Newspaper cuttings and photograph of bomber crew
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Newspaper cuttings and photograph of bomber crew
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Left - newspaper cutting 'Northern airmen honoured'. Gives list of name of people awarded DFC, DFM and civil awards. Includes DFC for Flying Officer Kenneth Gill.
Top right - newspaper cutting 'Leeds airman DFC'. Announced award of DFC to Flying Officer Kenneth Gill.
Bottom right, six airmen wearing battledress or flying kit standing behind the rear turret of a Lancaster.
Top right - newspaper cutting 'Leeds airman DFC'. Announced award of DFC to Flying Officer Kenneth Gill.
Bottom right, six airmen wearing battledress or flying kit standing behind the rear turret of a Lancaster.
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One b/w photograph and two newspaper cuttings on an album page
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SGillK1438901v10039-0021
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[inserted] 12-2-44 [/inserted]
Northern Airmen Honoured
Several Northerners appear in the list of Royal Air Force awards just issued. The D.F.C. goes to the following officers:-
Acting Squadron Leader John Clifford Day, of Hull, who has attacked targets in Germany and Italy, including Berlin, Hamburg, Nuremberg and Turin, with consistent success and perseverance.
Acting Squadron Leader Thomas Robinson King, of Leyburn, who has led his flight with great dash and bravery on five wing operations.
Flight Lieut. Neville Alan Mervyn-Smith, of Golcar, Huddersfield, over a long period has a consistently fine record of efficiency and devotion to duty.
Acting Flight Lieut. Stephen Raynor Dawson born at Hessle, Hull.
Flying Officer Kenneth Gill, of Leeds.
Flying Officer Leonard Kingman, of Pontefract.
Flight Lieut, Paul Silas Foster Walmsley, now living in East Yorkshire.
D.F.M.
The D.F.M. is awarded to:-
Flight Sergeant Thomas Cornelius Overend, of Barnsley.
Flight Sergeant J.W. Boynton, born at Hull and now living at Coniston, Hull.
Flight Sergeant G.H. Broadhead, of Leeds.
Flight Sergeant J. Dorrian, a Glasgow man now living in Harrogate
CIVAL AWARDS
The Imperial Service Medal is awarded to:-
Arthur James Bishop, Overseer, Post Office, Hull; John Rickaby Burdon, Overseer, Post Office, Darlington; Charles Edward Dickinson, Assistant Inspector, Post Office, Harrogate; John William Herring, York Telephone Area; William Hodgson, Sorting Clerk, Carlisle; Tom Herbert Jewitt, Postman, York; George Readman, Postman, Whitby; Richard Ruth, M.M., B.E.M., Sorting Clerk, Bradford; John James Sanderson, Sorting Clerk, Darlington; Thomas Parker Steel, Inspector, York Telephone Area; Robert Turnbull, Overseer, Post Office, Kendal.
[page break]
LEEDS AIRMAN’S D.F.C.
Flying Officer Kenneth Gill (21), R.A.F., whose wife lives in Sycamore Avenue, Leeds, has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
[photograph]
Fl. Officer Gill
He was employed formerly at the Yorkshire Fireclay Co., Leeds, and is an old boy of the College of Technology.
Gill has been in the R.A.F. 3 1/2 years and was commissioned last June.
[page break]
[photograph]
Northern Airmen Honoured
Several Northerners appear in the list of Royal Air Force awards just issued. The D.F.C. goes to the following officers:-
Acting Squadron Leader John Clifford Day, of Hull, who has attacked targets in Germany and Italy, including Berlin, Hamburg, Nuremberg and Turin, with consistent success and perseverance.
Acting Squadron Leader Thomas Robinson King, of Leyburn, who has led his flight with great dash and bravery on five wing operations.
Flight Lieut. Neville Alan Mervyn-Smith, of Golcar, Huddersfield, over a long period has a consistently fine record of efficiency and devotion to duty.
Acting Flight Lieut. Stephen Raynor Dawson born at Hessle, Hull.
Flying Officer Kenneth Gill, of Leeds.
Flying Officer Leonard Kingman, of Pontefract.
Flight Lieut, Paul Silas Foster Walmsley, now living in East Yorkshire.
D.F.M.
The D.F.M. is awarded to:-
Flight Sergeant Thomas Cornelius Overend, of Barnsley.
Flight Sergeant J.W. Boynton, born at Hull and now living at Coniston, Hull.
Flight Sergeant G.H. Broadhead, of Leeds.
Flight Sergeant J. Dorrian, a Glasgow man now living in Harrogate
CIVAL AWARDS
The Imperial Service Medal is awarded to:-
Arthur James Bishop, Overseer, Post Office, Hull; John Rickaby Burdon, Overseer, Post Office, Darlington; Charles Edward Dickinson, Assistant Inspector, Post Office, Harrogate; John William Herring, York Telephone Area; William Hodgson, Sorting Clerk, Carlisle; Tom Herbert Jewitt, Postman, York; George Readman, Postman, Whitby; Richard Ruth, M.M., B.E.M., Sorting Clerk, Bradford; John James Sanderson, Sorting Clerk, Darlington; Thomas Parker Steel, Inspector, York Telephone Area; Robert Turnbull, Overseer, Post Office, Kendal.
[page break]
LEEDS AIRMAN’S D.F.C.
Flying Officer Kenneth Gill (21), R.A.F., whose wife lives in Sycamore Avenue, Leeds, has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
[photograph]
Fl. Officer Gill
He was employed formerly at the Yorkshire Fireclay Co., Leeds, and is an old boy of the College of Technology.
Gill has been in the R.A.F. 3 1/2 years and was commissioned last June.
[page break]
[photograph]
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“Newspaper cuttings and photograph of bomber crew,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 24, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/35510.
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