WING COMMANDER HUGH CONSTANT GODEFROY, D.S.O., D.F.C. and Bar, Cde G. with Gold Star (Fr), was born in Java, Dutch East Indies. He was educated in Ontario being a Canadian citizen as his mother was born in Canada, and his father in Java of Dutch parents. W/C Godefroy completed many sorties and showed exceptionally fine fighting spirit, courage and devotion to duty by destroying 7 enemy aircraft and damaging 5 others while serving with Nos. 401 and 403 Squadrons.
SQUADRON LEADER LIONEL MANLEY GAUNCE, D.F.C., of Lethbridge, Alberta, enlisted with the RAF as a pupil pilot prior to the war. He served with Nos. 3, 615, 46 and 41 Squadrons during the Battle of Britain and in North Africa. Before being killed in action on 19 November 1941, S/L Gaunce destroyed 5'/~ enemy aircraft, with 2 1/2 probables, and damage to 4 others.
SQUADRON LEADER DONALD CAMERON "CHUNKY" GORDON, D.F.C. and Bar, of Edmonton, Alta., served with Nos. 65, 274, 601, 417, 442, 411 and 402 Squadrons. As well as destroying 9 enemy aircraft,3 probably destroyed, and damaged 4 others, S/L Gordon led his squadron on many relentless attacks against enemy road and rail transport in heavily defended areas inflicting considerable damage on the enemy's lines of communication. He destroyed 2 locomotives and damaged 56 others, 10 MET destroyed and 80 damaged, six barges damaged, and 5 aircraft destroyed on the ground.
S/L Gordon remained in the RCAF after the war. He died in Montreal on 26 June 1949.
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT LESLIE CYRIL GOSLING, D.F.C. and Bar, of Battleford, Sask., completed a very large number of sorties in the Middle East and Sicily including attacks on airfields, port installations and industrial targets. In aerial combat he destroyed 9 enemy aircraft and damaged several others while serving with Nos. 222 and 229 Squadrons.
F/L Gosling was killed in action on 19 July 1943 being shot down during an aerial engagement with a superior number of enemy fighters near Mount Etna, off the east coast of Sicily.
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT MALCOLM GRANT "MAC" GRAHAM, D.F.C., of Exeter, Ontario, while flying with Nos. 426 and 411 Squadrons destroyed 5 enemy aircraft. He displayed exceptional keenness and determination on operations. F/L Graham participated in many fighter operations, armed reconnaissance and dive-bombing sorties.
WING COMMANDER ROSS GARSTANG GRAY, D.F.C. and Bar, of Edmonton, Alta., flew Mosquitos first against the Nazi flying-bombs and then on intruder missions far into enemy occupied territory.
In September 1944, Gray led a section of aircraft on an attack on an enemy airfield. During the operation he shot down two enemy aircraft over the sea. Some days later, Gray again led a small formation of "Mossies" to attack enemy aerodromes, one of them in Czechoslovakia. Once again the operation was attended with good results.
W/C Gray's final tally of enemy aircraft was 10 destroyed, 12 damaged, as well as, one V-1 shot down while serving with Nos. 418 and 406 Squadrons.
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT DOUGLAS IRVING "SAMMY" HALL, D.F.C. and Bar, of Timmins, Ontario, while flying with Nos. 400, 414 and 411 Squadrons, scored 7 victories and damaged 2 others.
On one occasion in December of 1944, he and his wingman were attacked by at least fifteen enemy fighters. Throughout the ensuing combat F/L Hall displayed exceptional coolness and skill and although outnumbered destroyed two Me.109's. The following May, while on a tactical reconnaissance mission, he engaged a formation of enemy aircraft. In the aerial fighting F/L Hall shot down three FW 109's and a Me. 109 and damaged two others.
LIEUTENANT A.A. HARRINGTON was a member of the USAAF. He was attached to No. 410 Squadron, RCAF, to obtain experience in night-fighter operations. Lt. Harrington was teamed-up with F/0 D.G. Tongue, his observer, and this pair accounted for 7 enemy aircraft destroyed.
SQUADRON LEADER R.K. HAYWARD, D.S.O., D.F.C., of St. John's, Newfoundland, while flying with Nos. 401 and 411 Squadrons ran-up a score of 5% destroyed, and damaged 6 1/2 others.
S/L Hayward participated in a large number of strafing sorties during which he displayed a high degree of skill and courage and his example was most inspiring.
SQUADRON LEADER GEORGE URQUHART HILL, D.F.C. and Two Bars, of Antigonish, N.S., was one of the few recipients of Two Bars to the D.F.C. He served with various squadrons - Nos. 421, 453, 403, 111 and 441 Squadrons.
S/L Hill shot down his first Hun during the Dieppe raid. Early in May 1943, he led his squadron in an operation off the Tunisian coast. During the flight a superior force of enemy fighters were engaged. In the ensuing battle seven enemy aircraft were destroyed without a loss, two of them by Hill. On another occasion he remained alone despite repeated and persistent attacks from six Me.109's to obtain assistance for a comrade who had been forced to bail out. S/L Hill's final score before being shot down and taken prisoner on 25 April 1944, spending the remainder of the war as guest of the Nazis in Stalag Luft1, was 14' enemy aircraft destroyed, 3 probables, and 9 others damaged.
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT GORTH EDWARD HORRICKS, D.F.M., of Pembroke, Ontario, destroyed 5 enemy aircraft, 2 probably destroyed and 4 1/7 others damaged, while he was serving with Nos. 185 and 417 Squadrons. He was a fearless pilot who invariably pressed home his attack with utmost determination regardless of the odds.
F/L Horricks was fatally injured in a flying accident while at the controls of a Harvard near Cobourg, Ontario, on 1 July 1951.
GROUP CAPTAIN ALBERT ULRICH "BERT" HOULE, D.F.C. and Bar, C.D., of Massey, Ontario, flew with Nos. 213, 145 and 417 Squadrons. His score of enemy aircraft was 11 destroyed, 1 probable and 7 others damaged.
One evening in October of 1942, Houle was flying with his squadron on patrol over EI Alemein when a formation of dive-bombers was sighted. The enemy aircraft jettisoned their bombs and flew in a westerly direction in an attempt to avoid combat. With great tenacity and determination Houle pursued them far over the enemy lines and, in the rapidly failing light, engaged and destroyed at least two of the hostile bombers. G/C Houle remained in the RCAF after the war and is now living in retirement in Manotick, Ontario.
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT DOUGLAS FRANKLIN HUSBAND, D.F.C., while serving with Nos. 81, 41, and 401 Squadrons destroyed 5 enemy aircraft and damaged one other. F/L Husband completed his first tour of operations in Africa and during his second tour flew over the beachhead at Normandy. He also participated in the Arnheim show by flying fighter support. F/L Husband displayed fearlessness in the face of the enemy shown by his low level operations against some of the Nazis most heavily defended targets.