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Ogilvie, Allan Macpherson (Joe)

Date of birth:
March 7th, 1921 (Grand Falls/Newfoundland, Canada)
Date of death:
December 30th, 2000 (Ottowa/Ontario, Canada)
Service number:
RAF: 120865, RCAF:C/94060, 43234023
Nationality:
Canadian (1931-present, Constitutional Monarchy)

Biography

August 1940: 1 Manning Depot, Toronto Ontario
October 1940: Eastern Air Command, Dartmouth Nova Scotia
November 1940: No. 1 Initial Training School (formerly Eglington Hunt Club), Toronto Ontario
December 1940: No. 7 E. F. Training School, Windsor Ontario
Jan-Feb 1941: No. 5 Air Observer School, Winnipeg Manitoba
Apr-May 1941: No. 4 Bombing & Gunnery School, Fingal Ontario
June 1941: No. 1 Air Navigator School, Rivers Manitoba
August 1941: Posted Overseas

1941-1943: No. 83 Squadron, 5th Bomber Group and 8th Pathfinder Group RAF (two tours)
1943-46: Group Navigation Officer 6th Group RCAF
June 1945-1946: transferred to the RCAF to join the Tiger Group.
1955-1958: 5th Air Division

Shot down and evaded the enemy for 88 days, March 11th, 1943 to June 6th, 1943. Jailed in Spanish prison for illegal border crossing sent back to England

Promotions:
21 April 1942: Sergeant
21 October 1942: Flying Officer on prob. (war subs.)
12 May 1944: Flight Lieutenant (war subs.)

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Acting Flight Lieutenant
Unit:
No. 83 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
March 12th, 1943
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Acting Flight Lieutenant
Unit:
No. 83 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
July 27th, 1943

Second DFC received as bar.
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Unit:
No. 6 Group, Royal Canadian Air Force
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1945
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Squadron Leader
Unit:
No. 83 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
September 12th, 1947
"Squadron Leader Ogilvie, while serving as Navigator with 83 Squadron, completed two tours of operations and rendered outstanding service to the French cause."

AFRO 485/47. With bronze star
Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)
Period:
After War Period (1945-now)
Rank:
Colonel
Awarded on:
1975
Officer of Order of Military Merit
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

2 Rosettes
Canadian Forces Decoration (CD)

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