24273 DFC

29/12/44+ KIMBALL, Donald Harold F/O 441 J35983 DFC

21/04/44+ KIMMETT, Thomas Henry P/O 12 J18976 DFC

06/06/44+ KING, Daniel Baird F/L 7 J17505 DFC DFM

13/04/45+ KING, Donald Graham F/O 102 J25207 DFC

19/10/45+ KING, John Albert ('Jack') F/L 357 J22963 DFC

19/01/45+ KING, James Leonard F/O 424 J25379 # DFC

14/11/44+ KING, Robert Bruce F/L 160(R) J7596 DFC

17/11/44+ KING, Wilfred Herbert WOI 405 R146659 DFC

02/10/42+ KING, William Edward P/O 7 J8771 # DFC

17/11/44+ KINGSLAND, Robert Ross F/O 429 J25139 # DFC

22/05/45+ KINGSTON, William George F/O 428 J85588 DFC

05/03/46+ KINNEAR, Samuel F/L 159 J10566 DFC

17/10/44+ KIPFER, Colin William F/O 106 J86565 # DFC

26/05/44+ KIPP, Robert Allan S/L 418 J4743 # (DSO) DFC

22/05/45+ KIRBY, Giriard Ritchie F/O 427 J88505 DFC

27/03/45+ KIRK, Earl Edward F/O 425 J23788 DFC

26/09/44+ KIRKPATRICK, Clarence Joseph F/O 406 J20662 # DFC

03/10/44+ KIRKWOOD, Walter Gordon WOI 409 R121850 # DFC

13/02/45+ KIRSCH, Lawrence Victor F/L 198 J11048 DFC

20/02/45+ KIRSTIUK, Waldemir Alexander P/O 424 J88375 DFC

07/12/45+ KITSON, Murray Wilmer F/O 582 J36333 DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

20/04/43+ KLASSEN, Wier Clayton F/L 424 J15250 DFC (*)

05/09/44+ KLERSY, William Thomas + F/O 401 J12199 # (DSO) DFC (*)

27/03/45+ KLUCZNY, Edmund George P/O 90 J92663 DFC

15/10/43+ KLUFAS, William James F/L 15 J17067 DFC

13/07/43+ KNAPP, Kingdon Roger + P/O 428 J17037 DFC

30/06/44+ KNIGHT, David Holden WO 550 R145973 DFC

04/12/45+ KNIGHT, John Forbes S/L 514 J5133 DFC

14/05/43+ KNIGHTS, John Kingsley P/O 408 J16251 DFC

19/12/44+ KNOBOVITCH, Harry + F/O 415 J28738 # DFC

12/12/44+ KNOWLES, Walter Grant P/O 156 J86465 DFC

05/05/44+ KNOX, David Graham S/L 117(R) C1174 DFC

18/08/44+ KNOX, John Henderson WO 550 R125200 DFC

14/11/44+ KNOX, Kenneth William F/O 420 J21636 DFC

22/05/45+ KNOX-LEET, Edward Richard F/O 405 J29709 DFC

07/11/44+ KOCH, James Douglas F/O 158 J17760 # DFC

14/05/43+ KOESTER, George Denis Scott F/L 109 J8341 (DSO) DFC

15/09/44+ KOGAN, Maxwell F/L 428 J21328 DFC

16/11/43+ KOHUT, Joseph P/O 7 J17723 DFC

11/12/45+ KOOYMAN, Burt F/O 160 J36814 DFC

16/02/45+ KORESKY, Joseph F/O 428 J85940 DFC

04/08/44+ KORMAN, Abraham Isaac WO 158 R130008 # DFC

25/05/45+ KRAKOVSKY, Max F/O 432 J26685 DFC

20/02/45+ KRAKOWSKY, Morris Solomon F/O 432 J35526 DFC

17/11/44+ KRANTZ, William Thomas P/O 419 J87665 DFC

14/11/44+ KRITZER, Solomon F/O 640 J22195 DFC

05/02/43+ KROPF, Lorne Edward P/O 405 J7931 DFC

20/10/44+ KRUGER, Frederick Charles S/L 420 J16392 # DFC DFM

12/12/44+ KUBIAK, Waclas P/O 405 J89016 DFC

25/05/45+ KUCZMA, Harry Peter P/O 425 J92701 DFC

08/12/44+ KUEBLER, Frank Gustav F/O 429 J16781 DFC

25/05/45+ KUMSKY, Fred Joseph F/O 431 J35918 DFC

20/07/45+ KUPERMAN, Amiel F/O 158 J28515 DFC

18/09/42+ KUSIAR, George Walter WO 108 R65730 DFC

17/04/45+ KUTYN, Michael P/O 10 J89304 DFC

19/09/44+ KUZMA, Andrew F/O 630 J24633 DFC

13/04/45+ KYTE, Melville Stephen F/O 405 J27719 DFC (*)

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

16/01/45+ LA FOND, Leonard Eugene F/O 419 J85836 DFC

17/08/43+ LA FRANCE, Joseph Francis WO 207 R88754 DFC

16/01/45+ LABELLE, Philip Albert F/O 426 J85882 DFC

16/11/43+ LABERGE, Joseph Andrew Roger P/O 432 J17674 DFC

17/07/45+ LACKMAN, Edward Franklin F/L 425 J88540 DFC

16/11/45+ LAFFERTY, William George F/L 427 J23941 DFC

27/03/45+ LaFLAMME, Arthur Joseph Edgar F/O 153 J25962 DFC

05/05/44+ LAFOND, Paul Charles Eugene F/O 10(R) J14639 #C DFC

25/09/45+ LaFORCE, Joseph Paul Arthur F/O 425 J37744 DFC

16/02/45+ LaFRENIERE, Joseph Rodolphe Henri F/O 425 J35881 # DFC

19/09/44+ LAGACE, Horne Paul F/L 425 J16271 # DFC

25/09/45+ LAIDLAW, Mowbray Scott F/O 405 J29856 DFC

22/02/44+ LAINE, Sven Roy Walfrid F/L 408 J18786 # DFC

15/02/44+ LAING, George Henderson F/L 57 J22778 # DFC (*)

09/11/43+ LAIRD, George Johnstone F/L 427 J4896 # DFC

02/03/45+ LAKE, Ronald George F/L 441 J11283 DFC

03/11/44+ LAKEMAN, Joseph Cornelius F/O 429 J25984 # DFC

19/10/45+ LAMB, John Douglas F/L 357 J4115 DFC

22/09/42+ LAMBERT, Albert F/L 405 J1326 DFC (*)

19/09/44+ LAMBERT, Joseph Maurice Lucien F/O 424 J20360 DFC

13/02/45+ LAMBROS, Andrew F/L 438 J16020 DFC

23/03/45+ LAMONT, Donald Webster S/L 428 J7467 DFC

20/02/45+ LAMONT, Robert Alexander F/O 100 J22906 DFC

17/11/44+ LAMOUREAUX, Joseph Benoit Aristide P/O 431 J86569 DFC

15/06/43+ LANCEY, George William P/O 97 J15596 DFC

26/11/43+ LANDALE, Charles William WOII 5(R) R93370 DFC

13/10/44+ LANDRY, Joseph Gerard Maurice P/O 425 J86683 # DFC

22/09/42+ LANE, Reginald John F/L 35 J5795 (DSO) DFC (*)

14/05/43+ LANE, Thomas Henry F/L 35 J15834 DFC

16/11/43+ LANG, James Cumming P/O 51 J18169 DFC

20/07/45+ LANGLEY, Alexander Charles F/O 428 J37508 DFC

25/09/45+ LANGLEY, Francis Patrick WOII 158 R179576 DFC

27/03/45+ LANGLOIS, Joseph Leo F/O 405 J18709 DFC

03/11/44+ LANGLOIS, Joseph Marie Rolland F/L 425 J27240 # DFC

13/03/45+ LANGMUIR, John William Cornstock S/L 5(R) J5051 DFC

11/08/42+ LANGSTAFF, William Cecil F/O 150 J4772 DFC (*)

20/02/45+ LANIN, Max F/O 429 J85825 DFC

10/04/45+ LANSDALL, Frederick Charles F/O 407 J18447 DFC

13/06/44+ LAPIERRE, Joseph Jean Baptiste G. WO 408 R148486 # DFC

25/09/45+ LAPOINTE, Louise Philip Horace F/O 101 J39010 DFC

18/05/45+ LAPORTE, Joseph Roland F/L 425 J6958 # DFC (*)

29/12/44+ LAPP, Esli Gordon S/L 411 J15507 DFC

13/04/45+ LAREAU, Joseph Henri Geoffrey F/O 425 J87435 DFC

23/03/45+ LARIVIERE, Joseph Donat Victor F/L 427 J8133 DFC

#C = Citation appears in the Canada Gazette p1987 13/05/44

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

20/02/45+ LAROUCHE, Clarence Joseph F/O 78 J27164 DFC

25/09/45+ LARRIMORE, John Leeland WOII 405 R178080 (1) DFC

08/12/44+ LARSON, Gordon Martin S/L 432 J7438 DFC

25/05/45+ LARSON, Lyle Erling F/O 405 J85239 DFC

20/02/45+ LASEK, Joseph F/O 429 J26133 DFC

07/05/43+ LASKEY, Dallas P/O 426 J22525 # DFC

14/11/44+ LASKOSKI, Harry Patrick F/L 635 J19900 DFC

24/10/44+ LAUBMAN, Donald Charles F/O 412 J14013 # DFC (*)

15/06/43+ LAUCKNER, Irvin LeRoy P/O 405 J16959 DFC

17/10/44+ LAUNEY, George Leslie William F/O 428 J87630 DFC

23/02/45+ LAURENCE, Robert Harold F/O 439 J20602 # DFC

30/11/43+ LAURO, Joseph William F/O 424 J20434 DFC

20/02/45+ LAUZON, Leslie Richard F/O 432 J19886 DFC

25/05/45+ LAVALLEE, Laurent Joseph F/O 425 J37714 DFC

20/02/45+ LAVALLEY, Lawrence Eli F/O 10 J86466 DFC

16/11/45+ LAVIOLETTE, Joseph Albert F/L 103 J89934 DFC

16/01/45+ LAWLOR, Roy John S/L 427 J5102 DFC

27/04/43+ LAWRENCE, Arthur George F/O 406 J6409 DFC (AFC)

21/04/44+ LAWRENCE, John Willoughby WO 101 R92986 DFC

20/07/45+ LAWRENCE, Marshall Vernon F/O 158 J19574 DFC

25/05/45+ LAWRENCE, Roy Frederick F/O 7 J24538 DFC

14/11/44+ LAWRENCE, William John F/O 424 J23494 DFC

14/11/44+ LAWRENSON, Ralph Ellwood F/O 432 J21377 DFC

17/08/43+ LAWS, James Robert P/O 158 J16669 DFC (*)

16/01/45+ LAWSON, George Henry Little F/O 426 J24695 DFC

17/07/45+ LAWSON, James Hill F/L 428 J88063 DFC

17/04/45+ LAYTON, Hugh Cecil P/O 158 J92062 DFC

06/07/45+ LE GEAR, Victor Henry John F/L 439 J23040 # DFC

20/07/45+ LE GREN Hubert Harold F/O 76 J89703 DFC

27/07/45+ LE MAISTRE, Edward Benjamin A. F/L 53 C89545 DFC

17/04/45+ LEA, Charles Norman P/O 405 J92432 DFC

18/08/44+ LEASK, Melvin Richard F/O 192 J21424 DFC

21/07/44+ LEBEL, Georges Yvon P/O 429 J85624 # DFC

25/05/45+ LECKENBY, James Hamilton F/O 128 J43893 DFC

13/10/44+ LECOMTE, Lucien Hector W/C 425 C1181 DFC

30/11/43+ LEDDY, Gerald Bernard F/L 424 J17478 DFC

02/06/44+ LEDGER, William Horace P/O 77 J19641 DFC

15/06/45+ LEDINGHAM, Hugh Robert S/L 420 J12266 # DFC

17/07/45+ LEDOUX, Hugh Charles W/C 425 C911 DFC

27/03/45+ LEE, Charles Best F/O 429 J19825 DFC

13/10/44+ LEE, Jack Griffin + F/L 424 J9311 DFC

12/12/44+ LEE, John Southwick P/O 640 J87498 DFC

03/08/45+ LEE, Thomas Roche S/L 357 J6644 # DFC

11/12/45+ LEEPER, John Francis S/L 160 J3105 DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

28/12/43+ LEES, James Stewart F/O 50 J20727 # DFC

23/03/45+ LEFEBVRE, Edmond Raoul Herve Yvon F/L 424 J16317 DFC

20/04/45+ LEFROY, Henry Keith + F/L 405 J7598 E7 DFC

17/10/44+ LEFURGEY, Bruce Henry P/O 420 J86274 DFC

14/11/44+ LEGAULT, Joseph Emile Eugene F/O 425 J19876 DFC

12/01/45+ LEGAULT, Philip Henry F/O 425 J87433 # DFC

13/03/42+ LEGGE, Harold Thomas F/O 12 J3756 DFC

20/07/45+ LEGRICE, Edward Glen F/O 415 J36116 DFC

25/09/45+ LEGROS, Claude Bernard F/O 405 J35651 DFC

23/01/45+ LEHMAN, Arthur Ray F/O 681 J21858 DFC

17/07/45+ LEHMAN, William Herbert F/L 408 J21460 DFC

08/12/44+ LEHTI, Henry Walderman F/O 166 J23735 DFC

07/12/45+ LEIGH, Herbert Alfred F/O 582 J39009 DFC

21/04/44+ LEITCH, Arthur Kingswell F/O 424 J9775 DFC

22/09/42+ LEITH, Phillip Edward Meric P/O 405 J15201 DFC

30/11/43+ LENIHAN, Joseph Francis F/O 420 J14788 DFC

18/08/44+ LENNOX, William Ben P/O 408 J85378 DFC

27/06/44+ LESLIE, Alexander Buchanan WO 405 R155736 DFC

01/06/45+ LEVITEN, Nathan F/L 212 J6140 DFC

13/10/44+ LEWINGTON, Arthur James W/C 433 J3484 DFC (*)

17/07/45+ LEWIS, Arthur Donald F/L 434 J18443 DFC

04/06/43+ LEWIS, Frank Edward F/O 7 J10317 # DFC

14/09/43+ LEWIS, John Frederick F/O 426 J11224 DFC (*)

20/04/43+ LEWIS, Thomas William P/O 106 J16111 DFC (*)

17/04/45+ LEWIS, Vernon Francis F/O 158 J87691 DFC

13/04/45+ LEYDON, James Patrick F/L 35 J25201 DFC

27/03/45+ LIGHTBROWN, James Ray F/O 431 J86649 DFC

17/04/45+ LINCOLN, George Edward P/O 76 J89171 DFC

22/09/42+ LINDO, Harold Lester F/L 103 J4762 DFC

27/06/44+ LINDO, Wilfred Alexander WO 76 R182122 DFC

12/11/43+ LINDSAY, George Alexander WO 156 R79065 # DFC

08/08/44+ LINDSAY, James Douglas F/L 403 J9081 # DFC

20/07/45+ LINDSAY, Jeffrey Burland F/O 405 J28735 DFC

16/02/45+ LINDSAY, Samuel Blair F/O 419 J38181 # DFC

15/09/44+ LINDSELL, Richard Campbell S/L 60 J4816 DFC

29/01/46+ LINEHAM, Glen William F/O 435 J37333 DFC

03/11/44+ LINEKER, George Walter F/O 429 J18839 # DFC

08/12/44+ LINKLATER, James Donald F/O 433 J22978 DFC

14/04/44+ LINTON, Karl Raymond F/L 421 J17417 DFC

11/08/44+ LINTON, Oscar Mahaffy F/L 401 J15205 DFC

29/01/46+ LINTON, Wayne Bryce F/O 194 J86937 DFC

07/07/44+ LIPSIT, Richard Rosswell F/L 114 J10601 DFC

28/04/44+ LISSON, Harold Stanley S/L 418 J4330 # DFC

E7 = Effective 22/11/43

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

05/04/46+ LITTLE, Meldrum Wells F/O 117 J43798 DFC

21/12/45+ LITTLE, Stuart Walker + F/L 582 J21422 E8 DFC

13/07/43+ LIVINGSTON, Robert Andrew + P/O 425 J17110 DFC

17/11/44+ LIWISKI, Peter Edward (LEWIS) P/O 408 J85597 DFC

09/06/44+ LOCK, Walter F/L 225 J8948 DFC

20/02/45+ LOCKE, Lachlan Edwin F/O 434 J28479 DFC

25/05/45+ LOCKETT, Hugh John Porter P/O 425 J93379 DFC

17/11/44+ LOCKHART, Andrew Wesley F/L 692 J10978 # DFC AFC

08/12/44+ LOCKIE, Gordon Melville F/L 635 J22618 DFC

19/09/44+ LOFTHOUSE, James WO 424 R147155 (1) DFC

18/09/45+ LOFTUS, Jack Alison (non aircrew) F/L 463 C8191 E9 DFC

07/12/45+ LOGAN, Albert Stewart F/O 142 J41636 DFC

13/06/44+ LOGAN, Ernest Alton P/O 432 J19067 # DFC

18/08/44+ LOGAN, Frederick Willis + WO 207 R153257 DFC

13/10/44+ LOGAN, James Edward F/O 9 J22427 DFC

06/07/43+ LOGAN, Lloyd Emerson S/L 405 C1359 DFC

16/01/45+ LONG, Hazen Herbert F/O 630 J25982 DFC

14/11/44+ LONG, Ronald Walter F/L 405 J18760 DFC

18/04/44+ LORD, Forrest Guy F/L 428 J4883 # DFC

08/05/45+ LOTT, Angus McKay F/L 541 J22812 DFC

17/11/44+ LOUBERT, Joseph Charles P/O 431 J86570 DFC

13/10/44+ LOUDOUN, Norman Gemmell F/L 424 J8946 DFC

10/12/43+ LOVE, James Nelson P/O 207 J18385 DFC

17/04/45+ LOVE, Taylor Harold F/O 192 J91037 DFC

06/11/42+ LOVELACE, James Cameron P/O 150 J15409 DFC

09/02/43+ LOVING, Leslie Rowland Bond P/O 149 J16130 DFC

17/07/45+ LOW, Gordon Hansen F/L 431 J18453 DFC DFM

16/11/45+ LOW, Robert Alexander F/O 101 J90554 DFC

13/10/44+ LOWE, Allister Duncan Ross S/L 432 J1477 DFC (AFC)

20/02/45+ LOWNDS, Ernest F/O 78 J25344 DFC

12/12/44+ LOWRY, Arthur Edward P/O 12 J86770 DFC

25/05/45+ LOWRY, George Hamilton F/O 424 J35520 DFC

20/02/45+ LUCKHART, Rex Clare Frederick P/O 640 J90446 DFC

24/04/45+ LUDLAM, Walter Frederick F/O 116(R) J14773 DFC

25/09/45+ LUKINUK, Thomas Alexander F/O 640 J92082 DFC

19/11/43+ LUMGAIR, Robert Oliver WO 408 R86155 # DFC

29/12/44+ LUMSDEN, John Peppiatt F/O 442 J22982 DFC

30/03/45+ LUNDEEN, Clarence Philip F/L 424 J17061 # DFC DFM

16/01/45+ LUNN, Ross Raymond F/O 434 J85179 DFC

25/09/45+ LUSSIER, Kenneth Edward F/O 420 J85500 DFC

14/11/44+ LYBBERT, Daniel Harden F/O 432 J24246 DFC

29/10/43+ LYMBURNER, Joseph Arthur Laurent P/O 425 J16573 DFC (*)

08/12/44+ LYNCH, Francis Edward F/L 428 J8143 DFC

13/10/44+ LYNDON, Alfred Borden Secord F/O 105 J16674 DFC (*)

E8 = Effective 24/05/44 E9 = Effective 20/02/45

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GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

25/05/45+ LYNN, John Patrick F/O 432 J25705 DFC

20/02/45+ LYON, Armstrong WO 214 R108340 DFC

27/07/45+ LYTTLE, Alexander Lawrence F/O 502 J28573 DFC

25/08/44+ MacBAIN, Kenneth F/L 249 J12689 DFC

22/08/44+ MacBRIDE, Robert Ernest F/L 162(R) J9267 DFC

17/04/45+ MacDIARMID, James Kenneth P/O 429 J88293 DFC

30/03/45+ MacDONALD, Aeneas Murdock F/L 429 J36974 # DFC

13/10/44+ MacDONALD, Alastair Ian F/L 429 J10111 DFC

16/01/45+ MACDONALD, Allan Charles F/L 83 J19189 DFC

01/10/43+ MacDONALD, Archie P/O 404 J16310 DFC

19/10/45+ MACDONALD, Donald F/O 406 J88870 DFC

10/03/44+ MacDONALD, Donald Charles Stirling W/C 418 C1634 # DFC

25/09/45+ MacDONALD, Donald Montague F/O 9 J26713 DFC

07/01/44+ MACDONALD, Douglas Allister F/L 630 J14691 # DFC

18/02/44+ MacDONALD, Gordon Webster F/L 82 J15099 DFC

21/04/44+ MacDONALD, Harold Martyn F/O 630 J21612 DFC

14/05/43+ MACDONALD, Harry Burns F/L 35 J15644 DFC

04/06/43+ MACDONALD, Harry Deane F/L 403 J15467 # DFC (*)

30/03/45+ MacDONALD, Harvey William F/L 429 J14099 # DFC

02/03/45+ MACDONALD, Jack Thorold S/L 406 J15821 DFC

19/01/45+ MacDONALD, John Kennedy Francis W/C 432 C890 # DFC

26/01/45+ MacDONALD, John Robert F/O 98 J16282 DFC

13/10/44+ MacDONALD, Joseph Alban F/L 61 J22550 DFC

14/11/44+ MacDONALD, Kenneth Archibald F/O 434 J85326 DFC

17/07/45+ MACDONALD, Malcolm William F/L 76 J25401 DFC

16/11/45+ MACDONALD, Norman Daniel F/O 640 J86993 DFC

16/01/45+ MacDONALD, Norman James F/O 57 J26108 DFC

29/06/45+ MacDONALD, Roderick Wray F/L 418 J9156 DFC

20/07/45+ MACDONALD, Stewart F/O 428 J36834 DFC

25/05/45+ MACDONALD, William Hamilton Kennedy F/O 420 J86834 DFC

08/05/45+ MacELWAIN, James Robert F/L 2 J20004 DFC

25/05/45+ MACFADDEN, Jack Hilton F/O 428 J36395 DFC

12/05/44+ MacFADYEN, Donald Aikins F/L 418 J3103 # (DSO) DFC (*)

12/12/44+ MACFARLANE, Leonard James P/O 161 J88752 DFC

20/02/45+ MACFARLANE, Murray Cowen F/O 61 J29615 DFC

07/12/45+ MacGREGOR, Ian Murdoch F/O 150 J88565 DFC

17/04/45+ MacGREGOR, James Alistair P/O 156 J90732 DFC

17/07/45+ MacHALE, John Bernard F/L 425 J29237 DFC

14/11/44+ MACINNIS, Elmer Gabriel F/O 420 J21755 DFC

14/09/43+ MACINTOSH, Charles Edward F/O 419 J8170 DFC

07/12/43+ MacINTOSH, Ian Finlay F/O 429 J11962 DFC

04/08/42+ MacINTYRE, Donald Philip F/O 35 J5998 # DFC (AFC)

11/02/44+ MacKAY, Donald Kenzie F/L 101 C4002 DFC

03/04/45+ MacKAY, John F/L 401 J12635 DFC (*)

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GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

20/07/45+ MacKAY, John Hamilton F/O 419 J28257 DFC

20/07/45+ MacKAY, Mervyn Lewis F/O 617 J87078 DFC

13/10/44+ MacKAY, William F/O 433 J39031 # DFC

25/01/44+ MacKENZIE, Andrew Robert F/O 421 J10976 # DFC

27/02/45+ MACKENZIE, Donald Murdo F/O 410 J19197 DFC

19/09/44+ MACKENZIE, Douglas Richardson WO 424 R142387 (1) DFC

12/01/43+ MacKENZIE, Kenneth Alexander + F/O 9 J5050 DFC

23/03/43+ MACKENZIE, Malcolm Graham F/O 148 J15492 DFC

12/12/44+ MACKENZIE, Roland Waldo F/O 166 J14101 DFC

30/11/43+ MacKENZIE, Roy Ernest P/O 420 J17755 DFC

25/05/45+ MacKERACHER, Willard Whitfield F/O 427 J25923 DFC

07/12/45+ MacKERROW, Robert East F/O 432 J36233 DFC

30/06/44+ MACKETT, Robert Edward F/L 149 J18192 DFC

01/03/46+ MACKIE, Alexander Morton F/O 424 J88245 F1 DFC

06/06/44+ MacKINNON, Lawrence Leroy F/L 405 J19268 (DSO) DFC

22/05/45+ MacKINNON, Thomas Joseph F/L 425 J16058 DFC

22/05/45+ MacKIRDY, Daniel Harvey F/L 158 J89429 DFC

12/12/44+ MACKLIN, Ewart Vernon F/O 434 J24560 DFC

27/03/45+ MACLEAN, Donald Edgar F/O 90 J89372 DFC

22/08/44+ MACLEAN, Donald Hector F/L 419 J19336 # DFC

16/10/42+ MacLEAN, John Angus F/L 405 C1107 # DFC

25/05/45+ MACLEAN, Kenneth Norman P/O 428 J89792 DFC

18/01/44+ MacLEAN, Ralph Spencer F/L 405 J17712 DFC

13/10/44+ MacLENNAN, Alistair Norman F/O 427 J19396 DFC

16/01/45+ MacLEOD, Duncan Rae F/L 429 J13367 DFC

19/05/44+ MacLEOD, George Graham F/O 405 J16777 DFC

11/12/45+ MACLEOD, John Leslie F/O 160(R) J24399 DFC

08/12/44+ MacLEOD, Norman Graeme F/L 431 J25178 DFC

27/03/45+ MACLEOD, Roderick Harold P/O 635 J87954 DFC

27/03/45+ MacLEOD, Wesley Alexander P/O 415 J90866 DFC

14/08/45+ MacLISE, Douglas James F/L 11(R) J10295 DFC

07/12/43+ MacMILLAN, Arthur F/L 426 C15711 DFC

21/01/44+ MacMILLAN, George James Stuart P/O 51 J18337 DFC

21/09/45+ MacMILLAN, Robert Percival McMillan F/L 420 J89274 DFC

25/09/45+ MacNAIR, Kenneth Alexander Cameron F/O 405 J89665 DFC

05/12/44+ MacNAUGHTON, Albert Edward F/O 578 J21806 # DFC

25/05/45+ MACNEIL, Dan Thomas F/O 419 J85961 DFC

17/07/45+ MacNEIL, John Joseph F/L 427 J18500 DFC

17/10/44+ MacNEIL, Malcolm P/O 83 J87594 # DFC

19/01/45+ MacNEIL, William Carlton F/O 415 J85606 DFC

17/04/45+ MacRITCHIE, Malcolm Donald WOII 77 R196541 DFC

F1 = Effective 11/01/45

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GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

15/09/44+ McADAM, William David WO 420 R160184 # DFC

19/12/44+ McALLISTER, John Everett F/L 415 J13316 # DFC

19/09/44+ McARTER, Donald Moir F/O 431 J18293 DFC

15/09/44+ McAULEY, Gerard F/L 427 J18888 DFC

06/11/42+ McAULEY, Vincent Cronkite F/L 7 J4761 DFC (*)

14/11/44+ McBAIN, Andrew Harold Adelbert + F/L 424 J23638 DFC

20/02/45+ McBURNEY, Robert William F/O 427 J18046 DFC

16/02/45+ McCABE, Desmond F/L 105 J17636 DFC DFM

06/11/42+ McCAFFERY, Elmore Hugh F/L 15 J6661 # DFC (AFC)

25/01/46+ McCAFFREY, John Harold Alexander + F/O 408 J86046 F2 DFC

29/10/43+ McCAIG, Leslie Neil F/L 426 J14907 # DFC

17/04/45+ McCALLUM, Kenneth Fraser P/O 419 J92516 DFC

19/01/45+ McCAMUS, William Harold F/L 404 J10049 # DFC

16/01/45+ McCANN, Richard Laurier F/O 630 J27578 DFC

17/07/45+ McCARTHY, Francis Stewart W/C 420 C12578 DFC

14/05/43+ McCARTHY, Joseph Charles F/O 97 J9346 (DSO) DFC (*)

26/06/42+ McCARTHY, Joseph Porter P/O 142 J15104 DFC

11/09/42+ McCAUL, John Lefroy F/O 114 J5078 # DFC (*)

15/12/44+ McCLARTY, Malcolm Stanley F/L 442 J14006 # DFC

15/06/43+ McCLELLAND, Richard Charles WO 106 R75461 (1) DFC (*)

30/10/45+ McCLENEGHAN, William Archibald F/L 101 J87303 DFC

17/08/43+ McCLURE, Alexander F/O 76 J9737 DFC

16/07/43+ McCLURE, John Edward F/O 137 J15505 # DFC

13/04/45+ McCOLL, Alan Clifford F/O 10 J26363 DFC

13/10/44+ McCONKEY, Edward John F/O 578 J22404 DFC

14/11/44+ McCONNACHIE, Norman F/L 419 J15887 DFC

17/08/45+ McCONNELL, Donald James McKinney F/O 406 J85568 DFC

16/01/45+ McCONNELL, William Agar Sanderson F/O 405 J28487 DFC (*)

12/01/43+ McCORMACK, John Edward F/L 419 J6136 DFC (AFC)

13/10/44+ McCRACKEN, Gordon F/O 428 J19000 DFC

01/10/43+ McCRAE, Jack Stansbury F/L 424 C15018 DFC

26/10/45+ McCRINDLE, John F/O 514 J19331 DFC

17/10/44+ McCRORY, James Anthony P/O 429 J87060 DFC

17/08/43+ McCULLAGH, Maurice Robert F/O 57 J15747 DFC

19/09/44+ McCULLOUGH, Robert Borden P/O 434 J19784 # DFC

17/10/44+ McCUNN, Robert Miliken WOI 434 R59771 (1) DFC

04/12/45+ McCURDY, Reginald Wallace F/L 576 J38157 DFC

12/02/46+ McCUTCHEON, Elvet Baxter + F/L 420 J25218 F3 DFC

09/07/43+ McCUTCHEON, John Terrence S/L 404 J15174 DFC (AFC)

14/09/43+ McDANIEL, Henry Hutchinson Lewis P/O 10 J17898 DFC

22/09/44+ McDONALD, Bruce Kenneth F/L 514 J27538 # DFC

07/05/43+ McDONALD, Charles Parkinson P/O 83 J16989 # DFC (*) DFM

22/09/42+ McDONALD, John Gordon F/O 83 J5059 DFC

F2 = Effective 28/07/44 F3 = Effective 15/01/45

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GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

20/11/42+ McDONALD, John Robert P/O 49 J7978 # (DSO) DFC

16/01/45+ McDONALD, John Woodrow F/O 405 J19726 DFC (*)

25/09/45+ McDONALD, Joseph Owen F/O 433 J28191 DFC

13/10/44+ McDONALD, Lloyd George F/O 426 J14218 DFC

25/05/45+ McDONALD, Lloyd Henry P/O 419 J90515 DFC

03/11/44+ McDONELL, Joseph Lawrence F/O 428 J19372 # DFC

20/04/43+ McDOUGALL, Thom Ross F/O 420 J8812 DFC (*)

20/07/45+ McDOWELL, Allan Ferguson F/O 424 J89272 DFC

19/01/45+ McDOWELL, James Stewart F/O 405 J27278 DFC

12/12/44+ McEACHERN, Thomas William P/O 429 J87493 DFC

22/12/44+ McELHANNEY, Thomas Perry F/L 417 J7772 # DFC

20/02/45+ McELROY, Gordon William Elwyn F/O 78 J27417 DFC

03/11/42+ McELROY, John Frederick F/O 249 J7230 # DFC (*)

20/02/45+ McEWAN, Bruce Davidson F/O 128 J38574 DFC

19/05/44+ McEWAN, Ian Gawthorp P/O 405 J18808 DFC

14/11/44+ McFALL, Stanley Eric F/O 614 J17765 DFC

13/03/45+ McFARLANE, Paul Alexander F/O 5(R) J21738 DFC

20/07/45+ McGAVIN, Donald Cameron F/O 434 J24691 DFC

15/06/43+ McGAVOCK, John Joseph P/O 426 J17116 DFC

11/06/43+ McGEE, Patrick D'Arcy F/L 207 J9482 DFC

05/12/44+ McGEE, Stanley Parker F/O 571 J14401 # DFC

25/09/45+ McGEOUGH, Joseph Halton F/O 166 J38408 DFC

25/07/44+ McGILL, Morley David P/O 419 C19702 # DFC

17/11/44+ McGILLIVRAY, John Joseph P/O 428 J85472 DFC

06/11/45+ McGILLIVRAY, Robert Lamont F/O 427 J19168 DFC

11/06/43+ McGLADREY, George Glover + F/O 35 J6843 # DFC

27/03/45+ McGLONE, Gerard Frederick F/O 415 J25552 DFC

14/11/44+ McGOURLICK, Donald Francis F/L 405 J13457 DFC

29/08/44+ McGOWAN, Ronald William F/L 578 J20070 # DFC

22/05/45+ McGRATH, Douglas Frederick F/L 433 J25885 DFC

25/09/45+ McGRATH, Matthew Kerr P/O 582 J90682 DFC

25/10/40+ McGREGOR, Gordon Roy F/L 1(R) C936 # (CC OBE) DFC

30/11/43+ McGREGOR, Walter Kenneth F/O 424 J16889 DFC

03/11/44+ McGUFFIN, William Chester + S/L 419 J15712 # DFC

16/11/45+ McGUIRE, John Sinclair F/L 415 J37482 DFC

25/05/45+ McGUIRE, Lorne Francis F/O 432 J89084 DFC

25/09/45+ McGUIRE, Louis James F/O 7 J92110 DFC

07/12/45+ McHARDY, Ian Morrison F/O 15 J93213 DFC

19/10/45+ McILHONE, Neil James F/O 60 J87373 DFC

20/07/45+ McINNES, Arthur Donald P/O 432 J92682 DFC

13/03/45+ McINNIS, Donald Erle F/O 10(R) J14051 DFC

06/06/44+ McINNIS, William Nelson P/O 426 J18816 DFC

02/01/45+ McINTOSH, David Norman F/O 418 J23956 DFC

25/09/45+ McINTOSH, Edward Richard F/O 405 J40022 DFC

04/02/44+ McINTOSH, James Alexander P/O 432 J19308 # DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

15/02/44+ McINTOSH, John P/O 419 J18198 DFC

20/07/45+ McINTYRE, Jack James F/O 78 J36376 DFC

20/02/45+ McINTYRE, William Joseph F/O 434 J19933 DFC

28/07/42+ McIVER, Bruce Gordon + F/O 106 J3596 F4 DFC

15/10/43+ McIVER, Malcolm F/O 106 J11107 DFC

17/10/44+ McIVOR, Donald Wilson P/O 576 J85628 DFC

12/06/45+ McKAY, Donald Hugh Allan P/O 417 J92459 DFC

12/12/44+ McKAY, Glen Carson F/O 434 J19619 DFC

21/04/44+ McKAY, William Arthur W/C 432 J15175 DFC

25/09/45+ McKAY, William Hugh F/O 432 J18054 DFC

19/01/45+ McKEAN, Graeme Thomas F/O 415 J86029 DFC

16/01/45+ McKECHNIE, Donald Sadler F/L 7 J35153 DFC

13/10/44+ McKENNA, Arthur Gerald W/C 420 C1051 DFC

27/03/45+ McKENNEY, Ray Roaldo P/O 427 J88373 DFC

25/05/45+ McKENZIE, Archibald Alexander F/O 405 J19097 DFC

15/12/44+ McKENZIE, Craig Alexander F/O 420 J26463 # DFC

18/09/45+ McKENZIE, Daniel Murray + F/L 323(W) J8786 F5 DFC

25/05/45+ McKENZIE, Robert Frederick WOII 7 R142081 DFC

25/05/45+ McKEOWN, Erwin Henry F/O 420 J26476 DFC

17/04/45+ McKILLOP, Alexander Patterson F/O 419 J35120 DFC

27/10/44+ McKILLOP, Stanley Bruce P/O 415 J85711 # DFC

25/09/45+ McKINLAY, John Allin F/O 405 J26541 DFC

12/12/44+ McKINLEY, Harold Ernest F/O 408 J24990 DFC

31/10/44+ McKINLEY, Henry Joseph Love F/O 575 J24177 # DFC

27/03/45+ McKINNON, Donald Barton Oliver F/O 404 J26648 DFC

25/09/45+ McKINNON, Donald Lawrence F/O 408 J39906 DFC

30/06/44+ McKINNON, William Robert F/O 102 J21892 DFC

25/05/45+ McKINSTRY, Clifford Islam F/O 426 J86336 DFC

16/11/45+ McKNIGHT, Ralph Edwin Caldwell S/L 223 J4423 DFC

31/10/44+ McLACHLAN, Hugh F/L 94 J8408 # (CMM) DFC

15/10/43+ McLAREN, Francis Earl P/O 104 J17371 DFC (GM)

