Cecil Moore (RAF officer)

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Cecil T. N. Moore MBE DFC
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Air Force
Years of service1940-1966
RankSquadron Leader
UnitRAF Regiment
Commands heldNo. 2603 (City of Edinburgh) LAA Squadron
Battles/warsSecond World War
Korean War
AwardsMember of the Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Flying Cross

Squadron Leader Cecil Thomas Nixon Moore MBE DFC was a Royal Air Force officer.

He was educated at Bloxham School. He served in the ranks of the RAF during the Second World War, and was promoted to corporal in 1942.[1] He commissioned into the Royal Air Force Regiment in 1948.[2] He saw active service in the Korean War and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was invested as a Member of the Order of the British Empire on 1 June 1953 in the 1953 Coronation Honours.[3] His period of service was extended on 25 May 1954.[4] He became Squadron Leader in 1955 and took command of No. 2603 (City of Edinburgh) Light Anti-Aircraft Squadron.[5] He received a permanent commission in the Secretarial Branch of the RAF on 20 April 1956.[6] He relinquished his commission on 26 April 1966.[7]

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