DAMBUSTERS Hobday, Harold Sidney

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Hobday ​

• FORENAME

Harold Sidney ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Flying Officer ​

• NUMBER

119291 ​

• AWARD

Distinguished Flying Cross ​

• PLACE

Germany (Dams) 1943 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born Croydon,Surrey​

RAFVR 1940​

9 RC 3.9.1940​

45AONS 11.9.1940​

St Eval 8.11.1940​

1 RW 1.2.1941​

4 ITW 1.3.1941​

42 Air School,South Africa 10.1.1942​

Pilot Officer 10.1.1942​

2 AFU 7.4.1942​

14 OTU 5.5.1942​

1654 CU 13.8.1942​

50 Squadron 19.9.1942 (26 ops)​

Flying Officer 10.10.1942​

617 Squadron 25.3.1943​

navigator​

award DFC (28.5.1943) (Dams)​

Flight Lt 10.1.1944​

24 Squadron 28.2.1944​

released 25.4.1946 ​

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