23/02/45+ McLAUGHLIN, James Robert F/O 683 J85328 DFC

16/11/45+ McLAUGHLIN, Maurice William F/L 419 J16138 DFC

03/10/44+ McLEAN, Malcolm Neil P/O 429 J86725 # DFC

02/06/44+ McLEAN, Oliver Douglas WO 429 R102034 DFC

25/09/45+ McLEAN, William Geddes F/O 405 J38771 DFC

23/05/44+ McLEISH, Wallace Angus Grayton S/L 428 J4886 DFC (AFC)

16/11/43+ McLELLAN, Walter Greydon PO 101 J17691 DFC

01/03/46+ McLEOD, Arthur James F/O 156 J35524 F6 DFC

F4 = Effective 25/10/41 (killed in action)

F5 = Effective 28/03/43

F6 = Effective 19/02/45

F/O Malcolm Neil McLean also gazetted 17/10/44+ (and 2nd one cancelled 24/10/44+)

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GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

19/09/44+ McLEOD, Colin WOI 408 R121043 DFC

17/11/44+ McLEOD, Douglas Ian WOI 432 R161134 DFC

15/02/44+ McLEOD, Edward Thomas WO 50 R99253 DFC

13/10/42+ McLEOD, Henry Wallace ('Wally') F/L 1435 J4912 # (DSO) DFC (*)

10/12/43+ McLEOD, Roy Alexander WO 76 R50824 DFC

16/11/45+ McLEOD, Wilfred Douglas F/L 426 J29796 DFC

13/06/44+ McLERNON, Roy Aubrey W/C 425 C1637 # DFC

29/12/44+ McLURG, John Ernest F/L 107 J5211 DFC

27/07/45+ McMANUS, Patrick Joseph F/L 502 J14558 DFC

25/09/45+ McMATH, Matthew F/O 35 J28227 DFC

15/06/43+ McMENEMY, George Stuart P/O 426 J17117 DFC

19/10/43+ McMILLAN, Duncan James P/O 12 J17955 DFC

10/09/43+ McMILLAN, Lawrence + F/O 542 J10231 DFC

09/07/43+ McMILLS, Charles Robert F/L 252 J6005 DFC

22/10/40+ McNAB, Ernest Archibald S/L 1(R) C134 # (OBE) DFC

14/11/44+ McNABNEY, Hugh F/O 78 J23726 DFC

22/05/42+ McNAIR, Robert Wendall P/O 249 J4745 # (DSO) DFC (**)

17/07/45+ McNAMARA, Reginald F/L 415 J18506 DFC DFM

12/12/44+ McNAMEE, Gordon Andrew F/O 405 J26351 DFC

19/01/45+ McNAUGHTON, Duncan Anderson F/O 405 J25956 DFC (*)

05/12/44+ McNAUGHTON, Jack Grant P/O 433 J87880 # DFC

29/01/46+ McNEIL, Hardie Emerson F/L 436 J11320 DFC AFC

20/02/45+ McNEILL, Douglas Dean F/O 415 J85609 DFC

13/08/43+ McNEILL, John Gordon F/L 426 J9201 DFC

03/10/44+ McNICOL, William James F/L 433 J10419 # DFC

10/10/44+ McNULTY, Gordon Patrick F/O 162 J38594 DFC

04/12/45+ McPHAIL, Hugh Duncan F/L 576 J26236 DFC

06/11/45+ McPHERSON, Ian Edward F/L 12 J10107 DFC

20/02/45+ McPHIE, Louis Walton P/O 424 J89347 DFC

25/07/44+ McQUADE, Alton Robert Ralph P/O 419 J19570 # DFC

25/09/45+ McQUAID, Thomas James F/O 15 C7125 DFC

27/03/45+ McQUISTON, John Henderson F/O 415 J26751 DFC

07/12/43+ McQUOID, Donald John F/L 58 J6389 (DSO) DFC (*)

15/10/43+ McRAE, Donald Farquhar F/O 179 J9405 # DFC

26/09/44+ McRAE, James Marshall F/O 162 J20176 # DFC

20/10/44+ McROBERTS, Robert Cowan F/O 421 J12537 # DFC

17/11/44+ McRORIE, Eric Ryerson F/O 419 J27274 # DFC

19/10/43+ McSORLEY, Bernard Francis P/O 405 J17664 DFC

20/02/45+ McTAGGART, David Ostrom F/O 415 J87335 DFC

22/08/44+ McVEIGH, Hamilton Gordon WOII 433 R70185 # DFC

08/12/44+ McVICAR, Harold Chapman F/L 431 J87030 DFC

19/01/45+ McWHIRTER, Robert Edwin P/O 405 J86051 DFC

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GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

13/04/45+ MADDEN, Ralph Patrick F/L 186 J88080 DFC

12/12/44+ MADDER, William Joseph F/O 405 C19690 DFC

12/12/44+ MADDOCK, Douglas Beverly P/O 432 J85614 DFC

16/01/45+ MADDOCKS, Donald William F/L 149 J22527 DFC

13/11/45+ MADILL, Bert Dennis F/L 123 J16607 DFC

08/12/44+ MAGEE, Clyde Charles F/L 582 J24264 DFC (*)

21/09/45+ MAGEE, Douglas Thomas F/L 429 J14417 DFC

19/01/45+ MAGILL, James P/O 578 J89838 DFC

19/01/45+ MAGNUSSON, Holger Fred P/O 427 J88837 DFC

20/02/45+ MAGNUSSON, John Freeman P/O 431 J87579 DFC

16/01/45+ MAGNUSSON, Norman Lawrence S/L Middleton J17168 (CMM) DFC

20/07/45+ MAGUIRE, John Norman P/O 408 J94106 DFC

18/05/43+ MAGWOOD, Charles McLaughlin F/L 403 J5975 # DFC

04/12/45+ MAHON, Harold Henry Staunton F/L 433 J25694 DFC

27/03/45+ MAHONEY, Gerald Maurice F/O 428 J17806 DFC

07/11/44+ MAHONEY, William Arthur F/L 162 J7679 DFC

25/05/45+ MAHONY, Edward Patrick Joseph P/O 415 J89750 DFC

24/12/43+ MAIR, Alexander Campbell W/C 408 C1635 # DFC

26/06/45+ MAIR, Frank John F/L 502 J25271 # DFC

25/09/45+ MAJOR, Joseph Fernand Oliva P/O 77 J91184 DFC

20/02/45+ MALEC, Joseph P/O 424 C87153 DFC

09/10/42+ MALKIN, Harry P/O 35 J15521 # DFC (*) (AFC)

02/02/43+ MALLOY, Dennis Garland S/L 402 C1072 # DFC

27/04/43+ MALONEY, Gustave Henry Edwin F/O 683 J8779 # DFC

17/04/45+ MALONEY, William Patrick F/O 625 J29566 DFC

25/09/45+ MANION, William Joseph F/O 429 J28802 DFC

12/02/46+ MANN, Edward James+ P/O 576 J85595 F7 DFC

14/11/44+ MANN, Forrest George F/O 578 J86470 DFC

04/08/43+ MANN, Lloyd Arthur P/O 426 J19783 # DFC

12/01/43+ MANN, Lloyd Robertson P/O 420 J15638 DFC

07/03/44+ MANNING, Ralph Viril F/L 217 J15633 DFC

06/11/45+ MANNIX, John Bompas F/O 429 J19153 DFC

09/01/45+ MANSFIELD, Richard Gerard + P/O 419 J85770 # DFC

19/09/44+ MANSON, James St. Clair WO 10 R148965 DFC

16/02/45+ MARA, Neil Duncan F/L 433 J16120 # DFC

22/09/44+ MARCH, Ian Anderson S/L 410 J3258 # DFC

14/05/43+ MARCOTTE, Joseph Henri Arthur WO 425 R77063 DFC

12/01/45+ MARCOTTE, Joseph Louis Albert L. F/O 425 J86833 # DFC

01/03/46+ MARCOU, Harold Fortescue + S/L 156 C795 F8 DFC AFC

05/12/44+ MARGERISON, Clarence Christopher W. F/L 571 J7337 # DFC

13/04/45+ MARIER, John Eugene F/L 434 J13819 DFC

26/10/45+ MARK, William McIntyre F/L 425 J29775 DFC

20/07/45+ MARKS, Vernon Gerald P/O 635 J90495 DFC

F7 = Effective 28/07/44 F8 = Effective 20/02/45 (Marcou's AFC awarded while member of the RAF)

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GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

24/07/45+ MARLATT, Stafford Dean F/L 439 J16113 DFC

16/11/45+ MARLOW, Geoffrey Campbell F/L 434 J36615 DFC

25/09/45+ MARITT, Edwin Franklin F/O 428 J36873 DFC

01/06/43+ MARSH, Francis Peter + F/L 426 J15643 # DFC

23/03/45+ MARSHALL, Clyde Charles Milton W/C 424 C1205 DFC

17/11/44+ MARSHALL, Gordon Thomas P/O 434 J86715 DFC

14/11/44+ MARSHALL, Murray Gordon F/L 427 J11068 DFC

19/01/45+ MARSHALL, Norman William F/O 425 J85583 DFC

03/11/44+ MARSHALL, Robert George F/O 428 J19504 # DFC

25/05/45+ MARTEL, Albert Joseph F/O 425 J88173 DFC

17/04/45+ MARTIN, Byron Le Verne F/O 4O8 J86185 DFC

14/11/44+ MARTIN, John Edward Ross F/L 10(R) J2932 DFC

15/08/44+ MARTIN, Oscar Archibald Joseph F/L 418 J7792 # DFC

25/09/45+ MARTIN, Raymond William F/O 103 J39925 DFC

27/07/43+ MARTIN, Stanley Sinclair + P/O 103 J15225 F9 DFC

17/08/43+ MARTIN, Theodore John F/O 158 J8628 DFC

22/05/45+ MARTIN, Warren Graydon F/L 166 J26467 DFC

19/01/45+ MARTIN, William Francis F/O 405 J25054 DFC

30/01/45+ MARTIN, William Stanley F/O 409 J22604 # DFC

15/02/44+ MARTIN, Willmer Alexander WO 218 R102411 DFC

23/05/44+ MARVIN, James Robert F/L 77 J18724 DFC

10/12/43+ MASON, James Hubert P/O 50 J17624 DFC

23/03/45+ MASON, William Ewen Burdett F/L 156 J26408 DFC

06/10/44+ MASSE, Joseph Jean Charles Ubald P/O 425 J87969 # DFC

15/02/44+ MASSEY, Cornelius F/O 426 J11113 DFC

07/12/45+ MASSIE, James Cardno F/O 692 J38182 DFC

07/07/44+ MASTERS, Thomas James F/L 36 J9463 DFC

07/07/44+ MATHERS, James Wilson + F/O 162(R) J12570 DFC

03/10/44+ MATHESON, Colin Neil WOII 409 R152802 # DFC

13/10/44+ MATHESON, Kenneth Albert F/L 49 J24370 DFC (*)

28/07/44+ MATHESON, Sidney Edward F/O 162(R) J22227 # DFC

17/11/44+ MATHEWS, Andrew Thomas P/O 166 J87578 DFC

20/11/42+ MATHEWS, William Hooker P/O 69 J8424 # DFC

27/03/45+ MATTE, Lawrence Edward P/O 103 J90736 DFC

20/02/45+ MATTEN, William Charles F/O 166 J35928 DFC

07/12/45+ MATTHEWS, Andrew Stephen F/O 12 J39318 DFC

17/04/45+ MATTHEWS, Frank William F/O 90 C19431 DFC

11/02/44+ MATTHEWS, Herbert Lincoln F/L 120 J22545 DFC

12/02/46+ MAVAUT, Paul Raymond Joseph Murray+ F/L 106 J25970 G1 DFC

19/01/45+ MAWHINNEY, Bruce Alger F/O 431 J23880 DFC

13/10/44+ MAWSON, John Douglas ('Jack') F/L 427 J19057 DFC

25/05/45+ MAXHAM, Albert Gilbert P/O 415 J90125 DFC

17/11/44+ MAXWELL, Joseph John Horace WOI 97 R162983 (1) DFC

F9 = Effective 19/04/42 (deceased) G1 = Effective ll/09/44

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

25/09/45+ MAXWELL, Robert Burton F/O 405 J89628 DFC CGM

08/06/44+ MAXWELL, William Christie WOI 10(R) R93153 DFC

17/08/43+ MAXWELL, William Mead P/O 426 J17114 DFC

14/11/44+ MAY, John Roberts S/L 426 J5808 DFC

14/11/44+ MAY, John Walter F/O 432 J16246 DFC

24/11/44+ MAY, Lewis Farnell F/O 414 J14318 # DFC

27/03/45+ MAYO, Earl Charles F/O 427 J25382 DFC

15/02/44+ MAYOU, Francis David P/O 405 J18381 DFC

30/06/44+ MEADEN, William Harold David P/O 432 J18290 DFC

12/12/44+ MEARS, Julian Donaldson F/O 420 J29411 DFC

17/07/45+ MEARS, Thomas Cameron F/L 415 J2939 DFC

20/07/45+ MEEK, James F/O 150 J37873 DFC

17/11/44+ MEEK, Richard Jack P/O 626 J85486 DFC CGM

21/04/44+ MEEKS, Stuart Allen P/O 425 J19081 DFC

29/10/43+ MEILLEUR, Joseph Armand Francois P/O 425 J17536 DFC

07/12/45+ MELBOURNE, Frederick Earl F/O 692 J41634 DFC

25/09/45+ MELLARD, James Victor F/O 405 J38282 DFC

25/05/45+ MELLSTROM, Melborn Leslie + F/O 405 C18414 DFC

27/10/44+ MENAUL, Arthur F/O 404 J13695 # DFC

23/01/45+ MERCER, George Franklin F/L 411 J17795 DFC

20/07/45+ MEREDITH, Herbert Roy Harrison F/O 158 J91021 DFC

17/04/45+ MERLIN, Robert Alexander Aubrey F/O 77 J88897 DFC

29/10/43+ MERRIFIELD, Leonard Alexander F/O 420 J11069 DFC

20/07/45+ METCALFE, Earle Garth F/O 420 J37196 DFC

19/09/44+ METCALFE, George Wesley WO 514 R89830 DFC

23/01/45+ METCALFE, Lorin Wilmot F/L 184 J11553 DFC

29/12/42+ METHERAL, Kenneth James P/O 408 J15683 DFC

07/01/44+ METHERAL, Robert Keith P/O 419 J18989 # DFC

02/06/44+ MEYER, Sven Olaf F/L 177(W) J6145 DFC

17/11/44+ MICHAEL, Francis Edward P/O 424 C86456 DFC

26/10/45+ MICHIE, Lyle George F/O 550 J90454 DFC

17/04/45+ MIDDLEMASS, Joseph Gilbert F/L 35 J5097 G2 DFC

15/02/44+ MIDDLEMISS, Kenneth Robert P/O 12 J19034 DFC

19/05/44+ MIDDLEMISS, Robert George F/L 403 J15958 DFC

06/06/44+ MIDDLEMISS, William Sidney F/L 625 J19404 DFC

24/11/44+ MIDDLETON, Borden Earle F/L 442 J7820 # DFC

25/09/45+ MIDDLETON, Herbert Irvin WOII 9 R167681 DFC

01/06/45+ MIDDLETON, Robert Sherlock F/O 190 J88159 DFC

24/07/45+ MIDDLETON, Warren Martin F/L 430 J6220 DFC

31/12/43+ MIDGLEY, Durward F/L 15 J18559 # DFC

18/05/43+ MIESEN, Joseph Julius P/O 9 J16720 DFC

18/08/44+ MILES, Alfred John F/O 428 J20853 DFC

06/11/42+ MILES, Harold Thomas F/O 15 J6946 # DFC (*)

25/09/45+ MILLAR, James Benjamin F/O 419 J92066 DFC

G2 = Effective 18/11/42

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

23/03/45+ MILLER, Bernard Bryce F/L 428 J21668 DFC

12/12/44+ MILLER, Carl Raymond Duncan F/O 432 J24480 DFC

15/06/43+ MILLER, Ernest Vernon P/O 214 J17077 DFC

02/06/44+ MILLER, George Norman F/O 418 J21288 # DFC

19/10/45+ MILLER, Gordon F/L 426 J11239 DFC

17/10/44+ MILLER, Harold Henry F/L 32 J17356 DFC

26/10/45+ MILLER, John Alexander Fraser F/O 419 J40184 DFC

11/02/44+ MILLER, Kenneth Stuart F/O 404 J17945 DFC

17/11/44+ MILLER, William Donald P/O 434 J85773 DFC

04/12/45+ MILLER, Wilmer Earl S/L 432 J8654 DFC

14/11/44+ MILLIGAN, Kenneth Ivie Roy F/L 7 J28254 DFC

03/10/44+ MILLIKEN, Samuel Ethelbert MacLeod F/O 425 J86842 # DFC

27/03/45+ MILLS, Jack Moore F/O 432 J27545 DFC

10/09/43+ MILLS, Jacques George F/L 78 J17195 DFC

25/05/45+ MILLS, Ross Allison F/O 432 J27429 DFC

20/07/45+ MILLS, Vidal Leroy F/O 76 J28874 DFC

18/05/45+ MILLSON, Howard Douglas P/O 433 J92854 # DFC

25/05/45+ MILLWARD, Hector Munro Bertram P/O 427 J90550 DFC

13/08/43+ MILLWARD, James Bert S/L 426 J10255 DFC (*)

09/05/44+ MILNE, Gordon Sheppard P/O 106 J19630 # DFC

05/05/44+ MILNE, Roderick Francis S/L 10(R) C1596 DFC

20/07/45+ MILTON, Douglas F/O 77 J36372 DFC

17/10/44+ MIMS, Clarence Lewis P/O 625 J85121 DFC

12/01/45+ MINHINNICK, Stuart Harry F/L 408 J26761 # DFC

20/07/45+ MINNIS, Harvey+ P/O 115 J16658 G3 DFC

27/06/44+ MINOGUE, James Steel WO 156 R69302 DFC

25/09/45+ MITCHELL, Alfred Duncan F/O 142 J45535 DFC

22/05/45+ MITCHELL, Charles George F/L 35 J20407 DFC

13/04/45+ MITCHELL, Eric Martin W/C Croft C175 DFC

17/12/43+ MITCHELL, Harold Wallace P/O 429 J18923 # DFC

15/09/44+ MITCHELL, Jack Eldin P/O 433 J86237 # DFC

16/01/45+ MITCHELL, James David F/L 627 J9158 DFC

25/08/44+ MITCHELL, James Fairservice Runciman F/L 148 J3496 DFC

21/04/44+ MITCHELL, James Frederick F/L 9 J4101 DFC (*) (AFC)

02/06/44+ MITCHELL, John Maxfield F/L 405 J18424 DFC

17/10/44+ MITCHELL, Leonard Lilburn P/O 429 J86016 DFC

17/04/45+ MITCHELL, Lloyd James WOII 433 R151145 DFC

06/06/44+ MITCHELL, Philip Douglas WO 619 R124098 DFC DFM

30/03/45+ MITCHELL, Robert Kealley F/L 429 J23102 # DFC

15/02/44+ MITCHELL, Thomas Murray Laing F/O 139 C20394 DFC

16/11/45+ MITCHELL, William Richard F/L 415 J20559 DFC

09/11/43+ MITCHNER, John Davidson F/L 402 J16799 # DFC (*)

25/09/45+ MIZZEN, Clifford Abner F/O 166 J43667 DFC

08/05/45+ MOE, Clifford Norman P/O 404 J92256 DFC

G3 = Effective 25/04/43

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

21/09/45+ MOFFAT, Lorne Caldwell F/L 429 J21848 DFC

17/04/45+ MOFFATT, John Eric F/O 434 J36074 DFC

05/10/43+ MOFFIT, Barry Haig S/L 5(R) C1170 # DFC AFC

14/11/44+ MOHER, Daniel Logan F/O 105 J17713 DFC

17/10/44+ MONAHAN, James Malcolm P/O 433 J86250 DFC

29/12/44+ MONSON, Alonzo Edgar S/L 439 J22010 DFC

20/07/45+ MONTAGNE, Joseph Andrew F/O 425 J29848 DFC

21/09/45+ MONTGOMERY, Allan Norman F/L 415 J13370 DFC

19/10/43+ MONTGOMERY, Donald Allen P/O 97 J18042 DFC

07/11/44+ MONTGOMERY, Gordon Hudson F/O 158 J25972 # DFC

21/12/45+ MONTGOMERY, Ralph Joseph + WOI 405 R131045 G4 DFC

25/07/44+ MONTGOMERY, William Donald Craig F/L 174 J15697 # DFC

27/03/45+ MONTY, Charles Eugene Neill F/O 427 J18935 DFC

16/11/43+ MOODIE, Duncan McNaught F/O 97 J12811 DFC

25/01/44+ MOODY, Vincent Kenneth F/O 610 J15362 DFC

25/05/45+ MOONEY, Charles Harold F/O 405 J86011 DFC

17/10/44+ MOORE, Andrew Alan P/O 103 J85151 DFC

13/10/44+ MOORE, Edgar Allen F/O 426 J21034 DFC

27/03/45+ MOORE, Gordon William F/O 434 J25942 DFC

14/11/44+ MOORE, James F/O 114 J86164 DFC

08/08/44+ MOORE, Leslie Albert + F/L 441 J17857 # DFC (AFC)

23/03/45+ MOOTE, Frederick Gerald F/L 7 J21629 DFC

30/11/43+ MORABITO, Anthony Bruno P/O 283 J17897 DFC

09/11/43+ MORAN, Charles Cecil S/L 418 C1063 # DFC

25/09/45+ MOREAU, Joseph Gerald Arthur F/O 425 J90558 DFC

10/12/43+ MOREY, Chancy Leroy P/O 106 J17527 DFC

17/08/43+ MORGAN, Earl Edward P/O 158 J17009 DFC

20/02/45+ MORGAN, Lee Park P/O 419 J90155 DFC

25/09/45+ MORGAN, Lou Elcock F/O 103 J89374 DFC

06/11/42+ MORGAN, Owen Horace F/O 150 J7021 DFC

12/12/44+ MORIN, Gaetan Philippe Alcide P/O 78 J87365 DFC

13/10/44+ MORISON, David William F/L 429 J20709 DFC

23/03/45+ MORISON, John Douglas F/L 77 J24771 DFC

16/02/45+ MORRICE, James MacDonald F/L 427 J16091 DFC

21/09/45+ MORRIS, Anthony Edward Lloyd F/L 223 J36951 DFC

17/10/44+ MORRIS, George Herbert P/O 578 J86481 DFC

29/12/42+ MORRIS, Jerrold Arthur F/O 419 J7459 DFC (*)

19/01/45+ MORRIS, John William P/O 424 J89342 DFC

25/05/45+ MORRIS, Stanley Earle P/O 415 J92054 DFC

20/07/45+ MORRIS, Walter Edward Charles F/O 415 J19176 DFC

27/03/45+ MORRISON, Clifford Byron P/O 640 J89790 DFC

16/07/43+ MORRISON, Donald Robert F/L 401 J15475 # DFC DFM

15/09/44+ MORRISON, Howard Allan S/L 405 J4898 (DSO) DFC (AFC)

21/04/44+ MORRISON, James Robert P/O 419 J18937 # DFC

G4 = Effective 05/05/44

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

12/01/43+ MORRISON, John Robert P/O 405 J15523 DFC

27/06/44+ MORRISON, Norman Beverley F/L 619 J13721 DFC

11/06/43+ MORRISON, Roy Gordon F/O 35 J9764 # DFC

08/09/44+ MORRISON, Samuel Richard P/O 408 J85734 # DFC

18/08/42+ MORROW, Robert Ellis Evan S/L 402 C1238 # DFC

29/12/44+ MORSE, Hugh Fitch F/O 442 J27017 DFC

06/11/45+ MORTON, Arthur Homer F/L 103 J12040 DFC

27/07/43+ MORTON, Earl Frederick P/O 418 J16333 DFC

03/04/45+ MORTON, John Alexander F/L 400 J7451 DFC

25/05/45+ MORTON, John Frederick F/O 431 J29163 DFC

12/11/43+ MORTON, Joseph Alfred F/L 427 J16482 DFC

14/11/44+ MOSELEY-WILLIAMS, Walter Read W/C 427 J8773 DFC

13/11/45+ MOSHER, Gordon William S/L 203 J6182 DFC

25/09/45+ MOSS, Frederick Howard Durran F/O 424 J35812 DFC

22/06/45+ MOSSING, Frederick Wallace F/L 274 J88877 # DFC

05/11/43+ MOSSIP, Harrison Taylor F/O 1 J15927 # DFC

20/02/45+ MOSSMAN, Lowell Millward F/O 428 J87782 DFC

25/09/45+ MOSURE, Elmer Marshall F/O 100 J37890 DFC

16/01/45+ MOTHERWELL, Victor George F/L 420 J7920 DFC

20/10/44+ MOTT, Guy Elwood F/L 441 J22319 # DFC

18/05/45+ MOULD, John Lister F/O 424 J86694 # DFC

20/07/45+ MOWATT, Everett Annand F/O 408 J27871 DFC

03/03/44+ MOWER, Arthur Joseph Charles WO 223 R74757 DFC

17/11/44+ MOYER, Arthur Andrew F/O 226 J14645 # DFC

14/05/43+ MOYER, Ronald Claus P/O 408 J16247 DFC (*)

17/04/45+ MOYNES, Elgin Alonzo P/O 415 J90939 DFC

19/05/44+ MUIR, Gilbert Alexander F/L 46 C5645 DFC

17/04/45+ MULDONEY, William George F/O 432 J28861 DFC

14/05/43+ MULHALL, Victor Allen F/L 214 J4757 DFC

17/07/45+ MULHOLLAND, John Valentine F/L 427 J36985 DFC

21/09/45+ MULHOLLAND, William John F/L 166 J28665 DFC

12/11/43+ MULLIGAN, Eric Harold F/L 408 J16708 DFC

20/02/45+ MUNN, John F/O 578 J25562 DFC

13/07/43+ MUNRO, James Francis P/O 97 J17499 DFC

22/05/45+ MUNRO, Lorne Earle F/L 156 J29516 DFC

24/11/42+ MURCHIE, Burton Durrell F/L 175 J15366 # DFC

30/06/44+ MURIE, Leonard Munro Thompson WO 429 R188011 DFC

17/03/44+ MURPHY, Clifford Edward Joseph F/L 428 J20392 # DFC

20/07/45+ MURPHY, Francis Bennett F/O 434 J25733 DFC

30/03/45+ MURPHY, Jack Morris F/L 427 J22769 # DFC

27/10/42+ MURPHY, Keith Campbell F/O 115 J7228 DFC

17/07/45+ MURPHY, Leo Thomas F/L 10 J27190 DFC

06/10/44+ MURPHY, Louis Eric John F/O 427 J20191 # DFC

17/08/43+ MURPHY, Matthew John P/O 426 J16832 DFC

17/04/45+ MURPHY, Tommy Cecil F/O 77 J88722 DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

20/07/45+ MURRAY, Alpine McLean P/O 158 J92480 DFC

08/06/44+ MURRAY, Bruce Alexander F/L 10(R) J7212 DFC

12/12/44+ MURRAY, David Heath F/O 625 J28171 DFC

17/07/45+ MURRAY, Donald Lyle Hunter F/L 431 J92255 DFC

17/11/44+ MURRAY, Douglas Gray F/O 35 J85076 DFC

23/05/44+ MURRAY, Francis Neville F/L 427 J21443 DFC

09/03/45+ MURRAY, Frederick Thomas F/L 401 J18113 # DFC

29/09/42+ MURRAY, George Bremner P/O 401 J15476 # DFC

19/01/45+ MURRAY, George Ernest P/O 415 J87955 DFC

10/12/43+ MURRAY, George Francis Denis WO 35 R79421 DFC

27/03/45+ MURRAY, James Manuel F/O 77 J22701 DFC

25/09/45+ MURRAY, James Ross F/O 158 J92267 DFC

27/03/45+ MURRAY, John Walter F/O 429 J28235 DFC

17/08/45+ MURRAY, Stuart Elliot S/L 406 J16199 DFC

12/02/46+ MURRAY, Thomas Robertson + F/O 626 J36314 G5 DFC

14/05/43+ MURRELL, Sidney Leon P/O 425 J16203 DFC

20/07/45+ MURRELL, William Henry P/O 419 J92493 DFC

06/11/45+ MURTON, Arthur Homer F/L 103 J12040 DFC

12/12/45+ MUSGROVE, Gerald Albert F/O 15 J17952 DFC

17/07/45+ MUSSELLS, Campbell Halliburton S/L 405 C1639 (DSO OBE) DFC

27/02/45+ MUSSELMAN, Harold John F/O 166 J88125 # DFC

25/09/45+ MUTCHLER, Walter F/O 158 J37704 DFC

01/06/45+ MUTTON, Jack Beauchamp P/O 298 C89528 DFC

08/05/45+ MYERS, Cecil Dennison F/L 407 J23215 DFC

12/12/44+ MYERS, Clyde Vincent F/O 432 J27470 DFC

17/10/44+ MYERS, William James F/O 441 J18688 # DFC

05/05/44+ MYLES, John Robinson F/O 544 J16477 DFC

11/08/42+ MYLREA, Frank Henry WO 102 R58214 DFC

G5 = Effective 14/01/45

S/L Campbell Halliburton MUSSELLS' OBE was in Korea

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

07/12/45+ NAIMAN, Arnold Irving F/O 692 J43898 DFC

27/03/45+ NAIRN, Thomas John F/O 405 J27791 DFC

25/05/45+ NASH, John Albert Macdonald F/O 419 J86159 DFC

25/09/45+ NASH, Robert Charles F/O 12 J89837 DFC

17/10/44+ NASH, Walter Norman WOII 427 R147090 (1) DFC

20/07/45+ NAUGLER, Harris Elbert F/O 101 J37156 DFC

30/06/44+ NAYLOR, William Keith F/O 431 J17272 DFC (*)

29/05/42+ NEAL, Eugene Lawrence F/L 401 C1640 # DFC

25/09/45+ NEALE, Herbert William F/O 426 J36913 DFC

02/02/45+ NEIL, John William F/O 421 J16638 # DFC

19/01/45+ NEILANS, John Ferguson F/O 424 J14744 DFC

13/10/44+ NEILLY, Louis Graham F/L 429 J3202 # DFC (*)

25/05/43+ NEILSON, Alexander Roy F/O 59 J5293 DFC

12/02/46+ NELSON, Donald Smith F/L 626 J26257 G6 DFC

14/11/44+ NELSON, Frank Irwin F/O 408 J24623 DFC

23/03/45+ NELSON, Henry F/L 10 J87209 DFC

30/03/45+ NELSON, John Eric F/O 404 J27081 # DFC

20/02/45+ NELSON, Russell Lloyd F/O 78 J27166 DFC

23/09/41+ NESBITT, Arthur Deane S/L 401 C1327 # (OBE) DFC

13/02/45+ NESS, David Edward F/O 56 J85008 DFC

17/07/45+ NESS, John Freeland F/L 514 J18394 DFC

24/03/44+ (NESSER, A.P.V. see CHEATER) F/O 10 J9135 (X) DFC

27/07/45+ NETREFA, Augustin Megantic WO 311 R225514 DFC

08/12/44+ NEVINS, Clifford Wright F/L 420 C18984 DFC

20/04/43+ NEWITT, Roland MacRae P/O 103 J16193 DFC (*)

20/03/45+ NEWMAN, Dennis Alfred F/L 103 J6641 # DFC

13/10/44+ NEWMAN, William Benjamin F/O 138 J21644 DFC

13/08/43+ NEWSON, William Francis Montgomery S/L 408 C983 (DSO) DFC (*)

14/08/45+ NEWTON, Russell Keith F/L SYD J11625 DFC

12/01/43+ NICHOLL, Arthur WO 214 R76180 DFC

20/07/45+ NICHOLL, Christopher Iltyd Hubert F/O 514 J28107 DFC

12/12/44+ NICHOLL, George Freeman F/O 405 J23154 DFC (*)

16/02/45+ NICHOLL-CARNE, Thomas Devereux F/L 428 J27904 DFC

27/03/45+ NICKEL, Lloyd Dennis P/O 35 J92434 DFC

17/08/45+ NICKEL, William Hodgson S/L 644 J12774 DFC

13/04/45+ NICKERSON, George Edward S/L 434 J13067 DFC

29/06/45+ NICOL, Alastair MacLean F/L 418 J24973 DFC

04/12/45+ NICOL, Gordon Campbell F/L 103 J22881 DFC

G6 = Effective 16/12/44

G7 = Effective 29/03/44

(X) = NAME CORRECTED FROM NESSER TO CHEATER LG 31/03/44+

SYD = RCAF Station Sydney

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

21/12/45+ NIELSEN, Christian Marius F/O 433 J85080 G7 DFC

29/10/43+ NIELSEN, Elden Lloyd F/O 458 J9647 DFC

27/03/45+ NIELSEN, Eric Hersholt F/O 101 J87221 DFC (MP)

23/03/45+ NISBET, Walter Lyle F/O 226 J40949 # DFC

29/12/44+ NIXON, Harold Joseph F/L 411 J6187 DFC

19/01/45+ NIXON, John Donovan Richmond F/O 433 J26784 DFC

14/09/43+ NIXON, Robert William P/O 35 J17729 DFC

16/11/45+ NOBERT, Andre F/O 425 J39311 DFC

21/09/45+ NOBES, Walter Oakley F/L 100 J35272 DFC

30/10/45+ NOBLE, Carman Douglas F/L 214 J15080 (MBE) DFC

19/09/44+ NOBLE, James Graham P/O 619 J85551 DFC

12/12/44+ NOBLE, Paul Newman Joseph F/O 156 J23968 DFC

20/02/45+ NOBLE, Stanley Roy F/O 428 J21041 DFC

03/10/44+ NOONAN, Daniel Edward F/L 416 J4863 DFC

19/09/44+ NORSWORTHY, Hughes Hayles S/L 439 J5114 # DFC

14/11/44+ NORTH, Allan Kingdon F/O 426 J25932 DFC

27/08/43+ NORTHCOTT, Geoffrey Wilson S/L 416 J15088 # (DSO) DFC (*)

21/12/45+ NORTHERN, Edward+ F/L 420 J14566 G8 DFC

22/05/45+ NORTHRUP, James Ronald F/L 415 J11816 DFC

12/12/44+ NORTON, Louis Robert F/O 51 J88004 DFC

12/12/44+ NOVICK, William Henry F/O 433 J25973 DFC

17/10/44+ NOWAZEK, Joseph P/O 420 J85583 DFC

23/05/44+ NOYES, William Robert Samuel P/O 199 J18461 DFC

26/11/43+ NUTTER, William Stuart Goodlake F/O 5(R) J7206 DFC

G8 = Effective 30/04/44

MP = Later Member of Parliament and Minister of National Defence

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

26/10/45+ O'BRIEN, James Miller Philip F/O 514 J17977 DFC

23/03/45+ O'CALLAGHAN, Frederick James F/L 426 J13717 DFC

12/01/43+ O'CONNELL, Lawrence James P/O 407 J15311 DFC

11/08/42+ O'CONNELL, William John Joseph P/O 226 J15059 DFC

19/01/45+ O'CONNOR, John Charles Patrick F/O 101 J22860 DFC

05/06/45+ O'CONNOR, Percy Charles F/O 426 J17736 # DFC

20/02/45+ O'DRISCOLL, James Wilson F/O 166 J35128 DFC

13/10/44+ O'GORMAN, Howard Wainwright F/O 434 J19731 DFC

12/12/44+ O'GORMAN, John Francis F/O 432 J26089 DFC

23/11/43+ O'HANDLEY, John James P/O 158 J17770 # DFC

21/11/44+ O'MARA, Raymond Joseph P/O 211 J85701 DFC

04/12/45+ O'NEIL, Bernard Harold F/L 576 J37069 DFC

16/02/45+ O'NEILL, Edward Yates F/L 619 J25410 DFC

22/08/44+ O'NEILL, James Harold F/O 426 J18543 # DFC

12/12/44+ O'REILLY, Michael Douglas P/O 433 C87213 DFC

17/07/45+ OAKLEY, Edward Howard F/L 420 J40773 DFC

22/05/45+ OATWAY, Wallace Reginald F/L 424 J14817 DFC

13/10/44+ OBEE, Robert Thomas F/L 425 J15872 DFC

29/12/44+ OCKENDEN, Gordon Frederick F/O 443 J21398 DFC

25/09/45+ OEHM, Wray Frederick P/O 433 J93523 DFC

04/12/45+ OGLE, John Yuill Taylor F/L 433 J24737 DFC

20/07/45+ OGLE, Lewis Powell F/O 153 J27479 DFC

07/12/45+ OGLE, William Melville F/O 12 J39273 DFC

15/02/46+ OLAFSON, Harold Christian F/O 436 J43684 DFC

25/05/45+ OLDERSHAW, Donald McKie F/O 408 J35238 DFC

19/10/45+ OLDHAM, Ronald F/L FEF J6141 DFC

13/02/42+ OLEINEK, Peter Joseph P/O 12 J4735 DFC (AFC)

