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Squadron Leader
(Sergeant During WWII)
Thomas John Darvell
Mentioned in Dispatches in 1943
British Empire Medal
Royal Air Force
355 Squadron
History
Date of birth 15th October 1922
Service
Apprentice at RAF Halton from January 1938 - 1940.
Thomas was a ground-crew chief on Liberator bombers, at the young age of 22 years.
Served in India and Burma 1943 - 1946.
Mentioned in dispatches 1st January 1943
BEM was awarded 8th June 1950
Commissioned in 1950.
He was career RAF and retired as a Squadron Leader in 1961.
Died
23rd February 1990
Information
Thomas’s daughter - Patricia de Tisi
London Gazette
Appointed Sergeant 19th January 1950
(London Gazette 38861 published 14th March 1950, Page 2 of 6)
British Empire Medal
(London Gazette 38929 published 20th June 1950, Page 27 of 34)
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