RAF Awards Database - VC, DSO, DFC, DFM and MiDs

Award Geroge Cross F/O. Roderick Borden "Cy" Gray, RCAF 172 Squadron KIA 27th August 1944 Wellington XIV NB798 shot down by U-534 in the early hours Bay of Biscay (inner)
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1798730/roderick-borden-gray/

Aircraft took off at 17.26hrs from RAF Chivenor on August 27th on an anti-submarine patrol over the Bay of Biscay. U-534 had left Bordeaux on the 25th to test its new Schnorkel. The device malfunctioned and the sub surfaced to renew the air onboard. It was picked up on NB798's radar at 00h15, the crew turned on the Leigh Light and began an attack run. The U-boat immediately opened fire with its multiple flak guns and scored hits on both engines, the port one catching fire. The aircraft managed to drop 6 depth charges before ditching in the cold water. 2 crew members died in the impact; a 3rd passed away during the night. The survivors were rescued at 15h10 the same day by a Short Sunderland from 10 Squadron.

Crew:
Pilot: 135872 Flying Officer George Eric Whiteley DSO (RAFVR)
Co Pilot: J/36575 Flying Officer Thomas Gifford Robb (RCAF) KIA
Navigator/Bomb Aimer: J/13979 Flying Officer Roderick Borden Gray GC (RCAF) KIA
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: R/124688 Warrant Officer cl.1 Gordon Henry Bulley DFC (RCAF)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1295543 Flight Sargeant Desmond Rowell (RAFVR) KIA
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1383877 Flight Sergeant John William Cecil Ford DFM (RAFVR)

Edmonton Journal 26th March 1945

 

J/15545 F/Lt. Harvey Alexander Crawford, RCAF 411 Squadron Bar to DFC

Harvey Crawford

Edmonton Journal 26th March 1945

 

1391441 F/Sgt. Robert Henry Pennell, DFM RAFVR 83 Squadron KIA 26th November 1943 aged 21-22 remembered on Runnymede Memorial

Lancaster III JA913

Took off 1733 26 Nov 1943 from Wyton. Crashed at Sch_nwalde 10 km NW of the spandau district of Berlin.

Sgt. Frederick Richard BIRKS (1430538)
W/O I Kenneth George DAVIS (R/117353)
F/Sgt. James Henry Smith HARSLEY (1380381)
F/Sgt. Maurice Henry KING (1335800)
P/O. Kenneth Robert Grant MILLAR (J/18310)
W/O. Stanley Thomas STACEY (1169401)

Hastings and St Leonards Observer 21st April 1945

 

J/16353 F/Lt. George Kenneth Alfred Haslop, DFC RCAF 420 Squadron

Edmonton Journal 26th March 1945

 

630623 Sgt. William Richard DOHERTY, 102 Squadron
Award: DFM

Liverpool Echo 22nd December 1943

 

Award British Empire Medal LAC. Donald Gordon Albert Kerr, (1210678)

Leicester Evening Mail 11th January 1945

 

Award DFM F/Sgt. Norman Hugh Boyd, RAFVR 138 Squadron (1549867)

Liverpool Echo 27th June 1944

 

Award Cross of Valour (Polish) F/Sgt. Ivor Glyndwr Evans, RAFVR 50 squadron (145371)

KIA 22nd May 1944 buried Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany

Lancaster I ME797 Took off 22.47 hrs 21st May 1944 from Skellingthorpe. Hit by Flak and crashed bursting into flames on impact near VBorst some 12 km WSW from the centre of Krefeld.

Pilot: F/O. William Victor AMPHLETT (161781)
Air Bomber: D/O. Douglas Alfred BACON (151232)
Air Gunner: Sgt. Alexander Neil BLENKARN (1474283)
Navigator: F/O. Ivor Glyndwr EVANS (145371)
Radio Operator: F/Sgt. George Edward JAGGER (1074626)
Sgt. David Reuben OLIVER (1800202)
Flight Engineer: Sgt. Harry SNOWLING (941781)


Merthyr Express 22nd January 1944

 

Award DFC F/Lt. John Charles McWATTERS, RAFVR 78 Squadron (86655) + 4x MiDs

 

189124 P/O. Peter James Ramwell, RAFVR 9 Squadron RAF

Macclesfield Times 31st May 1945

 

I am searching for a citation for a DFM awarded September 1941. Would this book have that information? Requested military records but have received a poor copy and the citation has been folded over so is unreadable

 

Possibly - send me a direct message with his details.

 

Good morning - thank you for your response. New to this site and haven't yet figured out how to direct message
Can I add the detail to this thread?

 

44465 Squadron Leader John Henry Voyce Millington, DFC Royal Air Force

Leicester Daily Mercury 15th November 1944

Burma Star Memorial Fund

 

53430 F/O. John Pemberton Williams, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) 267 Squadron after receiving the Polish Cross of Valour

Widnes Weekly News and District Reporter 27th October 1944