24/10/44+ OLMSTED, William Alfred S/L 442 J5125 # (DSO) DFC (*)

21/09/45+ OLSEN, Thomas Coulter F/L 83 J28859 DFC

09/01/45+ OLSON, Carl Robert P/O 428 J88426 # DFC

27/07/45+ OLSON, Oke F/L 407 J22046 DFC

19/01/45+ ORENDORFF, Orville Louis F/L 433 J28324 # DFC

29/05/42+ ORMSTON, Ian Campbell P/O 401 J5028 # DFC

29/12/44+ ORR, James Douglas F/L 403 J10391 DFC

05/09/44+ ORR, Russell William F/L 411 J9930 # DFC

17/07/45+ ORSER, Stuart Thomas F/L 76 J25820 DFC

21/09/45+ OSBORN, William Ward F/L 419 J26673 DFC

19/09/44+ OSHELL, Leo Napoleon P/O 420 J86150 DFC

27/06/44+ OSLER, Erwin Earl F/L 635 J16724 DFC DFM

16/02/45+ OTTEWELL, Lawrence William F/L 57 J29817 DFC

07/04/44+ OUGH, Gordon Byron S/L 458 J12882 DFC

07/07/44+ OVENS, George F/O 502 J15676 DFC

17/03/44+ OWEN, Joseph Roger F/L 680 J6832 # DFC

09/07/43+ OWENS, Keith Hartley F/O 37 J16022 # DFC

FEF = Fighter Experimental Flight, Fighter Command

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

25/09/45+ PACKER, Norman Alan F/O 158 J35908 DFC

01/10/43+ PADDOCK, Cecil William P/O 424 J16778 DFC

25/05/45+ PAGE, Joseph Ernest Jacques F/O 425 J86666 DFC

20/07/45+ PAIGE, Darrel Rollin F/O 625 J91102 DFC

05/06/42+ PAIGE, Ernest Franklyn P/O 407 J6007 # DFC

12/12/44+ PAINCHAUD, Alfred Ernest Joseph P/O 425 J88024 DFC

19/01/45+ PAINTER, Victor Francis F/O 405 J23470 DFC

20/02/45+ PALEN, John Franklin P/O 635 J88997 DFC

19/01/45+ PALIDWAR, William F/O 424 J26781 DFC

20/07/45+ PALLETT, Kenneth Pallett P/O 424 J93585 DFC

30/10/42+ PALMER, Charles William P/O 405 J15818 # DFC

13/10/44+ PALMER, Edward Bruce F/L 138 J86263 DFC

15/10/43+ PALMER, Richard William F/O 50 J12982 DFC

23/03/45+ PAMPLIN, Douglas Robert F/L 103 J35880 DFC

17/04/45+ PAPINEAU, Louis Joseph Leopold M. F/O 425 C5632 DFC

27/03/45+ PAPPAS, George F/O 424 J29980 DFC

01/09/44+ PAPPAS, Leonard P/O 12 J85738 # DFC

18/08/44+ PARE, Ivan Murray F/O 138 J17951 DFC

20/07/45+ PARE, Joseph Benoit Roland P/O 425 J93879 DFC

16/11/45+ PARKER, Charles Haldor F/L 428 J10416 DFC

20/02/45+ PARKER, Charles Henry F/O 78 J28553 DFC

23/10/45+ PARKER, Douglas George WO1 436 R146583 # DFC

14/05/43+ PARKER, Frank Weir S/L 426 J15087 DFC

08/05/45+ PARKER, Louis Holmes F/L 175 J10987 DFC

12/01/43+ PARKS, Walter Franklin P/O 408 J7544 DFC (*)

23/10/45+ PARKS, William Ralph F/L 10 J25040 DFC

25/01/44+ PARRY, Arthur Wilson F/O 10 J16704 # DFC

25/05/45+ PARRY, George Dean P/O 429 J90447 DFC

20/07/45+ PARRY, John Clayton F/O 166 J87903 DFC

16/11/45+ PARSONS, Patrick Joseph F/O 424 J35014 DFC

17/08/43+ PARSONS, Ward Clifford P/O 61 J17328 DFC

08/12/44+ PARTRIDGE, James Alfred F/L 424 J25850 DFC

16/01/45+ PASSMORE, Charles Kenneth Thomas F/L 192 J24476 DFC

17/07/45+ PATCHET, George Stuart F/L 7 J13361 DFC

11/02/44+ PATERSON, Donald Savigny F/L 630 J3523 DFC

30/10/45+ PATERSON, Reginald Philip F/L 101 J23377 DFC

19/01/45+ PATERSON, William Paterson F/O 424 J28881 DFC

21/04/44+ PATERSON, Wray WO 460 R75153 (G8a) DFC

12/12/44+ PATON, Archibald Thomas F/O 419 J25045 DFC

19/09/44+ PATRICK, William Bryan P/O 427 J85561 DFC

02/02/45+ PATTEE, Lynus Raitt F/O 48 J20152 # DFC

03/11/44+ PATTEN, Gordon Wallace F/L 428 J19721 # DFC

12/12/44+ PATTEN, Lloyd Wilson F/O 415 J25838 DFC

16/01/45+ PATTERSON, Allan Eaton F/L 429 J18630 DFC

G8a = Announced a second time on 30/06/44+ as P/O and this entry cancelled on 21/07/44+

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

29/08/44+ PATTERSON, Bedford Donald Chase S/L 426 J10296 # DFC

07/12/45+ PATTERSON, Elmer F/O 425 J89787 DFC

14/09/45+ PATTERSON, George Rudolph F/L 416 J7440 DFC

01/08/44+ PATTERSON, Harry Thomas S/L 433 J15159 # DFC

20/07/45+ PATTERSON, John Catherwood F/O 77 J35807 DFC

14/11/44+ PATTERSON, John Purcell F/O 432 J19724 DFC

15/06/43+ PATTERSON, John William P/O 61 J17080 DFC (*)

03/10/44+ PATTERSON, Reginald Keith F/L 433 J14552 # DFC

06/11/45+ PATTERSON, Norman Edward F/L 432 C35269 DFC

29/01/46+ PATTERSON, Thomas WOII 357 R77617 DFC

17/11/44+ PATTERSON, William Smith F/O 426 C4591 DFC

14/09/43+ PATTESON, Eric Wesley F/O 57 J9918 DFC

06/11/42+ PATTISON, John David S/L 419 C957 DFC (*)

15/09/44+ PATTISON, Richard Holtby F/L 109 J23029 DFC (*)

20/07/45+ PAUL, Arthur Beviss F/O 429 J35509 DFC

20/02/45+ PAUL, Harold George F/O 78 J25762 DFC

14/11/44+ PAUL, Melburn Wilfred P/O 5(R) J27840 DFC

12/01/43+ PAULTON, Edwin Amos P/O 1474 Flt J16114 # DFC

13/10/44+ PAWLYSHYN, John F/O 622 J13984 DFC

06/08/46+ PAYNE, Donald Melvin F/L 428 J38377 DFC (AFC Kor)

20/02/45+ PAYNE, George Douglas F/O 35 J85841 DFC

17/04/45+ PEACH, Jack Harvey F/O 424 J35048 DFC

25/05/45+ PEACOCK, Edward Bernard F/O 428 J26634 DFC

27/03/45+ PEACOCK, James Edwin Malcolm F/O 12 J29380 DFC

12/02/46+ PEACOCK, Wilfred George Frederick F/O 405 J18009 G9 DFC

19/09/44+ PEACOCK, Wilfred Ferguson Thomas WO 424 R98453 (1) DFC

13/10/44+ PEAKE, John F/O 514 J20915 DFC

09/01/45+ PEARCE, Glenn William Anson P/O 428 J89640 # DFC

21/08/45+ PEARCE, Norman John F/O 73 C37909 DFC

26/10/45+ PEARSON, Alexander Lloyd F/L 102 J35727 DFC

27/03/45+ PEARSON, Frederick Charles F/O 424 J87605 DFC

14/05/43+ PEARSON, George Thomas S/L 35 J4780 DFC

23/10/45+ PEARSON, Harold Whittier F/L 436 C26196 # DFC

17/10/44+ PEARSON, Walter John P/O 433 J86378 DFC

12/02/46+ PEARSON, William Edgar F/L 97 J21611 H1 DFC

16/05/44+ PECK, George Richard Hamilton P/O 419 C18516 # DFC

12/12/44+ PEDEN, David Murray F/O 214 J20216 DFC

14/11/44+ PEDEN, John F/L 97 J20909 DFC

12/12/44+ PEDERSON, Lauritz Melburn F/O 49 J24988 DFC

11/08/42+ PEEL, Ronald F/O 9 J5303 DFC

20/07/45+ PEGG, Henry Charles F/O 429 J29715 DFC

29/12/44+ PEGLAR, Warren Brock F/L 274 J7892 DFC

12/12/44+ PELLETIER, Joseph Ivan F/O 166 J36415 DFC

G9 = Effective 25/09/44

H1 = Effective 28/08/44

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

05/12/44+ PELOQUIN, Joseph Andre Marcel F/O 425 J16920 # DFC

14/09/45+ PENFIELD, James Gillam F/L 245 J23882 DFC

20/07/45+ PENNER, Edward Radke F/O 424 J37787 DFC

22/05/45+ PENNINGTON, John S/L 405 J8600 DFC

13/10/44+ PENROSE, Robert Cecil F/O 427 J24486 # DFC

19/09/44+ PENTLAND, William Harry S/L 440 J3204 # DFC

19/01/45+ PEPIN, Joseph Ramould P/O 425 J89008 DFC

21/09/45+ PERCIVAL, George Wortman F/L 431 J15773 DFC

18/05/43+ PERKINS, Coleman Douglas F/O 9 J15979 DFC

26/10/45+ PERRIER, Joseph Gerald Fernand F/L 425 J36485 DFC

30/06/44+ PERRIN, James Hugh WO 103 R139455 DFC

20/07/45+ PERRY, Arthur Jackson P/O 7 J93519 DFC

05/12/44+ PERRY, Jack WO 404 R109092 DFC

17/11/44+ PERRY, John Kenneth F/O 425 J19050 DFC

13/10/44+ PERRY, John Wycliffe F/L 405 J9192 # (DSO) DFC

27/03/45+ PERRY, Robert Allan F/O 640 J35522 DFC

25/05/43+ PETERS, Herbert Peter + F/L 400 J3512 DFC

12/12/44+ PETERS, Lazar F/O 431 J24058 (CM) DFC

25/09/45+ PETERS, William David F/O 158 J36603 DFC

17/04/45+ PETERSON, Benjamin Lane F/O 434 J85778 DFC

29/05/42+ PETERSON, Herbert Victor WO 35 R60240 # DFC (**)

02/06/44+ PETERSON, Ivan Norman F/O 426 J18238 DFC

19/01/45+ PETERSON, John Allan P/O 9 J87217 DFC (*)

17/04/45+ PETERSON, Thomas Ronald F/O 138 J28495 DFC

17/11/44+ PETHICK, Llewellyn Wallace F/O 50 J85243 DFC

06/04/43+ PETTIT, Maurice William F/L 218 J16060 # DFC (*)

15/10/43+ PETTIT, Wilmot Reginald + F/L 199 J15517 # (OBE) DFC

19/09/44+ PHELAN, William Gerald F/O 425 J27718 # DFC

15/09/44+ PHILBIN, Gerald Bernard S/L 425 J13999 (P) DFC

16/11/43+ PHILLIP, Robert Dulmage F/L 421 J16145 DFC

06/02/45+ PHILLIPS, Andrew James F/L 220 J17013 DFC

12/12/44+ PHILLIPS, Arthur Harold F/O 431 J25744 DFC

21/04/44+ PHILLIPS, Gerald Irwin P/O 432 J19065 DFC

21/11/44+ PHILLIPS, John Harold F/L 418 J11274 DFC

19/05/44+ PHILLIPS, Wallace George P/O 408 J19005 # DFC

29/01/46+ PHILP, Owen Bartley F/O 436 J38956 (CM) DFC

20/04/43+ PHILPOTTS, Laurie Evan F/O 683 J15527 # DFC

12/11/43+ PHIPPS, Rodney Thirsk F/L 272 J9648 # DFC

25/05/45+ PHRIPP, Clarence Frank F/O 576 J25778 DFC

12/01/43+ PIERCE, Thomas White F/O 15 J8608 DFC (*)

16/03/45+ PIERCE, Wilbur Clark S/L 433 J29592 # DFC

29/03/46+ PIERI, Donald Mathew + F/L 412 J9430 DFC

30/06/44+ PIGEON, Percy Edgar P/O 617 J19053 DFC

25/09/45+ PITTMAN, Hubert Joseph F/O 434 J35762 DFC

21/09/45+ PITU, Carl Leo F/L 408 J28633 DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

20/02/45+ PITZEK, Adolph Carl P/O 431 J88577 DFC

05/09/44+ PLAMONDON, Joseph Marie Guy F/L 198 J8921 # DFC (*)

25/01/46+ PLATANA, Daniel Dominique + F/O 156 J18616 H2 DFC

04/12/45+ PLAYFORD, John Dennis F/L 100 J11966 DFC

19/05/44+ PLEASANCE, Wilbur Provence W/C 419 C1395 # DFC (*)

17/08/43+ PLEDGER, Thomas Oswald P/O 78 J9694 DFC

25/09/45+ PLISHKA, William Mitchell F/O 424 J89324 DFC

19/09/44+ PLOMMER, Robert Le Larmee F/O 432 J23469 DFC

17/04/45+ PLOTKINS, Leon Joseph P/O 625 J92986 DFC

15/12/44+ PLUMER, Benjamin Erwin ('Ben') F/L 410 J10802 # DFC

05/05/44+ PLUMMER, Arthur Gordon F/O 420 J14032 # DFC

19/09/44+ PLUMMER, William Amos P/O 426 J19905 DFC

18/08/44+ PLUNKETT, Eric WO 83 R136519 DFC

15/12/44+ PLYLEY, Gordon Edward F/O 427 J26145 # DFC

19/10/45+ POAG, John Herbert F/L 159 J25926 DFC

21/09/45+ POIRIER, Joseph Ernest Gerard F/L 425 J35285 DFC

25/05/45+ POIRIER, Joseph Foch Laurier R. P/O 425 J90543 DFC

19/01/45+ POIRIER, Paul Nazaire P/O 425 J88835 DFC

14/08/45+ POITEVIN, Daniel Gordon WOI 11(R) R77085 DFC

25/09/45+ POLLOCK, James F/O 626 J37724 DFC

17/04/45+ POLLOCK, John William P/O 156 J92822 DFC

18/05/43+ POOL, George Robert P/O 76 J16530 DFC

23/03/45+ POOLE, Donald Frederick F/L 428 J26026 DFC

13/04/45+ POPE, Charles Stewart F/L 429 J13609 DFC

17/11/44+ POPPLESTONE, Donald Herald F/O 434 J17792 DFC

17/07/45+ PORTER, Charles Husband S/L 431 J11973 DFC

21/01/44+ PORTER, Garvin Herbert WO 83 R94737 DFC

14/08/45+ PORTER, Paul Wilson F/L 11(R) J6862 DFC

23/01/45+ PORTZ, John Maxwell F/L 411 J15613 DFC

17/10/44+ POSNER, Sam Wilfred P/O 408 J86477 DFC

20/02/45+ POSTE, John Richard F/O 431 J35236 DFC

30/06/44+ POTHIER, Bourneuf Freeman + WO 405 R104431 DFC

25/05/45+ POTTER, Aurele Louis F/O 432 J87033 DFC

12/12/44+ POTTS, Ralph Maxwell F/O 432 J26299 DFC

17/11/44+ POUSHINSKY, Valentin Walter F/O 626 J23728 DFC

21/12/45+ POWDRILL, Ross+ F/L 166 J19169 H3 DFC

05/09/45+ POWELL, Harry James F/O 425 J17055 # DFC

18/05/45+ POWELL, Kenneth Orvil F/L 429 J36200 # DFC

15/01/43+ POWELL, Lloyd Woodrow + P/O 412 J15339 # DFC

25/07/44+ POWELL, Patrick Albert F/L 404 J11222 # DFC

14/05/43+ POWELL, Peter Geoffrey F/L 35 J8817 (DSO) DFC

28/11/44+ POWER, Jack Leonard F/L 144 J12254 # DFC

23/05/44+ POWERS, John Edward P/O 426 J19064 DFC

23/03/45+ POYNTZ, Hardy Alford Peter F/L 571 J6233 DFC

H2 = Effective 14/07/44 H3 = Effective 06/06/44

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

20/10/44+ PRANGE, Bruce Willard F/O 614 J25783 # DFC

21/09/45+ PRATT, Donald Owin F/L 150 J25756 DFC

23/05/44+ PRATT, John Henry F/O 630 J16236 DFC

19/09/44+ PRATT, Robert Alexander F/O 434 J19004 DFC

27/06/44+ PREBBLE, Francis Noel P/O 10 J19480 DFC

03/04/45+ PRENDERGAST, James Bernard F/L 430 J8139 DFC

17/10/44+ PRENTICE, Francis William P/O 419 J68208 DFC

13/03/45+ PRENTICE, Vernon David F/L 160(R) J27360 DFC

15/06/43+ PRICE, John Reginald P/O 408 J16259 DFC

11/08/42+ PRICE, Lyall Basil Burman + S/L 408 C920 DFC

18/08/44+ PRICE, Reginald William Douglas P/O 625 J19829 DFC

06/11/45+ PRICE, Stanley F/O 433 J19317 DFC

19/01/45+ PRICE, Stanley Reuben F/O 429 J29327 DFC

19/10/43+ PRIDDAY, Robert George P/O 408 J17739 DFC (*)

27/03/45+ PRINGLE, Howard Monckton F/O 35 J86187 DFC

17/11/44+ PRINGLE, Terence Harry F/O 578 J25203 DFC

11/08/44+ PRITCHARD, John Everett F/L 139(W) J9348 DFC

15/02/44+ PRITCHARD, Lorne Thomas F/O 50 J14783 DFC

01/10/43+ PROBERT, Rex Howard P/O 92 J16848 # DFC

21/08/45+ PROCTOR, Billy Wright F/L 601 J24138 DFC

05/02/43+ PROCTOR, Charles Stanley Wright F/O 104 J6150 DFC

16/02/45+ PROSSER, Charles Alexander F/L 35 J23364 DFC

23/05/44+ PROTHEROE, David Harrison F/O 625 J14679 DFC

17/11/44+ PRYSZLAK, Mike F/O 429 J20720 DFC

29/05/45+ PUBLICOVER, Ernest Franklyn S/L 547 C89502 # DFC

17/04/45+ PUCHALSKI, Arthur WOII 77 R196158 DFC

10/04/45+ PUDNEY, John William David F/O 98 J37039 DFC

20/02/45+ PUE, Peter Royal P/O 429 J87957 DFC

22/08/44+ PULLAR, William Stewart F/L 408 J18049 # DFC

08/06/45+ PURKIS, Robert Sydney F/O 437 J38089 # DFC

19/09/44+ PURVES, James Kent Blair F/L 21 J4342 # DFC

04/12/45+ PURVES, Robert Windsor Victor F/L 153 J35595 DFC

17/11/44+ PUSKAS, Stephen P/O 429 J86956 DFC

08/12/44+ PUTERBOUGH, Cari Cooper F/L 214 J21296 DFC

25/09/45+ QUARNSTROM, Roland Gustov F/O 434 J36386 DFC

15/09/44+ QUEALE, Linton Wilson F/L 405 J24216 DFC (*)

20/07/45+ QUIGG, Thomas Joseph Fergus P/O 419 J92042 DFC

12/12/44+ QUINLAN, Austin Samuel F/O 408 J24971 DFC

01/10/43+ QUINLAN, Bryan Albert P/O 458 J16969 DFC

12/01/45+ QUINLAND, Gerald Joseph F/O 431 J88459 # DFC

21/09/45+ QUINN, Gerald Samuel F/L 428 J12473 DFC

14/05/43+ QUINN, Reynold Norman P/O 97 J16157 DFC (*)

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17/10/44+ RABCHAK, Julian John P/O 103 J86259 DFC

03/03/44+ RACETTE, Jean Fernand WO 37 R108311 DFC

03/07/45+ RACICOT, Charles Bernard Joseph F/O 425 J92018 # DFC

29/09/44+ RACINE, Gerald Geoffrey F/L 263 J5800 DFC

16/05/44+ RACKHAM, Paul Remby F/O 120 J14658 # DFC

17/04/45+ RAE, Cuthbert David F/O 434 J35124 DFC

27/08/43+ RAE, John Arthur F/L 416 J15493 # DFC

23/03/45+ RAILTON, Charles Spencer F/L 408 J26609 DFC

25/05/45+ RAKUS, Benjamin P/O 428 C90730 DFC

12/12/44+ RAMEY, Harold Douglas P/O 432 J87783 DFC

30/11/43+ RAMSAY, David+ F/L 420 J12973 DFC

25/05/45+ RAMSEY, Colin John Alfred P/O 35 C89659 DFC

03/11/44+ RANCE, Thomas Frederick F/L 425 J25093 # DFC

06/04/45+ RANCOURT, Joseph Leandre Marie L.F. F/O 404 J22884 # DFC

18/08/44+ RAND, Donald Ross F/O 427 J22572 DFC

23/01/45+ RANDALL, Lawson Hunter W/C 413 C834 DFC

20/07/45+ RANDALL, Richard Edward WOII 424 R136687 DFC

17/11/44+ RANEY, Lloyd Elias James F/O 429 J24721 DFC

02/06/44+ RATCLIFFE, Russell Edwin David F/L 426 J10421 DFC

03/04/45+ RATHWELL, Donald Wesley F/O 17 J18284 DFC

23/03/45+ RAVENSCROFT, Ian Edward F/L 97 J26709 DFC

25/09/45+ RAWLYCK, Peter William P/O 434 J94177 DFC

15/10/43+ RAWSON, Byron Frederick Norman F/L 429 J10982 DFC (*)

17/11/44+ RAY, Donald Gordon F/O 12 J22902 DFC

20/02/45+ RAY, Frederick Lyman F/O 427 J17589 DFC

26/02/46+ RAYMES, Daniel Francis F/L 10(R) J9872 #C DFC AFC

20/07/45+ RAYMOND, William Ford F/O 77 J93257 DFC

17/07/45+ RAYNER, Alan Garrett F/L 78 J23881 DFC

13/10/44+ RAYNSFORD, Leonard Thomas F/O 429 J14742 DFC

25/05/45+ REBICK, Irwin F/O 10 J90642 DFC

13/04/45+ REDMOND, Douglas Rollen F/L 608 J13751 DFC

17/11/44+ REDMOND, Hugh Carleton P/O 9 J87157 DFC

08/06/45+ REED, John Thomas S/L 437 C1646 # DFC

19/01/45+ REEKIE, John F/O 405 J17767 DFC

06/06/44+ REES, Horace Lewis F/O 576 J22187 DFC

20/02/45+ REESOR, Edward Martin F/O 431 J86987 DFC

15/06/43+ REEVES, Thomas Henry P/O 408 J16268 DFC

17/07/45+ REEVES, Harold James S/L 408 J10644 DFC

03/11/44+ REGIMBAL, Peter Ernest P/O 427 J87673 # DFC

08/12/44+ REGIMBALD, Joseph Gaetan Marcel E. F/L 425 J14794 DFC

20/07/45+ REICHEL, Robert Craig F/L 88 J26014 DFC

17/11/44+ REID, Charles Alfred P/O 408 J86586 DFC

07/12/45+ REID, David Martin WOII 582 R163730 DFC

21/11/44+ REID, Douglas MacKay F/O 252 J18696 DFC

#C = Citation appears in CG 23/02/46

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GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

17/08/43+ REID, Earl Frank F/O 83 J8751 DFC

17/11/44+ REID, Gordon Ernest WOI 405 R65753 DFC

20/07/45+ REID, Ivan Douglas F/O 433 J36848 DFC

17/11/44+ REID, Kenneth Percy James F/O 578 J23359 DFC

06/11/45+ REID, Mervyn Garfield F/O 10 J90338 DFC

21/09/45+ REID, Ralph Garlett F/L 115 J36186 DFC

13/10/44+ REID, Robert Tennant F/O 61 J23371 DFC

27/02/45+ REID, Ross Frederick S/L 438 J9936 DFC

02/06/44+ REID, Thomas Gillen F/L 117 J8391 DFC

20/07/45+ REID, William Robert F/O 427 J87704 DFC

03/03/44+ REID, Wilmer Harry F/O 43 J16290 DFC

13/10/44+ REINHART, William Leonard F/L 109 J15197 DFC DFM

24/08/43+ RENEAU, Gordon Louis F/O 47 J9750 # DFC

17/11/44+ RENNIE, James Peter F/O 550 J22940 DFC

27/06/44+ RENTON, William Douglas F/L 405 J22484 DFC

03/07/45+ REYNOLDS, George Ernest F/O 424 J35869 # DFC

20/07/45+ REYNOLDS, James Victor F/O 78 J92456 DFC

29/09/42+ REYNOLDS, James William Bromley P/O 174 J15356 #(Y) DFC

23/03/43+ REYNOLDS, John Aldridge P/O 69 J8421 DFC (*)

25/09/45+ RHODES, Robert William Arthur F/O 7 J91122 DFC

19/01/45+ RHODES, Thomas Alfred Thorneycroft F/L 431 J85976 DFC

17/07/45+ RHUDE, Cecil Anderson F/L 550 J16727 DFC

13/10/44+ RHUDE, Henry Burton F/O 617 J19195 DFC

17/10/44+ RICE, Glenn Alvin P/O 434 J85844 DFC

25/08/44+ RICE, John Douglas F/L 267 J9169 DFC

15/08/44+ RICHARD, Joseph Oliver F/L 550 J23518 DFC

17/11/44+ RICHARDS, John Kennedy P/O 218 J85552 DFC

19/01/45+ RICHARDSON, Abraham Leroy F/O 415 J86243 DFC

20/02/45+ RICHARDSON, Albert Tindale F/O 428 J29330 DFC

19/01/45+ RICHARDSON, John Andrew F/O 424 J85309 DFC

11/02/44+ RICHER, Joseph Albert Dollard Baxter W/C 425 C626 DFC

25/09/45+ RICHES, James Robert F/O 426 J40058 DFC

20/07/45+ RICHEY, Russell Samuel Clair F/O 428 J35537 DFC

19/01/45+ RICHMOND, Douglas Elgin P/O 428 J89161 DFC

07/11/44+ RIDEOUT, Chester Franklin F/O 272 J21262 # DFC

29/03/46+ RIDGE, Raymond Clifford + F/O 404 J24425 DFC

21/04/44+ RIDGERS, Cyril Frederick + F/O 408 J14577 # DFC

19/09/44+ RIDLEY, Henry Penman P/O 434 J85399 DFC

25/09/45+ RILEY, William Francis F/O 166 J40371 DFC

30/06/44+ RIMMER, Arthur F/O 44 J26841 DFC

12/12/44+ RIOME, William Ernest F/O 424 J26655 DFC

20/07/45+ RIRIE, Arnold Lawrence WOII 405 R202642 DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

17/11/44+ RITCH, James Gerald P/O 625 J86868 DFC

23/05/44+ RITCHIE, James F/O 600 C7940 DFC

19/11/43+ RITCHIE, James Willett WO 467 R93698 # DFC

20/07/45+ RITCHIE, William P/O 419 J92262 DFC

20/07/45+ RIVERS, Russell Nelson F/L 409 J9566 DFC

18/01/44+ ROACH, Mark F/L 426 J15098 DFC DFM

25/05/45+ ROACH, Percy Carl WOII 405 R224492 DFC

23/03/45+ ROBB, David S/L 100 J9545 DFC AFC

13/02/45+ ROBB, John Malcolm F/L 414 J10229 DFC

18/05/45+ ROBERTS, John Fulton S/L 405 J37731 # DFC

27/03/45+ ROBERTS, Kenneth Godfrey P/O 158 J89779 DFC

25/09/45+ ROBERTS, Lorne Russell F/O 429 J40055 DFC

21/09/45+ ROBERTS, William McIntosh F/L 419 J17046 DFC

23/03/45+ ROBERTSON, David F/L 578 J23747 DFC

02/05/44+ ROBERTSON, Douglas Furg WOII 426 R117140 # DFC

21/11/44+ ROBERTSON, Douglas Raymond + F/L 190 J13712 DFC

20/10/44+ ROBERTSON, Graham Douglas S/L 411 J15113 # DFC

17/04/45+ ROBERTSON, James Donald F/O 405 J28216 DFC

22/05/45+ ROBERTSON, James Duncan Alexander + F/O 160 J29252 # DFC

14/11/44+ ROBERTSON, Morley Ross F/L 100 J9765 DFC

17/08/43+ ROBERTSON, Oliver Brook F/L 97 J10302 # DFC

27/03/45+ ROBERTSON, Peter Albert P/O 156 J90559 DFC

26/10/45+ ROBERTSON, Thomas McLellan F/O 431 J87248 DFC

19/01/45+ ROBERTSON, William Dale F/O 550 J20812 DFC

05/04/46+ ROBERTSON, William Struan F/L 436 J8211 DFC

01/10/43+ ROBIN, Clarence Ernest F/O 265 J12571 # DFC

26/11/43+ ROBINSON, Edward La Page + F/O 145(R) J9200 (2) DFC

20/10/44+ ROBINSON, George Douglas F/O 410 J20412 # DFC

17/04/45+ ROBINSON, Leslie P/O 419 C88231 DFC

17/04/45+ ROBINSON, Ross Alexander F/O 420 J36601 DFC

14/07/44+ ROBSON, William Wishart F/O 428 J14214 # DFC

06/06/44+ ROCHELEAU, Joseph Rodolphe Ulysee F/O 101 J17973 DFC

29/12/44+ RODD, David Beckwith F/L 150 J9070 DFC

07/04/44+ RODDICK, Frederick James F/L 262 J16289 DFC

20/02/45+ RODEN, Thomas Ryland F/O 432 J36324 DFC

15/09/44+ RODGER, David F/L 617 J10160 DFC

14/07/44+ RODNEY, William F/L 78 J27015 # DFC (*)

05/04/46+ ROGERS, Albert William F/L 117 J29650 DFC

13/10/44+ ROGERS, George McClintock F/O 428 J14220 DFC

25/05/45+ ROGERS, Harold Wilson P/O 419 J88217 DFC

13/02/45+ ROHMER, Richard Heath F/O 430 J24120 (CMM OC) DFC (OOnt)

15/06/43+ ROLFE, Victor F/O 426 J10676 DFC (*)

17/11/44+ ROLLO, Kenneth Park P/O 420 J87027 DFC

19/10/45+ ROLLS, Wallace Etherington F/L 436 J17219 DFC

18/08/44+ ROMANO, Armando F/O 106 J21025 DFC

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GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

25/05/45+ ROMBOUGH, Donald Albert F/O 431 J87999 DFC

25/09/45+ RONEY, Robert Howard McGill P/O 625 J93408 DFC

25/09/45+ RONNEBECK, Robert Douglas F/O 419 J92065 DFC

06/11/42+ ROPER, Frank Adams F/O 207 J6166 DFC

07/12/45+ ROPER, Harry Wilson P/O 419 J94589 DFC

17/04/45+ ROSE, Frederick William F/O 428 J23903 DFC

06/03/45+ ROSE, Richard John F/L 150 J12271 # DFC

17/04/45+ ROSEBLADE, Norman Leslie F/L 190 J15029 DFC

20/07/45+ ROSEBRUGH, Robert Keith F/O 158 J37780 DFC

20/02/45+ ROSKO, Maurice P/O 578 J86660 DFC

16/11/45+ ROSS, Alan David F/O 103 J37009 DFC

21/09/45+ ROSS, Allan Lawrence F/L 428 J16986 DFC DFM

17/10/44+ ROSS, Archie Joseph P/O 428 J19864 DFC

25/07/44+ ROSS, Arthur Stuart F/L 193 C8323 # DFC

27/03/45+ ROSS, Jack Robert WO 7 R178408 (1) DFC

01/03/46+ ROSS, John Thomson F/O 405 J85482 H4 DFC

23/03/45+ ROSS, Robert Gordon F/L 428 J28357 DFC

05/02/43+ ROSS, William Donald WO 148 R60211 DFC

21/09/45+ ROTHENBUSH, Jack Warren F/L 434 J13048 DFC

04/12/45+ ROTSTEIN, Lorne Albert F/L 419 J21910 DFC

20/07/45+ ROULSTON, Kenneth Charles F/O 428 J26466 DFC

03/04/45+ ROUSSELL, Joseph Ludger Aurele F/L 414 J20230 (OMM) DFC

25/05/45+ ROUTLEDGE, George Arnold P/O 158 J92661 DFC

27/06/44+ ROUTLEDGE, John Dennison P/O 405 J19988 DFC

02/06/44+ ROW, Daniel Nicholson F/L 7 J16030 DFC

25/09/45+ ROWAN, Frank Harold F/O 514 J19707 DFC

28/03/44+ ROWAND, James George F/L 404 J8954 DFC

17/08/43+ ROWE, Alfred George P/O 432 J16574 DFC

25/05/45+ ROWE, Charles Joseph F/O 405 J18799 DFC

11/02/44+ ROWE, Edward Lionel Llewellyn P/O 415 J18597 DFC

19/09/44+ ROWE, Fred Leon F/O 434 J16034 # DFC

16/03/45+ ROWE, John Earl F/O 429 J37072 # DFC

08/06/44+ ROY, Allan MacDougall P/O 119(R) J29626 DFC

14/05/43+ ROY, George Albert S/L 425 C1362 DFC

20/02/45+ ROY, Patrick Denson F/O 415 J29845 DFC

03/10/44+ ROY, Paul Jean F/O 278 J17397 # DFC

20/07/45+ RUBIN, Harold F/O 434 J27115 DFC

14/05/43+ RUBIN, Hector Bernart P/O 101 J16411 DFC

13/04/43+ RUBLEE, William Orson P/O 150 J16205 # DFC

25/09/45+ RUDDY, Lawrence Patrick WOI 419 R125949 (1) DFC

29/10/43+ RUDEEN, Howard Melvin F/O 420 J12980 DFC

12/12/44+ RUDMAN, Stephen David P/O 100 J87734 DFC

H4 = Effective 19/02/45

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GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

05/04/46+ RUE, David Roderick Hilton S/L 435 J10118 DFC

17/04/45+ RUFFELL, Harvey Lorne F/O 427 J28185 DFC

06/02/45+ RUGIENIUS, Anthony Vincent F/O 113 J17512 DFC

17/04/45+ RUNCIMAN, Donald Richard P/O 427 J88894 DFC

23/01/45+ RUSH, Francis John F/L 502 J23331 # DFC (*)

25/10/40+ RUSSEL, Blair Dalzel F/O 1(R) C1319 # (DSO) DFC (*)

18/01/44+ RUSSELL, Alfred Herbert F/O 423 J8972 DFC

19/09/44+ RUSSELL, Charles Alfred WO 83 R140888 DFC

13/11/45+ RUSSELL, Jack Albert F/L 203 J20593 DFC

29/12/44+ RUSSELL, Neil Gillespie F/L 416 J8136 DFC

27/03/45+ RUSSELL, Ronald Albert F/O 433 J27738 DFC

24/03/44+ RUSSELL, Walter Andrew F/O 31 J12247 # DFC

17/07/45+ RUSSELL, Walter Lyle F/L 625 J29734 DFC

19/05/44+ RUSSELL, William Alfred S/L 408 J8041 # DFC

03/04/45+ RUTHERFORD, Jack Wilson F/L 60 J10351 DFC

19/01/45+ RUTHERGLEN, Raymond Allan P/O 405 J86032 DFC

25/09/45+ RUTHIG, Victor Milner WOII 433 R256267 DFC

14/05/43+ RUTTLEDGE, Alfred John de Laune F/O 138 J15160 DFC (*)

