- SURNAME
Castagnola
- FORENAME
James (Cass)
- UNIT
617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R.
- RANK
Flying Officer
- NUMBER
169585
- AWARD
Distinguished Service Order,bar to Distinguished Flying Cross
- PLACE
London Gazette 16.3.1945 (bar DFC) 26.10.1945 (DSO)
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
RAF March 1941
pilot training
57 Squadron December 1943 (30 ops)
A/Flying Officer
award DFC (17.11.1944)
617 Squadron May1944
pilot
award bar to DFC
award DSO
total 62 ops
permanent commission 1947
Central Flying Establishment,RAF West Raynham
Empire Test Pilots School,R.A.E.,Farnborough March 1950
Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment,Boscombe Down (test pilot)
fighter squadrons April 1954-February 1958
41 Squadron (C.O.)
radar control course
Control Executive,radar station,Neatishead,Norfolk
HQ 13 Group (Staff Officer)
retired from RAF 1961 (Squadron Leader)
pilot,British Airways
retired from flying 1980
married (1 daughter)
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