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Fire from the Forest: The SAS Brigade in France, 1944
By Roger Ford
Eight Lives Down
By Chris Hunter
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 33333" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Wagland </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>James Leslie William </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>138 and 161 Squadrons (RAFVR) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Squadron Leader </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>81937 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>bar to Distinguished Flying Cross </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1943 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 4.11.1913 West Ham</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>school in Essex</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>employed in bank</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>RAFVR 1939</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>navigator</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>78 Squadron 1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award D.F.C. with 78 Squadron 1941 (FLt)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>HQ Bomber Command</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>RAF Tempsford (Senior Navigator) 1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>also awarded</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Mention in Despatches (x2),Dutch Flying Cross,Polish War Cross</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>bank manager postwar</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>retired 1974</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Molly (WAAF at Tempsford) (predeceased him) (2 children)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 2.4.2005 </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-wagland.5184/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/5/5184-eaa21794cc03d88bebc83e7fa10ea54c.jpg?1591384239" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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