Talk:No. 466 Squadron RAAF
Latest comment: 16 years ago by David Underdown in topic Other gallantry awards etc
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Other gallantry awards etc
editIn addition to the awards already mentioend in the text, a quick search of the London Gazette gives:
- a DFC for Acting Flight Lieutenant John Chalmers MORTON (106227) "No. 36131". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 10 August 1943.{{cite magazine}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - A bar to DFC for Acting Squadron Leader. William Edmund EAGLETON, D.F.C. (Aus.403727) and 9 DFCs to other members of the squadron "No. 37182". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 13 July 1945.{{cite magazine}}: Check date values in:|date=(help)
Are these also worth a mention? Unfortunately the search can be a bit hit-and-miss, so there's no guarantee that this is exhaustive. David Underdown (talk) 12:59, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
From the same source, Sgt Blair was also commissioned shortly after the incident mentioned, and was a Flight Lieutenant by the end of the war. Hopkins and Clayton both remained in the RAF after the war, Hopkins retiring as a Wing Commander in 1975, and Clayton as a Squadron Leader in 1962 - is this worth a mention? David Underdown (talk) 13:24, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
- Good work David. I wouldn't normally mention decorations/promotions in a squadron article unless they are of VC/near equivalent or significant in some other way. Grant | Talk 03:08, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
- 10 decorations in one go looks as if it might be significant - unfortunately no citations are given for those. I have used the tactic of giving brief pen portraits of decorate members of a squadron to give a little more human interest see No. 233 Squadron RAF for example, but maybe there's already enough on this squadron. David Underdown (talk) 08:00, 3 July 2008 (UTC)