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| PERSONALIA |
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Webster, Alexander |
| Date of birth: | Unknown
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BIOGRAPHY:
Service number 40770, R.A.F.O.
Promotions:
Pilot Officer;
3rd September 1940: Flying Officer;
1st July 1946: Flight Lieutenant (seniority 1st December 1942).
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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS (DFC)
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Rank:
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Pilot Officer
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Awarded on:
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July 19th, 1940
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Action:
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Citation:
"During a night early in July 1940, Pilot Officer Webster was captain and pilot of an aircraft detailed to carry out an attack on the German battleship "Scharnhorst" whilst she was lying in the floating dock in Kiel Harbour. On arrival over Kiel the aircraft was picked out by the searchlights and subjected to a continuous hail of gunfire from the entire harbour defences. With great courage and determination this officer dived to 250 feet to attack and Sergeant Bissett, the navigator and bomb aimer, directed him with great skill and coolness on to the target. This is one of many occasions when this officer and airman have displayed conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty."
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Details:
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Published in The London Gazette dated 19th July 1940.
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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS (DFC)
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Rank:
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Pilot Officer
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Awarded on:
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September 24th, 1940
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Action:
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Citation:
"This officer was captain and pilot of an aircraft detailed to carry out an attack, from a very low altitude, on the shiplift on the Canal at Magdeburg during a night in August, 1940. In spite of illumination by
two searchlights and gunfire from twelve antiaircraft guns, he carried out this attack successfully from a height of only fifty feet.
Recently Pilot Officer Webster carried out a low attack on the oil refinery at Leuna and pressed home his attack with the same courage and determination in the face of enemy opposition. His skill, keenness and devotion to duty provide a fine example to his fellow pilots."
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Details:
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Second award received as a bar for on the ribbon of the first DFC.
Published in The London Gazette dated 24th September 1940.
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DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER (DSO)
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Rank:
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Acting Wing Commander
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Unit:
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No. 99 Squadron
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Awarded on:
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July 24th, 1945
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Details:
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Published in The London Gazette dated 24th July 1945.
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| Information source(s): |
- The London Gazette of 19th July 1940, Issue 34900
- The London Gazette of 24th September 1940, Issue 34951
- The London Gazette of 5th November 1940, Issue 34986
- Fourth Supplement to The London Gazette of 20th July 1945, Issue 37193, dated 24th July 1945
- Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 11th april 1947, Issue 37930, dated 15th April 1947
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