13/10/44+ RYAN, John Arthur WOII 425 R156114 # DFC

25/09/45+ RYMER, David F/O 626 J37727 DFC

06/10/42+ SABOURIN, Joseph Jean Paul F/L 145 J3519 DFC

29/12/44+ SAGER, Arthur Hazelton S/L 443 J8638 DFC

12/12/44+ SAIT, Frederick Florent F/O 78 J24039 DFC

27/06/44+ SALE, Douglas Julian + S/L 35 J9929 (P) DSO DFC

05/04/46+ SALO, Torsti Albert F/L 435 J11033 DFC

19/01/45+ SAMSON, Robert Glenn F/O 434 J19899 DFC

20/07/45+ SAMUELS, Frederick Charles F/O 158 J36856 DFC

17/04/45+ SANDERS, Samuel Donald F/O 424 J27679 DFC

05/05/44+ SANDERSON, James Harold F/L 10(R) J6275 DFC

19/09/44+ SANDERSON, John Harold F/O 427 J21356 DFC

20/02/45+ SANDERSON, John Stephenson P/O 100 J89028 DFC

12/01/43+ SANDERSON, William Clifford F/L 408 J7331 DFC

15/10/43+ SANDGREN, Harry William F/L 158 J16791 DFC

17/11/44+ SANGSTER, George Alexander P/O 9 J87066 DFC

25/09/45+ SARGENT, John Heitmann F/O 408 J36850 DFC

15/10/43+ SATTLER, Martin F/O 405 J21942 DFC (*)

17/07/45+ SAUNDERS, Donald Robert F/O 424 J89293 # DFC

15/10/43+ SAUNDERS, Howard Laun S/L 218 J9149 DFC

17/04/45+ SAUNDERS, Paul Duncan F/O 166 J26371 DFC

20/07/45+ SAUNDERS, Robert Frederick F/O 433 J89420 DFC

29/12/44+ SAUVE, Aurele Mederic F/O 514 J18874 # DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

18/01/44+ SAVAGE, Cyril Raymond F/L 44 J13415 DFC

01/06/45+ SAVARD, Joseph George Ernest F/L 440 J20430 DFC

11/06/43+ SAVARD, Joseph Logan S/L 425 C1664 DFC

27/07/45+ SAVARD, Joseph Roger F/O 404 J24821 DFC

23/02/45+ SAWERS, William F/O 414 J14539 # DFC

27/03/45+ SAYE, William Paul F/O 432 J27647 DFC

17/10/44+ SAYEAU, Harold Ernest F/O 106 J19922 # DFC

17/04/45+ SCANLAN, Paul Douglas F/O 415 J35088 DFC

17/04/45+ SCARF, John Caldwell Johnstone P/O 415 J90970 DFC

04/12/45+ SCHENK, Wilfred George F/L 101 J29097 DFC

16/10/42+ SCHMIDT, Dallas Wilbur F/O 227 J7336 # DFC (*)

25/09/45+ SCHMIDT, Patrick Frederick Leo F/O 142 J43626 DFC

19/10/43+ SCHMITT, William Henry P/O 427 J18121 DFC

17/11/44+ SCHMITZ, Kenneth Louis F/O 427 J26421 DFC

09/07/43+ SCHOALES, Robert Alfred F/L 404 J15092 DFC

17/07/45+ SCHOLLAR, Jim Aubry F/L 429 J40478 DFC

20/07/45+ SCHONECK, Clarence Edward F/O 10 J36382 DFC

11/12/45+ SCHROEDER, Wellington Leroy F/L 160(R) J12865 DFC

06/11/45+ SCHUBERTS, Trevor Earl F/L 431 J17242 DFC

20/02/45+ SCHULTZ, Carl William F/O 77 J26714 DFC

14/01/44+ SCHULTZ, Rayne Dennis F/O 410 J16359 # (OMM) DFC (*)

20/07/45+ SCHWANDT, Jonathan Chester P/O 128 J94302 DFC

17/11/44+ SCOTT, Arthur Mitchell WOII 419 R159001 DFC

10/09/43+ SCOTT, Donald Gairn F/O 542 J10224 DFC

20/07/45+ SCOTT, Francis Adelbert P/O 158 J92556 DFC

25/05/45+ SCOTT, Gilbert Leigh F/O 608 J25988 DFC

12/12/44+ SCOTT, Glendon Roland F/O 429 J17140 DFC

19/05/44+ SCOTT, Henley Neilson F/L 61 J20948 DFC

30/06/44+ SCOTT, Ivan James P/O 10 J18809 DFC

19/10/45+ SCOTT, Murray Norman F/O 52 J26748 DFC

20/07/45+ SCOTT, Russell Andrew P/O 419 J45917 DFC

20/07/45+ SEALE, Reginald Coutts F/O 429 J17560 DFC

16/02/45+ SEAMAN, Stephen Murray F/L 426 J23848 DFC

08/06/45+ SEARY, James Ellis F/O 437 J24116 # DFC

02/06/44+ SEATON, James Archibald McNair WO 166 R149294 DFC

27/03/45+ SEFTON, John Andrew F/O 420 J35183 DFC

02/01/45+ SEID, Sidney Platt F/O 418 J22036 DFC

27/03/45+ SEIGEL, Everett Kingsley F/O 433 J18475 DFC

03/11/44+ SELBY, Donald George F/O 116(R) J26276 DFC

29/10/43+ SEMPLE, Gordon Charles S/L 411 J15509 DFC

15/06/43+ SENGER, William John WO 7 R94962 (1) (DSO) DFC

02/10/45+ SETON, Hugh Wyndham F/L 258 J13483 DFC

27/07/45+ SHAIL, Vernal Garnet F/L 406 J20663 # DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

14/08/45+ SHANE, John Alfred Neil F/L 10(R) J6859 DFC

13/10/44+ SHANNON, Charles Philip F/L 427 J21292 DFC

06/11/42+ SHAPIRO, Harry F/O 7 J7224 DFC (*)

02/05/44+ SHARER, Norman Merril F/O 426 J22103 # DFC

04/05/45+ SHARP, Frederick Ralph W/C 408 C858 # (CMM) DFC

20/02/45+ SHARP, Howard Gray F/O 7 J85651 DFC

01/09/44+ SHARPLES, James David P/O 418 J19986 # DFC

03/04/45+ SHARUN, Michael Rico F/O 416 J18793 DFC

26/10/45+ SHAUGHNESSY, Paul F/O 514 J17715 DFC

04/12/45+ SHAW, Errol Hunter F/L 427 J14304 DFC

30/06/44+ SHEARER, Hugh McLean F/L 405 J17172 DFC

27/03/45+ SHEARER, Robert Henry F/O 432 J29530 DFC

13/10/44+ SHEDD, Frederick Randolph F/L 426 J3471 DFC

17/11/44+ SHEDDEN, John Kenneth F/O 433 J22076 DFC

17/11/44+ SHELLINGTON, William Ralph F/O 429 J18030 DFC DFM

27/04/43+ SHEMILT, Gordon Leonard F/O 23 J8405 # DFC

25/05/45+ SHENKER, Hyman Alexander F/O 550 J25782 DFC

27/03/45+ SHEPHERD, Dean Alexander P/O 431 J90167 DFC

22/08/44+ SHEPPARD, Jack (‘Jackson Eddie’) S/L 412 J6289 DFC

02/10/45+ SHEPPARD, Thomas Sexton F/L 261 J14871 DFC

14/11/44+ SHEPPARD, Walter James F/L 428 C6106 DFC

19/01/45+ SHEPPARD, William Jonathon F/O 9 J19633 DFC

16/01/45+ SHERIDAN, James Thomas F/L 426 J25828 DFC

30/03/43+ SHERK, Walter Scott P/O 419 J16137 # DFC (*)

21/04/44+ SHERLOCK, Allan Arthur F/O 424 J15488 DFC (*)

21/04/44+ SHERLOCK, Eric Thomas F/O 424 J15489 DFC (*)

11/08/44+ SHERLOCK, Frederick John F/L 421 J5343 DFC

16/11/45+ SHERLOCK, George Thomas F/L 432 J87336 DFC

11/07/44+ SHERMAN, Lawrence F/O 162(R) J10591 # DFC

26/10/45+ SHERRETT, Robert John F/L 431 J17048 DFC

19/01/45+ SHERWOOD, Charles Huril F/O 424 J28960 DFC

17/07/45+ SHERWOOD, Garnet Alexander F/L 115 J35858 DFC

13/06/44+ SHERWOOD, Melvyn Curtis F/O 424 J23409 # DFC

23/01/45+ SHIACH, James Spence F/L 58 J14126 # DFC

20/07/45+ SHIELDS, Raymond Edward P/O 425 J92079 DFC

12/12/44+ SHIELDS, William Clement F/O 429 J21634 DFC

27/03/45+ SHIELDS, William John F/O 408 J23850 DFC

16/11/43+ SHIRLEY, Clifford Alvin F/O 50 J16399 DFC DFM

15/06/45+ SHNIDER, Maurice F/L 212 J13755 # DFC

07/08/42+ SHOEMAKER, Wilbert Andrew P/O 15 J7035 # DFC

15/12/44+ SHORE, Thomas Arthur F/O 431 J85611 # DFC

21/09/45+ SHORT, Clarence Harvey F/L 103 J17892 DFC

02/06/44+ SHORTT, Harry Siberry F/L 50 J16511 DFC

22/05/45+ SHORTTS, Frederick Cameron F/L 35 J12966 DFC

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GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

27/03/45+ SHOTTON, William Henry F/O 420 J27703 DFC

06/02/45+ SHULEMSON, Sydney Simon F/O 404 J12483 DSO DFC

17/08/43+ SHUTTLEWORTH, Douglas Dalton F/O 426 J13018 DFC

13/10/44+ SHUTTLEWORTH, Jack Caddey F/L 138 J17102 DFC

09/02/43+ SIBBALD, William John P/O 101 J15700 DFC

26/01/45+ SICOTTE, Joseph Wilfred Rene Guy F/O 425 J87150 # DFC

19/09/44+ SIDDALL, Charles Edwin F/O 419 J13832 DFC

18/05/45+ SILLERS, Donald Elwood F/L 424 J26991 # DFC

02/06/44+ SIM, Frederick Charles P/O 166 J19612 DFC

17/04/45+ SIMARD, Jean Louis Roger Gilles F/O 425 J35216 DFC

20/10/44+ SIMMONS, Stanley Alfred P/O 426 J86680 # DFC

21/09/45+ SIMONSON, Louis Olaf F/L 420 J85564 DFC

15/02/44+ SIMPSON, David Hope F/O 50 J14578 DFC

01/06/43+ SIMPSON, Donald Wallace F/O 426 J11110 # DFC

17/07/45+ SIMPSON, Douglas Haig F/L 97 J85914 DFC

02/10/45+ SIMPSON, Howard Alvar Lewis S/L 613 J9849 DFC

25/09/45+ SIMPSON, Irving Rae WOII 83 R215338 DFC

19/05/44+ SIMPSON, John Alexander Tragger F/L 109 J16625 DFC (*)

27/03/45+ SIMPSON, John William F/O 405 C87319 DFC

13/10/44+ SIMPSON, Raymond Howard F/O 433 J28667 # DFC

20/02/45+ SIMPSON, Wallace James F/O 101 J86657 DFC

15/05/45+ SIMPSON, Warren Oxford F/O 170 J29022 # DFC

04/12/45+ SIMPSON, William George Raymond F/L 433 C35376 DFC

21/01/44+ SIMPSON, William John WO 51 R137108 DFC

26/01/45+ SINCLAIR, Andrew Lloyd F/L 401 J17656 DFC

10/10/44+ SINCLAIR, Duncan F/L 249 J12784 (P) DFC

17/11/44+ SINCLAIR, John Henry F/O 428 J19013 DFC

17/04/45+ SINCLAIR, Selby James F/O 415 J28912 DFC

20/07/45+ SINGER, Jack Wallace F/O 9 J89650 DFC

17/11/44+ SINGLETON, Chalmers Melbourne F/O 77 J20166 DFC

27/08/43+ SINTON, Clive Baldwin S/L 432 C1491 # DFC

22/05/45+ SISMAN, John Eades F/L 431 J13141 DFC

27/03/45+ SISSON, Spurgeon Jasper F/O 166 J87735 DFC

26/01/45+ SITLINGTON, Lyle William F/O 419 J37838 # DFC

19/05/44+ SKENE, Donald Charles S/L 139 C18818 DFC

19/01/45+ SKERIK, William Gordon F/O 429 J35109 DFC

13/07/43+ SKILLETER, Eric Arthur P/O 61 J16999 DFC

17/07/45+ SKINNER, Frederick Weber F/L 420 J17092 DFC

04/12/45+ SKINNER, Stuart F/L 150 J39135 DFC

02/03/45+ SKINNER, William Archibald F/O 103 J87369 # DFC

17/10/44+ SKOLNIK, Joseph F/O 10 J20919 DFC

12/12/44+ SKOSOV, Morris Norman P/O 76 J88820 DFC

29/12/44+ SLAYDEN, Philip F/O 107 J20265 DFC

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GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

17/11/44+ SLED, John Elson P/O 420 J86976 DFC

17/11/44+ SLESSOR, Edward Charles F/O 429 J24056 DFC

27/03/45+ SLIPEC, Phillip F/O 427 J25544 DFC

15/12/44+ SLOCOMBE, Geoffrey F/L 427 J9360 # DFC

17/11/44+ SLYWCHUK, Anotoli P/O 50 J85259 DFC

27/03/45+ SMALE, John Leonard F/O 433 J85132 DFC DFM

20/02/45+ SMALL, Lawrence Vernon John F/O 405 J27491 DFC (*)

01/01/43+ SMALL, Norvill Everett S/L 113(R) C1379 DFC AFC

15/10/43+ SMART, David Shirley F/O 77 J16325 DFC

30/03/45+ SMART, Joseph Franklin F/L 427 J27798 # DFC

17/11/44+ SMEATON, George Blakbell P/O 433 J86213 DFC

27/04/45+ SMILEY, Donald Allan Blake F/L 64 J23876 DFC

19/01/45+ SMILEY, Nicholas George P/O 425 J88967 DFC

29/12/42+ SMITH, Albert+ P/O 405 J15771 DFC

11/06/43+ SMITH, Albert Ivan F/O 272 J15203 H5 DFC

17/08/45+ SMITH, Alistair Angus F/L 441 J6496 DFC

23/05/44+ SMITH, Andrew Payton F/O 429 J10025 DFC

16/01/45+ SMITH, Arthur Ryan F/L 149 J16237 (CM) DFC (AOE)

20/02/45+ SMITH, Arthur Thornton WO 433 R78011 DFC

27/03/45+ SMITH, Bernard David F/O 77 J26325 DFC

17/07/45+ SMITH, Carl Olof Person F/L 100 J29218 DFC

19/01/45+ SMITH, Charles Ross F/O 428 J28699 DFC

22/02/44+ SMITH, Charles Woodward S/L 408 J8371 # DFC

17/10/44+ SMITH, David Ellis F/O 434 J14195 DFC

29/06/45+ SMITH, Eric George F/L 107 J12889 DFC

29/01/46+ SMITH, Franklin Ernest William S/L 436 J664 DFC AFC

11/06/43+ SMITH, Frederick Douglas F/L 51 J5690 DFC (*)

14/12/43+ SMITH, Frederick Sidney F/L 158 J17639 # DFC

25/09/45+ SMITH, Gordon P/O 424 J93927 DFC

29/12/44+ SMITH, Gordon Mitchell F/L 421 J13399 DFC

20/02/45+ SMITH, Harold Martin F/O 428 J87249 DFC

08/12/44+ SMITH, Harold Murray F/L 431 J9532 DFC

07/07/44+ SMITH, Harry Frederick Ernest F/O 419 J14627 # DFC

14/08/45+ SMITH, Harry Vincent F/O 358 J27671 # DFC

14/11/44+ SMITH, Hector F/L 405 J18445 DFC (*)

15/09/44+ SMITH, Hilliard Harrison F/L 432 J22257 DFC

13/10/44+ SMITH, Howard Schlueter P/O 427 J87910 # DFC

03/11/44+ SMITH, Hugh Frederick F/L 428 J17929 # DFC

14/11/44+ SMITH, Jack F/L 5(R) J4420 DFC

08/06/45+ SMITH, James Herbert F/O 612 J92992 DFC

21/07/42+ SMITH, John Gordon P/O 214 J6960 # (P) DFC

H5 = Effective 10/10/42

H6 = Effective 24/02/44

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GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

25/09/45+ SMITH, John Kidner F/O 427 J19332 DFC

17/11/44+ SMITH, John Stewart Madill P/O 434 J86215 DFC

27/10/42+ SMITH, Kenneth Charles Alfred WO 61 R62097 DFC (*)

16/02/45+ SMITH, Maurice Coles F/L 514 J16632 DFC

09/07/43+ SMITH, Nicholas F/L 158 J16734 DFC

06/06/44+ SMITH, Norman John F/L 97 J18593 DFC

19/10/43+ SMITH, Raymond Fraser P/O 77 J17980 DFC

02/06/44+ SMITH, Reginald Shirley + F/L 117 J8656 DFC

04/12/42+ SMITH, Roderick Illingsworth Alpine F/L 126 J4561 DFC (*)

25/05/45+ SMITH, Sidney Donald P/O 405 J90218 DFC

28/09/43+ SMITH, Stewart Thomas F/O 90 J16159 # DFC

12/12/44+ SMITH, Victor Eugene F/O 432 J27259 DFC

07/12/45+ SMITH, William Barton F/O 692 J19490 DFC

06/11/45+ SMITH, William John S/L 408 J10553 DFC

21/12/45+ SMITH, William Robert + F/L 408 J18361 H6 DFC

16/11/45+ SMITHMAN, Ernest Lloyd F/O 433 J35822 DFC

21/09/45+ SMYTH, Eldon Robert F/L 433 J19459 DFC

19/01/45+ SNELGROVE, Howard Baron F/O 550 J25869 DFC

14/11/44+ SNELGROVE, Jack McLean F/L 434 J18668 DFC

19/05/44+ SNELL, Charles Rendol F/L 97 J18140 DFC

17/10/44+ SNELL, Paul Frederick P/O 78 J85030 DFC

20/02/45+ SNIDER, Donald Leonard F/O 408 J19789 DFC

24/04/45+ SNIDER, Edward Cavell F/L 11(R) J8620 DFC

15/10/43+ SNIDER, John Douglas S/L 419 J15257 DFC

13/04/45+ SOBERING, Gerhard Henry F/L 115 J88682 DFC

12/12/44+ SOBOTIN, Arthur Joseph F/O 429 J25566 DFC

20/02/45+ SOLOMOS, Harry F/O 433 J86368 DFC

20/10/44+ SOMERVILLE, James Dean S/L 410 J1999 # (DSO) DFC

21/01/44+ SONDERGAARD, Andrew Christian P/O 405 C18909 DFC

21/09/45+ SORENSON, Stanley Peter F/L 431 J87861 DFC

11/08/44+ SORGE, Francis Stewart F/O 602 J18403 DFC

12/03/43+ SORSDAHL, Carl Edward WO 35 R70517 DFC

01/10/43+ SOUCH, George Allan P/O 424 J16825 DFC

19/09/44+ SOUMIS, Joseph Anthime Marcel P/O 434 J86177 DFC

19/09/44+ SOUTAR, James Riley F/O 429 J21823 DFC

27/03/45+ SOUTER, Donald Ross F/O 61 J89782 DFC

17/11/44+ SOUTHCOTT, Gordon Clarence P/O 427 J85956 DFC

17/07/45+ SOUTHWARD, Lloyd Kenneth F/L 76 J26455 DFC

25/09/45+ SOWERBY, Charles Ernest Robert F/O 426 J24664 DFC

13/06/44+ SPACKMAN, Grant Lawrence F/O 424 J23988 # DFC

21/07/44+ SPAFFORD, Wyllie Hall F/L 408 J14328 # DFC

H7 = Effective 31/01/45

P/O George SPRINGHAM also Gazetted 25/09/45+

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GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

12/02/46+ SPANKIE, Edward + F/L 166 J86068 H7 DFC

14/09/43+ SPANNER, Frederick Gordon + F/O 207 J15722 DFC

17/10/44+ SPANNIER, Edward George WOII 15 R163686 DFC

19/01/45+ SPEAK, William Phillip F/O 433 J35117 DFC

17/04/45+ SPEARING, Carl Alexander P/O 405 J92664 DFC

16/01/45+ SPECTOR, Hyman F/L 571 J15805 DFC

20/02/45+ SPEIGHT, Harry Cecil F/O 419 J86681 DFC

06/11/45+ SPENCE, Alexander Lett F/O 434 J85771 DFC

05/10/43+ SPENCE, Charles Edmond WOII 5(R) R54574 # DFC

23/03/43+ SPENCE, John Alexander F/L 277 J3995 # DFC (*)

14/05/43+ SPENCE, Percy Edwin P/O 78 J16535 DFC

22/05/45+ SPENCLER, Roland Aylesworth F/L 405 J20708 DFC

04/02/44+ SPINK, Thomas Benson P/O 432 J18812 # DFC

01/06/45+ SPOONER, Robert Edward F/L 438 J23538 DFC

20/07/45+ SPRINGHAM, George P/O 158 J93923 DFC

19/10/45+ SPROULE, Frederick Howard F/L 42 J5820 DFC

12/12/44+ SPRUSTON, Leslie F/O 626 J24153 DFC

17/04/45+ SQUIBB, Arthur George F/O 49 J86687 DFC

20/07/45+ ST. AMOUR, Roger Antoine F/O 425 J37781 DFC

19/01/45+ ST. GERMAIN, Joseph Rene Marcel P/O 425 J89972 DFC GM

16/02/45+ ST. JEAN, Joseph Edward Gaston S/L 425 J25368 DFC

17/07/45+ ST. LAURENT, Joseph Lucien F/L 425 J88524 DFC

27/03/45+ STADNYK, Alexander F/O 77 J28986 DFC

25/09/45+ STAFFORD, Richard Edward F/O 158 J92555 DFC

16/02/45+ STALBERGER, Jerome Joseph F/L 424 J13402 # DFC

14/08/45+ STAMBAUGH, Donald Charles F/L 116(R) J21947 DFC

17/04/45+ STARINK, Everett Norman F/O 158 J90201 DFC

17/10/44+ STARK, Aloys George F/O 78 J19460 DFC

13/10/44+ STARK, George Douglas + F/L 425 J85641 H8 DFC

24/07/45+ STARKEY, George Lidstone F/L 33 J11073 DFC

20/10/44+ STAYNER, Richard Martin F/L 401 C1647 # DFC

27/03/45+ STEDMAN, Leslie Brine P/O 432 J89623 DFC

16/01/45+ STEELE, Francis Stanley F/L 550 J27097 DFC

16/01/45+ STEELE, Michael F/L 428 J21985 DFC

26/09/45+ STEELE, Thomas Lloyd F/O 419 J20246 # DFC

12/12/44+ STEELE, William Bruce WO 415 R135755 DFC

19/01/45+ STEELS, James Walter F/O 419 J28673 DFC

25/05/45+ STEER, Russell Edgar F/O 405 J36833 DFC

10/12/43+ STEINBERG, Otto P/O 100 J18223 DFC

16/11/45+ STELFOX, Henry Bradshaw F/L 427 J24643 DFC

20/02/45+ STEMKOSKI, Peter Carl F/O 158 J86217 DFC

25/09/45+ STEPENOFF, Alan Carl P/O 425 J93450 DFC

06/06/44+ STEPHEN, Gordon Campbell P/O 51 J19030 DFC

H8 = Effective 01/08/44 (since deceased)

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GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

26/09/44+ STEPHENS, Allistair William F/O 299 J21661 # DFC

10/10/44+ STERLING, Robert Irving WO 624 R127849 (1) DFC

21/08/42+ STERNE, John Rutherford + F/O 174 J5831 # DFC

16/02/43+ STERNS, William Meredith F/O 148 J5306 DFC

17/11/44+ STEUART, John Wallace P/O 12 J86310 DFC

08/05/45+ STEVENS, Charles Frederick Bridges F/L 430 C1498 # DFC

15/09/44+ STEVENS, Cyril Davidson F/L 425 J9502 DFC

17/04/45+ STEVENS, Frederick Arthur P/O 405 J92665 DFC

17/08/43+ STEVENS, George Alfred Harding P/O 50 J17321 DFC

05/12/44+ STEVENS, Raymond Mosher P/O 415 J87794 # DFC

17/07/42+ STEVENS, William Joseph F/O 217 J5104 # DFC

15/12/44+ STEVENSON, Henry Oliver P/O 434 J87158 # DFC

17/04/45+ STEVENSON, Ian Alexander F/O 550 J86878 DFC

20/02/45+ STEVENSON, Robert Lester F/O 625 J35037 DFC

20/02/45+ STEWART, Caryl Martin F/O 420 J35027 DFC

25/05/45+ STEWART, Donald John F/O 415 J37121 DFC

23/03/45+ STEWART, Douglas Grant F/L 10 J20106 DFC

19/10/43+ STEWART, Duncan King P/O 196 J18013 DFC

25/09/45+ STEWART, Edward Aubrey WOI 415 R212120 DFC

17/07/45+ STEWART, Edward Chester F/L 427 J17000 DFC DFM

27/03/45+ STEWART, George Edward F/O 23 J24403 DFC

08/01/42+ STEWART, Herbert William Joseph P/O 58 J15539 # DFC

18/05/45+ STEWART, John Ormsby ('Jack”) + F/O 434 J38861 # DFC

22/08/44+ STEWART, James Gardner S/L 419 J10959 # DFC (AFC)

19/09/44+ STEWART, Joseph Clark WO 100 R166687 (1) DFC

16/02/45+ STEWART, Leonard Walter F/L 582 J20414 DFC

20/07/45+ STEWART, Robert Britten F/O 408 J89238 DFC

07/07/44+ STEWART, William Alexander Reid F/O 418 J14796 # DFC

03/10/45+ STEWART, William Robertson P/O 429 J87334 # DFC

06/11/42+ STICKELL, John Harlan P/O 7 J8429 (DSO) DFC

14/05/43+ STINSON, Harold Keith + F/L 102 J8418 DFC

12/12/44+ STINSON, John Gordon P/O 434 J86256 DFC

21/04/44+ STOCKDALE, Alexander Marlow F/L 429 J10407 DFC

13/04/45+ STONEHOCKER, Ivan Paul F/L 408 J13070 DFC

15/06/45+ STORMS, John Lyall F/L 427 J20845 # DFC

25/09/45+ STORRY, Gordon Prosser WOII 431 R194946 (1) DFC

25/09/45+ STORSATER, Ralph George P/O 158 J93380 DFC

16/11/43+ STOVEL, Augustus Burton F/O 139 J13597 DFC

06/07/43+ STOVEL, Clifford Campbell + P/O 408 J16835 # DFC

19/05/44+ STOVER, Charles Herbert S/L 414 J8922 DFC

17/04/45+ STOWE, Roy Stanley P/O 405 J92666 DFC

24/07/45+ STOWE, William North F/L 130 J10643 DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

08/02/44+ STRACHAN, William Watson + S/L 432 J9863 # DFC

14/11/44+ STRANGE, John Fraser F/L 77 J21761 DFC

08/12/44+ STRANGE, Maxwell Samuel S/L 427 J24504 DSO DFC

12/12/44+ STRATH, John William F/O 166 J19618 DFC

27/10/44+ STREIGHT, Norman Ernest F/O 425 J27638 # DFC

09/07/43+ STRIEBEL, John Henry F/O 23 J8760 DFC

03/03/44+ STRINGER, Ronald Henry+ F/L 223 J9653 DFC

20/07/45+ STROICH, Nick Walter WOII 405 R178879 (1) DFC

29/01/46+ STROUD, James Murray S/L 159 C1495 DFC

18/09/45+ STROUTS, Frederick Stanley WO 109 R97531 H9 DFC

04/12/45+ STUA, Aldo (in LG as DELLA-STUA) F/L 139 J19324 DFC DFM

19/01/45+ STUNDEN, George Robert F/O 432 J26456 DFC

01/10/43+ STUTT, Ralph Adrian P/O 425 J16178 DFC

17/10/44+ STYLES, Alvin Edward P/O 428 J85858 DFC

21/01/44+ SUAREZ, Eduard Henri Joseph P/O 576 J18830 # DFC

08/05/45+ SUDDICK, William Edward F/O 101 J17136 J1 DFC

09/07/43+ SUGGITT, William Reid+ S/L 428 J15131 DFC

20/02/45+ SULLIVAN, Joseph Claire P/O 12 J90327 DFC

07/12/45+ SULPHER, Felix Michael F/O 170 J89793 DFC

12/12/44+ SUNSTRUM, Valentine Courtenay F/O 427 J28038 DFC

25/05/45+ SUPERGIA, Gus P/O 431 J90611 DFC

11/07/44+ SUTHERLAND, Clarence Bentley P/O 207 J86114 # DFC (*)

17/04/45+ SUTHERLAND, Gordon Alexander WOII 12 R155196 DFC

21/04/44+ SUTHERLAND, Gordon Grant F/L 428 J16044 # DFC DFM

20/02/45+ SUTHERLAND, James Robert P/O 158 R89942 DFC

19/09/44+ SUTHERLAND, Norman P/O 408 J19842 DFC

25/09/45+ SUTHERLAND, William Ronald F/O 12 J38728 DFC

17/04/45+ SUTHERLAND-BROWN, Atholl F/L 177 J14722 DFC

02/09/41+ SUTTON, Ransom Harold + P/O 104 J3722 DFC

23/03/43+ SUTTON, Warren Waugh + F/O 69 J8420 (DSO) DFC

19/09/44+ SWANN, Gordon Wilfred F/O 12 J23907 DFC

17/07/45+ SWARTZ, Raymond William S/L 428 J10572 DFC

15/09/44+ SWARTZ, Reginald Arthur F/L 405 J26343 DFC (*)

17/11/44+ SWAYZE, Charles Richard P/O 426 J85720 DFC

15/06/43+ SWEANY, George Andrew F/O 405 J9783 (DSO) DFC

17/10/44+ SWENERTON, Lyman Douglas F/O 419 J22543 DFC

19/01/45+ SWENT, William Harold P/O 15 J88458 DFC

22/09/42+ SWETMAN, William Herbert F/L 405 J15176 DFC

07/07/42+ SWINGLER, John Earle P/O 38 J15119 DFC

05/12/44+ SYMONS, John Harvey F/O 404 J20389 DFC

25/05/43+ SYMONS, John Henry P/O 75 J16507 # DFC

H9 = Effective 23/03/43 (Later P/O)

J1 = Effective 01/01/44

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GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

28/05/43+ TAERUM, Torger Harlo P/O 617 J16688 DFC

19/01/45+ TAGGART, Lloyd McIntyre P/O 582 J87614 DFC

02/06/44+ TAGGART, Robert Lionel WO 166 R115740 DFC

15/06/43+ TAIT, George Bertram P/O 15 J16517 DFC (*)

07/12/45+ TALBOT, Mervyn Richard F/O 150 J90135 DFC

17/10/44+ TALMAGE, Murray Edward F/O 428 J22425 DFC

20/07/45+ TANNER, Frederick Earle P/O 432 J90838 DFC

21/11/44+ TAPP, Lorne Arthur Paul F/O 684 J16189 Post War AFC DFC (AFC)

21/09/45+ TARLING, Donald Earle F/L 77 J86964 DFC

30/11/43+ TASCHEREAU, Joseph Leon Gabriel F/O 415 J10715 (LVO) DFC

20/02/45+ TATHAM, William Norman WO 405 R70700 DFC

20/03/45+ TAYLOR, Allan Douglas F/L 92 J25790 DFC

20/02/45+ TAYLOR, Bertram F/O 192 J27484 DFC

11/02/44+ TAYLOR, Cameron John Wilde S/L 407 J6857 DFC (*)

16/01/45+ TAYLOR, David Robb F/L 419 J22498 DFC

28/04/44+ TAYLOR, Edward Arthur Thomas F/O 252 J20993 # DFC

12/12/44+ TAYLOR, Elmer Franklin F/O 428 C19526 DFC

25/05/45+ TAYLOR, Eric Travis P/O 7 J93520 DFC

13/10/44+ TAYLOR, Fletcher Vaughan S/L 420 J15177 DFC

19/01/45+ TAYLOR, James Edgar F/O 419 J27472 DFC

08/05/45+ TAYLOR, James Ernest F/O 226 J36611 DFC

08/05/45+ TAYLOR, John Dineen F/L 404 J12337 DFC

27/06/44+ TAYLOR, Philip Hamnett F/O 619 J14909 DFC

26/03/43+ TAYLOR, Richard Winter+ P/O 161 J15535 # DFC (*)

14/08/45+ TAYLOR, Samuel Thomas F/L 10(R) J6861 DFC

19/01/45+ TAYLOR, William John F/O 426 J85567 DFC

19/01/45+ TEASE, James Ansell P/O 420 J89303 DFC

13/10/44+ TEES, John Francis F/O 419 J85134 # DFC

17/07/45+ TEGERDINE, George Mervin F/L 427 J26757 DFC

06/11/45+ TEIT, Sigurd Olaf Vivian F/O 427 J88844 DFC

17/07/45+ TELFORD, Robert Bruce F/L 434 J87333 DFC

17/10/44+ TELFORD, William Stuart F/O 625 J25350 DFC

09/01/45+ TEMPLE, Jack Jones P/O 404 J90711 DFC

17/07/45+ TEMPLETON, Gordon McNab F/L 186 J88506 DFC

05/12/44+ TERROUX, Louis Joseph Jacques F/L 425 J85107 DFC

07/12/45+ TESSIER, Joseph Wilfred Leandre F/O 425 J27415 DFC

04/08/42+ TETT, John Kearns P/O 103 J15223 DFC

20/07/45+ TEW, William Richard F/L 401 J7597 DFC

25/05/45+ THACKERAY, John Robert F/O 427 J28989 DFC

20/07/45+ THAUVETTE, Rolland Dove F/O 415 J37778 DFC

Lorne Arthur TAPP's AFC with RAF postwar

Joseph Leon TASCHEREAU, (later G/C) LVO in 1994

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GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

19/01/45+ THISTLE, Lewellyn B. P/O 426 J89195 DFC

06/04/45+ THOMAS, Joseph Frank F/L 424 J7975 # DFC

05/05/44+ THOMAS, Lloyd Duncan F/L 5 J5473 DFC

29/06/45+ THOMAS, Roy Daryl F/L 418 J23052 DFC

17/07/45+ THOMPSON, Charles Austin F/L 405 J20025 DFC

17/07/45+ THOMPSON, Dunstan Pentland F/L 415 C2206 DFC

02/06/44+ THOMPSON, Edward Carson WO 207 R148617 DFC

12/05/44+ THOMPSON, Harry James F/O 415 J22515 # DFC

12/12/44+ THOMPSON, Hugh Llewellyn P/O 426 J87831 DFC

06/06/44+ THOMPSON, James Gordon F/L 619 C20880 DFC

19/01/45+ THOMPSON, John F/O 77 J86020 DFC

20/02/45+ THOMPSON, John Edwin F/O 12 J86711 DFC

17/10/44+ THOMPSON, Nelson Leslie P/O 429 J86830 DFC

13/04/45+ THOMPSON, Percy Chapman F/L 419 J28501 DFC

25/05/45+ THOMPSON, Robert James F/O 433 J88142 DFC

06/11/45+ THOMPSON, Russell Thorbe F/O 426 J89485 DFC

15/10/43+ THOMPSON, Walter Ramon F/L 83 J10506 # DFC (*)

21/04/44+ THOMPSON, William Almer P/O 432 J19187 DFC

25/09/45+ THOMPSON, William Edward Paul F/O 420 J93112 DFC

18/02/44+ THOMSON, Dale Cairns F/O 415 J13112 # DFC

13/04/45+ THOMSON, Donald Ivan F/L 77 J87732 DFC

22/05/45+ THOMSON, Haughton Gimby F/L 432 J27498 DFC

14/09/43+ THOMSON, James Scholes P/O 432 J17743 DFC

12/12/44+ THOMSON, Thomas Ambroise P/O 427 J85670 DFC

19/05/44+ THORBURN, Walter Fyfe WO 460 R57750 DFC

19/09/44+ THORN, Douglas Frederick F/O 77 J19374 DFC

20/07/45+ THORNICROFT, Howard Edwin F/O 427 C19120 DFC

16/11/43+ THORNTON, Graydon Maurice P/O 427 J16938 DFC

15/06/43+ THORP, Norman F/O 207 J9525 DFC

23/03/45+ THORSON, Emil F/L 408 J21136 DFC

27/07/45+ THORVALDSON, Wallace Malcolm F/L 547 J17019 DFC

17/10/44+ THRASHER, Charles Raymond WOII 424 R161157 DFC

25/09/45+ THRASHER, John Alfred F/O 635 J27620 DFC

08/09/44+ THRING, Gordon Herbert F/L 620 J7913 # DFC

12/12/44+ THYGESEN, Victor Allen Christian F/O 550 J27660 DFC

17/04/45+ TIBBS, Richard Bernard F/O 101 J37079 DFC

12/12/44+ TIDY, Michael Richard F/O 424 J25833 DFC

20/07/45+ TIERNEY, Ross James F/O 626 J87028 DFC

26/10/45+ TIGCHELAAR, Arnold Edward F/O 425 J38347 DFC

05/06/42+ TILLEY, Reade Franklin P/O 126 J15011 # DFC

01/01/43+ TILSON, Henry F/O 15 J7343 # (DSO) DFC

25/09/45+ TILSTON, Norman F/O 158 J92642 DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

