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Simes, Keith Owen

    Date of birth:
    May 11th, 1922 (Tenterfield/New South Wales, Australia)
    Date of death:
    April 18th, 1962 (Kew/Victoria, Australia)
    Nationality:
    Australian

    Biography

    Service number: 420285/Aus.4202185.
    Keith Simes (Pop-up photo right) flew, amongst others, together with his navigator Sydney Horne (Pop-up foto rechts) in a DeHavilland Mosquito with No. 464 (RAAF) Squadron at Thorney Island (1944/1945).

    Career:
    December 1943 - 23rd June 1944: 36 Operational Training Unit RAF(Greenwood);
    24th June 1944 - 31st July 1944: 13 Operational Training Unit RAF (Bicester);
    1st August 1944 - 13th August 1944: 2 Geographically Separated Unit RAF (Swanton Morley);
    14th August 1944 - 1945: No. 464 (RAAF) Squadron.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Flight Lieutenant
    Unit:
    No. 464 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force
    Awarded on:
    September 14th, 1945
    Citation:
    "Courage and exceptional skill on numerous sorties."

    Published in The London Gazette dated 14th September 1945 and the Australia Gazette dated 27th September 1945.
    Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Flight Lieutenant
    Unit:
    No. 464 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron
    Service Medal 1939-1945

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