Armstrong, William Albert

Date of birth:: 1916 (Kinburn/Ontario, Canada)
Date of death:: December 25th, 1992 (Beloit/Wisconsin, United States)
Service number:: J8128
Nationality:: Canadian (1931-present, Constitutional Monarchy)

Biography

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Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Flight Lieutenant
Unit:: No. 407 (Demon) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Awarded on:: September 10th, 1943

Citation:
"This officer has been engaged almost continuously on operations since January 1942. He has participated in many low level attacks against enemy shipping and his crew has been responsible for sinking two merchant ships. Flight Lieutenant Armstrong has also been employed as navigator on anti-submarine patrols. As squadron bombing leader, his work has been largely responsible for the high efficiency of his own and other crews in the squadron."

Sources

- Third Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36165 published on the 7 September 1943
- Air Force Association of Canada