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A bar to DFC for Acting Squadron Leader. William Edmund EAGLETON, D.F.C. (Aus.403727) and 9 DFCs to other members of the squadron
"No. 37182". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (
help)).
13 July1945. {{
cite magazine}}: Check date values in: |date= (
help)
Are these also worth a mention? Unfortunately the search can be a bit hit-and-miss, so there's no guarantee that this is exhaustive.
David Underdown (
talk) 12:59, 2 July 2008 (UTC)reply
From the same source, Sgt Blair was also commissioned shortly after the incident mentioned, and was a Flight Lieutenant by the end of the war. Hopkins and Clayton both remained in the RAF after the war, Hopkins retiring as a Wing Commander in 1975, and Clayton as a Squadron Leader in 1962 - is this worth a mention?
David Underdown (
talk) 13:24, 2 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Good work David. I wouldn't normally mention decorations/promotions in a squadron article unless they are of VC/near equivalent or significant in some other way.
Grant |
Talk 03:08, 3 July 2008 (UTC)reply
10 decorations in one go looks as if it might be significant - unfortunately no citations are given for those. I have used the tactic of giving brief pen portraits of decorate members of a squadron to give a little more human interest see
No. 233 Squadron RAF for example, but maybe there's already enough on this squadron.
David Underdown (
talk) 08:00, 3 July 2008 (UTC)reply
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A fact from No. 466 Squadron RAAF appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 July 2008, and was viewed approximately 4,109 times (
disclaimer) (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
A bar to DFC for Acting Squadron Leader. William Edmund EAGLETON, D.F.C. (Aus.403727) and 9 DFCs to other members of the squadron
"No. 37182". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (
help)).
13 July1945. {{
cite magazine}}: Check date values in: |date= (
help)
Are these also worth a mention? Unfortunately the search can be a bit hit-and-miss, so there's no guarantee that this is exhaustive.
David Underdown (
talk) 12:59, 2 July 2008 (UTC)reply
From the same source, Sgt Blair was also commissioned shortly after the incident mentioned, and was a Flight Lieutenant by the end of the war. Hopkins and Clayton both remained in the RAF after the war, Hopkins retiring as a Wing Commander in 1975, and Clayton as a Squadron Leader in 1962 - is this worth a mention?
David Underdown (
talk) 13:24, 2 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Good work David. I wouldn't normally mention decorations/promotions in a squadron article unless they are of VC/near equivalent or significant in some other way.
Grant |
Talk 03:08, 3 July 2008 (UTC)reply
10 decorations in one go looks as if it might be significant - unfortunately no citations are given for those. I have used the tactic of giving brief pen portraits of decorate members of a squadron to give a little more human interest see
No. 233 Squadron RAF for example, but maybe there's already enough on this squadron.
David Underdown (
talk) 08:00, 3 July 2008 (UTC)reply