- Fate
- Unknown
Biography
Not known
Timeline
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21 August 1942
Gazetted: DFC
Distinguished Flying Cross -
15 January 1945
Lost in de Havilland Mosquito MM132
Other
Crew & operations
Flew as Other with No. 139 Squadron (Jamaica).
- Lost on MM132 (de Havilland Mosquito) — Failed to return
Awards
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Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) — gazetted 21 August 1942
One night in July, 1942, this officer was captain of an aircraft which attacked Hamburg. On the return flight, near Bremen, his aeroplane was held in a cone of searchlights. Displaying great resource, Pilot Officer Green dived his aircraft down the searchlight beams from 13,000 to only 50 feet, thus enabling his front gunner to extinguish 2 of the lights. During the dive, the aircraft was hit by shell fire. Pilot Officer Green was wounded in the thigh, while the front gunner and the wireless operator received wounds in the arm and hand respectively. Despite great pain and the difficulty of controlling his damaged aircraft, Pilot Officer Green skilfully flew it through a continuous barrage of.