PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Barker, John Lindsay
Date of birth: November 12th, 1910 (Hull, Great Britain)
Date of death:  May 7th, 2004 (Exceter, Great Britain)
Nationality:  British
BIOGRAPHY: 
Service number 34137.

By the end of April 1945, a large pocket in western Holland was still occupied by the Germans, and the Dutch population was close to starvation. A truce was arranged, and the squadrons of Bomber Command mounted Operation Manna to drop food supplies. Barker, with his air officer commanding as co-pilot, led his squadron on the first drop on April 29.

Commanded the Royal Ceylon Air Force(RCyAF) from 8 October 1958 until 1 November 1962.
     
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS (DFC)
Rank: Wing Commander
Awarded on: October 26th, 1945
 
     
COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (CBE)
Rank: Wing Commander
Awarded on: June 13th, 1946
 
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Information source(s):   - Wikipedia
- Trentassociation.net
- Ancestry.com
- Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 37324 published on the 23 October 1945
- Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 37598 published on the 4 June 1946
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