Harold Arthur Sydney Molyneaux DFC Rank: Lieutenant Status: Survived 1918-04-04

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Molyneaux, Harold Arthur Sydney DFC (Lieutenant)

Survived 1918-April-04

Male Head

Birth Date: unkown date (age 85)

Born: Toronto, Ontario

Frederick C. M. Molyneux & Nora Evelyn Langtry

Louise Logan Van Nostrand

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1917-04-09

Decorations: DFC

Service
RAF

Unit
60 (F) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Ardua Ad Aethera Tendo (I strive through difficulties to the sky)

Rank

Lieutenant

Marshal
Air Chief Marshal	A/C/M
Air Marshal	A/M
Air Vice Marshal	A/V/M
Air Commodore	A/C
Group Captain	G/C
Wing Commander	W/C
Squadron Leader	S/L
Flight Lieutenant	F/L
Flying Officer	F/O
Pilot Officer	P/O
Warrant Officer 1st Class	WO1
Warrant Officer 2nd Class	WO2
Flight Sergeant	FS
Sergeant	SGT
Corporal	CPL
Senior Aircraftman	SAC
Leading Aircraftman	LAC
Aircraftman 1st Class	AC1
Aircraftman 2nd Class	AC2

Position
pilot

Service Numbers
35816

Serving with the 75th Battalion of the CEF, Harold Molyneux received a head wound in the Battle of Vimy Ridge on 1917-04-09. When he recovered, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and received his pilot's certificate in October 1917. He was posted to 56 Sqn on 1918-04-04. In the seven months before the end of the war he accounted for five enemy aircraft and was awarded the DFC. He was posted to Home Establishment on November 8 and the war ended three days later. During World War II, Molyneux served with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

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Toronto, Ontario

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Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

Molyneaux, Harold Arthur Sydney DFC (Lieutenant)

Survived 1918-April-04

60 (F) Sqn- Squadron (RAF) Per Ardua Ad Aethera Tendo

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