Date of birth:

January 6th, 1915 (Salisbury/Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia)

Date of death:

March 21st, 2007 (Cheltenham/Gloucestershire, United Kingdom)

Service number:

74351

Nationality:

Rhodesian (1923-1980, British Colony)

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Acting Squadron Leader

Awarded on:

January 1st, 1944

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Acting Squadron Leader

Unit:

No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron, Royal Air Force

Awarded on:

July 7th, 1944

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Acting Wing Commander

Unit:

No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron, Royal Air Force

Awarded on:

July 27th, 1945

Citation:
"Wing Cdr. Holderness has commanded his squadron for a considerable period. He has taken part in many of the sorties completed by the squadron. These have been mainly anti-shipping patrols over the Bay of Biscay and the Atlantic. In October, 1944, Wing Cdr. Holderness attacked an enemy vessel in the Skagerrak, and in November, 1944, he bombed a beached U boat. He has completed many other attacks on enemy ships, some of them in the face of intense opposition. As a pilot and as squadron commander this officer has always displayed outstanding determination, leadership and courage."

• - Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36309 published on the 31 December 1943
  - Fourth Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36598 published on the 4 July 1944
  - Fourth Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 37197 published on the 24 July 1945
  - Flight Global - Archive
  - FlyPast magazine, Key Publishing, Stemford, July 2007
  - The Independent