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A sergeant pilot was a non-commissioned officer who had undergone flight training and was a qualified pilot in the air forces of several Commonwealth countries before, during and after World War II. It was also a term used in the United States Army Air Forces , where they were commonly called flying sergeants .
He was rated as a pilot of high average ability and of confident and reliable character. [2] During his period of flight training, one of his classmates was Fraser Barron, who went on to become a notable bomber pilot during the war. [3] Ward qualified as a pilot on 18 January 1941 and was promoted to sergeant shortly thereafter. [2]
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Ensign George Henry Gay, Jr., United States Naval Reserve, for extraordinary heroism in operations against the enemy while serving as Pilot of a carrier-based Navy Torpedo Plane of Torpedo Squadron EIGHT (VT-8), attached to the U.S.S. HORNET (CV-8 ...
On the night of 24 March 1944, 21-year-old Alkemade was one of seven crew members in Avro Lancaster B Mk.II, DS664, of No. 115 Squadron RAF. [1] Returning from a 300-bomber-raid on Berlin, east of Schmallenberg, DS664 was attacked by a German Junkers Ju 88 night-fighter flown by Oberleutnant Heinz Rökker of Nachtjagdgeschwader 2, [2] the attack caused the Lancaster to catch fire and began to ...
By 1937, he was a sergeant. [1] [2] František got into trouble for fighting, returning late to his unit, and other breaches of discipline. He could have been dishonourably discharged, but he showed exceptional promise as a pilot, so he was sent to the 4th Air Regiment to train as a fighter pilot.
At the outbreak of war in 1939 Gatward was a sergeant pilot and was commissioned on 27 July 1940 [2] and flew Bristol Blenheims with No 53 Squadron on low level raids. Converting to Bristol Beaufighters in 1941 he flew with No 236 Squadron.
Promoted to Pilot Sergeant, he was posted to No. 4 Squadron RFC at Abeele on 27 May 1917, flying R.E.8 biplanes over the Western Front. On the morning of 28 July 1917 during a reconnaissance mission flying five miles behind the German front line near Ypres , Sgt Clarke and his observer , Second Lieutenant F. P. Blencowe, were attacked by armed ...
In March 1940, Joyce, a salesman at the time, joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF). [5] He was sent for training to the RNZAF base at Wigram Aerodrome and in late 1940, with others from his flight school intake, including future fellow flying ace Desmond Scott, he sailed to England as a sergeant pilot to serve in the Royal Air Force (RAF).