Sanders, James Gilbert

Date of birth:: June 19th, 1914 (Richmond/Surrey, Great Britain)
Date of death:: August 2002
Service number:: 37510
Nationality:: British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

Promotions:
January 20th, 1936: Acting Pilot Officer (probation)
November 25th, 1936: Pilot Officer
August 25th, 1938: Flying Officer
August 25th, 1940: Flight Lieutenant
September 9th, 1941: Temporary Squadron Leader
July 1st, 1944: Temporary Wing Commander
October 1st, 1944: Squadron Leader (war sub)
June 19th, 1959: Commission relinquished, retaining rank of Wing Commander

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Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Acting Flight Lieutenant
Awarded on:: June 4th, 1940

Citation:
"This officer has led his flight well and has personally shot down three enemy aircraft."

LG 34864/3352

Sources

- The London Gazette Issue 34252 published on the 4 February 1936
- The London Gazette Issue 34361 published on the 19 January 1937
- The London Gazette Issue 34547 published on the 2 September 1938
- The London Gazette Issue 34864 published on the 4 June 1940
- The London Gazette Issue 34945 published on the 13 September 1940
- The London Gazette Issue 35270 published on the 9 September 1941
- Fourth Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36618 published on the 18 July 1944
- Third Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36776 published on the 31 October 1944
- Second Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 41775 published on the 24 July 1959