DAMBUSTERS Gorringe, Frederick John Evan (Jack)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Gorringe ​

• FORENAME

Frederick John Evan (Jack) ​

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• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Flight Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER
  151154

• AWARD

Distinguished Service Order,Order of Leopold with palm (Belgium) ​

• PLACE

London Gazette 21.9.1945 (DSO) 27.6.1947 (OL) ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born Hastings,Sussex​

resided 219 Old London Road,Hastings​

educated Hastings Central School until 1936​

employed with an estate agent​

draughtsman and surveyor,HM Ordnance Survey Department​

served in ranks of T.A.​

transferred to RAFVR October 1941​

flying training in USA and Canada​

commissioned January 1943​

navigator ​

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