23/03/45+ TIMS, John William F/L 415 J18869 DFC

12/12/44+ TINDALE, Graeme Fewster P/O 428 J86583 DFC

17/04/45+ TINEVEZ, Frank Leon Joseph F/O 432 J29336 DFC

19/01/45+ TINMOUTH, Anthony Wright F/O 415 J85325 DFC DFM

20/02/45+ TITE, Joseph F/O 405 J28523 DFC

17/11/44+ TITUS, John Sidney WOI 432 R124267 DFC

16/01/45+ TOBIAS, William Verne F/L 432 J18651 DFC

17/11/45+ TODD, Irvin Benson F/O 425 J24267 # DFC

06/06/44+ TODD, Lorne Hudson WO 630 R109164 DFC

16/11/45+ TODD, Robert Knox F/L 426 J7041 DFC

27/10/44+ TOMES, John F/O 404 J25199 # DFC

17/10/44+ TOMKINSON, Albert Ernest P/O 625 J86033 DFC

10/10/44+ TOMPKINS, Harold Edwin F/O 682 J22012 DFC

23/05/44+ TOMS, Leslie James F/L 419 J16079 DFC

25/05/45+ TONGE, John Stephen F/O 434 J86383 DFC

17/04/45+ TONNELIER, Robert Emile Adolphe F/O 431 J22776 DFC

04/12/45+ TOPLISS, Hamilton Gault F/L 100 J28659 DFC

17/11/44+ TORGRIMSON, Raman Arthur F/O 625 J85108 DFC

18/08/44+ TORPPA, Eric F/O 78 J18995 DFC

15/06/43+ TOWSE, John Fielding Wrench WO 102 R72402 DFC

08/08/44+ TRAINOR, Hugh Charles F/L 411 C1697 # (DSO) DFC (*)

04/12/45+ TRAYNOR, Charles John F/L 432 J22854 DFC

06/06/44+ TREMBLAY, Joseph Alphonse Gerard P/O 426 J19286 DFC

03/04/45+ TRIBNER, Gordon Earl F/L 60 J21310 DFC

16/02/45+ TRICK, James Douglas F/L 514 J10722 DFC

12/03/43+ TRICKETT, Robert Irwin F/L 35 J5678 DFC

18/05/43+ TRILSBECK, Theodore+ F/O 97 J10163 DFC

14/09/43+ TRIPP, Patrick Charles Howard P/O 76 J17603 DFC

23/02/43+ TROKE, Gordon William F/L 250 J15777 # DFC

25/05/45+ TROMAN, Louis Joseph F/O 420 J39721 DFC

14/11/44+ TROTTER, Elmer John F/L 582 J19643 DFC DFM

19/01/45+ TROTTIER, Joseph Andre Charles F/O 428 J28797 DFC

08/12/44+ TROW, William Albert F/L 434 J14210 DFC

17/04/45+ TRUAX, Clarence Windsor F/O 408 J35817 DFC

21/04/44+ TUCKER, McDonald Charles F/O 434 J17744 DFC

06/06/44+ TUCKER, Warren William F/O 429 J17956 DFC

20/07/45+ TULLOCH, William Alexander F/O 162 J41419 DFC

19/01/45+ TULLY, Matthew James F/O 408 J20072 DFC

10/04/45+ TULLY, Ralph Wilbert F/O 35 J18180 J2 DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

03/04/45+ TUMMON, Evan Ernest F/L 400 J10223 DFC

25/09/45+ TUNIS, William Elmer F/O 408 J88131 DFC

06/07/43+ TUPPER, Bruce Haynes P/O 148 J17428 # DFC

29/10/43+ TURENNE, Denis Joseph P/O 425 J17533 DFC

25/05/43+ TURNBULL, Harry Brown F/L 148 J6663 DFC

27/06/44+ TURNBULL, John Cameron F/L 424 J21370 (CM) DFC

20/08/43+ TURNBULL, John Howard F/O 600 J6211 # DFC (*)

19/05/44+ TURNBULL, Robert Steele W/C 427 J15054 # DFC(*) AFC DFM

13/04/45+ TURNBULL, Walter Lundy F/L 428 J35824 DFC

02/06/44+ TURNBULL, William Wrigley Watts F/O 9 J18177 DFC

17/08/43+ TURNER, Geoffrey + F/O 75 J7326 # DFC

11/12/45+ TURNER, Stewart Douglas F/O 160 C4456 DFC

05/05/44+ TURNER, Sydney Desmond W/C EACHQ C1577 DFC

25/05/45+ TURPIN, John Alfred P/O 102 J92863 DFC

08/09/45+ TURVEY, David Lloyd George F/L 417 J7424 DFC

27/03/45+ TUSTIN, Thomas George F/O 424 J35513 DFC

12/12/44+ TYNAN, Grant Cowan F/O 405 J20252 DFC (*)

20/07/45+ UFFELMAN, Sheldon Lloyd P/O 428 J92835 DFC

25/05/45+ ULLETT, Gerald Bentham F/O 429 J35740 DFC

17/04/45+ UNDERHILL, William Joseph F/O 415 J35081 DFC

12/12/44+ UNGERMAN, David F/L 425 J27698 DFC

20/07/45+ URQUHART, Robert Alexander+ F/O 50 J9763 J3 DFC

10/12/43+ USHER, Charles Joseph P/O 467 J18430 DFC

19/09/44+ UTAS, Milton Gerald F/O 427 J14240 DFC

J2 = Effective 24/09/43

J3 = Effective 15/05/43

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

05/12/44+ VAESSEN, Charles Leo F/O 410 J28073 # DFC

10/10/44+ VALENTIN, Paul Robert WO 13 R125376 DFC

01/01/44+ VAN CAMP, William Charles W/C 1GP HQ C873 DFC

15/12/44+ VAN KLEECK, Larry Robertson F/L 427 J9367 # DFC

18/05/45+ VAN METRE, Roy Bentley P/O 405 J89752 # DFC

11/08/44+ VAN NES, Johan Christian F/L 177 J10507 DFC

04/12/42+ VAN RASSEL, Anton John George WO 40 R69035 DFC (*)

27/03/45+ VAN TIGHEM, John Victor F/O 428 J35508 DFC

14/11/44+ VANCE, Alan Russell+ F/O 19 J23617 DFC

17/08/43+ VANDEKERCKHOVE, George Pierre P/O 427 J17326 DFC

11/08/42+ VANEXAN, William Corbett WO 57 R56148 (DSO) DFC

17/10/44+ VANIER, Benoit Joseph Felix Xavier WOII 424 R135334 J4 DFC

13/04/45+ VANN, George Cecil James F/L 405 J10122 DFC (*)

05/12/44+ VANSLYCK, Earl Byron F/L 433 J10246 # DFC

17/11/44+ VAUGHAN, Edward Gerrard P/O 408 J86685 DFC

22/08/44+ VAWTER, Earl LeRoy F/O 425 J28256 # DFC

20/06/44+ VEIRA, Basil Vernon Lancelot + F/O 12 J10677 (I) DFC

17/11/44+ VERNON, Hubert Allen F/O 12 J24327 DFC

15/12/44+ VERRONEAU, Joseph Frank Xavier F/O 90 J25147 # DFC

12/12/44+ VERRY, Paul Elefterios P/O 427 J86173 DFC

24/04/45+ VIAU, Joseph Jean Marie W/C 5(R) C1160 DFC

18/09/45+ VICKERS, George Peter S/L 88 J15210 J5 DFC

19/09/44+ VINCENT, Gordon Ridge P/O 425 J86473 # DFC

19/01/45+ VINCENT, Harry F/O 424 J28068 DFC

17/04/45+ VINE, James P/O 415 J93012 DFC

20/02/45+ VINE, William Edward P/O 405 C88225 DFC

13/07/43+ VINISH, George Alexander P/O 10 J17099 DFC

21/09/45+ VIPOND, James French F/L 434 J35759 DFC

10/12/43+ VOGAN, George Lindsay P/O 427 J17351 DFC

20/02/45+ VOGAN, Raymond Ross F/O 408 J27576 DFC

J4 = Effective 27/04/43

J5 = Effective 12/08/44

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

19/01/45+ WADDELL, James Archie P/O 428 J89158 DFC

11/06/43+ WADDELL, Robert Charles Arthur W/C 400 C827 (DSO) DFC

06/11/45+ WADE, Grant WOII 101 R205256 DFC

27/07/45+ WADE, John Carleton S/L 162(R) J5219 DFC

19/01/45+ WADE, John Morley Conlin F/O 429 J27533 DFC

18/08/44+ WAGAR, Donald Andrew WO 35 R97194 DFC

22/05/45+ WAGAR, Thomas Claud F/L 427 J35266 DFC

07/01/44+ WAGGETT, Henry Alfred Stanley F/L 23 J5680 DFC

13/10/45+ WAGMAN, John F/O 434 J35150 # DFC

25/09/45+ WAGNER, Edwin Norman Donald F/O 433 J19913 DFC

18/01/44+ WAGNER, Rudolph Joseph F/L 419 J14553 DFC

06/02/45+ WAINMAN, Howard Leonard F/L 404 J21225 DFC

01/10/43+ WAINWRIGHT, Leslie Albert F/L 425 J15457 DFC

12/12/44+ WAITE, Clifford Frederick WO 76 R141733 DFC

30/06/42+ WALKER, Bradley Reardon F/L 403 J3205 # DFC

19/01/45+ WALKER, Charles Stuart F/O 424 J87424 # DFC

12/01/43+ WALKER, Daniel Revie F/O 106 J15336 DFC (*)

12/01/43+ WALKER, Harold Allen WO 138 R74078 DFC (DSO)

25/05/45+ WALKER, Harold William F/O 428 J87551 DFC

11/09/42+ WALKER, James Elmslie + F/L 81 J3199 # DFC (**)

20/02/45+ WALKER, John David F/O 101 J85876 DFC

25/09/45+ WALKER, John Ernest F/O 166 J38247 DFC

13/10/44+ WALKER, John Richard F/L 420 J85374 DFC

02/10/45+ WALKER, Ray Tyler F/L 146 J11051 DFC

19/09/44+ WALKER, Ronald F/O 103 J23478 DFC

22/05/45+ WALKER, Stewart John F/L 432 J12623 DFC

19/09/44+ WALKER, Thomas Clare F/O 51 J22474 DFC

09/06/44+ WALKER, William Evan F/L 114 J8757 DFC

16/02/45+ WALKER, William Loyed Earl F/L 77 J10793 DFC

15/06/45+ WALKER, William Merle F/L 427 J21276 # DFC

23/03/45+ WALLACE, Alexander Cameron F/L 109 J11946 DFC

20/07/45+ WALLACE, Bruce Carling F/O 408 J35878 DFC

04/05/45+ WALLACE, John Maurice F/L 432 J14453 # DFC

17/10/44+ WALLACE, John Stuart F/O 434 J14790 DFC

20/07/45+ WALLACE, Kenneth Thomas F/O 156 J27739 DFC

09/01/45+ WALLACE, Robert Ashley F/O 404 J23316 DFC

22/05/45+ WALLACE, William James Lester F/O 12 J29015 # DFC

07/12/45+ WALLIS, Sidney Robert F/O 427 J38431 DFC

06/06/44+ WALLS, Gerald Moorhouse F/O 433 J14750 DFC

10/12/43+ WALSH, Clifford Arthur WO 77 R107273 DFC

19/01/45+ WALSH, Peter Thomas F/O 192 J88998 DFC

25/09/45+ WALWYN, Charles John P/O 424 J93876 DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

25/09/45+ WARD, Douglas Merrill F/O 100 J88115 DFC

12/01/45+ WARD, Frederick James P/O 408 J88866 # DFC

16/01/45+ WARD, George Oliver F/L 192 J26105 DFC

17/11/44+ WARD, John Gordon P/O 420 J86721 DFC

17/04/45+ WARD, John Shrapnel F/O 77 J27414 DFC

03/10/44+ WARDELL, William Harold P/O 429 J87565 # DFC

27/03/45+ WARK, George Arthur F/O 514 J88101 DFC

07/12/43+ WARNE, David Earl WO 227 R102093 # DFC

29/12/44+ WARREN, Bruce F/L 66 J9286 DFC

29/12/44+ WARREN, Douglas F/L 66 J9755 DFC

21/01/44+ WARREN, Milton Wilfred P/O 426 J18398 DFC

22/08/44+ WATERBURY, David John Cunningham P/O 162(R) J29457 DFC

16/10/42+ WATERBURY, Orville Ray P/O 83 J7520 # DFC

22/05/45+ WATERFIELD, Leslie F/L 160 J23061 # DFC

04/12/42+ WATERMAN, Frederick Charles Ernest F/O 40 J6362 DFC

22/09/42+ WATERMAN, Thomas John Davies + F/O 207 J5689 DFC

20/10/44+ WATKINS, Albert Allen F/O 440 J26919 # DFC

15/09/44+ WATKINS, Francis Henry W/C 434 J7690 DFC

17/10/44+ WATSON, Albert Vernon F/O 138 J26311 DFC

19/10/45+ WATSON, Frederick Fowler F/L 194 J12627 DFC

25/05/45+ WATSON, John Victor F/O 635 J17301 DFC

11/12/45+ WATSON, Thomas William S/L 159 J6206 # DFC

05/12/44+ WATSON, William Thomas Glenn F/O 433 J19884 # DFC

02/06/44+ WATT, Charles Anderson WOI 28 R119127 # DFC

12/12/44+ WATT, Reginald Seward F/O 76 J22143 DFC

14/04/44+ WATT, Robert Huycke F/O 415 J18309 DFC

03/11/44+ WATTIE, Charles Forbes F/O 428 J16410 # DFC

06/10/42+ WATTS, Allan Ivan F/O 37 J5300 (DSO) DFC

19/01/45+ WATTS, George Barrie WOII 9 R165311 DFC

04/08/42+ WATTS, Jack Vincent F/L 10 J4688 (DSO) DFC (*)

26/10/45+ WAUGH, James Harry P/O 420 J93891 DFC DFM

17/10/44+ WEAVER, Arthur Leroy P/O 428 J86141 DFC

17/03/44+ WEAVER, Claude+ P/O 403 J18784 # DFC DFM

23/03/45+ WEAVER, James Frederick F/L 102 J86101 DFC

12/12/44+ WEBB, Gordon William F/O 405 J19654 DFC (*)

17/11/44+ WEBB, Leonard William F/O 427 J19532 DFC

12/03/43+ WEBSTER, Alfred Ernest F/L 35 J4956 DFC

10/12/43+ WEBSTER, Melvin Douglas F/O 50 J11598 DFC

25/05/45+ WEBSTER, Reginald Clive F/O 10 J36339 DFC

14/11/44+ WEBSTER, William Vance Hunter F/L 192 J17941 DFC

25/09/45+ WEEDEN, Henry John F/O 8 J26419 # DFC

07/12/43+ WEEDON, Philip George S/L 419 J10519 DFC

30/06/44+ WEEKS, Harvey Alexander P/O 617 J19206 DFC

29/12/45+ WEEKS, William Roland F/O 442 J23840 DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

08/12/44+ WEICKER, William Jacob Louis F/L 405 J15301 DFC (*)

19/12/44+ WEIR, James Allister F/O 415 J24474 # DFC

17/11/44+ WEIR, Kenneth Shore P/O 12 J87220 (MBE) DFC

15/10/43+ WEISER, William F/O 405 J10822 DFC (*)

25/05/45+ WELCH, John Alexander F/O 405 J87445 DFC

06/06/44+ WELDON, George Arthur F/O 427 J22042 DFC

26/01/45+ WELLS, Edward Arnold F/O 226 J86459 DFC

13/10/44+ WELLS, Jack Clinton F/L 635 J13780 DFC

03/11/44+ WELSH, John Frederick F/O 254 J26054 # DFC

25/09/45+ WELSMAN, William Walter F/O 640 J92181 DFC

17/07/45+ WENZEL, Clifton Leonard F/L 78 J22331 DFC (AFC RAF)

25/09/45+ WEST, James Watson F/O 420 J39914 DFC

19/01/45+ WEST, Lorne Edgar F/O 420 J28342 DFC

14/08/45+ WEST, Roland Burgess F/O 116(R) J46846 DFC (AFC)

27/06/44+ WESTAD, Ronald Alvin WO 619 R115716 DFC

17/04/45+ WESTBY, Mahlon Arnold F/O 195 J18544 DFC

13/06/44+ WESTELL, Robert Allen F/L 428 J16965 # DFC

10/09/43+ WESTERMAN, Clifford Farrar F/L 109 J6650 (DSO) DFC

19/05/44+ WESTLAND, John Alfred S/L 424 J9072 # DFC

25/05/45+ WESTON, Lloyd Jack P/O 419 J92560 DFC

21/12/45+ WHALEN, James Henry + F/L 34 J15005 J6 DFC

22/05/42+ WHEELER, Arthur Brian F/L 226 J4813 # DFC

15/02/44+ WHEELER, Ernest Francis F/O 199 J22570 DFC

20/02/45+ WHEELER, James Guy F/O 429 C5450 DFC

08/12/44+ WHELER, Thomas Ross F/O 411 J18199 # (MBE) DFC

17/04/45+ WHETTER, Ralph Jacob Clinton F/O 405 J27568 DFC

19/01/45+ WHILSHIRE, Thomas Victor P/O 427 J88560 DFC

17/07/45+ WHIPPLE, Joseph Allan Hudson P/O 426 J93135 # DFC

08/06/44+ WHITE, Albert Stanford F/O 113(R) J23795 DFC

22/08/44+ WHITE, Delbert Edward P/O 61 J85721 # DFC

24/04/45+ WHITE, John Anthony P/O 159 J45138 # (OMM) DFC

09/07/43+ WHITE, Paul Berkeley F/L 77 J15484 DFC

17/10/44+ WHITE, Walter Leroy F/O 427 J18468 DFC

22/05/45+ WHITE, William Andrew Telfer F/L 626 J26819 DFC

01/10/43+ WHITE, William James P/O 540 J16419 DFC

12/12/44+ WHITELAW, Daniel Sarsfield F/O 424 J20041 DFC

25/09/45+ WHITEMAN, Alfred George F/O 158 J38314 DFC

18/09/42+ WHITHAM, James F/L 401 J15281 # DFC

05/12/44+ WHITNEY, Ernest Clark F/O 419 J27459 # DFC

25/09/45+ WHITNEY, John Lawrence F/O 426 J18776 DFC

16/01/45+ WHITTAL, Hubert Richard F/L 405 J26095 DFC (*)

11/12/45+ WHITTEN, Lloyd Norman F/O 160 J37080 DFC

J6 = Effective 17/04/44

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GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

27/06/44+ WHITTINGTON, Kenneth Herbert F/L 102 J19155 DFC

06/11/45+ WHITTLES, Harold Melvyn F/O 408 J40060 DFC

21/09/45+ WHYNACHT, Kelly Aeriel F/L 150 J29129 DFC (AFC RAF)

14/09/43+ WHYTE, Geoffrey Bruce P/O 427 J17846 DFC

19/01/45+ WICKENS, Edward Donald F/O 434 J24657 DFC

17/10/44+ WIDDIS, Joseph Lloyd F/O 429 J23742 DFC

17/04/45+ WIGLE, James Gordon F/O 433 J35713 DFC

20/07/45+ WILBY, Clifford F/O 408 C19932 DFC

16/11/43+ WILBY, Peter P/O 7 J17957 DFC (*)

06/07/43+ WILBY, Thomas Richard F/O 78 J15138 # DFC

19/09/44+ WILCOCK, Albert James P/O 405 J85391 DFC

17/10/44+ WILDE, Kenneth George WO 100 R162219 (1) DFC

12/12/44+ WILDING, John Archibald + F/O 426 J27908 DFC

30/06/44+ WILDING, John Arthur P/O 50 J85716 DFC

01/08/44+ WILEY, Douglas Rowe F/O 431 J11131 # DFC

12/10/43+ WILHELMSON, Sander Willie Raymond F/O 192 J10026 # DFC

21/04/44+ WILKIE, George Alexander WO 44 R124459 DFC

21/09/45+ WILKIE, Harry Wellington S/L 138 J6184 DFC

09/02/43+ WILKIN, Richard Pennington+ F/O 138 J6026 DFC

12/12/44+ WILKINS, George Frederick P/O 433 J88314 DFC

26/10/45+ WILKINS, John P/O 419 J93718 DFC

20/02/45+ WILKINSON, David Sinclair F/O 460 J27122 DFC

04/12/45+ WILKINSON, Edward Charles Steele F/L 415 J35339 DFC

19/01/45+ WILLIAMS, Albert Wynn F/O 77 J86726 DFC

25/05/45+ WILLIAMS, Alvin James WOII 405 R188286 DFC

25/05/45+ WILLIAMS, Charles Douglas Franklin F/O 419 J86975 DFC

29/01/46+ WILLIAMS, Clifford Frederick F/L 159 J4867 DFC AFC

29/09/42+ WILLIAMS, David John+ F/L 408 J6991 # (DSO) DFC

17/04/45+ WILLIAMS, Earl Norman P/O 158 J92176 DFC

19/09/44+ WILLIAMS, Frederick Austin WO 428 R167021 DFC

16/02/45+ WILLIAMS, George Alfred Thomas F/L 35 J26698 DFC

17/07/45+ WILLIAMS, Gwillym James F/L 427 J12969 DFC

14/04/44+ WILLIAMS, James Edward F/O 215 J17906 DFC

25/07/44+ WILLIAMS, John Frederick Hart + F/O 198 J17270 # DFC

17/04/45+ WILLIAMS, John Joseph WOI 90 R190620 DFC

11/09/42+ WILLIAMS, John William P/O 249 J15604 # DFC

20/02/45+ WILLIAMS, Leslie Douglas F/O 460 J23124 DFC

17/04/45+ WILLIAMS, Maldwyn George F/O 35 J85826 DFC

19/10/43+ WILLIAMS, Reginald James P/O 419 J17821 DFC

12/12/44+ WILLIAMS, Robert George WOII 405 R158484 DFC

14/01/44+ WILLIAMS, Vernon Albert F/O 410 J9577 # DFC

25/05/45+ WILLIAMSON, Harold Ford F/O 431 J27291 DFC

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GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

22/08/44+ WILLIS, Charles Albert W/C 404 C836 (P) DFC

17/07/45+ WILLIS, John Edward F/L 153 J26370 DFC

12/12/44+ WILLNER, Oscar Eitel F/O 433 J22228 DFC

30/05/44+ WILMOT, Brian Edmund F/O 425 J23777 # DFC (*)

19/01/45+ WILSHIRE, Thomas Victor P/O 427 J88560 DFC

12/11/43+ WILSON, Carl Albert F/L 100 J9871 DFC

30/11/43+ WILSON, Donald Cameron F/L 425 J15542 DFC

07/07/43+ WILSON, Frederick Albert William J. P/O 441 J85676 # DFC

19/01/45+ WILSON, Gerald Einer F/O 405 J19402 DFC (*)

20/07/45+ WILSON, Gordon Douglas P/O 433 J90640 DFC

01/10/43+ WILSON, Lloyd George P/O 424 J17520 DFC

09/05/44+ WILSON, Philip Joseph P/O 166 J19982 # DFC (*)

08/09/44+ WILSON, Raymond P/O 13 J86699 DFC

12/12/44+ WILSON, Thomas Peter P/O 434 J87132 DFC

20/03/45+ WILSON, Thomas Ridgeway F/O 417 J27745 # DFC

19/01/45+ WINCH, Aubrey Willington F/O 419 J27379 DFC

21/09/45+ WINMILL, Albert Ernest F/L 415 J12038 DFC

19/01/45+ WINN, Frederick Adolphe Rasmussen F/O 78 J19668 DFC

08/05/45+ WINSHIP, John Jeffray F/L 684 J22722 DFC

11/08/44+ WINSLOW, Terence Bawlf F/L 268 J9167 DFC

23/02/43+ WISEMAN, Duncan Roy P/O 73 J15778 # DFC

10/10/44+ WISKIN, Eric Walter F/L 162 J8804 DFC

16/11/45+ WISSLER, George Henry F/O 424 J36872 DFC

22/05/45+ WITHENSHAW, George F/L 101 J35572 # DFC

20/07/45+ WOLOSCHUK, Lewis F/L 414 J18360 DFC

19/05/44+ WOLTON, Gerald William F/L 433 J18773 # DFC

04/08/44+ WONDOLOWSKI, Charles Alphons F/O 415 J31768 # DFC (*)

24/11/44+ WONNACOTT, Gordon F/L 414 J9868 # DFC (*)

29/12/44+ WOOD, Edward Poyntz S/L 403 C1158 DFC

06/06/44+ WOOD, Ernest Henry P/O 408 J19016 DFC

12/12/44+ WOOD, John Quenten F/O 429 J19815 DFC

17/11/44+ WOOD, Joseph Ralph F/O 692 J16617 # DFC

20/02/45+ WOOD, Philip Arthur F/O 78 J25200 DFC

19/09/44+ WOOD, Robert Wakefield F/O 619 J23602 DFC

13/10/44+ WOOD, Waldo Michael Beriah F/L 424 C18886 DFC

19/09/44+ WOOD, William Joseph P/O 102 J85075 DFC

17/04/45+ WOODHOUSE, Ronald F/O 433 J35750 DFC

17/10/44+ WOODLAND, Frederick Earl F/O 427 J14173 DFC

17/10/44+ WOODLEY, Donald Herbert F/O 103 J22077 DFC

03/11/44+ WOODRUFF, Henry Pershing F/L 427 J9535 # DFC

17/07/45+ WOODS, John Hamilton F/L 101 J9485 DFC

25/05/45+ WOODS, Mervin Douglas F/O 166 J19126 DFC

17/10/44+ WOODS, Roy Edward F/O 617 J16183 DFC

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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS Awards to the RCAF for WW2 (DFC)

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

10/11/44+ WOODS, Vivien Thomas F/O 405 J16361 # DFC (*)

26/02/43+ WOODS, William Blakeney S/L 400 C1653 DFC

19/09/44+ WOODWARD, Alexander George F/O 78 J19180 DFC

19/01/45+ WOOLF, Thomas Claude Kingsley WOII 405 R168719 DFC

17/11/44+ WORDSWORTH, Thomas Edward F/O 424 J20965 DFC

27/03/45+ WORSTER, William F/O 115 J29668 DFC

20/02/45+ WRAY, Theodore Donald F/O 158 J89989 DFC

24/04/45+ WRIGHT, Frederick Foster F/O 100 J93453 # DFC

03/11/44+ WRIGHT, Harold Richard F/O 10(R) J37353 DFC

01/09/44+ WRIGHT, James Davidson F/O 418 J24659 # DFC

24/04/42+ WRIGHT, Jerauld George P/O 240 J15195 # DFC

25/05/43+ WRIGHT, John Garn F/O 112 J7233 # DFC

25/05/45+ WRIGHT, Lloyd William F/O 424 J25937 DFC

15/09/44+ WRIGHT, Reuben William F/L 405 J19820 DFC DFM

25/05/45+ WRIGHT, Stanley Grover F/L 514 J26104 DFC

17/11/44+ WRIGHT, Thomas Smith F/O 578 J22840 DFC

12/12/44+ WRIGHT, William Gordon F/O 434 J26746 DFC

03/10/44+ WRIGHT, William Henry P/O 433 J86486 # DFC

19/01/45+ WUORI, Charles Oliver F/O 433 J27473 DFC

29/01/46+ WYGLE, Brien Singleton F/O 436 J36252 DFC

25/09/45+ WYNNE, John F/O 415 J40475 DFC

19/10/43+ YACKMAN, Frederick William P/O 106 J17434 DFC

06/11/45+ YARD, William Leonard WOII 432 R189484 DFC

19/09/44+ YAREMA, Peter F/O 571 J18944 DFC

15/09/44+ YATES, Guy Philip Aldrich F/L 405 J16100 DFC DFM

25/09/45+ YEAMAN, John Kenneth F/O 626 J37734 DFC

19/01/45+ YOUNG, Clarence Archibald P/O 405 J89722 DFC

16/11/45+ YOUNG, David Bryson F/L 408 J14819 DFC

31/10/44+ YOUNG, Forrest Bee F/L 442 J39819 # DFC

25/09/45+ YOUNG, George Michael P/O 9 J92888 DFC

01/06/43+ YOUNG, Gordon William+ P/O 90 J16906 # DFC

25/09/45+ YOUNG, Hugh Robert F/O 419 J37737 DFC

20/02/45+ YOUNG, James Young Hamilton F/O 149 J29849 DFC

19/01/45+ YOUNG, Wilfred George WO 35 R153261 DFC

01/10/43+ YOUNG, William John P/O 425 J17392 DFC

19/09/44+ ZARY, Henry Paul Michael F/L 421 J9261 # DFC

13/07/43+ ZEE, Jerome Arthur P/O 7 J17230 DFC

17/04/45+ ZLOTNIK, Harold F/O 625 J35028 DFC

17/10/44+ ZWICKER, Ronald Eugene Clyde WOII 138 R153224 DFC

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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS to the RCAF for KOREA

Canada

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

17/01/53 GLOVER, Ernest Arthur F/L 434 17484 DFC

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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS to the CANADIAN ARMY for KOREA

CANADA

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

14/11/53 TEES, Peter Joseph Angwyn Captain RCA ZK3344 DFC

RCA = Royal Canadian Artillery

(attached No. 1903 Independent Air Operations Flight, RAF)

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DFC Awards to CANADIANS in the RAF between WW1 and WW2

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

20/11/25+ BAKER, John Wakeling F/L -- ----- (Q1) (GBE) KCB DFC AFC

22/12/39+ BOCKING, Alfred Llewellyn F/L 30 37079 (Q2) DFC(*) (RCAF)

11/06/24+ BROUGHALL, Herbert Seton F/O -- ----- (Q3) MC DFC

(Q1)= DFC awarded for "Gallant and Distinguished Service in connection with the Operations

Carried out by the Royal Air Force in Waziristan 9th March 1925 - 1 May 1925"

(Q2) = DFC awarded for action in the Palestine War December 1938

(Q3) = DFC awarded for action in Kurdistan 15 February to 19 June 1923

(*R) = Bar to the DFC awarded while in the RCAF

(RCAF) = transferred from the RAF to the RCAF during the war

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BAR to the DFC Awards to CANADIANS in the RAF in WW2 (DFC*)

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

29/12/44+ ARTHUR, Charles Ian Rose S/L 72 41241 DFC*

23/05/41+ ATKINSON, Leslie Vero Ernest S/L 21 39407 # (DSO) DFC*

25/07/44+ BARTLETT, Christopher Smales + W/C 434 39928 # DFC*

31/10/41+ BARTON, Robert Alexander S/L 249 37664 (OBE) DFC*

06/10/42+ BISSET, Robert Claire S/L 405 39778 DFC*

10/10/41+ BOCKING, Alfred Llewellyn W/C 11 37079 DFC* (RCAF)

16/11/45+ BROWN, James Edward F/O 582 177621 DFC*

23/05/41+ BROWN, Mark Henry ("Hilly”) S/L 1 37904 # DFC*

16/07/43+ CHARLES, Edward Francis John S/L 611 36198 # (DSO) DFC*

14/01/41+ CHRISTIE, George Paterson + F/L 66 40081 # DFC*

13/02/42+ CLAYTON, Arthur Chamberlain S/L 408 41664 (OBE) DFC* (RCAF)

22/05/45+ DAVIDSON, John Edward F/O 7 56092 DFC*

08/12/44+ DOBSON, William F/L 429 127858 DFC*

31/10/41+ FLETCHER, Andrew William S/L 272 37280 DFC*

15/09/44+ GALLIENNE, William Albert G. S/L 83 127457 DFC*

31/10/44+ GREENBURGH, Louis F/O 514 49803 # DFC*

21/10/41+ KENT, John Alexander (“Johnny”) W/C WNG 37106 # DFC* AFC

15/09/44+ LAWRENCE, Kenneth Aubyn S/L 7 41031 DFC*

14/11/44+ McDOWALL, Eric Roger S/L 104 47887 DFC* (RCAF)

08/10/40+ McKNIGHT, William Lidstone + P/O 242 41937 DFC*

26/01/45+ MURRAY, George Black S/L 21 41450 DFC*

13/10/44+ NELLES, Edward Forbes S/L 627 110611 DFC*

06/08/43+ O'BRIAN, Peter Geoffrey W/C 257 33329 # DFC*

27/07/43+ OGILVIE, Allan McPherson F/L 83 120865 (OMM) DFC* (RCAF)

05/05/44+ PATRICK, Richard Cecil S/L 206 41457 DFC*

11/12/42+ PEPPER, George + F/O 29 104585 # DFC*

15/07/41+ RAPHAEL, Gordon Learmouth + F/L 85 37508 # (DSO) DFC*

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BAR to the DFC Awards to CANADIANS in the RAF in WW2 (DFC*)

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

23/10/45+ SNELL, Frederick Wace W/C 82 39349 # DFC*

12/01/43+ STURDY, Walter Robert Nesbet S/L 214 42906 DFC*

17/04/45+ TALLALA, Cyrill Lionel F/L 122 130674 # DFC*

05/08/41+ TURNER, Percival Stanley S/L 145 41631 # (DSO) DFC*

07/04/42+ URWIN-MANN, John Ronald F/L 238 42881 (DSO) DFC* (AFC)

01/10/43+ WHELAN, James Roger S/L 680 40330 # (CBE DSO) DFC*

03/11/42+ WOODS, Eric Norman S/L 249 60119 DFC*

06/08/43+ WOODWARD, Vernon Crompton S/L 213 41092 DFC*

(RCAF) = Transferred to RCAF during the War

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CANADIANS who received the DFC in the RAF and the BAR TO THE DFC in the RCAF

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

21/09/45+ BATCHELOR, Alexander William F/L 109 C89543 134045 DFC* (RCAF)

26/10/45+ BROWN, Jack Clement Robert S/L 434 C89533 40287 DFC* (RCAF)

21/09/45+ COMAR, John S/L 83 J24375 43026 DFC* (RCAF)

21/09/45+ WILLIAMS, Leonard Henry F/L 424 C89534 48725 DFC* (RCAF)

These persons are listed in the BAR to the DFC to the RCAF

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DFC Awards to CANADIANS in the ROYAL AIR FORCE in WW2 (DFC)

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

09/07/40+ AITKEN, Honourable Maxwell S/L 601 90128 # (DSO) DFC

29/12/44+ ANDERSON, Leonard John ("Andy”) S/L 114 41358 DFC

03/03/44+ ANDERSON, William Muir WO 18 776068 DFC

17/08/45+ ANGELL, Henry Ellis W/C 295 39050 DFC

31/05/40+ ANGUS, Allan Benjamin + F/O 85 40281 # DFC

15/06/44+ APPS, William Gordon F/O 61 120404 DFC

25/04/41+ ARNOLD, Keith Fergus + F/L 217 39012 DFC

09/06/44+ ARTHUR, Charles Ian Rose S/L 72 41241 # DFC (*)

18/01/44+ ASH, George Henry + F/O 138 129520 DFC

30/07/40+ ATKINSON, Leslie Vero Ernest F/L 21 39407 (DSO) DFC (*)

30/07/40+ AVENT, John F/L 269 37929 DFC

18/01/44+ BARRETT, Daniel Angus F/L 44 48690 DFC

15/08/41+ BARTLETT, Christopher Smales + F/L 216 39928 # DFC (*)

22/10/40+ BARTON, Robert Alexander F/L 249 37664 # (OBE) DFC (*)

23/07/40+ BARTON, Wallace Stanley + F/L 4 ACP 39484 DFC

13/04/45+ BATCHELOR, Alexander William F/L 109 134045 DFC

(*R) (RCAF)

17/01/41+ BAUDOUX, Evert Large F/O 233 42095 (DSO) DFC (RCAF)

14/11/44+ BAZALGETTE, Ian Willoughby + S/L 115 131145 (VC) DFC

05/09/44+ BEAKE, Perival Harold S/L 64 84923 # DFC

08/05/45+ BETTS, John Marchbank S/L 226 85657 DFC AFC

16/10/42+ BEURLING, George Fred ("Buzz”) F/L 249 128707 # (DSO) DFC DFM* (RCAF

14/06/40+ BIDDELL, William Hugh + W/C 206(Z) 37376 # (OBE) DFC

10/09/43+ BIGELOW, Allan Easton F/L 101 42788 DFC

26/05/42+ BISHOP, Ian Prior F/O 150 45492 DFC

22/10/40+ BISSET, Robert Clare + F/O 51 39778 DFC (*)

