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Peglar, Stanley Wilfred

Service number:
1052126 (NCO)/129062 (Officer)
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

Promotions:
? Flight Sergeant
1 September, 1942: Pilot Officer on Probation (emergency)
1 maart 1943: Flying Officer on Probation (war sub)
1 septembe 1944: Flight Lieutenant (war sub)

16 April, 1959: Commission relinquished retaining rankf of Flight Lieutenant

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Unit:
No. 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Citation:
"The majority of the missions in which this officer has participated as bomb aimer have been attacks on targets in Germany such as Berlin, Kiel, Essen and Cologne, over which violent opposition is invariably encountered."


DFC Investiture at Buckingham Palace in October 1944 by King George VI.
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

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