GARRETT, Idris Trevarthen

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rank: F/L
status: survived
airforce: RAF    (no: 106648 )
born: 1916-05-03 Pelotas Brazil

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1940-09-24 Arrived by boat from Brazil and applied to join RAF
1940-09-26 Joined RAFVR
1940-09-26 No.6 ITW Aberystwyth
1941-04-23 15 EFTS Carlisle
1941-06-24 8 SFTS Montrose
1941-09-27 57 OTU Hawarden
1941-11-24 154 Squadron Duxford (Fowlmere) as PO
Feb 1942 squadron declared operational
Feb - Jun 42 Fowlmere/Churchstanton/Coltishall
Jun - Aug 42 Hornchurch
Nov 42 - Apr 43 Algeria/Tunisia
1943-04-22 Promoted Fl/Lt and posted to 232 Squadron, Souk-el-Khemis, Tunisia
1943-04-25 Shot down, crash landed in no mans' land, made his way back to British lines
Apr 43 - Jun 43 Souk-el-Khemis (Victoria) until Axis surrender in North Africa
1943-06-05 Flew to Malta with 232 squadron.
Was hospitalised with intestinal complications, eventually transported back to Britain
Instructed for remainder of war - 10 FIS Woodley, No.4 EFTS Brough, then back to 10 FIS as an instructor
1946-02-12 released from service and returned to Brazil