D.S.O. FOR SQUADRON LEADER WITH SCORE OF 21 ENEMYAIRCRAFT DESTROYED. - (Picture issued 1943). ACTING SQUADRON LEADER DONALD ERNEST KINGSBY. DFM & Bar., [112406] R.A.F.V.R., NO.122 SQUADRON FIGHTER COMMAND, who has been awarded the D.S.O. Squadron Leader Kingaby has taken part in more than three hundred operational missions a large number of which have been over enemy territory. Recently, he had led his wing in several engagements during which considerable losses have been inflicted on the enemy. Much of the success achieved can be attributed to S/Ldr. Kingaby's great skill and inspiring leader
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D.S.O. FOR SQUADRON LEADER WITH SCORE OF 21 ENEMYAIRCRAFT DESTROYED. - (Picture issued 1943). ACTING SQUADRON LEADER DONALD ERNEST KINGSBY. DFM & Bar., [112406] R.A.F.V.R., NO.122 SQUADRON FIGHTER COMMAND, who has been awarded the D.S.O. Squadron Leader Kingaby has taken part in more than three hundred operational missions a large number of which have been over enemy territory. Recently, he had led his wing in several engagements during which considerable losses have been inflicted on the enemy. Much of the success achieved can be attributed to S/Ldr. Kingaby's great skill and inspiring leadership. Since being awarded a second Bar to the D.F.M. he has destroyed four enemy aircraft, brining his victories to twenty-one. AWARDS NO.527. Photographic negative , Royal Air Force