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Ashfield, Glyn

Date of birth:
(Oxted/Surrey/England, Great-Britain)
Date of death:
December 12th, 1942
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Graves St. Peter Churchyard
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Acting Flight Lieutenant
Awarded on:
March 17th, 1941
Air Force Cross (AFC)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Acting Squadron Leader
Unit:
No. 157 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
December 4th, 1942
Citation:
"This officer has completed numerous sorties, many of them in adverse weather at night. He has at all times displayed exceptional keenness to engage the enemy and, by his skilful and untiring efforts has contributed materially to the successes achieved by the squadron he commands. He has destroyed 2 and probably destroyed further enemy aircraft".
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

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