Glyn Ashfield
Squadron Leader · 36225 · United Kingdom
- Died
- 12 December 1942, aged 30
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Limpsfield (st. Peter) Churchyard, United Kingdom
Operations on this date. One raid in this archive was flown on the night of 12 December 1942: Turin. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Timeline
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14 March 1941
Gazetted: AFC
Air Force Cross -
1 December 1942
Gazetted: DFC
Distinguished Flying Cross -
12 December 1942
Died
aged 30
Awards
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Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) — gazetted 1 December 1942
This officer has completed numerous sorties, many of them in adverse weather at night. He has at all times displayed exceptional keenness to engage the enemy and, by his skilful and untiring efforts has contributed materially to the successes achieved by the squadron he commands. He has destroyed 2 and probably destroyed further enemy aircraft. Acting Squadron Leader William David Gordon WATKINS, D.F.M.
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Air Force Cross (AFC) — gazetted 14 March 1941
Source: CWGC casualty record: ASHFIELD, GLYN → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission