Henry Erskine Bodien

Pilot Officer · 45720 · United Kingdom

Fate

Unknown

Biography

Awards

• Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) — gazetted 3 April 1942

  This officer has carried out many night patrols. As a night fighter pilot he has shown great devotion to duty and a complete disregard of danger. On one occasion, despite having trouble with his own aircraft, Pilot Officer Bodien kept up a series of attacks on an enemy aircraft for some 45 minutes and finally destroyed it. He has destroyed 3 hostile aircraft at night. Pilot Officer Robert Inglis LAING (N.Z.39i36o), Royal New Zealand Air Force, No. 73 (N.Z.) Squadron. This officer has flown for a large number of hours during arduous operations in the Western Desert. Throughout, he has displayed outstanding courage and ability,' particularly in low level machine-gunning raids on enemy aerodrom.

Source: London Gazette notice — Issue 35514, Page 1555 →