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Charles McKenzie Dunnicliffe 49010

P/O 20th June 1940
F/O 20th June 1941
S/L 27th March 1944

Distinguished Flying Cross. 8 February 1944
Acting Wing Commander Charles McKenzie DUNNICLIFFE (49010), Royal Air Force, No. 97 Squadron.


Distinguished Service Order. 11 July 1944
Acting Wing Commander Charles McKenzie DUNNICLIFFE, D.F.C. (49010), R.A.F., 582 Sqn.
This officer has undertaken many sorties against various targets, including 7 attacks on Berlin. He is an outstanding captain, whose keenness, courage and devotion to duty have set a splendid example. In addition to his work in the air, Wing- Commander Dunnicliffe has shown a high degree of organising ability and great drive and his untiring efforts have been reflected in the operational efficiency of the squadron he commands.

Flight Magazine AUGUST 22ND, 1946

10,000-Mile Training Flight
SEVEN aircraft from the Empire Air Navigation School, Shawbury, Shropshire, completed on August 11th a navigation training flight of 10,000 miles, which was accomplished in thirteen days. They left Shawbury on the morning of July 30th and flew to Gibraltar in eight hours, covering about 1,550 miles. En route they practised a new navigational method known as "pressure pattern flying" in the Atlantic, well to the west of the Iberian Peninsula. Pressure pattern flying is a collection of individual techniques based on well-known meteorological principles, coupled with the use of radar. Between Gibraltar and Castel Benito, in Libya, a distance of 1,500 miles, they executed other tests in the Mediterranean to the west of Sicily.

The next hop, of 1,750 miles, over the Sahara desert to Khartoum called for exact navigation in an area where there were no radar and few radio or landmark aids. Then the 1,100-mile flight down the Nile Valley to Almaza (Cairo) was accomplished in about six hours. The return was made via Castel Benito and Gibraltar to Shawbury, which five aircraft reached by 5.30 a.m. on the 11th. One Halifax landed at Shawbury at 2 p.m., but another was delayed at Gibraltar. One Lancastrian accompanied the formation of Halifaxes on the flight. The Officer Commanding the mission was Wing Cdr. C. M. Dunnicliffe D.S.O., D.F.C.