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1 | Nesbitt | Arthur Deane | P/O F/O F/L S/L W/C G/C | OBE DFC Order of Orange Nassau (NL) Croix de Guerre (France) | C | 1327 | PLT | RCAF 115Sqn (Aux) (RCAF) 1SFTS (RCAF) 1SFTS (RCAF) 1Sqn (RCAF) 3PRC (RCAF) 1Sqn (RCAF) 1Sqn (RCAF) 1Sqn (RCAF) 401Sqn (RCAF) RCAF 111Sqn (RCAF) Y Wing (RCAF) RCAF Boundary Bay AFHQ (RCAF) 6SFTS (RCAF) 3PRC (RCAF) 144 Wing (RCAF) 83 Group HQ (RAF) 143 Wing (RCAF) RCAF RCAF | X Fawn Harvard & Battle Harvard Hurricane X Hurricane Hurricane P3080 Hurricane P2993 Hurricane X Kittyhawk Kittyhawk & Bolinbroke Hurricane X Harvard & Yale X Spitfire X Typhoon X X | 15 Sep 1939 - Enlisted the RCAF 15 Sep 1939 - Possesed civilian pilot's licence Nov 1939 11 April 1940 - Flying Instructor May 1940 19 June 1940 - UK 20 June 1940 15 Sep 1940 - Bailed wounded from burning aircraft 7 Oct 1940 - Crash landed damaged 12 March 1941 - Commanding Officer 18 Sep 1941 - Repatriated to Canada 3 Nov 1941 - Commanding Officer 15 June 1942 - Commanding Officer - Alaska 9 Oct 1942 31 Oct 1942 - Operations 30 Dec 1943 - Commanding Officer 25 March 1944 - UK 1 May 1944 - Commanding Officer 12 July 1944 - Accident Investigation Officer 1 Jan 1945 - Commanding Officer 16 Sep 1945 - Repatriated to Canada 27 Nov 1945 - Retired from the RCAF | (Photo: Nesbitt in the cockpit of his Hawker Hurricane while CO of 401Sqn - RAF Digby 1941) - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.401 Squadron - Award effective 23 September 1941 as per London Gazette of that date and AFRO 1292/41 dated 7 November 1941. - Officer, Order of the British Empire - Overseas - Award effective 1 January 1946 as per London Gazette of that date and AFRO 155/46 dated 15 February 1946. - Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau with Swords - Awarded 12 September 1947 as per AFRO 485/47 of that date and Canada Gazette dated 20 September 1947. - Croix de Guerre with Silver Star (France) - Award effective 12 September 1947 as per AFRO 485/47 of that date and Canada Gazette dated 20 September 1947. - Died 22 February 1978 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, after a skiing accident on 4 February left him almost totally paralysed. (Information courtesy Francois Dutil) | RCAFA Awards database Accident Report - 15 Sep 40 Accident Report - 7 Oct 40 Bio on BoB London Monument |
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