RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Austin, John Beech

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Austin ​

• FORENAME

John Beech ​

• UNIT

138 Squadron + 624 Squadron (RAFVR) ​

• RANK

Flying Officer + Flight Lieutenant + Squadron Leader ​

• NUMBER

104448 ​

• AWARD

Distinguished Flying Cross and bar,Croix de Guerre (Fr) ​

• PLACE

Yugoslavia 1942 (DFC) 1943 (bar) 1944 (CdG) ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

DFC and bar with 138 Sqdn​

born 17.7.1917 Sutton Coldfield,Warwickshire​

educated King Edward VI School,Birmingham​

junior clerk,Midland Bank,Coventry​

RAFVR May 1939​

RAF Cambridge 1940​

Sergeant​

2 EFTS July 1940​

10 OTU July 1940​

pilot​

51 Squadron September 1940​

1419 (SD) Flight March 1941​

138 Squadron 1941-1943 (FLt)​

1575 Flight 1943 (SLdr)​

624 Squadron 1943​

rested from ops March 1944​

also awarded Vlieger Kruis (Netherlands),Polish Star​

timber industry postwar​

married Elizabeth Jessiman (died 14.2.2012) (4 children)​

died 12.1.2012 Shoreham,Sussex​

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