Wright, Harry Cecil
- Service number:
- 1376617 (NCO)/161768 (Officer)
- Nationality:
- British
Biography
Promotions:
? Sergeant
1 November, 1943: Pilot Officer on Probation (emergency)
1 May, 1944: Flying Officer (war sub)
1 January, 1945: Flight Lieutenant (war sub)
21 April, 1948: Appointment to commission as Flying Officer in the RAFVR (retaining rank as Squadron Leader)
5 March, 1951: Flight Lieutenant
21 April, 1953: period of service is extended by five years
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Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Flying Officer
- Unit:
- No. 35 (Madras Presidency) Squadron, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- September 19th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Flight Lieutenant
- Unit:
- No. 35 (Madras Presidency) Squadron, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- November 16th, 1945
Second DFC awarded as a bar for on the ribbon of the first DFC.
Sources
- - The London Gazette
Publication date:31 December 1943 Issue:36314Page:91
- The London Gazette Publication date:23 May 1944 Issue:36530Page:2427
- The London Gazette Publication date:15 September 1944 Issue:36706Page:4329
- The London Gazette Publication date:6 March 1945 Supplement:36974Page:1319
- The London Gazette Publication date:13 November 1945 Supplement:37352Page:5591
- The London Gazette Publication date:4 June 1948 Issue:38318Page:3422
- The London Gazette Publication date:4 June 1948 Issue:38318Page:3421
- The London Gazette Publication date:23 May 1952 Supplement:39551Page:2885
- The London Gazette Publication date:28 August 1953 Supplement:39951Page:4702
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