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Mayes, Walter Robert

Date of birth:
September 30th, 1895 (Great Yarmouth/Norfolk, United Kingdom)
Date of death:
May 4th, 1961 (Harrow Weald/Middlesex, United Kingdom)
Service number:
35006
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

Promotions:

?: Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 2nd grade
?: Sgt.Maj. II
?: Cd.Engr.Offr.
19 September 1933: Flying Officer (prob) - seniority 11.09.1933
19 September 1934: Flying Officer
14 April 1939: Flight Lieutenant
16 December 1941: Temp. Squadron Leader
31 July 1944: Wing Commander
22 October 1945 :Group Captain (ret.)

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Chief Petty Officer
Unit:
2nd Group, Royal Navy
Awarded on:
April 30th, 1918
In recognition of zeal and devotion to duty during the period from 1st July to 31st December, 1917
Distinguished Service Medal (DSM)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)

With bar.
1914 Star
Awarded on:
August 23rd, 1919
For his part as First Coxswain in the Airship R.34's double crossing of the Atlantic from Scotland on 2 July, 1919 to New York and returning by 13 July, 1919.
Air Force Medal (AFM)
Awarded on:
June 4th, 1921
For services in the Airship R.36 flying over Bath when the rudder and elevators broke loose and he and Flight Sergeant S. J. Heath A.F.M. climbed on top of the ship and repaired damage
Air Force Medal (AFM)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Acting Wing Commander
Awarded on:
September 24th, 1941
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Wing Commander
Awarded on:
January 14th, 1944
Mentioned in Dispatches

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