Melville-Jackson, George Holmes

Date of birth:: November 23rd, 1919 (Weston-super-Mare/Somerset, Great Britain)
Date of death:: March 7th, 2009
Service number:: 741717/80842
Nationality:: British

Biography

Promotions:
?: Sergeant;
June 22nd, 1940: Pilot Officer on probation;
June 22nd, 1941: Pilot Officer;
June 22nd, 1941: Flying Officer (war subs.);
?: Flying Officer;
?: Flight Lieutenant (war subs.);
January 14th, 1946: Squadron Leader (war subs.);
September 3rd, 1951: Flight Lieutenant (seniority November 6th, 1946);
?: Squadron Leader;
?: Wing Commander.

Career:
?: St Lawrence College, Ramsgate;
June 1938: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves;
July 1940: No. 236 Squadron;
July 1942: No. 248 Squadron;
?: No. 618 Squadron;
?: Commanding Officer No. 47 Squadron;
?: Cambridge University;
?: Co-headmaster, St Felix School, Felixstowe;
1952: Royal Air Force;
?: Comanding Officer All-Weather Development Squadron;
?: Sector Controller Uedem air defence radar site, Germany;
1968: Retirement.

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Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Flying Officer
Awarded on:: June 11th, 1942

LG 35586/2521.

Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Flight Lieutenant
Unit:: No. 248 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:: April 20th, 1943

Citation:
"This officer has destroyed at least four enemy aircraft.
In August, 1941, when stationed at Malta, he made several low-level attacks on enemy gun emplacements with excellent results."

LG 35983/1798.

Flying Badge

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

1939-1945 Star

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

France and Germany Star

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Defence Medal 1939-1945

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

War Medal 1939-1945

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

Photo 1: Tom MacNeill
- The London Gazette of 9th July 1940, Issue 34892
- The London Gazette of 18th July 1941, Issue 35222
- Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 5th June 1942, Issue 35586, dated 11th June 1942
- Supplement to The London Gazette of 16th April 1943, Issue 35983, dated 20th April 1943
- Third Supplement to The London Gazette of 16th April 1946, Issue 37538, dated 19th April 1946
- Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 6th January 1950, Issue 38808, dated 10th January 1950
- Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 19th October 1951, Issue 39364, dated 23rd October 1951
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