Hi,

I’m assuming that your father was J K Ronald?

If so, his award is published in the London Gazette. It doesn’t have any citation, this often means an award given at the end of a tour for a period of sustained effort, rather than for one individual act of bravery.

The London Gazette site appears to be down at the minute, but when it is up you can search it for his award. The Gazette date is 20/7/45, and it is on page 3782.

It may also be worth Googling for the online edition of 617s Operational Record Book. This is a daily diary kept by all units of the RAF. It will have several mentions of his name, what operations he flew on, etc

There isn’t any online list of DFC recipients I’m aware of. There are a couple of helpful books, Honour the Air Forces has a list of virtually all of the DFCs. There is a two volume list of the DFC’s, The Distinguished Flying Cross and how it was won, but this is quite difficult to find.

Hope this helps 🙂