John Gingles

November 23, 2016

Admitted to: RAF Honnington SSQ. RAF Hospital Ely (25/10/41). RAF Hospital Northallerton (09/08/43).		Date of Injury: 26/09/1941
D.O.B/Age when admitted: 21		Cause of Incident: Crashed in a Wellington on return from ops. After initially healed re-injured area (01/07/43) jumping over a wall.
Transferred to QVH: 14/08/1943		Injuries: Laceration to left leg.
No. of Operations at East Grinstead:

IDENTITY CARD

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Forename: John			Surname: Gingles
Service No: 113981			Nationality: British

Awards/Honours: DFC, DFM			Patient Unit: 432 Sqn
Profession: ---			Patient Rank: FS

Death: 28/01/1988			Age at Death: 65yrs
Dr Rank:			Dr Unit:

Notes:

Completed 71 operations over three tours of duty.

Awarded the DFM and later the DFC for "exceptional coolness, skill and devotion to duty".

Glossary:

SSQ - Station Sick Quarters