Malcolm Grant "Mac" Graham

F/L Omer Levesque, F/L Mac Graham and F/O Bill Bliss - Febuary 1950

RCAF F/L - DFC

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GRAHAM, F/O Malcolm Grant (J29088) - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.411 Sq.
Award effective 23 March 1945 as per London Gazette dated 3 April 1945 and
AFRO 765/45 dated 4 May 1945.

Flying Officer Graham has displayed exceptional keenness and determination on operations. He has participated in many fighter operations, armed reconnaissances and dive bombing sorties, destroying five enemy aircraft, two of them in one sortie. In addition to this, Flying Officer Graham has destroyed many ground targets. As a section leader this officer has set an outstanding example of fearless leadership combined with excellent judgement and dependability.

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Born 30 June 1921 at Exeter, Ontario.
Home in Dutton, Ontario (medical student and COTC).
Enlisted in Toronto, 13 July 1942.
Trained at No.6 ITS (graduated 30 Deccember 1942),
No.23 EFTS (graduated 2 April 1943) and
No.14 SFTS (graduated 6 August 1943).
Obtained wings and commission, 6 August 1943.
Further trained at No.1 OTU, Bagotville, and then
left for UK (arrived there 1 December 1943).
Added training at No.61 OTU (January to April 1944).
Served with No.126 Squadron, May-August 1944, and
No.411 Squadron 15 August 1944 to 6 April 1945.
Returned to Canada, July 1945 and
released 8 September 1945.
Returned to RCAF, 1 Nov. 1948 to 16 Feb. 1960.

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RCAF Awards

Ottawa, April 3, 1945 - (CP) - Air Force Headquarters announced today the award of one Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross, 24 Distinguished Flying Crosses and one Distinguished Flying Medal to members of the RCAF overseas.
Recipients include:
DFC - F/O M. G. Graham, Dutton, Ontario

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Victories Include :

28 September 1944, one FW.190   destroyed;
27 December 1944,   one Bf.109     destroyed;
31 December 1944,   one FW.190 destroyed;
1 January 1945,       two FW.190s destroyed.

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Photographs PL-48386 and PL-48391 show him.

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On these pages I use Hugh Halliday's extensive research (which includes info from numerous sources), newspaper articles via the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation (CMCC) as well as other sources both published and private