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Penrose, Alan

    Service number:
    1113654 (NCO)/197473 (Officer)
    Nationality:
    British (1801-present, Kingdom)

    Biography

    Promotions:
    19 April, 1945: Pilot Officer on Probation (emergency)
    21 October, 1945: Flying Officer (war sub)
    3 January, 1950: commission relinquished on appointment to a commission
    in the Education Branch, RAF
    3 January, 1950: appointment to commission as Flight Lieutenant short service (five years on the active list and-four years on the reserve
    26 September, 1952: Appointment to commission as Flight Lieutenant for subsequent transfer to the Fighter Control Branch
    15 March, 1953: Transfer to the Fighter Control Branch, reverting to the rank of Flying Officer
    5 October, 1954: Flight Lieutenant
    1 April, 1965: Retirement at his own request

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Warrant Officer
    Unit:
    No. 157 Squadron, Royal Air Force
    Awarded on:
    October 20th, 1944
    Citation:
    "As pilot and navigator respectively Flight Lieutenant Mathews
    and Warrant Officer Penrose have completed many sorties and have displayed a high degree of skill and co-operation. They have destroyed 2 enemy aircraft; they have also destroyed 5 flying bombs."
    Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Warrant Officer
    Unit:
    No. 157 Squadron, Royal Air Force
    Awarded on:
    March 9th, 1945
    Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
    Citation:
    "As pilot and observer respectively this officer and warrant officer have participated in very many sorties, and continue to display great enthusiasm for air operations. They are highly skilled members of aircraft crew and have shown the greatest keenness to engage the enemy. They have destroyed 7 enemy aircraft, two of them in one sortie in December, 1944."

    Second DFC awarded as a bar.
    Simultaneously awarded to Flight Lieutenant Mathews

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Warrant Officer
    Unit:
    No. 157 Squadron, Royal Air Force
    Awarded on:
    September 21st, 1945
    Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (CGM)
    Citation:
    "Warrant Officer Penrose was awarded a Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross in January 1945. Since then he has completed a number of long range bomber sorties of a difficult and dangerous nature. During these operations, this officer [sic] has been responsible for the destruction of two Junkers 88s. Warrant Officer Penrose has a splendid record of operations. He has assisted his captain in the destruction of ten enemy aircraft and six flying bombs. As a navigator, he has shown the highest degree of skill and determination. His ability and practical experience have been of the greatest value to his squadron."

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