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| Name: |
Turkington, Robert Wilkinson |
| Date of birth: | June 13th, 1920 (Derrytrasna/County Armagh/Northern Ireland, Great Britain)
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July 29th, 1945 (Italy)
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BIOGRAPHY:
Service number 117519.
Robert Turkington attended Lurgan College from 1st September 1933 until 30th August 1939. He presumably joined the R.A.F. almost straight from school.
Squadron Leader Turkington died within weeks of the war's end on 29th July, 1945, when his aircraft exploded during a manoeuvre.
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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS (DFC)
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Rank:
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Flight Lieutenant
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Unit:
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No. 241 Squadron, Royal Air Force
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Awarded on:
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September 22nd, 1944
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Citation:
"This officer has set a fine example of skill, determination and devotion to duty. He has completed a large number of sorties and much of the success, achieved by the squadron can be attributed to this officer's efficiency and resolution. During a sortie in July, he destroyed one and probably destroyed a second enemy aircraft although only one cannon was functioning in his aircraft. Flight Lieutenant Turkington is a gallant and inspiring Flight Commander."
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Details:
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Awarded as a bar for on the ribbon of the first DFC.
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| Information source(s): |
- Fourth Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36346 published on the 21 January 1944
- Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36713 published on the 19 September 1944
- Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 37043 published on the 17 April 1945
- Shores Ch., Aces High - A tribute to the most notable fighter pilots of the British and Commonwealth Air Force in WWII
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- This is Lancashire
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