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| PERSONALIA |
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| Name: |
Dundas, John Charles |
| Date of birth: | August 19th, 1915
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| Date of death: |
November 28th, 1940
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British |
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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS (DFC)
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Rank:
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Flying Officer
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Unit:
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Royal Air Force
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Awarded on:
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October 22nd, 1940
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Action:
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Citation:
"This officer has displayed great courage and determination and has destroyed six enemy aircraft, of which five have been shot down within he last two weeks. He has shown outstanding leadership throughout."
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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS (DFC)
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Rank:
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Acting Flight Lieutenant
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Unit:
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No. 609 Squadron, Auxiliairy Air Froce, Royal Air Froce
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Awarded on:
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January 7th, 1941
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Action:
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Citation:
"Flight Lieutenant Dundas has continued to engage the enemy with outstanding success and has now destroyed at least twelve of their aircraft and damaged many more. On one occasion he persued an enemy aircraft from Winchester to Cherbourg, finally destroying it. He has shown a magnificent fighting spirit which has inspired the other members of his flight."
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Details:
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Awarded as Bar for on the ribbon of his first DFC.
Published in The London Gazette dated 7th January 1941
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