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Stealthily By Night
By Ian Trenowden
Fire from the Forest: The SAS Brigade in France, 1944
By Roger Ford
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 35314" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Astbury </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Colin Keith </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>617 Squadron,R.A.A.F. </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>A/Flight Lieutenant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>400897 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>bar to Distinguished Flying Cross </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>London Gazette 28.4.1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 19.6.1911 Redbank,Victoria,Australia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted RAAF 10.11.1940 Melbourne,Victoria,Australia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sergeant</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>49 Squadron</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Flying Officer</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award DFC (14.5.1943)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>5 Group (instructor)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>617 Squadron 3.11.1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Flying Officer</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>air bomber</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award bar to DFC</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Air Ministry</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Advanced Command HQ,Brisbane,Australia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Air Force HQ,RAAF</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>discharged 6.12.1945 (Flight Lt) </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/c-k-astbury.8274/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/8/8274-371450a4d81b9f020d186767452b82d5.jpg?1591389237" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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