Commonwealth Air Force members decorated in Canada

spidge · 19-07-2007, 01:45 AM

Found this site while looking for something else. (As usual)
(They are not part of Deaths in the RAAF)

http://www.airforce.ca/raf_in_rcaf/RAFINCAN.html

Also gives a list at the end of the units they were in when receiving the awards.

This was an example of an RAAF decoration.

ROBINSON, F/O Keith Edward, DFC (AUS 400031) - Air Force Cross - Dorval - awarded as per London Gazette dated 31 August 1943. Born in Lismore, New South Wales, 7 April 1921. Aircraft electrical mechanc before the war, employed by Australian National Airways.. Enlisted in RAAF, Melbourne, 29 April 1940; to No.1 ITS, Somens, that date; to No.5 EFTS, Waromine, 27 June 1940; to No.2 Embarkation Depot, Bradfield Park, 23 August 1940; embarked from Sydney for Canada, 5 September 1940; arrived in Canada 26 September 1940; commissioned at No.2 SFTS; 10 December 1940; to RAF in UK, 25 December 1940; to No.11 OTU, 5 January 1941; to No.9 Squadron, 17 April 1941; promoted Flying Officer, 10 June 1941; DFC awarded 21 November 1941 for services with No.9 Squadron. To No.45 Group, Dorval, 1 July 1942; promoted Flight Lieutenant, 10 December 1943; promoted Squadron Leader, 1 July 1944; to No.88 TSP, Nassau, 13 September 1944; to No.7 Ferrying Unit, Nassau, same day; to No.45 Group Headquarters, 20 January 1945; to No.88 TSP, 11 April 1945; to No.45 Group Headquarters, 29 June 1945. Embarked from San Franciso, 24 January 1946; arrived in Sydney, 12 February 1946; released 2 April 1946. Public Records Office Air 2/8968 has recommended AFC citation, drafted when he had flown 1,727 hours, of which 325 hours had been in previous six months. Served in Ferry Command from 4 July 1942 onwards; was instructing at Nassau in early 1944.

This officer is the senior flying instructor at Dorval and has given more than 1,000 hours dual on modern American aircraft. This figure includes 400 hours on instrument flying and landing procedure. Flying Officer Robinson is an exceptional pilot and a hard working instructor.

Andy in West Oz · 19-07-2007, 02:17 AM

Wow, a lot of time with 9 Sqn in 1941. Interesting times for the bombers.

Comes across as an expert multi-engine pilot. Cool site, Geoff.

19-07-2007, 01:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,044	Commonwealth Air Force members decorated in Canada Found this site while looking for something else. (As usual) (They are not part of Deaths in the RAAF) http://www.airforce.ca/raf_in_rcaf/RAFINCAN.html Also gives a list at the end of the units they were in when receiving the awards. This was an example of an RAAF decoration. ROBINSON, F/O Keith Edward, DFC (AUS 400031) - Air Force Cross - Dorval - awarded as per London Gazette dated 31 August 1943. Born in Lismore, New South Wales, 7 April 1921. Aircraft electrical mechanc before the war, employed by Australian National Airways.. Enlisted in RAAF, Melbourne, 29 April 1940; to No.1 ITS, Somens, that date; to No.5 EFTS, Waromine, 27 June 1940; to No.2 Embarkation Depot, Bradfield Park, 23 August 1940; embarked from Sydney for Canada, 5 September 1940; arrived in Canada 26 September 1940; commissioned at No.2 SFTS; 10 December 1940; to RAF in UK, 25 December 1940; to No.11 OTU, 5 January 1941; to No.9 Squadron, 17 April 1941; promoted Flying Officer, 10 June 1941; DFC awarded 21 November 1941 for services with No.9 Squadron. To No.45 Group, Dorval, 1 July 1942; promoted Flight Lieutenant, 10 December 1943; promoted Squadron Leader, 1 July 1944; to No.88 TSP, Nassau, 13 September 1944; to No.7 Ferrying Unit, Nassau, same day; to No.45 Group Headquarters, 20 January 1945; to No.88 TSP, 11 April 1945; to No.45 Group Headquarters, 29 June 1945. Embarked from San Franciso, 24 January 1946; arrived in Sydney, 12 February 1946; released 2 April 1946. Public Records Office Air 2/8968 has recommended AFC citation, drafted when he had flown 1,727 hours, of which 325 hours had been in previous six months. Served in Ferry Command from 4 July 1942 onwards; was instructing at Nassau in early 1944. This officer is the senior flying instructor at Dorval and has given more than 1,000 hours dual on modern American aircraft. This figure includes 400 hours on instrument flying and landing procedure. Flying Officer Robinson is an exceptional pilot and a hard working instructor. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

19-07-2007, 02:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
Andy in West Oz Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: House of Bedfords, Perth, Western Australia Posts: 760	Wow, a lot of time with 9 Sqn in 1941. Interesting times for the bombers. Comes across as an expert multi-engine pilot. Cool site, Geoff. __________________ Cheers Andy Apres moi le deluge But there are deeds that should not pass away....And names that must not wither - Byron HMAS Sydney II - lost with all hands and waiting to be found

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