06/12/40+ BLATCHFORD, Howard Peter + F/L 257 37715 # DFC

29/12/44+ BLYTHE, Alexander Conway F/L 437 66567 DFC

15/08/44+ BOULD, George Edward S/L 622 40203 DFC (RCAF)

17/07/42+ BRADLEY, Arthur James F/L 202 41547 # DFC

23/07/40+ BROWN, Alan Coatsworth F/L 53 37033 (DSO OBE) DFC

13/10/44+ BROWN, Jack Clement Robert F/O 12 40287 DFC

(*R) (RCAF)

13/04/45+ BROWN, James Edward F/L 582 177621 DFC (*)

30 07/40+ BROWN, Mark Henry ("Hilly") + F/L 1 37904 DFC (*)

22/05/42+ BROWN, Reginald Wiseman + F/O 218 104694 # DFC

22/10/40+ BURNETT, Wilfred Jasper F/O 49 40076 (DSO) DFC (AFC)

ACP = Army Coop and Photo Recce

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DFC Awards to CANADIANS in the ROYAL AIR FORCE in WW2 (DFC)

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

30/10/42+ CALDWELL, Peter Lawson S/L 418 85651 # DFC

23/02/43+ CAMPBELL, Colin Francis F/L 109 102986 # (DSO) DFC

20/11/42+ CAMPBELL, Graham Cox S/L 420 41252 K1 DFC (RCAF)

13/10/42+ CAMPBELL, Hanlon Donald + P/O 408 87059 DFC

31/05/40+ CAMPBELL, James Alexander + F/O 87 39492 # DFC

13/09/40+ CAMPBELL, William Weir F/L 230 37835 (OBE) DFC

17/10/44+ CANNON, Jack Vernon P/O 626 177163 DFC

23/09/40+ CARLYON, Paul Winstanley M. + F/L 150 42672 DFC

29/10/43+ CARMICHAEL, Fred Ernest George F/O 98 139386 # DFC (RCAF)

06/11/42+ CARRIERE, Jean Charles F/L 140 41825 DFC (RCAF)

22/08/42+ CARTER, Henry James P/O 156 104474 DFC

23/03/45+ CHALKLEY, Dennis Edward John P/O 625 189362 # DFC

15/07/41+ CHARLES, Edward Francis John F/O 59 36198 # (DSO) DFC (*)

16/08/40+ CHRISTIE, George Paterson+ F/O 242 40081 DFC (*)

22/11/40+ CLARK, Hubert Percival P/O 44 43106 (P) DFC

24/12/40+ CLAYTON, Arthur Chamberlain F/O 83 41664 (OBE)^ DFC (*)(RCAF)

30/03/43+ COCHRANE, Arthur Charles + F/L 87 42195 DFC

22/08/41+ COCHRANE, Homer Powell F/L 112 40991 DFC

18/08/44+ COLLIS, Frank P/O 207 170422 DFC

15/09/44+ COMAR, John S/L 105 43026 DFC (*R)

08/10/40+ CONNER, Clare Arthur Huvendon + P/O 83 40892 # DFC

13/10/42+ COOKE, Charles Alfred S/L 264 43634 # DFC

04/11/41+ CORBOULD, Ken Bruce + F/L 203 39211 DFC

15/08/44+ COULL, Norman McCleod S/L 405 109507 DFC (RCAF)

13/04/45+ COULSON, Stafford Pulleine W/C 35 33232 DSO DFC

13/08/43+ COVENTRY, Henry Reginald + W/C 102 33133 DFC

15/08/44+ COX, Richard Morse W/C 109 41344 DFC AFC

(RCAF)

19/10/45+ CRAWFORD, Robert Cree + W/C 194 34146 K2 DFC

25/06/40+ CROOKS, David Alex Cummings + P/O 226 40678 # DFC

19/09/44+ CUTHILL, John P/O 156 175715 (DSO) DFC

24/10/44+ DAVIDSON, John Edward WO 7 574706 # DFC (*)

01/10/43+ DAVIDSON, Robert Tremayne P. S/L 182 39968 DFC (RCAF)

18/01/44+ DEVERS, Robert Leslie F/O 462 53254 DFC (RCAF)

15/10/43+ DOBSON, William F/O 158 127858 DFC (*)

11/06/40+ DONALDSON, Oliver Russell F/O 115 37414 # (DSO) DFC

16/02/45+ DOW, Tom Roy Asquith + S/L 139 41266 DFC

14/08/42+ DUDLEY, James Richard + P/O 37 106372 # DFC

08/04/41+ DUNDAS, Ken Crispin Vivian + S/L 211 41000 DFC

21/04/44+ DUNN, Albert Robinson + S/L 106 40897 DFC

31/05/40+ DYER, John Phillip + F/O 219 39073 DFC

K1 = Effective 11/04/42

K2 = Effective 19/06/45 (since deceased)

^ = OBE to Clayton awarded while he was with the RCAF

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DFC Awards to CANADIANS in the ROYAL AIR FORCE in WW2 (DFC)

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

05/11/40+ EDY, Allan Laird + P/O 613 41566 DFC

22/11/40+ ELLIOT, George Arthur L. P/O 77 43830 DFC

09/05/41+ ELLIS, Lawrence Ellsworth F/L 228 40095 DFC

30/07/40+ ENGLAND, Donald Lockart S/L 61 37763 DFC

15/10/43+ ENO, Lloyd Higgs S/L 51 40096 (DSO) DFC

15/10/43+ FAWCETT, Roland Edens + S/L 156 43032 DFC

21/02/41+ FLEMING, James Grant + F/O 201 40380 DFC

17/01/41+ FLEMING, Mervin Matthew F/O 58 39975 (DSO) DFC

06/02/45+ FLEMING, Robert Benvie S/L 547 41572 DFC AFC

22/10/40+ FLETCHER, Andrew William F/L 235 37280 DFC (*)

08/08/41+ FORSYTHE, Kenneth Cadham S/L 110 41573 # DFC

30/06/44+ FORTIER, Douglas Charles W. F/L 103 142046 DFC

21/04/44+ FOSTER, George Arthur Carey W/C 101 29009 DFC AFC

22/11/40+ FRASER, Cecil Victor + P/O 115 42212 DFC

08/10/40+ FULTON, John ("Moose”) + S/L 99 37095 # (DSO) DFC AFC

15/10/43+ GALLIENNE, William Albert G. F/L 83 127457 DFC (*)

10/09/43+ GARVEY, Frederick James + F/L 83 117420 (DSO) DFC

23/08/40+ GAUNCE, Lionel Manley + S/L 615 37632 # DFC

15/06/43+ GAUNT, Daniel Buntin P/O 214 80446 (P) DFC

22/08/44+ GAUNTLETT, John Reginald F/L 159 106221 DFC

13/09/40+ GIBBS, Sidney Robert F/L 204 37776 # DFC

31/05/40+ GILCHRIST, Peter Alexander F/L 51 37348 DFC (RCAF)

13/08/43+ GILES, John Hassell W/C 90 37851 (DSO) DFC

27/06/44+ GINDER, Cyril Joseph F/L 106 82182 DFC

20/02/45+ GODDEN, Edwin George P/O 77 184160 DFC

30/11/43+ GOURLIE, Robert Norman F/L 420 104471 DFC

20/03/45+ GRAHAM, John Claude S/L 206 41174 DFC

13/03/42+ GRANT, George Francis F/L 109 42216 (DSO*) DFC

15/07/41+ GRASSICK, Robert Davidson F/L 242 41579 # DFC

17/01/41+ GREEN, John Henry P/O 49 42748 (P) DFC

14/03/44+ GREENBURGH, Louis F/O 514 49803 # DFC (*)

21/08/42+ GREENSLADE, William Roy + F/L 149 45202 # DFC AFC

04/12/42+ GRIFFIN, William MacKenzie + F/L 268 70267 # DFC

02/01/40+ GRIFFITHS, John Francis W/C 99 24037 # DFC

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DFC Awards to CANADIANS in the ROYAL AIR FORCE in WW2 (DFC)

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

14/04/44+ HALLEY, Leonard Joseph F/L 115 156622 # DFC

07/04/42+ HARPER, Clifton Watt + F/L 113 42221 DFC

20/02/40+ HARPER, Robert Howard + P/O 206 41177 DFC

23/05/44+ HARRIS, Charles Edwin W/C 434 37878 DFC (RCAF)

21/04/44+ HARRISON, Graeme Elliot + W/C 149 37012 DFC

22/06/45+ HART, John Stewart S/L 112 41696 # DFC

24/04/42+ HAWKINS, Desmond Ernest F/L 240 40700 # DFC

02/01/40+ HENDERSON, Selby Roger + P/O 110 40826 # DFC

15/10/43+ HODGKINSON, David Beatty S/L 179 41410 # DFC (RCAF)

28/04/42+ HOEY, Gilbert Campbell + P/O 97 65525 DFC

15/09/44+ HUGHES, Richard Emlyn F/O 51 169135 DFC

04/11/41+ ILLSLEY, David Milledge + F/L 14 41349 DFC

14/07/44+ ISON, Thomas Eric S/L 156 40915 # (DSO) DFC

09/07/43+ JACKSON, Arthur Senior F/L 119 41293 DFC

22/08/44+ JONES, Albert Henry F/O 97 158742 # DFC

17/05/40+ JONES, Lawrence Latham P/O 228 40542 # DFC

14/05/43+ KAYE, Thomas Chisholm P/O 408 50584 DFC (AFC) RCAF

02/09/41+ KEDDY, Walter Bernard + S/L 405 39535 DFC

25/10/40+ KENT, John Alexander (“Johnny”) F/L 303 37106 DFC (*) AFC

29/05/45+ KEY, George Basil Cooper F/L 547 62323 # DFC

05/09/44+ KILNER, Joseph Richard F/L 21 63783 # DFC

04/08/44+ LAMBERT, Frederick Frank W/C 515 37858 # (DSO) DFC (RCAF)

08/11/40+ LATTA, John Blandford + P/O 242 42008 # DFC

18/01/44+ LAWRENCE, Kenneth Aubyn F/L 15 41031 DFC (*)

30/05/41+ LEAVITT, Robert Frederick + F/O 1 42238 # DFC

08/10/40+ LEWIS, Wilfred John P/O 207 41188 # (P) DFC

22/08/41+ LEWIS, William Maurice F/O 39 42465 DFC

18/03/41+ LITTLE, James Hayward + S/L 219 90125 # DFC

18/09/42+ MacINTYRE, Gordon Leslie + F/L 221 42718 DFC

29/06/45+ MacLEOD, Roderick John Angus F/O 88 155116 DFC

20/02/40+ MacRAE, William John + F/O 9 39089 DFC

23/11/43+ McDERMOTT, Irvine Francis + F/L 104 41719 # DFC

14/05/43+ McDONALD, Kenneth John S/L 78 39097 DFC

20/04/43+ McDOWALL, Eric Robert F/O 37 47887 # DFC (*)

22/08/41+ McINTOSH, Daniel F/O 9 42511 DFC (RCAF)

23/01/42+ McKID, John Goodsir + F/L 97 41042 # DFC

14/06/40+ McKNIGHT, William Lidstone + P/O 242 41937 #(Z) DFC (*)

16/04/40+ McLAREN, Andrew Hood F/O 233 39019 DFC

12/01/45+ McLAREN, Robert Duncan + F/L 149 73003 # DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

23/05/44+ MAJOR, Kenneth Albert F/L 100 47262 DFC

04/11/41+ MANAHAN, James Ross + F/L 148 41443 DFC

24/04/45+ MARSH, Lawrence Edward F/L 9 173337 # DFC

15/10/43+ MEGGINSON, Robert Richard S/L 15 84708 # DFC DFM

27/06/44+ MIFFLIN, Frederick Manuel F/O 106 155436 DFC

11/07/44+ MILES, Garland Ashton F/L 578 144764 # DFC

19/01/45+ MINNIS, Richard McKnight F/O 625 156062 DFC

11/02/41+ MITCHELL, Harry Thorne P/O 87 41447 DFC

17/10/44+ MITCHELL, William Henry WO 192 1133493 DFC

12/11/43+ MOUTRAY, John Howard F/L 9 45845 DFC DFM

13/09/40+ MURRAY, George Black P/O 107 41450 DFC (*) (RCAF)

23/05/44+ NELLES, Edward Forbes S/L 627 110611 DFC (*) (RCAF)

31/05/40+ NELSON, William Henry + F/L 10 39675 DFC

06/06/44+ NICHOLSON, George Henry F/L 466 51729 (DSO) DFC

08/03/40+ NIVEN, Robert Henry + F/L PRS 37267 DFC

02/12/41+ O'BRIAN, Peter Geoffrey S/L 247 33329 # DFC (*)

03/04/45+ O'REILLY, Peter Lawrence F. F/L 159 61033 DFC

11/07/41+ OGILVIE, Alfred Keith F/O 609 42872 #(P) DFC (RCAF)

12/03/43+ OGILVIE, Allan McPherson F/L 83 120865 DFC(*) (RCAF)

16/03/43+ OLSSON, Charles Lealand + S/L 142 37635 K3 DFC

20/04/45+ OSTLER, Robert Victor F/L 15 148524 # DFC

26/09/41+ PATRICK, Richard Cecil F/L 206 41457 DFC (*)

02/02/45+ PEARSON, William Burton F/L 512 124680 # DFC

18/09/42+ PEPPER, George + P/O 29 104585 # DFC (*)

01/07/41+ PHILPOT, Oliver Lawrence S. P/O 42 77131 DFC (MC)

28/07/44+ PIDDINGTON, James Arthur + W/C 429 39562 K4 DFC

27/02/45+ PINHORN, Anthony James + S/L 206 42468 K5 DFC

22/09/42+ POLLARD, Michael Evelyn W/C 14 41615 (DSO) DFC (AFC)

18/01/44+ POWLEY, Francis Sidney + S/L 166 39601 DFC AFC

22/10/40+ PRIOR, Garfield Wallace + S/L 10 37611 DFC

20/08/43+ PROCTER, James Richard Eastham S/L 120 42435 DFC

11/06/40+ PRYDE, David Douglas + S/L 77 39564 # DFC

10/05/40+ PURDY, Phillip Hannah + P/O 263 41738 # DFC

17/10/44+ PUSHMAN, George Rupert S/L 88 42260 DFC (RCAF)

K3 = Effective 20/07/42 (POW)

K4 = Effective 26/07/43 (deceased)

K5 = Effective 05/01/44 (since deceased)

PRS = Photo Recce Squadron

Lawrence Edward MARSH received his DFC while a member of the RCAF but was a member of the RAF when

he was recommended for his DFC. RCAF Overseas lists him as an RCAF DFC but he was a Canadian in

the RAFVR at the time he was nominated for the DFC.

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DFC Awards to CANADIANS in the ROYAL AIR FORCE in WW2 (DFC)

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

23/05/44+ RADCLIFFE, William Gordon P/O 617 53561 DFC

17/05/40+ RAPHAEL, Gordon Learmouth + F/O 77 37508 (DSO) DFC (*)

18/09/45+ REAHIL, Frederick John + F/L 2 103568 K6 DFC

23/09/41+ REARDON, Joseph Damien + S/L 51 43042 DFC

20/10/44+ REECE, Robert Asher S/L WNO 44414 # DFC DFM

30/07/40+ RING, Spencer Leonard F/O 212 39031 (CBE) DFC

22/11/40+ ROBERTSON, David Stewart F/L 78 40141 DFC

07/06/40+ ROBERTSON, Herbert Montague F/O 149 39568 # DFC

16/01/45+ RODNEY, George Forbes W/C 626 37943 DFC AFC

07/12/45+ ROFFE, Alfred Roy F/L 150 184164 DFC

30/07/40+ ROMANS, David Albert Alton + F/O 44 42265 # DFC

07/12/45+ ROSE, Douglas Milton F/O 207 182748 DFC

18/01/44+ ROWLEY, Walter F/O 214 128492 DFC

07/11/44+ ROWSELL, Cyril F/O 415 146604 # DFC

15/08/44+ SALTER, George William F/L 139 41325 DFC

09/02/43+ SANDERS, Evatt Anthony F/O 29 106175 # DFC

11/07/41+ SCHWAB, Lloyd Gilbert S/L 112 37831 # DFC

21/09/45+ SCOTT, Eric Gresham W/C 90 39688 DFC

27/07/43+ SERVICE, William F/O 114 49268 DFC

14/08/42+ SIMPSON, Allan James F/L 6 41747 # DFC

23/06/40+ SINCLAIR, George Leslie P/O 26 39644 DFC

20/02/40+ SKEY, Lawrence Wilton F/L 228 39423 DFC

18/09/42+ SMITH, Donald Taylor F/O 226 102564 #(Y) DFC

11/06/43+ SMITH, Donald William McKay W/C 428 41483 (P) DFC

30/10/45+ SMITH, Fograve Marshall W/C 902(W) 37613 DFC

12/02/43+ SMITH, Robert Rutherford + F/L 112 40952 # DFC

16/07/40+ SNELL, Frederick Wace F/O 82 39349 DFC (*)

20/10/44+ SPROULE John Alexander W/C 48 39693 # DFC (RCAF)

08/10/40+ STANSFELD, Noel Karl P/O 242 42272 # DFC

17/04/45+ STEPHENS, Dale Rupert F/L 122 49282 # DFC (RCAF)

02/09/41+ STICKLEY, Lawrence John S/L 614 34252 # (OBE) DFC

22/08/41+ STURDY, Walter Robert Nesbet F/L 214 42906 DFC (*)

09/06/44+ SUMPTER, Leonard Joseph F/O 617 149045 # DFC DFM

24/12/43+ SUTHERLAND, Harold F/O 224 119916 # DFC

K6 = Effective 17/06/44 (since deceased)

WNO = Wing Navigation Officer

902(W) = 11 Squadron and 17 Squadron in Malaya

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DFC Awards to CANADIANS in the ROYAL AIR FORCE in WW2 (DFC)

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

06/07/43+ TALLALA, Cyril Lionel F/O 118 130674 # DFC (*)

07/01/41+ TAMBLYN, Hugh Norman + F/O 242 40862 # DFC

15/02/44+ THOMAS, James Matthew WO 138 798547 DFC DFM

16/01/45+ THOMPSON, Edward Henry S/L 101 70670 DFC

04/07/41+ THOMPSON, James Reginald S/L 139 41755 # DFC (RCAF)

17/05/40+ TIMMERMAN, Nelles Woods F/L 49 39046 # (DSO) DFC

25/01/44+ TRIPE, Phillip Valentine King S/L 129 42279 DFC (RCAF)

06/08/40+ TUDHOPE, William Frank+ P/O 144 41224 # DFC

26/06/42+ TURNER, Francis William Scott + S/L 419 37775 DFC

13/02/45+ TURNER, George S/L 107 41498 DFC (RCAF)

08/10/40+ TURNER, Percival Stanley F/L 242 41631 # (DSO) DFC (*)

31/05/40+ TWEDDELL, William Oliver D. + P/O 83 40767 DFC

29/04/41+ UPTON, Hamilton Charles Deryk F/O 43 42544 DFC (RCAF)

26/11/40+ URWIN-MANN, John Ronald P/O 238 42281 # (DSO) DFC (*) (AFC)

11/02/41+ VALACHOS, Peter John F/O 99 41225 (P) DFC

13/10/44+ VALLEE, Homer Joseph F/O 428 171395 DFC

18/09/45+ VATCHER, Walter Cyril + F/O 174 146339 K7 DFC

22/11/40+ WALKER, George Edward F/O 58 39803 (P) DFC

15/08/41+ WALKER, George Eric + F/O 7 84711 DFC

06/09/40+ WALKER, James Arthur + P/O 111 40768 # DFC

24/12/40+ WALSH, Archibald Phillip + P/O 9 43421 DFC AFC

16/02/45+ WARD, Leslie John S/L 102 41501 DFC

24/10/41+ WEIR, Thomas Cameron W/C 61 37918 DFC

15/10/43+ WELLBURN, Dennis Crosby + S/L 61 40965 DFC

15/10/43+ WESTINGHOUSE, Richard Lawrence F/O 680 108984 # DFC

23/07/40+ WHELAN, James Roger P/O 18 40330 (CBE DSO) DFC (*)

28/07/42+ WHITECROSS, James Alexander + F/O 50 41888 K8 DFC

01/10/43+ WHITING, Sydney Gouinlock S/L 233 42549 DFC

29/07/41+ WIDDOWSON, Reuban Peers W/C 75 34256 # DFC

18/09/42+ WIGMORE, William Charles S/L 235 42931 DFC

06/08/40+ WILLIAMS, Alvin Thomas + F/L 263 40276 DFC

15/10/43+ WILLIAMS, David Brynmor F/O 34 50482 DFC

13/10/44+ WILLIAMS, Leonard Henry F/L 424 48725 DFC (*R)

07/05/40+ WILLIS, David Alexander P/O 10 40331 DFC

11/08/42+ WOLFE, Denzil Lloyd S/L 419 39805 DFC

K7 = Effective 25/07/44 (since deceased)

K8 = Effective 27/07/41 (deceased)

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DFC Awards to CANADIANS in the ROYAL AIR FORCE in WW2 (DFC)

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

23/06/42+ WOODRUFF, Patrick Henry + W/C 404 39806 # (DSO) DFC

14/07/42+ WOODS, Eric Norman F/L 72 60119 # DFC (*)

09/05/41+ WOODWARD, Vernon Crompton F/O 33 41092 DFC (*)

15/02/44+ WYNNE-POWELL, Geoffrey Trevor W/C 90 90915 # DFC

17/10/44+ YEATES, John Harold Whishaw F/L 487 106191 DFC

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DFC Awards to CANADIANS in the ROYAL AIR FORCE Post WW2 (DFC)

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

16/03/51+ BEGY, William Bilton F/L --- ----- # DFC

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"For Distinguished Service in Malaya during the period 01 June to 30 November 1950".

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BAR to the DFC to RAF/RAFVR MEMBERS Serving in RCAF SQUADRONS WW2

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK RAF SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

06/10/42+ BISSET, Robert Clare F/O RAFO 405 39778 DFC*

11/06/43+ BOWDEN, Frederick Harold S/L RAFVR 428 89593 DFC*

22/05/45+ BOWDEN, Victor Edward F/L RAFVR 405 171868 DFC*

09/02/45+ BRUCE, Robert Richard Fernie F/O RAFVR 418 153354 # DFC*

13/04/43+ BURNSIDE, Dudley Henderson W/C RAF 427 37464 # DFC*

21/09/45+ COUSINS, Frank F/O RAFVR 405 148838 DFC*

08/12/44+ DOBSON, William F/L RAFVR 429 127858 DFC*

03/10/44+ GATWARD, Alfred Kitchener W/C RAFVR 404 83251 # DSO DFC*

23/03/45+ GILLESPIE, Geoffrey Frank Waller F/L RAFVR 405 141555 DFC*

23/05/44+ HEWITT, Ian F/L RAFVR 405 119344 DFC*

23/03/45+ HOWARD, William Frederick F/L RAFVR 405 160161 DFC*

17/07/45+ KANARENS, Alfred Donald N. F/L RAFVR 405 173541 DFC*

07/07/42+ McHARDY, Edric Hartgill S/L RAF 404 42139 DFC*

21/09/45+ MARTIN, George Albert F/L RAFVR 405 127850 DSO DFC*

16/01/45+ NAIRN, John William Campbell F/L RAFVR 405 171692 DFC*

16/01/45+ O'CONNOR, Edward F/L RAFVR 405 174075 DFC*

22/05/45+ ROSS, David Burgess F/L RAFVR 427 139642 DFC*

23/03/45+ SHARMAN, Gordon Bramwell F/L RAFVR 433 130158 DFC*

02/03/45+ TONGUE, Dennis George F/O RAFVR 410 177090 # DFC*

14/11/44+ TRILSBACH, Harold Walter A. S/L RAFVR 405 111476 DFC*

24/11/42+ VAN den BOK, Ralph F/L RAFVR 408 83004 # DFC*

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BAR to the DFC to RAAF MEMBERS Serving in RCAF SQUADRONS WW2

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK RAAF SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

16/11/45+ McLEOD, Leslie Leichman S/L RAAF 405 Aus411091 DFC*

12/05/44+ SCHERF, Charles Curnow F/L RAAF 418 Aus413671 # DSO DFC*

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DFC Awards to RNZAF MEMBERS Serving in RCAF SQUADRONS IN WW2

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK RNZAF SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

27/10/42+ CONSTANCE, Delwyn Stanley N. F/L RNZAF 408 NZ240217 DFC

17/07/42+ HOGG, Francis Emslie WO RNZAF 418 NZ391383 # DFC

14/09/43+ KENNEDY, Gordon Lindsay WO RNZAF 429 NZ411411 DFC

06/06/44+ MILNE, Ronald Deane P/O RNZAF 405 NZ413105 DFC

13/02/42+ NEWENHAM, William Adino P/O RNZAF 405 NZ59869 DFC

11/08/42+ THIELE, Keith Frederick S/L RNZAF 405 NZ404966 DFC

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DFC Awards to RAAF MEMBERS Serving in RCAF SQUADRONS WW2

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK RAAF SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

08/05/45+ ARMOUR, William John P/O RAAF 428 Aus414333 L1 DFC

15/09/44+ BADGERY, Frank Alexander F/L RAAF 431 Aus412565 DFC

13/10/44+ CRAIG, William Gordon F/L RAAF 431 Aus416549 DFC

20/02/45+ GEDDES, Henry Caine WO RAAF 405 Aus427619 DFC

10/09/43+ GIBLIN, Deryck Worthy Trevor F/O RAAF 408 Aus403405 DFC

19/09/44+ KING, James Cyril F/O RAAF 431 Aus412558 DFC

15/10/43+ McLEOD, Leslie Leishman F/L RAAF 408 Aus411091 DFC

17/11/44+ QUANE, John Patrick P/O RAAF 408 Aus425357 DFC

15/02/44+ ROSE, Noel Stanton F/O RAAF 405 Aus402402 DFC

09/01/45+ SANDERS, Maxwell Fred P/O RAAF 419 Aus428164 # DFC

04/04/44+ SCHERF, Charles Curnow F/L RAAF 418 Aus413671 # DSO DFC

30/11/43+ STAUNTON, John Keith F/L RAAF 420 Aus404415 DFC

29/01/46+ TAYLOR, Lionel Patrick WO RAAF 435 Aus426929 DFC

17/04/45+ WEEKS, Jack Osborne F/O RAAF 433 Aus420090 DFC

19/05/44+ WOOD, Rossmore Gordon F/L RAAF 405 Aus406157 DFC

L1 = Effective 19/12/43

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DFC TO RAF MEMBERS SERVING IN RCAF SQUADRONS IN WW2

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK RAF SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

20/04/43+ ALLISON, William Ezekeil S/L RAFVR 424 115784 DFC

29/10/43+ ANDREW, Philip Alfred F/O RAFVR 420 123847 DFC

06/10/44+ APPLETON, Eric P/O RAFVR 429 178226 # DFC

12/05/44+ ASHFIELD, Kenneth Thornby F/O RAFVR 415 157397 # DFC

11/06/43+ BAILEY, John Brian Godfrey F/O RAF 431 48551 # DFC

06/06/44+ BAKER, John Robert P/O RAFVR 432 171619 DFC

13/04/45+ BANNISTER, Roland F/O RAFVR 434 176679 DFC

05/12/44+ BARCHAM, Leonard John F/O RAFVR 404 133658 DFC

17/11/44+ BARNES, Arthur P/O RAFVR 431 173123 DFC

06/02/45+ BASSETT, Peter Raymond F/L RAFVR 404 131015 DFC

20/02/45+ BEADMAN, Clifford Owen P/O RAFVR 405 183088 DFC

19/09/44+ BEAUMONT, Philip P/O RAFVR 427 171034 DFC

15/08/44+ BEDFORD, Sydney Ernest F/L RAFVR 419 143653 DFC

17/11/44+ BEECH, John Thomas Henry P/O RAFVR 431 174567 DFC

19/09/44+ BELLAMY, Geoffrey Guy P/O RAFVR 405 173883 DFC

25/09/45+ BENTLEY, William P/O RAFVR 432 187755 DFC

13/04/45+ BEVAN, Bertie F/O RAFVR 405 170984 DFC

13/10/44+ BICKERSTAFF, George Glendower F/O RAF 428 50718 DFC

11/06/43+ BISHOP, Joseph William F/L RAFVR 420 81385 DFC

17/11/44+ BLACK, Ivor Howard P/O RAFVR 431 176496 DFC

01/10/43+ BLAKENEY, Charles Mack F/L RAFVR 425 121784 DFC

29/12/44+ BLYTHE, Alexander Conway F/L RAFVR 437 66567 DFC

12/05/44+ BOAL, Earl William P/O RAFVR 418 85009 # DFC

22/05/45+ BOAST, Roy Stanley S/L RAFVR 405 81066 DFC

20/04/43+ BOOSEY, Robert Henry George F/O RAFVR 408 110552 DFC

06/06/44+ BOWDEN, Victor Edward P/O RAFVR 405 171868 DFC

07/07/44+ BOYD, Arthur Farrer F/L RAFVR 415 123097 # DFC

27/03/45+ BRICKSTOCK, Philip Jabez P/O RAFVR 420 185780 DFC

17/04/45+ BROMLEY, Richard John F/O RAFVR 424 178734 DFC

12/02/46+ BROOK, Robert+ F/L RAFVR 405 164668 L2 DFC

30/05/44+ BROWN, Duncan F/L RAFVR 433 159567 DFC

15/09/44+ BROWN, Frank Kendall F/L RAFVR 433 155348 DFC

12/05/44+ BROWN, George Norman F/O RAFVR 415 161239 # DFC

23/05/44+ BROWN, James F/L RAFVR 426 159067 DFC

21/11/44+ BRUCE, Robert Richard Fernie F/O RAFVR 418 153354 # DFC (*)

22/05/45+ BUCKLEY, John F/O RAFVR 431 182546 DFC

19/09/44+ BURTON, William Stanley P/O RAFVR 426 169512 DFC

11/04/44+ BUTLER, Sydney William F/L RAFVR 422 103035 # DFC

22/05/45+ BYRNE, Stephen Michael F/L RAFVR 433 159230 DFC

L2 = Effective 15/09/44 (since deceased)

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DFC TO RAF MEMBERS SERVING IN RCAF SQUADRONS IN WW2

LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK RAF SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

22/09/42+ CAMPBELL, William Gordon P/O RAFVR 419 102997 DFC

03/10/44+ CAPON, Robert John P/O RAFVR 433 176943 # DFC

02/06/44+ CARLIN, James F/O RAFVR 404 131016 DFC

16/02/45+ CARTER, Cyril Francis F/O RAF 427 54163 DFC

19/01/45+ CHADWICK, James William P/O RAFVR 432 179408 DFC

14/11/44+ CHILDS, Arthur John Barlase F/O RAFVR 428 151311 DFC

16/01/45+ CHILES, Samuel F/L RAFVR 428 161048 DFC

07/12/43+ CHIPLING, Alban Philip Sidney S/L RAFVR 429 108178 DFC

22/09/44+ CHRISTIE, John Stewart F/O RAFVR 410 157629 # DFC

12/12/44+ CLARE, William Alan P/O RAFVR 428 179367 DFC

27/03/45+ CLARK, Alexander Stanley P/O RAFVR 434 55843 DFC

15/09/44+ CLARK, Alfred John Frederick F/L RAFVR 427 127281 DFC

10/09/43+ CLARK, David Walter Sealy S/L RAF 419 36213 DFC

17/10/44+ CLARK, Dennis P/O RAFVR 428 176717 DFC

13/04/45+ CLIFTON, Philip Harcourt F/L RAFVR 408 157577 DFC

15/10/43+ COLE, Cyril William F/L RAFVR 405 108152 DFC

14/11/44+ COLLINS, Geoffrey Boyer F/O RAFVR 431 168976 DFC

12/12/44+ COLVILL, Charles James P/O RAFVR 428 179859 DFC

04/12/45+ COOK, Eric F/L RAFVR 427 126087 DFC

01/08/44+ CORY, Wilfred Arthur F/L RAFVR 427 134091 # DFC

16/11/43+ COUSINS, Frank P/O RAFVR 405 148838 DFC (*)

11/02/44+ COWLING, Fred F/L RAFVR 426 138504 DFC

10/09/43+ CRAMP, Stanley Jack P/O RAFVR 407 137600 DFC

23/05/44+ CRIBB, George John F/L RAFVR 427 120431 DFC

10/12/43+ CULPIN, Bernard Walter P/O RAFVR 405 155922 (DSO) DFC

18/08/44+ CURLEY, Derek Vivian Ainsworth P/O RAFVR 428 168680 DFC

21/04/44+ CURRY, Hugh F/L RAFVR 434 121549 DFC

08/12/44+ D'ARCY, George F/O RAFVR 426 169392 DFC

04/08/42+ DART, Adrian Peter F/L RAFVR 420 108960 (DSO) DFC

12/12/44+ DAVIES, Hubert George P/O RAFVR 424 176931 DFC

06/06/44+ DAVIS, Phillip F/O RAFVR 431 159868 DFC

21/09/45+ DE MIDDLEMAER, John Thomas H. F/O RAFVR 415 184080 DFC

30/06/44+ DELBRIDGE, Kenneth Shapley P/O RAFVR 432 162793 DFC

21/09/45+ DENNIS, Leonard F/O RAFVR 433 174717 DFC

18/01/44+ DEVAN, James Jardine F/L RAF 426 51723 DFC

17/11/44+ DIXON, John Ronald P/O RAFVR 431 176485 DFC

04/06/43+ DOMONE, Ernest Victor P/O RAFVR 409 137317 # DFC

21/09/45+ DOOLEY, John Patrick F/O RAFVR 405 154601 DFC

17/08/43+ DORMAND, Peter P/O RAF 427 51503 DFC

29/05/42+ DOUGLAS, Alfred Graham S/L RAFVR 401 70188 # DFC

08/12/44+ DUNCANSON, Robert William F/L RAFVR 432 148833 DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK RAF SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

31/10/44+ EAMES, Jack F/L RAFVR 409 81548 # DFC

13/08/43+ EARTHROWL, Cyril Henry S/L RAFVR 427 69450 DFC

19/10/43+ EDMONDS, Frederick Cecil P/O RAFVR 429 52021 DFC

17/11/44+ EDWARDS, Gordon James P/O RAFVR 405 177700 DFC

30/06/44+ ENNALS, Albert John F/O RAFVR 434 157758 DFC

03/10/44+ EVANS, Kenneth Maurice P/O RAFVR 429 178561 # DFC

05/12/44+ FAITHFUL, Stephen Theodore F/O RAFVR 404 151026 DFC

16/11/43+ FAWCETT, Harry P/O RAFVR 405 155160 DFC

19/10/43+ FERNAND, Alan Harry P/O RAFVR 427 147586 DFC

17/04/45+ FLIPPANT, Frederick William John P/O RAFVR 419 185454 DFC

15/09/44+ FOGG, Harry F/L RAFVR 427 141832 DFC DFM

25/05/45+ FORSDYKE, Ronald Albert P/O RAF 405 55904 DFC

14/11/44+ FRY, William James F/O RAFVR 433 172204 DFC

07/03/44+ FURSMAN, Richard Jack S/L RAFO 413 40689 DFC

13/10/44+ GEDDES, John F/O RAFVR 431 168964 DFC

17/04/45+ GERARD, Maurice Anthony P/O RAFVR 419 185451 DFC

13/08/43+ GIBSON, Raymond Alexander F/O RAFVR 431 120068 DFC

14/11/44+ GILLESPIE, Geoffrey Frank Waller F/L RAFVR 405 141555 DFC (*)

