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Paul Prendergast Devenish DFC
Joined 145 Squadron RAF on 16th April 1941
"DEVENISH, Paul Prendergast, A/S/L (80198, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve) - No.260 Squadron - Distinguished Flying Cross - awarded as per London Gazette dated 22 January 1943. Born 1916 in Cape Province, South Africa; home there; educated at Somerset West High School and Marist Brothers College, Roadebosch, Cape Province. Served as a Sapper in the South African Engineering Corps Active Citizen Force Reserve, 1933-36; enlisted in RAF in 1940; commissioned 1941. Public Record Office Air 2/9612 has citation, drafted when he had flown 198 operational hours. See also Air Ministry Bulletin 9037.
"This officer has participated in numerous operational flights over enemy territory, displaying fine qualities of leadership. Both in this country and the Middle east he has led his squadron with conspicuous success in fighter-bomber sorties, bomber escort flights and fighter sweeps and has throughout displayed exceptional keenness and devotion to duty.""
