| No.218 Squadron Wing Commanders |
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| Back |
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Awards |
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| Wing Commander |
William
Gordon OLDBURY |
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| Service No. |
37708 |
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RAFO |
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Details |
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D.S.O |
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D.F.C |
LG date 11.02.1944. |
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| From |
No.620 Sqdn |
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D.F.M |
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| Date |
28th July 1943 |
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Awarded With |
No.218 Squadron |
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| Assumed Command |
28th July 1943 |
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| Relinquished
Command |
9th March 1944 |
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Promotions |
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Acting Pilot Officer |
30th March 1936 |
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HQ
Bomber Command |
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Pilot Officer |
27th January 1937 |
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Flying officer |
27th July 1938 |
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Flight Lieutenant |
27th July 1940 |
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Squadron leader |
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A/Wing Commander |
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| Additional Notes & Citation |
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Wing Commander |
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| Born 1st May 1912 |
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| Learnt
to fly in 1936 at Airwork Reserve Training School, Perth Australia. |
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| Flew
solo after 13hrs 50 minutes. In May 1936 joined 'D' flight of No.2 FTS flying
Hawker Harts, joined 'A' flight of No.2 A.T.S |
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| in September 1936. Posted to No.38 (B)
squadron January 10th 1937, assessed as "average". Qualified as a
1st pilot |
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| day
& night on Hendon's in November 1937. |
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| Attached to 39 school of Air Navigation, RAF
Manston during March 1938, completed course in May assessed as "above average" |
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| Acting
Squadron leader Oldbury was posted to No.620 squadron RAF Chedburgh via
No.1651 Con.Unit w.e.f July 9th 1943. |
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| Posted
to No.218 Squadron, w.e.f 27th July 1943. Rank on departure recorded as Wing
Commander. Completed one operation |
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No.620 Squadron on July 25th when successfully carried out a minelaying trip
to the Frisian islands. |
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conclusion to his command of No.218 Squadron he was posted to HQ Bomber
Command. Retired from the RAF with the |
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| rank of Group Captain. |
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| Squadron
Leader Oldbury D.F.C |
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| No citation found. |
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| Operations
with No.218 Squadron |
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| Date |
Target |
A/C Type |
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Details |
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| 6th August
1943 |
Mining |
Stirling |
BF522 |
HA-N |
Target attacked. |
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| 10th August
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Nuremburg |
Stirling |
BF452 |
HA-O |
Target attacked. |
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| 12th August
1943 |
Turin |
Stirling |
BF522 |
HA-N |
Target attacked. |
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| 17th August
1943 |
Peenemunde |
Stirling |
BF522 |
HA-N |
Duty
not carried-out, RT u/s |
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| 8th September
1943 |
Boulogne |
Stirling |
EJ104 |
HA-G |
Target
attacked. Group Captain Down 2nd pilot. |
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| 16th September
1943 |
Modane |
Stirling |
EH923 |
HA-E |
Target attacked. |
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| 23rd September
1943 |
Mannheim |
Stirling |
EF124 |
HA-K |
Target attacked. |
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| 4th November
1943 |
Mining |
Stirling |
EE505 |
HA-K |
Target
attacked. Group Captain Vintress 2nd pilot. |
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| DETAILS |
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| Date Lost |
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Target |
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| Fate |
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Bombload |
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| Buried |
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Crashed |
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| Grave |
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Take-Off |
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Crash Time |
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Cause |
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Aircraft |
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| P.O.W Camp |
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S/n & Codes |
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| P.O.W No. |
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| Notes |
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