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Weaver, Percy Stevenson

    Date of death:
    August 31st, 1940 (Blackwater river-Osea Island/England, Great Britain)
    Nationality:
    British (1801-present, Kingdom)

    Biography

    Service number 70719.
    Percy Weaver werd op 31 augustus 1940 neergeschoten met zijn Hurricane V7378 tijdens een luchtgevecht met een Messerschmit Bf 109. He died in the crash an his body was never recovered.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Acting Flight Lieutenant
    Unit:
    No. 56 (Punjab) Squadron, Royal Air Force
    Awarded on:
    October 1st, 1940
    Citation:
    "This officer has displayed great courage and leadership. He has destroyed six enemy aircraft. His excellent example has contributed materially to the fine standard that exists in his squadron."

    Published in The London Gazette, 1 October 1940.
    Awarded Posthumously.
    Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

    Sources

    • - The London Gazette, Issue 34958, dated Tuesday 1st October 1940

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