Maguire, Harold John
- Date of birth:
- April 12th, 1912 (Kilkishen, Ireland)
- Date of death:
- February 1st, 2001
- Service number:
- 34048
- Nationality:
- British
Biography
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Mentioned in Dispatches
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Squadron Leader
- Unit:
- No. 229 Squadron, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- January 20th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Temporary Wing Commander
- Unit:
- No. 226 (Fighter) Wing, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Wing Commander
- Unit:
- No. 226 (Fighter) Wing, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- October 1st, 1946
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Wing Commander
- Unit:
- No. 226 (Fighter) Wing, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- October 1st, 1946
- Rank:
- Wing Commander
- Unit:
- RAF Odiham, HQ, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- January 2nd, 1950
- Rank:
- Acting Air Commodore
- Unit:
- Director of Tactical and Air Transport Operations, HQ, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1958
- Rank:
- Air Marshal
- Unit:
- Defence Staff (Intelligence), HQ, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1966
Deputy Chief
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
With "Malay Peninsula" clasp
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39732/supplement/19/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38797/supplement/9/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37744/supplement/4903/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34795/supplement/1056/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37744/supplement/4904/data.pdf
- H J Maguire
- Air Marshal Sir Harold Maguire - Telegraph
- http://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/as-Maguire.htm
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