PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Horswill, Thomas Stanley
Date of birth: April 7th, 1916
Nationality:  Canadian
     
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS (DFC)
Rank: Flying Officer
Unit: No. 424 (Tiger) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Awarded on: October 13th, 1944
Action: "...completed...numerous operations against the enemy in the course of which [he has] invariably displayed the utmost fortitude, courage and devotion to duty." When he was recommended for this award, he had "flown 32 sorties (190 hours and 35 mins) over "..some of the most heavily defended targets in Germany and several in France."
 
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Information source(s):   - L'Association des Forces aériennes du Canada
- London Gazette, WWII archives -- Issue# 36745, Oct 10, 1944.
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