John Henry 'Tuddy' Tudhope MC & Bar Rank: Captain Status: Survived

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Tudhope, John Henry 'Tuddy' MC & Bar (Captain)

Survived unkown date

Male Head

Birth Date: unkown date (age 65)

Born: Johhanesburg, South Africa

Francis Selwyn Tudhope & Adelaide Van Renen

Mary Jackson

Home: Johhanesburg, South Africa

Decorations: MC & Bar

Service
RAF

Unit
40 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Hostem A Coelo Expellere (To drive the enemy from the sky)

Rank

Captain

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

Educated in South Africa and England, Tudhope served with the army in German Southwest Africa. He was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps in April 1917 and was posted to 40 squadron where he scored ten aerial victories during the war. He emigrated to Canada after the war and joined the RCAF. As operations manager for Trans-Canada Air Lines at Winnipeg, Squadron Leader Tudhope's survey of available routes through the Rocky Mountains resulted in the Trans-Canada air mail route that connected the prairies with the Pacific coast. He received the McKee Trophy for meritorious service in Canadian aviation in 1930 and flew the first dawn to dusk flight across Canada, from Montreal to Vancouver, in 1937. Tudhope retired from the RCAF with the rank of Squadron Commander in June 1938. Later, he became president and manager of the first Aviation Insurance Group in Canada.

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Johhanesburg, South Africa

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

Tudhope, John Henry 'Tuddy' MC & Bar (Captain)

Survived unkown date

40 Sqn- Squadron (RAF) Hostem A Coelo Expellere

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