12/12/44+ GILLETT, Ronald George P/O RAFVR 424 177887 DFC

14/11/44+ GILMOUR, Oswald Gilmour F/O RAFVR 431 136910 DFC

07/11/44+ GOODWIN, Harry James F/L RAFVR 425 160061 # DFC DFM

08/12/44+ GRAY, Duncan F/O RAFVR 434 160616 DFC

16/02/45+ GRIBBON, Joseph Harold F/O RAFVR 427 169141 DFC

17/10/44+ GRIEVE, Robert P/O RAFVR 428 177757 DFC

19/09/44+ GRIFFITHS, William Herbert P/O RAFVR 429 176635 DFC

19/01/45+ GURNEY, Graham Oswald F/O RAFVR 427 135630 DFC

15/10/43+ HAIR, Frederick Syme F/O RAFVR 419 129588 DFC

02/03/45+ HALL, John Leonard Newman F/O RAFVR 406 159428 DFC

26/10/45+ HALLETT, Austin Wilfred F/O RAFVR 434 175747 DFC

06/06/44+ HAMBY, Reginald P/O RAFVR 431 159047 DFC

15/09/44+ HAMEL-SMITH, Anthony Harcourt F/O RAFVR 429 143464 DFC

14/11/44+ HAMER, Ronald Habgood F/L RAFVR 432 129000 DFC

12/01/45+ HAMILTON, William Edward F/L RAFVR 425 139210 # DFC DFM

25/05/45+ HANNAFORD, Ronald John F/O RAFVR 405 158800 DFC

19/09/44+ HARDES, Albert Richard Walter P/O RAFVR 433 176459 DFC

19/09/44+ HARLE, Stanley P/O RAFVR 420 176432 DFC

09/07/43+ HARRIS, Peter Norman F/L RAFVR 415 122954 DFC

23/05/44+ HARRIS, Thomas William F/L RAFO 434 37878 DFC

13/08/43+ HARRISS, Baylis Earle S/L RAFVR 408 121788 DFC

17/04/45+ HART, Arthur George Thomas F/O RAFVR 408 178924 DFC

20/02/45+ HART, Harold Ross WO RAFVR 405 1583567 DFC

18/08/44+ HARTLEY, Eric WO RAFVR 405 971618 DFC

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GAZETTE NAME RANK RAF SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

13/10/44+ HASELDINE, Dennis Wilfred F/L RAFVR 419 129451 DFC

13/04/43+ HAYHURST, Reginald James P/O RAFVR 427 128419 # DFC

17/11/44+ HAYNES, Arthur Lionel P/O RAFVR 428 177069 DFC

26/10/43+ HAYNES, Lionel John P/O RAFVR 432 146865 # DFC

18/08/44+ HAYWOOD, George Browning P/O RAFVR 432 171623 DFC

25/05/45+ HEAMES, Ian Lewis Charles F/O RAFVR 405 170652 DFC

07/12/45+ HENDERSON, Arthur Henry P/O RAFVR 429 197023 DFC

25/05/45+ HENDERSON, Robert Godfrey P/O RAFVR 405 187245 DFC

22/09/42+ HITCHCOCK, Harold Arthur P/O RAFVR 408 120853 DFC

17/11/44+ HOLT, Joseph William P/O RAFVR 428 177104 DFC

01/08/44+ HOUSTON, John McCrae P/O RAFVR 432 174233 # DFC

17/11/44+ HOWARD, William Frederick P/O RAFVR 405 160161 DFC (*)

14/09/45+ HOWELL, John Edward F/L RAFVR 418 153227 DFC

18/01/44+ HUGHES, Clarence Lindsay F/O RAFVR 427 146448 DFC

17/10/44+ HUME, Thomas P/O RAFVR 427 179174 DFC

13/06/44+ HUNT, Ralph Holmes Vernon F/L RAFVR 429 133617 # DFC

15/12/44+ ILLINGWORTH, Albert Frederick P/O RAFVR 434 178846 # DFC

23/03/45+ INSTRELL, Ronald Charles F/L RAFVR 431 120886 DFC

10/12/43+ JACKSON, Benjamin Parker P/O RAFVR 431 147993 DFC

03/10/44+ JACKSON, Donald P/O RAFVR 428 179221 # DFC

07/12/45+ JANSON, Philip Rees F/O RAFVR 433 190772 DFC

23/04/43+ JARVIS, Alfred John George F/L RAFVR 408 110950 DFC

19/09/44+ JELLEY, Charles Frederick P/O RAFVR 426 161812 DFC

13/10/44+ JENNING, Alfred William F/L RAFVR 433 145466 # DFC

21/11/44+ JOB, Bernard F/O RAFVR 418 153383 DFC

14/09/43+ JOHNSON, Eric Arthur P/O RAFVR 427 147215 DFC

08/12/44+ JONES, Ernest Charles Geoffrey F/O RAFVR 426 169513 DFC

21/01/44+ JONES, John Henry P/O RAFVR 426 156575 DFC

20/07/45+ JONES, Thomas Littlewood F/O RAFVR 433 177051 DFC

08/12/45+ JOWSEY, William Frederick F/O RAFVR 428 170881 DFC

19/09/44+ KANERANS, Alfred Donald N. P/O RAFVR 405 173541 DFC (*)

20/07/45+ KARPASSITI, Nicholas Walter WO RAFVR 419 1336102 DFC

14/05/43+ KAYE, Thomas Chisholm P/O RAF 408 50584 DFC

25/01/46+ KEMLEY, Harold Joseph Sydney F/L RAFVR 432 128489 DFC

12/01/43+ KENYON, Bennett Ley F/L RAFVR 419 112175 DFC

17/11/44+ KIER, Leonard P/O RAFVR 431 177393 DFC

19/01/45+ KING, Dennis Edward P/O RAFVR 405 183198 DFC

17/11/44+ KING, Rowland Seaton P/O RAFVR 427 182229 DFC

12/01/43+ KIRBY, Herbert Harry P/O RAFVR 420 127173 DFC

26/10/45+ KIRTLAND, Charles Henry Albert F/O RAFVR 427 176161 DFC

10/09/43+ KLEIN, Gerald F/O RAFVR 408 134205 DFC

06/11/42+ KNIGHT, Ronald Henry P/O RAFVR 405 49269 DFC

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GAZETTE NAME RANK RAF SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

09/11/43+ LADBROOK, Harold Herbert F/O RAFVR 410 139394 # DFC

13/10/44+ LAINCHBURY, Eric F/O RAFVR 431 145467 DFC

07/12/43+ LANCASTER, John Albert Edwin F/L RAFVR 429 142542 DFC

15/09/44+ LANE, William Valentine F/O RAFVR 434 155868 DFC

22/05/45+ LANGLEY, Daniel John F/L RAFVR 400 171477 DFC DFM

12/12/44+ LANKTREE, Brian Dane Joseph F/O RAFVR 408 151600 DFC

25/05/45+ LARKE, Philip Edmund F/O RAFVR 415 179621 DFC

25/05/45+ LARMAN, Neville Wyndham P/O RAFVR 431 186242 DFC

30/06/44+ LAWRENCE, William Mark F/O RAFVR 431 51603 DFC

19/01/45+ LAWSON, Richard Donald F/O RAFVR 431 135113 DFC

25/05/45+ LEES, Herbert P/O RAFVR 433 190740 DFC

02/06/42+ LEWIS, Peter Evan S/L RAF 407 40400 DFC

10/12/43+ LITSON, Frederick William R. P/O RAFVR 429 145432 DFC

10/04/45+ LIVESEY, Arnold F/O RAFVR 405 155091 L3 DFC

12/12/44+ LONGMUIR, James Alexander F/O RAFVR 425 174320 DFC

12/12/44+ LUCKETT, Reginald Gordon P/O RAFVR 428 176176 DFC

12/12/44+ MACHAM, Roy Alfred William WO RAFVR 405 1604454 DFC

17/07/45+ MacKAY, John F/L RAFVR 429 169150 DFC DFM

25/05/45+ MacLEAN, Hugh Seel P/O RAFVR 426 188988 DFC

12/02/46+ McCARTNEY, Peter + F/O RAFVR 404 187955 L4 DFC

30/06/44+ McCLUNE, John Alexander F/O RAFVR 427 156550 DFC

13/10/44+ McGOVERN, Francis Joseph P/O RAFVR 426 174339 # DFC

14/09/43+ MADDOCK, James Tilston P/O RAFVR 405 143677 DFC

04/08/42+ MAITLAND, Ian F/O RAFVR 408 81408 DFC

14/09/43+ MANNING, Peter William P/O RAFVR 405 139637 DFC

22/08/44+ MARJORAM, George Harry P/O RAFVR 419 173550 # DFC

06/11/45+ MARSHALL, Robert William F/O RAFVR 427 179009 DFC

07/12/43+ MARTIN, George Albert F/O RAFVR 427 127850 DFC

15/09/44+ MASON, Sydney John F/O RAFVR 428 170017 DFC

17/10/44+ MEREDITH, Richard Walter P/O RAFVR 429 176710 DFC

06/04/43+ MITCHELL, Peter Edward P/O RAFVR 408 135429 # DFC

12/12/44+ MONKS, Cecil P/O RAFVR 425 179010 DFC

12/11/44+ MORTIMER, Donald F/L RAF 427 49336 DFC

19/01/45+ MOSE, Basil Phillip Arthur F/O RAFVR 433 178807 DFC

13/10/44+ MOYES, David Braid F/L RAFVR 431 126901 DFC

17/07/45+ MULHOLLAND, Edward Stephen F/L RAFVR 420 174229 DFC

07/12/43+ MUSGRAVE, John F/L RAFVR 423 80095 DFC

L3 = Effective 27/09/43

L4 = Effective 07/03/45 (since deceased)

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GAZETTE NAME RANK RAF SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

13/10/44+ NAIRN, John William Campbell F/O RAFVR 405 171692 DFC (*)

11/02/44+ NEVILLE, Stanley Eric F/O RAFVR 405 129369 DFC

17/07/45+ NEW, Edward James F/L RAFVR 405 183754 DFC

29/09/42+ NEWTON, Robert Buckley S/L RAFVR 411 88464 DFC

30/11/43+ NICOLLE, Stanley John P/O RAFVR 424 147361 DFC

14/09/43+ NORTH, Wilfred Ronald Eli F/O RAFVR 408 114391 DFC

13/10/44+ O'CONNOR, Edward F/O RAFVR 405 174075 DFC (*)

06/06/44+ O'NEILL, John Henry F/O RAFVR 405 144430 DFC

13/10/44+ OAKLEY, John Harold Richard F/L RAFVR 428 158808 DFC

25/05/45+ OLDLAND, Henry Rex P/O RAFVR 405 185807 DFC

14/11/44+ ORMSON, William F/O RAFVR 433 169674 DFC

25/05/45+ PACKER, Robert F/O RAFVR 405 168971 DFC

06/06/44+ PALMER, Donald Ivor P/O RAFVR 432 170472 DFC

20/07/45+ PARKER, Stanley Charles Brian F/O RAFVR 433 183130 DFC

19/09/44+ PARKINSON, John Eric F/O RAFVR 427 136913 DFC

22/08/44+ PARMENTER, Arthur Ernest F/L RAFVR 426 162618 # DFC

16/06/44+ PARNELL, Thomas Hugh F/O RAFVR 415 129401 # DFC

29/12/42+ PARNHAM, Percy P/O RAFVR 419 121507 DFC

25/09/45+ PARRY, Robert William F/O RAFVR 425 186761 DFC

19/09/44+ PATERSON, Alexander Stevenson P/O RAFVR 428 177167 DFC

30/06/44+ PATERSON, Philip Dunthorne F/O RAFVR 426 155103 DFC

17/10/44+ PATTINSON, Howard Leslie P/O RAFVR 428 173312 DFC

21/04/44+ PAY, William Charles Alfred P/O RAFVR 432 171335 # DFC

19/01/45+ PAYNE, Robert P/O RAFVR 434 178852 DFC

02/06/44+ PERKS, Geoffrey Derry F/L RAFVR 434 145348 DFC

14/11/44+ PETTIT, Alfred George F/L RAFVR 405 168727 DFC

16/02/45+ PEXTON, Richard Dunning W/C RAFVR 61 72150 DFC AFC

13/10/44+ PHILLIPS, Clifford John F/O RAFVR 434 169400 DFC

13/02/42+ PIM, Anthony Stanley Mortimer F/L RAFVR 408 60566 DFC

25/05/45+ PINDER, Albert Frederick P/O RAFVR 420 185168 DFC

04/08/42+ PINNEY, Edward Frank William WO RAFVR 420 740546 DFC

13/10/44+ PITT, Arthur F/O RAFVR 431 168975 DFC

23/05/44+ POLLARD, Lawrence Valentine F/L RAFVR 429 118899 DFC

12/12/44+ PRATT, George Edmund F/O RAFVR 428 178245 DFC

25/05/45+ PREECE, Percy Stanley Vincent P/O RAFVR 405 190661 DFC

20/02/45+ PRICE, William WO RAF 405 653002 DFC

17/11/44+ PYM, Frederick Daniel P/O RAFVR 431 179835 DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK RAF SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

16/06/44+ RAWLINSON, Thomas F/L RAFVR 429 168670 # DFC

20/04/43+ RAYNE, Robert Needell F/O RAFVR 420 68797 DFC

14/09/44+ REFFITT, John Douglas Bernard F/O RAFVR 426 47458 DFC

16/11/45+ REID, Dennis Samuel Leo F/O RAF 420 53313 DFC

07/07/44+ REINELT, Ronald Clapham P/O RAFVR 433 174583 # DFC

27/03/45+ REYNOLDS, Gerard F/O RAF 434 54217 DFC

08/12/44+ REYNOLDS, Kenneth Harold F/L RAFVR 405 144456 DFC

29/12/42+ REYNOLDS, Robert Joseph P/O RAF 408 48905 DFC DFM

12/12/44+ RICHARDSON, William F/O RAFVR 434 136822 DFC

02/06/44+ RIDDELL, William Allen WO RAF 422 535158 DFC

12/12/44+ ROBERTS, David James P/O RAFVR 428 177714 DFC

14/11/44+ ROBSON, Arthur James Robert P/O RAFVR 428 173300 DFC

26/10/45+ ROBSON, Clifford F/O RAFVR 427 177743 DFC

18/01/44+ RODWELL, Antony F/O RAFVR 427 146994 DFC (*)

17/08/43+ ROSS, David Burgess P/O RAFVR 427 139642 DFC

20/07/45+ ROTHWELL, James P/O RAFVR 424 190746 DFC

25/05/45+ ROWLAND, George William P/O RAFVR 433 183936 DFC

15/09/44+ RUBIE, Robert Percival F/L RAFVR 431 159564 DFC

03/10/44+ RUMBLE, Harry P/O RAFVR 433 174239 # DFC

15/02/44+ SALISBURY, Jack Samuel P/O RAFVR 426 156712 DFC

19/05/44+ SCADE, George Mair P/O RAFVR 419 168848 # DFC

17/08/43+ SCAMMELL, Geoffrey Wynne F/O RAF 426 49314 DFC

19/01/45+ SCANNELL, James Bernard Anthony P/O RAFVR 405 54962 DFC DFM

19/01/45+ SCULTHORPE, Ronald Frederick F/O RAFVR 434 174505 DFC

14/09/44+ SHARMAN, Gordon Bramwell F/O RAFVR 408 130158 DFC

13/10/44+ SHAW, David F/O RAFVR 426 154296 DFC

19/01/45+ SHAW-BROWN, Kenneth Murtagh F/O RAFVR 433 178990 DFC

21/04/44+ SHERLOCK, Harry P/O RAFVR 408 162517 # DFC

13/10/44+ SHERRIFF, John Braemar F/L RAFVR 432 138420 DFC

26/10/43+ SHIELD, Francis F/O RAFVR 418 131833 # DFC

13/10/44+ SKELTON, Jack F/O RAFVR 427 158796 DFC

12/12/44+ SKONE-REES, Victor Percival F/O RAFVR 428 137377 DFC

12/12/44+ SMART, Walter Henry WO RAFVR 429 658040 DFC

25/05/45+ SMITH, Douglas Willoughby P/O RAFVR 424 184743 DFC

14/11/44+ SMITH, John Carlton F/O RAFVR 433 171645 DFC

11/06/43+ SMITH, Joseph William W/C RAFO 428 41483 DFC

23/01/45+ SMITH, Patrick Joseph F/O RAFVR 409 174759 DFC

13/07/43+ SMITH, Raymond Bagnall P/O RAFVR 425 135400 DFC

19/01/45+ SMITH, Stanley P/O RAFVR 434 176715 DFC

16/11/45+ SMITH, Walter Victor F/O RAFVR 419 189029 DFC

25/05/45+ SMYTH, David Ronald F/O RAFVR 426 190748 DFC

19/11/43+ SOUTH, Gerald John F/O RAFVR 405 143664 # DFC

02/06/44+ SOUTHWELL, Victor P/O RAFVR 426 158897 DFC

21/04/44+ SPENCER, Maurice John F/O RAFVR 424 124645 DFC

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GAZETTE NAME RANK RAF SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

14/11/44+ STABLES, William Irving F/O RAFVR 429 168504 DFC

12/12/44+ STANLEY, Henry Ernest P/O RAFVR 405 182669 DFC

27/03/45+ STEWART, George Dutch F/O RAFVR 405 178640 DFC

06/02/45+ STODDART, John Robson Ellwood F/O RAFVR 404 131836 DFC

03/10/44+ SURTEES, John P/O RAFVR 433 174684 # DFC

14/09/43+ TAYLOR, Richard Cann P/O RAFVR 426 144711 DFC

17/04/43+ THOMAS, Glyndwr Lewis F/O RAFVR 431 178227 DFC

17/04/45+ THOMAS, Gwynfor Reginald Henry P/O RAF 429 56256 DFC

16/11/43+ THOMAS, Harold John F/O RAF 426 50096 DFC

27/10/44+ THOMPSON, John Nicholson F/O RAF 415 54311 # DFC

17/10/44+ THOMPSON, Robert P/O RAFVR 426 176718 DFC

19/09/44+ TIBBLES, Ronald Charles Goodall F/O RAFVR 427 142372 DFC

21/09/45+ TOMKINS, Lawrence Edward F/L RAF 424 54265 DFC

29/12/44+ TONGUE, Dennis George F/O RAFVR 410 177090 DFC (*)

06/02/45+ TOON, Frederick John F/L RAFVR 404 131939 DFC

15/08/44+ TRILSBACH, Harold Walter A. S/L RAFVR 405 111476 DFC (*)

15/10/44+ TUBMAN, Cyril Hugh Thomas F/L RAFVR 427 142142 DFC

26/05/44+ TYLER, John William Ernest S/L RAFVR 434 111498 # DFC

03/10/44+ ULPH, Norman Leonard P/O RAFVR 428 171622 # DFC

06/06/44+ VALENTINE, James Ross F/L RAF 431 31183 DFC

13/10/44+ VALLEE, Homer Joseph F/O RAFVR 428 171395 DFC

24/11/42+ VAN den BOK, Ralph F/L RAFVR 408 83004 # DFC (*)

23/03/43+ VENABLES, Hugh Drummond F/L RAFVR 418 106029 # DFC

30/06/44+ VINE, Bertram P/O RAFVR 426 168851 DFC

25/05/45+ VOCKINS, Arthur Donald F/O RAFVR 405 146608 DFC

12/12/44+ WADINGTON, Geoffrey Parker P/O RAFVR 432 178239 DFC

21/09/45+ WADDINGTON, George William Wray F/L RAF 432 53427 DFC

17/04/45+ WALKER, George William P/O RAFVR 420 187958 DFC

17/04/45+ WALL, Reginald George P/O RAFVR 429 184764 DFC

17/10/44+ WALTERS, William Hewelyn P/O RAFVR 428 176455 DFC

19/09/44+ WATSON, Harry Frederick F/O RAFVR 405 149079 DFC

12/12/44+ WATSON, Philemon F/O RAFVR 424 155072 DFC

12/12/44+ WATTS, George Lawrence WO RAFVR 405 1527439 DFC

11/12/45+ WAY, Cecil William+ P/O RAFVR 420 186920 L5 DFC

29/12/42+ WAYLAND, John Albert Meredith P/O RAFVR 420 48633 DFC

14/09/43+ WEBER, Joseph Anthony P/O RAFVR 405 142448 DFC

17/04/45+ WHONE, John Francis F/O RAFVR 427 179235 DFC

29/06/45+ WICKEN, John Henry F/O RAFVR 418 165057 DFC

L5 = Effective 15/01/45 (since deceased))

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GAZETTE NAME RANK RAF SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

25/09/45+ WILLEY, Eric Walter F/O RAFVR 433 184185 DFC

22/05/45+ WILLGRESS, Frederick James F/L RAF 427 52005 DFC

19/09/44+ WILLIAMS, Cyril John WO RAF 405 619259 DFC

10/12/43+ WILLIAMS, Elwyn F/O RAFVR 427 143223 DFC

13/10/44+ WILLIAMS, Leonard Henry F/L RAF 424 48725 DFC

27/03/45+ WILLOUGHBY, Digby Hugh Callis F/O RAFVR 405 183093 DFC

25/09/45+ WILSON, David F/O RAFVR 429 174565 DFC

28/03/44+ WILSON, Stanley P/O RAFVR 418 157489 DFC

11/02/44+ WINSKILL, Alexander F/O RAFVR 419 127107 DFC

15/02/44+ WOODLEY, William Frederick G. P/O RAFVR 426 158416 DFC

12/12/44+ WORT, Peter Ernest F/O RAFVR 428 173274 DFC

13/10/44+ WRIGHT, Ernest Relton F/L RAF 405 54239 DFC DFM

13/04/45+ YATES, John Frederick William F/L RAF 415 52163 DFC

17/11/44+ YOUNG, Charles Edward F/O RAFVR 431 171504 DFC

20/07/45+ YOUNG, Howell Glanmore F/O RAFVR 427 168966 DFC

11/02/44+ YOUNG, John P/O RAFVR 404 158338 DFC

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LONDON

GAZETTE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

25/07/44+ BARTLETT, Christopher Smales + W/C 434 39928 # DFC* (BAR)

29/12/44+ BLYTHE, Alexander Conway F/L 437 66567 DFC

30/10/42+ CALDWELL, Peter Lawson S/L 418 85651 # DFC

20/11/42+ CAMPBELL, Graham Cox S/L 420 41252 (A) DFC

13/10/42+ CAMPBELL, Hanlon Donald R. + P/O 408 87059 DFC

13/02/42+ CLAYTON, Arthur Chamberlain S/L 408 41664 (OBE) DFC* (BAR)

15/08/44+ COULL, Norman McLeod S/L 405 109507 DFC

30/11/43+ GOURLIE, Robert Norman F/L 420 104471 DFC

23/05/44+ HARRIS, Charles Edwin W/C 434 37878 DFC

14/05/43+ KAYE, Thomas Chisholm P/O 408 50584 DFC (AFC) (RCAF)

02/09/41+ KEDDY, Walter Bernard S/L 405 39535 DFC

25/05/45+ LEES, Herbert P/O 433 190740 DFC

28/07/44+ PIDDINGTON, James Arthur + W/C 429 39562 (D) DFC

07/11/44+ ROWSELL, Cyril F/O 415 146604 # DFC

26/06/42+ TURNER, Francis William Scott + S/L 419 37775 DFC

13/10/44+ VALLEE, Homer Joseph F/O 428 171395 DFC

13/10/44+ WILLIAMS, Leonard Henry F/L 424 48725 DFC

23/06/42+ WOODRUFF, Patrick Henry W/C 404 39806 # DFC

These Officers are listed under Canadians in the RAF and are NOT listed in the RAF in RCAF Squadron list.

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LG+ / CG NAME RANK UNIT NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

06/01/45 HONE, John S/L AFHQ C1294 AFC*

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AIR FORCE CROSS to the RCAF in WW2 (AFC)

LG+ / CG NAME RANK UNIT NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

14/06/45+ ADAMS, Robert Austin F/L 353 SQD J7340 AFC

18/11/44 AGAR, Carlyle Clare F/L 24 EFTS C24744 AFC

17/09/45+ AINSLIE, Thomas Edgar Craig F/L 420 SQD C28055 DFC AFC

17/04/43 AISTROP, Charles Sydney P/O 1 SFTS J13484 AFC

16/06/45 AITKEN, George Dennis F/L 2 WS J15623 AFC

06/01/45 ALEXANDER, Ernest Archibald S/L 1 SFTS J4866 AFC

16/06/45 ALEXANDER, Kenneth Alexander F/L 2 SFTS J10557 AFC

05/01/46 ALLISTON, Edward Arthur F/L 168 (R) J23595 AFC

05/01/46 ANNAN, Douglas Bruce S/L 13 EFTS J4554 AFC

05/01/46 ANDERSON, Gordon John F/O 23 EFTS C29786 AFC

16/06/45 ANDERSON, John Devlin F/O 2 WS J20995 AFC

06/01/45 ANDERSON, Norman Stanley Alton W/C 4 TCHQ C784 AFC

05/01/45 ANDERSON, Thomas George F/L 12 SFTS J4250 AFC

13/05/44 ANDREW, Byron W/C 10 SFTS C1295 AFC

05/01/46 ARCHAMBAULT, Leon Gustave G. Jean W/C 1 R&NS C770 AFC

13/05/44 ARMER, Ross F/O 9 SFTS J23020 AFC

08/01/44 ARMSTRONG, Donald Hadley F/L 2 SFTS J2969 AFC

02/02/46 ASHER, John James F/O 4 (R) J27656 AFC

06/01/45 ATTLE, Jack F/L 8 (R) J11610 AFC

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LG+ / CG NAME RANK UNIT NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

10/06/44 BAILEY, Wesley Dynes WO1 6 SFTS R71959 AFC

05/01/46 BAIRD, James Harold S/L 18 SFTS J3260 AFC

18/11/44 BALDWIN, Norman Scarlett F/L 10 EFTS J5814 AFC

10/06/44 BARICHELLO, Raymond James Eugene F/O 1 GRS J20053 AFC

06/01/45 BARRETT, Joseph Flavelle S/L 1 TCHQ J3740 AFC

23/02/46 BARRON, Peter Clarence F/L 168 (R) J8351 AFC

16/06/45 BARTON, Alfred William F/L 14 SFTS J7811 AFC

05/06/43 BASSO, Joseph Antonio S/L 3 B&GS C2762 AFC

09/01/43 BEAT, Walter Bruce P/O 10 SFTS J3252 AFC (USAAF)

09/01/43 BEDFORD, Ronald Frederick Henry WOII 10 (R) R60952 (1) AFC

15/03/47 BELL, James Frank MacDonald S/L 435 SQD J4821 DFC AFC

05/01/46 BELLIS, John Whomsley S/L 3 OTU J5502 AFC

11/11/44 BENSON, Thomas F/L 7 (R) J6938 AFC

05/06/43 BERRY, Douglas Elliott+ WOI 2 SFTS R74338 (1) AFC

21/04/45 BERVEN, John L. W/C 1 IFS C229 AFC

01/01/46+ BEVERLY, Edwin Paul F/L 407 SQD C22459 AFC

16/06/45 BIRCHALL, Kenneth W/C 2 B&GS C1592 AFC

08/06/44+ BISHOP, Arthur Adelbert F/L 1651 CU J15819 AFC DFM

09/01/43 BLACK, William Anderson F/O 8 SFTS J1444 AFC

30/10/43 BLAND, Eric Alexander S/L 8 SFTS C1445 AFC

21/04/45 BONAR, James Russell F/L WACHQ J20741 AFC

10/06/44 BOYLE, John Allan F/L 2 SFTS J6226 AFC

11/08/45 BRAUN, Donald Conrad S/L Edmonton C4570 AFC

31/03/44+ BRODSKY, Buddy Karl F/L 216 SQD C5560 AFC

23/02/46 BROOKER, Douglas Jack W/C CFS C1451 AFC

03/04/45+ BROWN, Arthur Leland S/L RCAF J9354 DFC AFC

05/01/46 BROWN, John Thomas F/L 2 TSU C14913 AFC

16/06/45 BROWN, William Russell S/L 1 ACHQ J3996 AFC

08/01/44 BRUCE, Cameron Barry F/O 12 SFTS J13490 AFC

01/01/46+ BRUNELLE, Marc Fernand F/L 519 SQD J14821 AFC

05/06/43 BUCK, Percy Lloyd+ WOI 2 SFTS R56386 (1) AFC

10/06/44 BUNDY, Wilfrid John W/C 2 B&GS C264 AFC

01/09/44+ BURLINGHAM, Clark Kitchener F/L COASTAL J8081 AFC

02/02/46 BURROWS, James Ernest F/L WACCF J26916 AFC

02/02/46 BURROWS, Leslie Edward F/L WACCF J26917 AFC

05/01/46 BURTON, Elgert F/L 164 (R) J36530 AFC

13/06/42 BYERS, Robert David S/L 4 TCHQ C1298 # AFC

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01/12/45 CAHOON, Levrae Alder F/L 4 (R) J12844 AFC

05/01/46 CALVESBERT, Percival Stanley S/L Pennfield J6860 AFC

09/01/43 CAMERON, Archibald MacPherson F/L 10 (R) C996 (4) AFC

05/01/46 CARLING-KELLY, Fitzroy Cavendish G/C 1 CTS C172 AFC

05/06/43 CARPENTER, Frederick Stanley W/C WAC C774 AFC

05/01/46 CAWKER, Charles Mitchell S/L RCAF HQ C22925 AFC

05/06/43 CHESSON, Arthur Thomas S/L 6 EFTS C877 AFC

05/01/46 CLARK, Frederick Patrick S/L CFS J5488 AFC

06/01/45 COHEN, Sydney Joshua Joseph S/L WAC HQ J7645 AFC

11/08/45 COHOE, George Elmer Kennedy F/O 3 OTU J12687 AFC

09/01/43 COOK, Garret Munroe F/L 116 (R) C1059 (4) (DFC) AFC

14/06/45+ COOK, John Arthur S/L SEAC J9352 AFC

16/06/45 COOKE, Frederick George S/L 2 ACHQ C2882 AFC

23/02/46 COOKE, Thomas Charles F/L 124 (R) J11462 DFC AFC

18/11/44 COOMBES, Joseph Sinclair F/O 6 CF C24742 # AFC

05/01/46 COOPER, John Harold S/L 1 CFS J7549 AFC

06/01/45 COSCO, John Eugene S/L 166 (R) C5581 AFC

05/06/43 COUSE, Jackson Murray WOI 2 SFTS R66185 AFC

18/11/44 COWANS, John Cassils F/L 1 CFS J10962 AFC

03/04/45+ CRAWFORD, Charles Walsh F/O 520 SQD J23323 AFC

06/01/45 CRICH, Howard Clair P/O 4 (R) C45233 AFC

16/06/45 CRICK, William Charles Kingsley P/O 3 OTU C49637 AFC

01/01/46+ CURTIS, Joseph Robert F/L 435 SQD J16520 AFC

06/01/45 DARRAGH, Hugh Francis F/L 2 TCHQ J7742 AFC

09/01/43 DAVID, Paul Emile S/L 11 EFTS C1020 AFC

06/01/45 DAVIDSON, Melville Alexander W/C 1 TCHQ C1510 AFC

05/01/46 DAVIS, Wilfred S/L CFS J6710 AFC

14/06/45+ DAVY, Hubert Dudley F/O COASTAL J17185 AFC

05/06/43 DAWSON, Douglas William S/L 2 EFTS C2359 AFC

31/03/44+ DE PRET-ROOSE, Michel S/L 113 (W) C3002 AFC

02/02/46 DEALEY, Frederick Henry William WOI WACCF R87881 AFC

05/01/46 DELANEY, Thomas Robert F/L 18 SFTS J14858 AFC

30/10/43 DEMPSTER, John Henry F/O 2 FIS J9449 AFC

05/01/46 DETWILLER, Lloyd Fraser F/L 2 EFTS C22652 AFC

13/06/46+ DEWAN, Dominic Joseph S/L 412 SQD J13738 AFC

06/01/45 DIAMOND, Gerald Gordon W/C 12 (R) C818 AFC

13/05/44 DICKSON, Cecil Alexander+ F/O 168 (R) J10870 # AFC

17/04/43 DREW, Charles Cyril WOII 2 SFTS R56434 (1) AFC

06/01/45 DRYNAN, Norman Livingstone W/C 16 SFTS C349 AFC

13/05/44 DUNCAN, Wayne Jacob WOI 5 EFTS R78620 AFC

13/06/42 DUNLOP, Gordon Parker W/C CFS C171 # AFC

10/06/44 DURNIN, William Howard F/L 1 IFS J15155 AFC

18/11/44 DUTCHAK, Joseph F/L 15 SFTS J8942 AFC

10/06/44 DYER, Charles Grant Reynolds P/O 10 EFTS C36584 AFC

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01/01/46+ EASSON, James Kenneth F/L 24 OTU J17551 DFC AFC

21/04/45 EDGAR, Norman Salisbury W/C 12 SFTS C1460 AFC

09/01/43 EDWARDS, Douglas Muir G/C 1 SFTS C126 AFC

17/04/43 ELWIN, Louis Billings F/L 16 SFTS J3098 AFC

06/01/45 ENGLISH, Edwen Stanford F/O 1 GRS J35669 AFC

01/01/46+ ENGLISH, Walter Merrill Haig F/L 420 SQD C23861 DFC AFC

16/06/45 EVANS, Arthur Ephraim S/L 10 AOS C6921 AFC

05/01/45 FARRELL, Norman Bushell F/L 4 EFTS C26200 AFC

21/04/45 FERGUSON, William Thomas F/L 165 (R) C2643 AFC

08/06/44+ FINK, Donald Ivan McQueen F/L RCAF J4257 AFC

11/08/45 FINLEY, Eric Duff S/L 14 SFTS J8425 AFC

21/04/45 FLEMING, Arthur W/C 116 (R) C1567 AFC

30/10/43 FOLKINS, Gordon Arthur S/L 11 SFTS C1013 (5) AFC

16/06/45 FORBELL, Harold Cooke S/L 1 CFS C13130 AFC

21/04/45 FRASER, Martin Pare G/C 1 ACHQ C374 AFC

21/04/45 FULLERTON, Elmer Garfield G/C 9 SFTS C25 AFC

05/01/46 FUMERTON, Robert Carl W/C 7 OTU C1352 DFC* AFC

05/01/46 GAIN, Thomas Morley S/L 14 SFTS C5569 AFC

05/01/46 GAIN, Thomas William F/L 1 WS J14042 AFC

13/05/44 GALE, Edward Bagley S/L 1 CFS C1618 AFC

21/04/45 GARDNER, Edward Robertson W/C Moncton C380 AFC

02/02/46 GARDNER, Harold Alexander F/L 11 (R) J14036 AFC

09/01/43 GIBB, Robert Fred W/C 7 B&GS C950 AFC

06/01/45 GIBBON, Philip F/L 13 EFTS J6219 AFC

05/06/43 GILBERT, George Frederick F/L 4 RD C1291 AFC

07/09/45+ GILLESPIE, George MacDougall S/L 313 Ferry C2004 AFC

06/01/45 GILMOUR, Walter William S/L 1 SFTS J3751 AFC

21/04/45 GLADDEN, Richard Fleming W/C 1 ACHQ C1404 AFC

27/08/43+ GOBEIL, Fowler Morgan S/L 45 GROUP C121 # AFC

06/01/45 GODSON, George Oscar W/C 2 TCHQ C1586 AFC

16/06/45 GOODERHAM, George William S/L 1 FIS C8327 AFC

05/01/46 GOODWIN, Ray Walpert W/C 5 SFTS C1277 AFC

11/08/45 GORDON, Charles William S/L 1 ACHQ C394 AFC

14/06/45+ GORDON, Thomas Haughton F/O 54 OTU J18972 AFC

01/01/45+ GORK, Elgin Graham F/L 413 SQD J20734 AFC

01/01/44+ GRAHAM, Edward Bruce F/L 2 (O) AFU J16364 (DFC) AFC

06/01/45 GRAHAM, Jack Ross F/L St. Hubert C9898 AFC

05/06/43 GRAHAM, William F/L 11 (R) J7528 AFC

05/06/43 GRANT, Malcolm Edward S/L 7 EFTS C1466 AFC

21/04/45 GRAVESON, Joseph Dixon F/O 6 (R) J21266 AFC

01/01/44+ GREEN, Arthur Favence F/O 7 EFTS J9548 (DFC) AFC

21/04/45 GREEN, Cameron Fraser F/O 7 OTU J16495 AFC

07/09/45+ GREENAWAY, Norman Edward F/L DORVAL J11175 AFC

16/06/45 GRIERSON-JACKSON, William Robert S/L 5 OTU J5683 DFC AFC

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21/04/45 GRIGG, Stuart James F/L WACHQ J8823 AFC

