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Out of interest his name was Desmond Pelly and a cursory Google reminded me that he also won the Distinguished Flying Cross.

I recently attended a talk of the history society in Balcombe, where a Lanc pilot was invited to recount his time during WWII. In short, he joined, trained as a Pilot, worked his way through to the Pathfinders (very dangerous work, and bear in mind that is relative to the ordinary squadrons...