branch death_place death_date birth_place awards birth_date rank article_title battles_label name
united kingdom welwyn garden city , hertfordshire , england 19 january 2010 malling , kent , england distinguished flying medal 12 september 1918 flight lieutenant frank harbord
 second world war frank alfred harbord
frank harbord

frank alfred harbord dfm -lrb- 12 september 1918 -- 19 january 2010 -rrb- was a member of the royal air force in the second world war , and flew on many missions over german occupied europe .
he was stationed in watton with 82 sqn in 1940 .
in 1941 he carried out low level shipping strikes and raids over northern france with 18 sqn from raf oulton .
a circus operation carried out against a large power station in northern france led by sqn/ldr s j monroe dfc brought a rare congratulatory signal from stevenson .
in 1941 he was with 105 sqn in malta where he again took part in low level attacks on shipping .
he also served in burma and india with 60 sqn .
frank harbord was awarded the distinguished flying medal in a supplement to the london gazette on 16 july 1943 .
he published his memories of his raf service in 1998 in a book entitled `` familiar voices '' with a foreword by air marshal sir ivor broom .
