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Above Us the Waves: The Story of Midget Submarines and Human Torpedoes
By C.E.T. Warren, James Benson
March or Die: Story of Wingate's Chindits
By Philip Chinnery
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 33553" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lewis </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Laurence Godfrey (Larry)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>357 Squadron (RAFVR) </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Flight Lieutenant </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>115288 </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Distinguished Flying Cross </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Thailand 1945 </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>pilot </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 25.10.1918 Bristol</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Bristol Grammar School</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>AAF May 1939 (apprentice mechanic)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>training</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>501 Squadron (AC2) (metal rigger) 1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sgt air gunner October 1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>12 Squadron (Sgt 813256)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awarded DFM (London Gazette 21.11.1941)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Pilot Officer (RAFVR)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>12 OTU,Chipping Norton 1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>pilot training UK and Canada</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>357 Squadron 1945</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Air HQ Burma 1945</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>released from RAF March 1946</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awarded Air Efficiency Medal</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>ended war as Squadron Leader</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>businessman in Ireland</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>founder,Mailing and Mechanisation,London (business equipment)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>retired to Green Street Green,Kent</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Vera Almond September 1941 (3 children) (died 2009)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 12.5.2014</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/l-lewis.20424/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/20/20424-f294f68a65860959e957451d65830de6.jpg?1591400772" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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