21/04/45 HALE, Paul Morrow S/L Mountain C3880 AFC

14/06/45+ HALES, Frank William S/L 1659 HCU J6498 DFC AFC

16/06/45 HALL, Ernest Orchard Winchester W/C RCAF HQ C1689 AFC

09/01/43 HALL, George Edward W/C MED/AFHQ C3699 AFC ED

16/06/45 HALLWOOD, Frederick William F/L 8 OTU J8755 AFC

18/11/44 HAMILTON, James Joseph F/L 12 SFTS J13446 AFC

01/01/44+ HANWAY, James Albert S/L 5 METS J5986 AFC

13/06/46 HARRISON, Donald F/L 426 SQD J13738 AFC

11/08/45 HART, James Dalton F/O 8 OTU J16311 AFC

08/06/44+ HART, Raymond Boyd F/O 1562 METS J10759 AFC

05/01/46 HARTMAN, Paul Albert F/L 6 OTU J3419 DFC AFC

16/06/45 HARVEY, James Borden G/C 1 SFTS C790 AFC

05/01/46 HARVEY, Roland John W/C Penfield J4895 AFC

14/06/45+ HARVILLE, Charles Gaylon F/L 437 SQD C2719 AFC

11/08/45 HASENPFLUG, William Alfred W/C 1 SFTS J3752 AFC

16/06/45 HASKETT, Clayton Arthur P/O 14 SFTS C45063 AFC

01/01/45+ HASTINGS, Frederick F/L 113 TRANSP J20124 AFC

16/06/45 HAY, Malcolm MacMurry F/L 3 OTU J5328 AFC

18/11/44 HAYLETT, Arthur Donald W/C 2 SFTS C2986 AFC

06/01/45 HEASLIP, Robert Thomas F/O 166 (R) J9119 AFC

05/01/46 HEMENWAY, Harold Cameron F/L 7 STFT J14064 AFC

07/07/45 HENDERSON, John Clifford WOII EACMF R81603 AFC

16/06/45 HERDER, Hubert Clinton F/L 9 SFTS J10972 AFC

05/06/43 HICKERSON, Carl Wendell F/L 124 (R) C3161 AFC

16/06/45 HICKS, John Edgar F/L 9 AOS J12710 AFC

13/05/44 HILLCOAT, Horace Brougham+ F/O 168 (R) C21305 # AFC AFM

05/01/45 HILTZ, George Abner W/C 16 SFTS C805 AFC

18/11/44 HINDLE, Herbert Edward S/L 10 SFTS J5070 AFC

01/12/45 HODGSON, Norman Hedley F/O 167 (R) J29767 AFC

06/01/45 HOLLOWAY, Peter Wykeham F/O Yarmouth J10714 AFC

13/06/42 HONE, John F/L Borden C1294 # AFC (*)

11/08/45 HOPE, John McIntosh F/O 23 EFTS C29787 AFC

31/10/42 HORE, Alan Edward WOII 15 SFTS R72340 (1) AFC

05/01/46 HOSEASON, Cecil Henry Cochrane S/L 10 RD C6973 AFC

01/12/45 HOSHOWSKY, Raymond F/L Torbay J26785 AFC

13/05/44 HOWDEN, John Stuart S/L 10 SFTS J4755 AFC

30/10/43 HURREN, George Cecil Vincent WOI 20 EFTS R91023 (2) AFC

08/01/44 HYNDMAN, Roy Hall S/L 6 SFTS C1628 AFC

21/04/45 INGRAM, George Lew W/C 16 SFTS C1285 (DFC) AFC

09/01/43 INGRAMS, Reginald Ross F/O 10 (R) J5907 AFC

05/01/46 IVEY, Patrick Barnes F/L 6 CF C5851 AFC

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11/08/45 JACKSON, Cyril F/L 13 EFTS C23566 AFC

06/01/45 JACOX, David Ritter W/C 19 SFTS C1473 AFC

04/12/43 JAMES, Alan MacKenzie P/O 145 (R) J21313 (2) AFC

30/10/43 JAMES, Clarence Archibald S/L 14 SFTS C1559 AFC

08/06/44+ JAVIS, Lyle George William F/L RCAF J8320 AFC

05/01/46 JAWORSKI, Joachim F/L 2 SFTS C28043 AFC

13/05/44 JEFFREY, George David F/L 2 EFTS J23059 AFC

05/01/46 JENNINGS, John Earl S/L 7 B&GS C2428 AFC

21/04/45 JESSUP, Clifford Gerald P/O EACMF J46883 AFC

10/06/44 JEWSBURY, Herbert Charles S/L 7 B&GS C5582 AFC

16/06/45 JOHNSON, James Robert Feir F/L 7 OTU J14873 DFC AFC

23/02/46 JOHNSTON, Edward Russell S/L 1 ACHQ C832 AFC

16/06/45 JONES, Herbert Ebsworthy F/O 8 OTU J21658 AFC

05/01/46 JORDAN, John Joseph S/L 6 SFTS C1092 AFC

11/08/45 JOSEPH, Abie Joseph F/L 3 OTU J23027 AFC

13/06/46+ JOYCE, Robert Gray S/L 437 SQD J6168 AFC

01/12/45 KAUFFELDT, Lawrence Melville F/O Torbay J46840 AFC

07/09/45+ KAYE, Thomas Chisholm S/L 1666 HCU C89538 DFC AFC

31/10/42 KENNEDY, Harry Marlowe W/C ROCKCLIFFE C471 AFC

06/01/45 KENNEDY, Walter Edmund G/C 15 SFTS C174 AFC

01/01/44+ KENNEY, Delford Harold S/L 1666 HCU J4801 DFC* AFC

16/01/45 KERNAGHAN, Stanley John F/O 8 OTU J17176 AFC DFM

05/06/43 KERR, John Gordon W/C 4 B&GS C130 (CBE) AFC

02/02/46 KIMBALL, George Frederick S/L 11 Sqd C475 AFC

05/01/46 KING, Harry Edward W/C RCAF HQ C1630 AFC

18/11/44 KING, Frederick Casford F/L Rockcliffe C3210 AFC

16/06/45 KJELLANDER, Willis Everett F/L 12 SFTS J7681 AFC

11/08/45 KNOWLES, Charles Ronald S/L 168 (R) C1062 AFC

13/05/44 LABRISH, Frederick Blair+ F/O 168 (R) J4763 # AFC

01/09/44+ LAIRD, Richard Ewart F/L 650 SQD J15630 AFC

18/11/44 LANE, Edwin Walter F/L 2 B&GS C1303 AFC

10/06/44 LANGFORD, Herman Hamilton W/C 2 TCHQ C485 AFC

06/01/45 LAVERY, William Robert F/L 168 (R) C2982 AFC

16/06/45 LAWRENCE, Arthur George F/L 8 OTU J6409 DFC AFC

06/01/45 LAY, Harry Morison S/L 8 (R) C1175 AFC

13/05/44 LEE, George Allen F/L 2 FIS J13472 AFC

21/04/45 LEITH, George F/L 2 FIS J12331 AFC

06/01/45 LEWIS, Alexander G/C 1 GRS C82 AFC

01/01/45+ LEWIS, Homer Sturr F/L 114 MU J15863 AFC

06/01/45 LEWIS, John Ansom F/L 15 SFTS J6212 AFC

09/01/43 LINDSAY, Thomas WOII 8 Sqd R766262 AFC

05/01/46 LINKERT, Murray Edward F/O 14 SFTS J25132 AFC

16/06/45 LIPTON, Maurice W/C RCAF HQ C868 AFC

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09/01/43 LOCKHART, Andrew Wesley P/O 5 SFTS J10978 (2) (DFC) AFC

07/09/45+ LOWE, Allister Duncan Ross W/C 1659 HCU J1477 DFC AFC

11/11/44 LOWRY, Romney Hollins S/L 4 (R) C1176 AFC

05/01/46 LUPTON, Hugh William S/L 11 SFTS J3988 AFC

06/01/45 LYON, Henry Gordon F/L 4 (R) J5698 AFC

09/01/43 MacDONALD, Ralph James P/O 8 SFTS J13471 (2) AFC

11/08/45 MacINTYRE, Donald Philip S/L 5 OTU Det J5998 DFC AFC

21/04/45 MacIVER, Norman F/L 19 SFTS J22945 AFC

21/04/45 MacKAY, Donald Robert F/O 8 B&GS J36573 AFC

31/10/42 MACKLIN, Douglas Irving S/L CT Sqd C2361 AFC

16/06/45 MacLEAN, Donald James S/L 1 FIS C4004 AFC

07/09/45+ MacLURE, Kenneth Cecil W/C EMPIRE C1511 AFC

01/01/46+ MacNEIL, Donald Stewart F/L 519 SQD J25133 AFC

05/01/46 MacWILLIAM, Dudley Lyle Sait F/L 1 IFS J10970 AFC

06/01/45 McALLISTER, William Ross F/L 2 SFTS J5827 AFC

16/06/45 McCAFFREY, Elmore Hugh S/L 5 OTU J6661 DFC AFC

05/01/46 McCALLUM, John Donald S/L 1 IFS J6952 AFC

08/06/44+ McCORMACK, John Edward S/L RCAF J6136 DFC AFC

13/06/46+ McCUTCHEON, John Terrance S/L 426 (R) J15174 DFC AFC

06/01/45 McDIARMID, Maxwell Curtis S/L 3 SFTS C809 AFC

16/06/45 McDONALD, Stuart Edward S/L 9 SFT J4247 AFC

03/04/45+ McDONALD, William Henry F/L RCAF J11856 AFC

05/01/46 McELREA, William Gerald F/L 168 (R) J2935 AFC

10/06/44 McKECHNIE, Frederick Duncan F/L 14 SFTS J4103 AFC

18/11/44 McKIEL, Arthur Burtis F/O 7 B&GS J11761 AFC

16/06/45 McLACHLIN, Harold Archibald F/L 1 AOS J12322 AFC

06/01/45 McLAREN, Donald Howard F/L 5 B&GS C8294 AFC

21/04/45 McLAREN, James Matthews F/O 10 SFTS J25215 AFC

16/06/45 McNAUGHTON, Andrew Robert Leslie S/L Rockcliffe C1221 AFC

13/06/42 McNEIL, Archibald Harold Frederick F/O 6 SFTS J3099 # AFC

13/06/46+ McNEIL, Hardie Emerson F/L 436 SQD J11320 DFC AFC

21/04/45 McPHERSON, William Grant S/L 2 FIS J5024 AFC

01/12/45 McRAE, Robert Wallace S/L 4 (R) J3468 AFC

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08/01/44 MADDEN, Humphrey Oliver W/C 166 (R) C1047 AFC

31/10/42+ MADORE, Andrew Francis F/O 19 EFTS C2851 (3) AFC

21/04/45 MALKIN, Harry W/C 5 OTU J15521 DFC* AFC

16/06/45 MANSON, Russell Herbert F/L 2 FIS J16078 AFC

05/01/46 MARK, Cyril Victor S/L 2 FIS J4557 AFC

03/04/45+ MARR, William Lloyd F/L 409 (R) J9873 AFC

21/04/45 MATTHEWS, John Hubert Victor F/L 2 FIS J6688 AFC

06/01/45 MAWDESLEY, Frederick Joseph G/C 5 B&GS C49 AFC

01/12/45 MAWHINNEY, Clifford Stuart F/O Torbay J46888 AFC

05/06/43 MERRIAM, Donald Everett F/O 119 (R) J10961 AFC

30/10/43 MICHAUD, Joseph Ulric Achille S/L 11 EFTS C1483 AFC

01/09/44+ MICK, Paul Alexander F/L 3 AFU J22716 AFC

21/04/45 MIDDLETON, Allan Henry F/L 13 SFTS J13604 AFC

09/01/43 MIDDLETON, Robert Bruce F/L T&DE C874 (5) AFC

08/01/44 MILLER, Alec Kennedy F/O 6 RD C4724 AFC

07/09/45+ MILLER, Donald Robert W/C 525 Sqd C94037 AFC

01/09/44+ MILLER, Robert Fred S/L 1666 HCU J15481 AFC

10/06/44 MIRABELLI, Joseph Carmel W/C 17 SFTS C1575 AFC

09/01/43 MITCHELL, Alvin Wesley F/L 4 (R) C1581 AFC

09/01/43 MOFFIT, Barry Haig F/L 5 (R) C1170 (DFC) AFC

06/01/45 MOLES, Edward Kendrick S/L 9 AOS C2553 AFC

31/10/42 MONCRIEFF, Ernest Hutchinson Glenn W/C 12 SFTS C535 (OBE) AFC

09/01/43 MONTIGNY, Laurence Seymour F/L 1 B&GS C2845 AFC

01/12/45 MOODIE, Russell Lawson S/L 6 (R) J3110 AFC

13/05/44 MOORE, Allan Whiteley F/O 8 B&GS J23014 AFC

16/06/45 MOORE, Guy Everett F/L 3 SFTS J3733 AFC

03/04/45+ MOORE, Leslie Albert+ F/L 402 SQD J17857 DFC AFC

10/06/44 MORRISSETTE, Andre Rene S/L 10 EFTS J4102 AFC

09/01/43 MULVIHILL, John Cornelius F/L 116 (R) C1052 AFC

16/06/45 MURPHY, Harry Oliver P/O 3 OTU C50234 AFC

01/01/46+ MURRAY, Jack Albert James F/L 259 SQD J12471 AFC

18/11/44 MURRAY, Robert Gordon F/O 8 OTU J14460 AFC

16/06/45 NASMITH, Donald Carl S/L 1 SFTS J7458 AFC

06/01/45 NEALE, Arthur Cecil S/L 6 (R) J3473 AFC

21/04/45 NESBITT, John Carleton F/O Edmonton C45065 AFC

06/01/45 NEWSOME, George Harvey S/L 23 EFTS C984 AFC

11/08/45 NEWTON, Jack Frederick F/L 6 OTU C3193 AFC

11/08/45 NORMAN, Donald Maxwell F/L 7 OTU J17290 AFC

11/08/45 NORRIS, Howard Russel F/L 1 IFS J10968 AFC

16/06/45 O'CONNOR, John Edward Madden WOI 7 OTU R117144 AFC

11/08/45 O'MARA, Earle Francis F/L Penfield C24442 AFC

05/01/46 OLEINEK, Peter Joseph S/L 6 OTU J4735 DFC AFC

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05/01/46 PALLETT, Bruce Armstrong F/O 9 EFTS C26195 AFC

30/10/43 PALMER, John Ender F/L 5 EFTS C9218 (5) AFC DCM

16/06/45 PARTRIDGE, Stanley Oakle F/L 1 WE&TF C5775 AFC

04/12/43 PATE, William Godfrey S/L 116 (R) C1580 AFC

09/01/43 PATRIARCH, Valance Heath W/C 6 SFTS C602 (6) (OBE) AFC

08/01/44 PATTON, Archibald F/L 3 FIS C8325 AFC

05/01/46 PATTON, John David McCosh F/L 3 OTU J5111 AFC

13/05/44 PATTON, Joseph F/O 5 EFTS C23561 AFC

14/06/45+ PAYNE, Charles Francis F/L 437 SQD J20212 AFC

01/01/46+ PEARCE, Francis Henry S/L 436 SQD C1589 AFC

05/01/46 PETERS, William Nelson F/L 14 SFTS J22823 AFC

10/06/44 PILON, Francis Victor F/O 7 SFTS J21667 AFC

15/06/46 PLANT, John Lawrence AVM AOC WAC C140 CBE AFC

21/04/45 POLLOCK, William Romeo G/C 14 SFTS C616 AFC

16/06/45 PORTER, Robert Edward S/L 9 SFTS J4117 AFC

16/06/45 POUNDER, Elton Roy W/C Trenton C1514 AFC

06/03/43 PRESTON, George Delong F/L 122 (R) C1266 # AFC

18/11/44 PROCTOR, Albert Alexander F/L 2 FIS J12094 AFC

21/04/45 PURCELLO, William Michael F/L 2 FIS C22330 AFC

21/04/45 RAWSON, Clarence Arnold F/L 10 SFTS J12089 AFC

09/01/43 RAYMES, Daniel Francis P/O 10 (R) J9872 (2) (DFC) AFC

05/01/46 REDFERN, Cecil William F/L 1 IFS J10352 AFC

09/01/43 REID, Norman Duncan+ P/O 11 SFTS J10353 AFC

11/11/44 RENWICK, Roy Duffy S/L Yarmouth J9117 AFC

10/06/44 REYNO, Edwin Michael W/C 1 OTU C806 AFC

06/01/45 RIGBY, John James F/O 165 (R) J15370 AFC

02/02/46 RITZEL, Dalton Frank S/L WAC Flight J9234 AFC

13/06/42 RIZON, Robert Louis F/O 13 (R) ----- # AFC

01/01/44+ ROBB, David F/O 7 EFTS J9545 (DFC) AFC

13/06/42 ROBERTS, John Henry F/L 116 (R) C1083 # AFC

13/05/44 ROSENBAUM, Eli Maximillian P/O 168 (R) J27043 # AFC

06/01/45 ROUTLEDGE, Robert Henry F/O 4 (R) J12275 AFC

11/08/45 RUSSELL, David William S/L 170 (R) C3884 AFC

05/01/46 RUSSELL, Howard Borwick F/L 16 SFTS J12466 AFC

17/04/43 SAWLE, Charles Leonard Tregerthen F/L 12 SFTS C1489 AFC

05/01/46 SCOTT, Gordon James F/L 1 SFTS J21866 AFC

17/04/43 SEARLE, Arthur Brodie W/C 2 SFTS C785 AFC

13/05/44 SEELER, George Nelson Perry P/O 3 FIS C29833 AFC

05/06/43 SELLERS, George Henry W/C 11 SFTS C647 AFC

05/01/46 SHEA, Elgar Denis F/L 13 SFTS J36503 AFC

17/04/43 SHELFOON, Anthony Allan Joseph S/L CFS C1263 AFC

30/10/43 SHORT, James Edgerton WOI 4 SFTS R61644 (1) AFC

21/04/45 SHOWLER, John Gavin S/L 164 (R) J3108 AFC

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LG+ / CG NAME RANK UNIT NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

18/11/44 SIDEEN, Oscar F/O 19 EFTS C23501 AFC

06/01/45 SIMS, Owen Anthony Haig S/L AFHQ C1490 AFC

23/02/46 SIMPSON, John Frederick F/L EACCF C26874 AFC

11/08/45 SIMPSON, John Huntington F/L 3 SFTS J12090 AFC

13/06/42 SMALL, Norville Everett F/L 116 (R) C1379 (DFC) AFC

11/11/44 SMITH, Frank Ernest William S/L 165 (R) J664 (DFC) AFC

11/08/45 SMITH, Howard Everett S/L 9 SFTS J3107 AFC

01/01/45+ SMITH, Russell Maynard F/L 413 SQD J8622 AFC

01/12/45 SMITH, William Alden F/L EACMF J11338 AFC

05/06/43 SMITH, William Watson S/L 5 EFTS C878 AFC

17/04/43 SNIDER, Harold Lawrence P/O 3 FIS C12583 AFC

16/06/45 SNYDER, James Clayton F/L Rockcliffe J4338 AFC

17/04/43 SOMERVILLE, Ian S/L 15 EFTS C4799 AFC

09/01/43 SORENSON, Paul Elmer F/L 9 (R) C1576 AFC

11/08/45 SOUTHAM, Kenneth Gordon W/C 1 CFS C1496 AFC

16/06/45 SPARLING, John Barry S/L 2 ACHQ J4109 AFC

21/04/45 SPINNEY, Howard Lenly F/L EACMF J14020 AFC

21/04/45 ST PIERRE, Joseph Menard William G/C 9 B&GS C786 AFC

06/01/45 STADDON, Marvin Charles W/C 5 B&GS C2328 AFC

06/01/45 STEEL, Edmonston McGregor McQu. F/O 2 FIS J133475 AFC

10/06/44 STEPHENSON, John Gay G/C 2 SFTS C860 (OBE) AFC

11/08/45 STEVENSON, Lewis Beatteay S/L Pennfield C20032 AFC

21/04/45 STEWART, Herbert Collier S/L 8 OTU C1494 AFC

14/06/45+ STEWART, James Gardner W/C 1666 HCU J10959 DFC AFC

23/02/46 STOCKFORD, Charles Willoughby S/L CFS C22651 AFC

06/01/45 STOVEL, Richard Carlton S/L AFHQ J3100 AFC

21/04/45 STUDER, Hubert Roy S/L 2 SFTS J4909 AFC

05/01/46 SWANBERGSON, Einor Ingiberg S/L 20 EFTS C692 AFC

16/06/45 SWEENEY, Ronald James F/L 10 SFTS J8426 AFC

13/06/46+ SZULCZEWSKI, Wladuslaw WO RCAF R783698 AFC

16/06/45 TAYLOR, Carl Clark W/C 3 B&GS C2825 AFC

05/01/46 TAYLOR, Frank Edward F/L Pennfield J21995 AFC

16/06/45 TAYLOR, William Edward S/L 16 SFTS C22924 AFC

08/01/44 TERRY, Victor Maurice S/L 23 EFTS C913 AFC

11/08/45 TILLEY, Andrew S/L 12 (R) J1927 AFC

11/08/45 THOMAS, Kenneth Roye F/L 2 ANS J12554 AFC

11/11/44 THOMAS, Robert Idris W/C Ucluelet C1571 AFC

06/01/45 THOMPSON, James Adamson S/L 132 (R) J2970 AFC

05/01/45 THOMPSON, Robert William S/L RCAF HQ C89503 AFC

06/01/45 THOMPSON, Victor Wentworth S/L 16 SFTS C698 AFC

05/06/43 TORONTOW, Cyril F/O 117 (R) J14048 AFC

03/04/45+ TOWNSEND, Edward Nicoll S/L 231 SQD C9852 AFC

16/06/45 TRUEMNER, Gordon Ross S/L 16 SFTS J8397 AFC

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LG+ / CG NAME RANK UNIT NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

14/06/45+ TUGWELL, Samuel Chester S/L 24 OTU J6387 AFC

01/01/44+ TURNBULL, Robert Steele W/C 1659 CU J15054 (DFC*) AFC DFM

10/06/44 TURNER, William Ronald David W/C 1 TCHQ C1369 AFC

30/10/43 TWIST, Joseph Gainham W/C CFS C1282 AFC

21/04/45 VAN HOUTEN, John Thomas F/L 7 (R) J8163 AFC

18/11/44 VINCENT, Arthur James S/L 1 CFS C1056 AFC

11/08/45 WALLNUTT, Thomas F/L CFS J23024 AFC

01/01/46+ WANLIN, Alexander Camille F/L 435 SQD C46535 AFC

16/06/45 WARD, Bruce Clifford S/L 3 SFTS J3718 AFC

16/06/45 WARREN, William Arnold F/L 1 CFS C12589 AFC

01/09/44+ WARRINER, Lloyd Hubert F/L 112 (W) J5337 AFC

21/04/45 WATSON, John Albert F/O 3 OTU J23057 AFC

10/06/44 WATTS, Alfred G/C 3 TCHQ C723 AFC

05/01/46 WATTS, John William S/L 4 SFTS J7007 AFC

05/06/43 WAYAVE, Theodore Marshall F/O 120 (R) C7044 (3) AFC

18/11/44 WEAVER, Edward Alfred W/C 4 SFTS C725 AFC

05/06/43 WEBSTER, Eric Taylor S/L 9 SFTS C1264 AFC

16/06/45 WEBSTER, Gavin Alexander F/L 18 SFTS J11476 AFC

05/01/46 WELLS, Ronald Gladstone F/L Pennfield C22667 AFC

21/04/45 WELSTEAD, William Gordon W/C 1 AC C1276 AFC

09/12/44 WESTAWAY, Horace William F/O Gander C10734 # AFC

05/01/46 WICKETT, John Cameron W/C CFS C855 AFC

02/02/46 WILKINSTON, Philip S/L WACHQ C2130 AFC

17/04/43 WILLIAMS, Clifford Frederick F/L 6 SFTS J4867 (DFC) AFC

13/06/42 WILLIAMS, Edwin Mountford F/L 10 (R) C988 # AFC

08/01/44 WILSON, Herbert Malcolm S/L 2 SFTS C1405 AFC

05/01/46 WILSON, Kenneth Berkeley F/L Pennfield C28053 AFC

16/06/45 WILSON, William Robert F/L 2 SFTS J7757 AFC

16/06/45 WISEMAN, James Arnold S/L RCAF HQ C5777 AFC

05/01/46 WITT, Reginald F/O 24 EFTS C28040 AFC

11/11/44 WOOD, Willis Glen F/L 164 (R) C8544 AFC

09/01/43 WOODS, George Webster P/O 8 (R) J14054 AFC

13/06/42 WRAY, Lawrence Edward W/C AFHQ C127 # (OBE) AFC

01/09/44+ WRIGHT, George Gordon F/L 112 (W) J10614 AFC

14/06/45+ WRIGHT, Warren Jackson WO 6 FERRY R131874 AFC

01/01/45+ WYMAN, Louis Benjamin F/L 45 GROUP J10613 AFC

05/01/46 YOUNG, John Humphrey S/L 5 SFTS J6811 AFC

05/01/46 YOUNGS, George Riley S/L 12 SFTS J3106 AFC

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AFC / DFC Combinations to the RCAF in WW2

AFC DATE

LG+ / CG NAME RANK UNIT NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

17/09/45+ AINSLIE, Thomas Edgar Craig F/L 420 SQD C28055 DFC AFC

15/03/47 BELL, James Frank MacDonald S/L 435 SQD J4821 DFC AFC

03/04/45+ BROWN, Arthur Leland S/L 216 SQD J9354 DFC AFC

09/01/43 COOK, Garnet Munroe F/L 116 (R) C1059 (4) (DFC) AFC

23/02/46 COOKE, Thomas Charles F/L 124 (R) J11462 DFC AFC

01/01/46+ EASSON, James Kenneth F/L 24 OTU J17551 DFC AFC

01/01/46+ ENGLISH, Walter Merrill Haig F/L 420 SQD C23861 DFC AFC

05/01/46 FUMERTON, Robert Carl W/C 7 OTU C1352 DFC* AFC

01/01/44+ GRAHAM, Edward Bruce F/L 2(O) AFU J16364 (DFC) AFC

01/01/44+ GREEN, Arthur Favence F/O 7 EFTS J9548 (DFC) AFC

14/06/45+ GRIERSON-JACKSON, William Robert S/L 5 OTU J5683 DFC AFC

14/06/45+ HALES, William Frank S/L 1659 HCU J6498 DFC AFC

21/04/45 INGRAM, George Lew W/C 16 SFTS C1285 (DFC) AFC

16/06/45 JOHNSON, James Robert Feir F/L 7 OTU J14873 DFC AFC

05/01/46 HARTMAN, Paul Albert F/L 6 OTU J3419 DFC AFC

07/09/45+ KAYE, Thomas Chisholm S/L 1666 HCU C89538 DFC AFC

01/01/44+ KENNEY, Delford Harold S/L 1666 HCU J4801 DFC* AFC

16/06/45 LAWRENCE, Arthur George F/L 8 OTU J6409 DFC AFC

09/01/43 LOCKHART, Andrew Wesley P/O 5 SFTS J10978 (2) (DFC) AFC

07/09/45+ LOWE, Allister Duncan Ross W/C 1659 HCU J1477 DFC AFC

11/08/45 MacINTYRE, Donald Philip S/L 5 OTU Det J5998 DFC AFC

16/06/45 McCAFFREY, Elmore Hugh S/L 5 OTU J6661 DFC AFC

08/06/44+ McCORMACK, John Edward S/L 1664 CU J6136 DFC AFC

13/06/46+ McCUTCHEON, John Terrance S/L 426 (R) J15174 DFC AFC

21/04/45 MALKIN, Harry W/C 5 OTU J15521 DFC* AFC

09/01/43 MOFFIT, Barry Haig F/L 5 SQD C1170 (DFC) AFC

03/04/45+ MOORE, Leslie Albert F/L 402 SQD J17857 DFC AFC

05/01/46 OLEINEK, Peter Joseph S/L 6 OTU J4735 DFC AFC

09/01/43 RAYMES, Daniel Francis P/O 10 (R) J9872 (2) (DFC) AFC

01/01/44+ ROBB, David F/O 7 EFTS J9545 (DFC) AFC

13/06/42 SMALL, Norville Everett F/L 116 (R) C1379 (DFC AFC

11/11/44 SMITH, Frank Ernest William S/L 165 (R) J664 (DFC) AFC

14/06/45+ STEWART, James Gardner W/C 1666 HCU J10959 DFC AFC

01/01/44+ TURNBULL, Robert Steele W/C 1659 CU J15054 (DFC*) AFC DFM

CANADIANS in the RAF

01/01/56+ BURNETT, Wilfred Jasper W/C RAF 40076 DSO DFC AFC

12/01/50+ TAPP, Lorne Arthur Paul F/L RAF 59336 DFC AFC (CD)

09/06/49+ WENZEL, Clifton Leonard F/L RAF ----- DFC AFC (CD)

01/06/53+ WHYNACHT, Kelly Aeriel F/L RAF 59596 DFC AFC

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AFC / CBE or OBE Combinations to the RCAF in WW2

AFC DATE

LG+ / CG NAME RANK UNIT NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

05/06/43 KERR, John Gordon W/C 4 B&GS C130 (CBE) AFC

09/01/43 PATRIARCH, Valance Heath W/C 6 SFTS C602 (6) (OBE) AFC

15/06/46 PLANT, John Lawrence AVM AOC WAC C140 CBE AFC

10/06/44 STEPHENSON, John Gay G/C 2 SFTS C860 (OBE) AFC

13/06/42 WRAY, Lawrence Edward W/C AFHQ C127 # (OBE) AFC

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AFC / DFM or AFM Combinations to the RCAF in WW2

AFC DATE

LG+ / CG NAME RANK UNIT NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

08/06/44+ BISHOP, Arthur Adelbert F/L RCAF J15819 AFC DFM

13/05/44 HILLCOAT, Horace Brougham+ F/O 168 (R) C21305 # AFC AFM

16/01/45 KERNAGHAN, Stanley John F/O 8 OTU J17176 AFC DFM

01/01/44+ TURNBULL, Robert Steele W/C RCAF J15054 (DFC) AFC DFM

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AIR FORCE CROSS to CANADIANS in the RAF PRIOR to WW2 (AFC)

AFC DATE

LG+ / CG NAME RANK UNIT NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

03/07/26+ RANKIN, Archibald James F/L RAF 09080 (CBE) AFC

02/01/39+ KENT, John Alexexander F/O RAE 37106 (DFC*) AFC

02/01/39+ RODNEY, George Forbes P/O 148 SQD 37943 (DFC) AFC

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AIR FORCE CROSS to CANADIANS in the RAF for WW2 (AFC)

AFC DATE

LG+ / CG NAME RANK UNIT NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

02/06/43+ APPLETON, James Ronald S/L --- 39773 AFC

01/01/42+ BANKS, David Kynvin W/C 209 37077 AFC

30/09/41+ BIRCHFIELD, Frank Edward W.+ W/C 234 39777 (OBE) AFC

01/09/44+ BURNELL, Harold Hemlyn W/C 223 39299 (DSO) AFC

01/02/42+ COX, Richard Morse S/L 82 FIS 43106 (DFC) AFC

01/01/45+ DENISON, Richard William W/C 236 37596 AFC

08/06/43+ De SIEYES, Fred Galt F/L 220 42819 AFC

30/09/41+ DONALDSON, Edward Mortlock W/C 151 32043 (CB CBE) DSO AFC

11/06/42+ ENNIS, James Moore F/L 204 42341 AFC

01/04/41+ FENWICK-WILSON, Royd Martin S/L 12 SFTS 34218 AFC

01/09/45+ FITZGIBBON, Basil Francis S/L --- 41571 AFC

01/09/44+ FLEMING, Robert Benvie S/L 1674 HCU 41572 (DFC) AFC

31/08/43+ FOORD-KELSEY, Alick W/C --- 36044 AFC

01/01/41+ FOSTER, George Arthur Carey F/L 10 SFTS 29009 (DFC) AFC

01/01/42+ FULTON, John "Moose" W/C IADFES 37095 (DSO DFC) AFC

08/06/44+ GRAEME, Dudley Brian F/L 107 66598 AFC

11/06/42+ GREENSLADE, William Roy+ S/L 21 OTU 45202 (DFC) AFC

01/01/42+ JARDINE, Alex Myles S/L 205 375690 (P) AFC

01/01/46+ JOHNSON, Steve Nicholas S/L Test pilot 40228 AFC

01/01/42+ JONES, Lawrence Latham F/L 45 TG 40542 DFC AFC

01/04/41+ KNOWLES, Philip Henry F/O Ferry Cmd 40306 AFC

11/06/42+ LIVINGSTON, Phillip Clemont G/C Physician 14106 (CB) OBE AFC (KCB)

27/08/43+ LONGHURST, William Sydney F/L Ferry Cmd 42852 # AFC

02/04/43+ MARCOU, Harold Fortescue+ S/L 156 41350 (P) (DFC) AFC

01/09/44+ McVEIGH, Charles Norman W/C 435 40243 AFC

01/09/44+ MILLAR, John Alexander S/L 313 FTCU 37684 AFC

01/01/44+ POLLARD, Michael Evelyn W/C 107 41615 (DSO DFC) AFC

01/01/42+ POWLEY, Francis Sidney+ S/L --- 39101 (DFC) AFC

01/01/42+ WALSH, Archibald Phillip+ F/L 9 43421 DFC AFC

11/06/42+ WATERTON, William Arthur S/L 39 SFTS 42288 AFC (GM)

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BARS to AFC (AFC*) to CANADIANS in the RAF POST-WW2 (AFC*)

LG+ DATE NAME RANK UNIT NUMBER DECORATIONS /

12/06/47+ DONALDSON, Edward Mortlock W/C RAF 32043 (CB CBE) DSO AFC*

12/06/47+ WATERTON, William Arthur S/L RAFO 42288 AFC* (GM)

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AFC to a CANADIAN in the RAF POST-WW2 (AFC)

LG+ DATE NAME RANK UNIT NUMBER DECORATIONS /

01/01/56+ BURNETT, Wilfred Jasper W/C RAF 40076 DSO DFC AFC

06/01/53+ ST. PIERRE, Maurice Arthur Joseph F/O RAF 59453 AFC (CD)

12/01/50+ TAPP, Lorne Arthur Paul F/L RAF 59336 DFC AFC (CD)

09/06/49+ WENZEL, Clifton Leonard F/L RAF ----- DFC AFC (CD)

01/06/53+ WHYNACHT, Kelly Aeriel F/L RAF 59596 DFC AFC

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AIR FORCE CROSS to RAF SERVING IN CANADA WW2 (AFC)

LG+ DATE NAME RANK UNIT NUMBER # DECORATIONS /

26/10/43+ PEXTON, Richard Dunning W/C 34 SFTS 75150 AFC

31/08/43+ RALPH, Richard John S/L --- 79526 AFC

27/08/43+ SEYS, Richard Godfrey W/C Ferry Cmd 34130 # AFC

11/06/42+ WATERHOUSE, Richard Henry W/C 5 SFTS 34092 # C (DFC) AFC

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CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT/SQD NUMBER # DECORATION /

31/07/48 DRAKE, John Francis F/L 413 20343 AFC

31/07/48 GOLDSMITH, John Edward F/O 413 20430 DFC AFC

31/07/48 McMILLAN, Clifford Campbell F/O 112(F) 20097 AFC

31/07/48 WEST, Roland Burgess F/O 101(F) 20309 DFC AFC

14/04/51 McLEISH, Wallace Angus Grayton S/L TCHQ 19982 DFC AFC

14/04/51 NELSON, Oland Grant F/L London 20144 AFC

30/06/51 HARE, Christopher Edwin Lawrence S/L ATCHQ 19798 DFC AFC

30/06/51 PEARSON, Lawrence Bell F/L 103 SAR 17479 AFC

15/09/51 GIBBS, Paul Lewis F/L 123 SAR 19788 DFC AFC

15/09/51 GLAISTER, Robert Thomas Stewart F/O 123 SAR 27926 AFC

24/12/51 MITCHELL, James Frederick W/C AFHQ 19973 DFC* AFC

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AIR FORCE CROSS to the RCAF for KOREA (AFC)

CG DATE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER DECORATIONS /

07/06/52 DICKSON, James Donald S/L 426 19812 DFC AFC DFM

03/01/53 EDWARDS, Robert Martin F/L 426 30018 AFC

07/06/52 MORRISON, Howard Allan W/C 426 19984 DSO DFC AFC

07/06/52 PAYNE, Donald Melvin F/L 426 26365 DFC AFC

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CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT/SQD NUMBER DECORATIONS /

11/04/53 CUTHBERTSON, Donald Reginald S/L PORTAGE 19678 AFC

30/07/55 BURROWS, Sydney Edward F/O 434 34099 AFC

25/05/57 ROSS, Lloyd Thomas F/O 419 300326 AFC

15/03/58 CARSWELL, Andrew Gordon F/L 123 SAR 17834 AFC CD

29/10/60 ALEXANDER, Charles Maxwell F/O 433 133192 AFC

29/10/60 BATCOCK, Clive Charles F/O 422 135671 AFC

20/05/61 VILLENEUVE, Joseph Armand G.F. S/L ADCHQ 32286 AFC

04/01/64 PARKER, Donald Franklin F/O 416 56315 #^ AFC

05/09/64 CASS, Raymond William F/L 103 SAR 14930 AFC CD

30/07/66 CAMPBELL, Daniel Michael F/L 442 30048 (OMM) AFC

30/07/66 HARVEY, Kenneth Abraham F/L USAF 237260 AFC CD

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