Rank: Squadron Leader (Pilot), Service Number: 37383
Unit: Royal Air Force 59 Sqdn.
Age: 27.
Awards: George Cross.
(The GC is equal to the Victoria Cross and is awarded for gallantry not in the face of the enemy)
Husband of Pamela Yvonne Close.
The following details were given in "Flight" of December 30th 1937, in connection with the Waziristan operations:-" For Gallantry."- P/O. G. C. N. Close, R.A.F. was duty pilot on the Miranshah aerodrome when an aircraft laden with bombs crashed and burst into flames. This officer, despite the explosion of a bomb and small arms ammunition, made persistent attempts to extinguish the flames and rescue the crew, until stopped by a superior officer.
Unit: Royal Air Force 59 Sqdn.
Age: 27.
Awards: George Cross.
(The GC is equal to the Victoria Cross and is awarded for gallantry not in the face of the enemy)
Husband of Pamela Yvonne Close.
The following details were given in "Flight" of December 30th 1937, in connection with the Waziristan operations:-" For Gallantry."- P/O. G. C. N. Close, R.A.F. was duty pilot on the Miranshah aerodrome when an aircraft laden with bombs crashed and burst into flames. This officer, despite the explosion of a bomb and small arms ammunition, made persistent attempts to extinguish the flames and rescue the crew, until stopped by a superior officer.
Rank: Squadron Leader (Pilot), Service Number: 37383
Unit: Royal Air Force 59 Sqdn.
Age: 27.
Awards: George Cross.
(The GC is equal to the Victoria Cross and is awarded for gallantry not in the face of the enemy)
Husband of Pamela Yvonne Close.
The following details were given in "Flight" of December 30th 1937, in connection with the Waziristan operations:-" For Gallantry."- P/O. G. C. N. Close, R.A.F. was duty pilot on the Miranshah aerodrome when an aircraft laden with bombs crashed and burst into flames. This officer, despite the explosion of a bomb and small arms ammunition, made persistent attempts to extinguish the flames and rescue the crew, until stopped by a superior officer.
Unit: Royal Air Force 59 Sqdn.
Age: 27.
Awards: George Cross.
(The GC is equal to the Victoria Cross and is awarded for gallantry not in the face of the enemy)
Husband of Pamela Yvonne Close.
The following details were given in "Flight" of December 30th 1937, in connection with the Waziristan operations:-" For Gallantry."- P/O. G. C. N. Close, R.A.F. was duty pilot on the Miranshah aerodrome when an aircraft laden with bombs crashed and burst into flames. This officer, despite the explosion of a bomb and small arms ammunition, made persistent attempts to extinguish the flames and rescue the crew, until stopped by a superior officer.
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