Wing Commander Colin George Milson

Service number	402379
Ranks Held	Acting Wing Commander, Squadron Leader, Wing Commander
Birth Date	16/06/1919
Birth Place	Australia: Queensland, Longreach
Death Date	14/07/1975
Final Rank	Wing Commander
Service	Royal Australian Air Force
Units	No. 39 Squadron (RAF) No. 455 Squadron
Place	Longreach
Conflict/Operation	Second World War, 1939-1945

Collection items

Date of birth	16/06/1919
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	1940
Other units	1940	No 2 Initial Training School, Bradford Park.
Other	04/11/1940	Left Australia.
Other units	1940	No 26 Elementary Flying Training School.
Date promoted	01/10/1941	Acting flight lieutenant.
Date promoted	21/11/1941	Flying officer.
Other units	1941	No 22 Elementary Flying Training School, Rhodesia.
Date promoted	21/05/1941	Pilot officer.
Other units	07/05/1942	No 39 Squadron, Middle East, flying Beaufort Bombers.
Other units	1942	No 2 Operational Training Unit, Chivenor Devon, UK.
Date promoted	02/11/1942	Acting squadron leader.
Date promoted	04/1943	Squadron leader.
Other units	22/10/1943	No 144 Squadron.
Date of honour or award	04/1943	Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Date promoted	23/10/1944	Acting wing commander.
Date of honour or award	12/1944	Awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
Date of honour or award	07/1944	Awarded tbe bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Other units	23/10/1944	Commanding Officer No 455 Squadron.
Date of honour or award	07/1945	Awarded the bar to the Distinguished Service Odrer for an attack on German shipping in a Norwegian fjord.
Date of death	14/07/1975