Percy Bernard, 5th Earl of Bandon
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1904 – 1979
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Who was Percy Bernard, 5th Earl of Bandon?
Air Chief Marshal Percy Ronald Gardner Bernard, 5th Earl of Bandon, GBE, CB, CVO, DSO, RAF, was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat who served as a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the mid-20th century. He was a squadron, station and group commander during World War II and the fifth Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps after the War. He was awarded a US Distinguished Flying Cross in December 1946 and the American Bronze Star Medal also in 1946.
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- Born
- Aug 30, 1904
Gillingham - Education
- Royal Air Force College Cranwell
- Died
- Feb 8, 1979
County Cork
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on July 23, 2013
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