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GLYDE, Richard Lindsay
Personal Details
Service Number: | 39983 |
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Enlisted: | 1 June 1937 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 87 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 29 January 1914 |
Home Town: | Claremont, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed In Action (Flying Battle), Selsey Bill, West Sussex, England, 13 August 1940, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
Service History
Non Warlike Service
1 Jun 1937: | Enlisted Royal Air Force , Aircrew Training Units |
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World War 2 Service
24 May 1938: | Promoted Royal Air Force , Pilot Officer | |
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24 Oct 1938: | Involvement Royal Air Force , Flying Officer, 39983, No. 87 Squadron (RAF) | |
27 Nov 1939: | Promoted Royal Air Force , Flying Officer, No. 87 Squadron (RAF) | |
4 Jun 1940: | Honoured Distinguished Flying Cross, Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Battle of France serving with No. 87 Squadron |
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