40652 Squadron Leader John Edwin Ashley Williams, DFC

40652 Squadron Leader John Edwin Ashley Williams, DFC

Date of birth1916-05-06  
Date promoted  1938-03-26  Acting pilot officer. 
Other units  1938-03-26  Short service commission, General Duties Branch. 
Other units  1938-10-23  Central Flying School. 
Other units  1938-12-23  No 9 Flying Training School. 
Date promoted  1939-01-17  Pilot officer. 
Other units  1939-04-01  No 13 Flying Training School. 
Other units  1939-04-09  No 10 Flying Training School. 
Date promoted  1939-08-14  Acting flight lieutenant. 
Date promoted  1939-11-20  Acting flying officer. 
Date promoted  1940-08-17  Flying officer. 
Other units  1940-09-10  No 21 Service Flying Training School. 
Other units  1940-10-04  Attached to Erection Party, Durban. 
Date promoted  1941-08-17  Flight lieutenant (war substantive). 
Other units  1942-01-19  No 71 Operatinal Training Unit. 
Other units  1942-04-11  No 112 Squadron. 
Other units  1942-04-22  No 94 Squadron. 
Other units  1942-05-12  No 260 Squadron. 
Other units  1942-06-14  No 450 Squadron. 
Date promoted  1942-10-28  Acting squadron leader. 
Other units  1942-10-28  Commanding Officer No 450 Squadron. 
Other  1942-10-31  Reported missing. 
Date captured  1942-11-01   
Date of death1944-03-29