No. 100 Squadron RAF - Decorated Personnel

Decorated Personnel

  • Wing Commander R V McIntyre, Commanding Officer of the squadron from April to November 1943. Awarded the DFC after completing a successful bomb-drop over Bochum on 13 May 1943, despite the aircraft having lost two engines to flak hits over Cologne. On return, McIntyre brought the aircraft in to RAF Coltishall, Norfolk for a successful crash landing.

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