DAMBUSTERS Rumbles, Francis Grant

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Rumbles ​

• FORENAME

Francis Grant ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

A/Squadron Leader ​

• NUMBER

120350 ​

• AWARD

bar to Distinguished Flying Cross ​

• PLACE

London Gazette 13.10.1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

RAFVR 1940​

enlisted 10.10.1940​

Pilot Officer 4.4.1942​

42 Air School 4.4.1942​

3 AFU 8.6.1942​

29 OTU 17.7.1942​

1654 CU 30.9.1942​

Flying Officer 4.10.1942​

97 Squadron 11.12.1942​

award DFC (15.6.1943) (23 ops)​

617 Squadron 25.3.1943​

navigator​

Flight Lt 4.4.1944​

A/Squadron Leader​

award bar to DFC (13.10.1944) (56 ops)​

Waddington (flew with 9 Squadron) 18.8.1944​

HQ 118 Wing 23.10.1945​

Japan 15.2.1946​

released 14.2.1947​

resided South Africa postwar​

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