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Squadron Leader
(Sergeant During WWII)
Thomas John Darvell
Mentioned in Dispatches in 1943
British Empire Medal
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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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