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GLYDE, Richard Lindsay

Service Number:	39983
Enlisted:	1 June 1937
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 87 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 29 January 1914
Home Town:	Claremont, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed In Action (Flying Battle), Selsey Bill, West Sussex, England, 13 August 1940, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Runnymede Memorial

Non Warlike Service

1 Jun 1937:	Enlisted Royal Air Force , Aircrew Training Units

World War 2 Service

24 May 1938:	Promoted Royal Air Force , Pilot Officer
24 Oct 1938:	Involvement Royal Air Force , Flying Officer, 39983, No. 87 Squadron (RAF)
27 Nov 1939:	Promoted Royal Air Force , Flying Officer, No. 87 Squadron (RAF)
4 Jun 1940:	Honoured Distinguished Flying Cross, Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Battle of France serving with No. 87 Squadron

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