RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Lewis, Laurence Godfrey

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Lewis ​

• FORENAME

Laurence Godfrey (Larry)​

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• UNIT

357 Squadron (RAFVR) ​

• RANK

Flight Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

115288 ​

• AWARD

Distinguished Flying Cross ​

• PLACE

Thailand 1945 ​

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• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

pilot ​

born 25.10.1918 Bristol​

educated Bristol Grammar School​

AAF May 1939 (apprentice mechanic)​

training​

501 Squadron (AC2) (metal rigger) 1940​

Sgt air gunner October 1940​

12 Squadron (Sgt 813256)​

awarded DFM (London Gazette 21.11.1941)​

Pilot Officer (RAFVR)​

12 OTU,Chipping Norton 1942​

pilot training UK and Canada​

357 Squadron 1945​

Air HQ Burma 1945​

released from RAF March 1946​

awarded Air Efficiency Medal​

ended war as Squadron Leader​

businessman in Ireland​

founder,Mailing and Mechanisation,London (business equipment)​

retired to Green Street Green,Kent​

married Vera Almond September 1941 (3 children) (died 2009)​

died 12.5.2014​

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