Colleague at work trying to find out how his partner’s grandfather won his DFC with Bomber Command.
The chap in question was Charles Adam Pow Thomson (174039), ended up with 97 Squadron (Pathfinders) based at Conningsby. My colleague thinks he may have been a bomb aimer, on Lancasters, and his combat flying ended February 1945 although he went on to have a career with the RAF after the war. How would he go about researching this? Obviously tried Google already…was hoping that the unusual name would maybe ring a bell with someone on here!
By: Jimbo27 - 16th April 2012 at 14:22
I suspect then that it is a non-immediate award for a sustained period of time rather than a specific incident. I notice that his usual pilot is Shorter, he was awarded a DFC in October 44.
Best bet would be to locate the original recommendation in Air 2 I believe.
Any Air 2 experts on here?
By: mantog - 16th April 2012 at 13:36
Thanks Jimbo, we looked through all his trips on the flight ops list on the 97 squadron website, nothing specific about his award unfortunately.
By: Jimbo27 - 16th April 2012 at 13:26
DFC was awarded Nov 1944;
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36793/supplements/5206
He could try:
http://www.97squadronassociation.co.uk/flightops6.html
Jim
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April 16, 2012 at 1:02 pm