504262 Sqd.Ldr Philip Despard Pemberton "Pip" Holmes DFC.Royal Canadian Air Force 433 Squadron Philip Despard Pemberton 'Pip' Holmes
The military life of my father, Pip Holmes, began years before his service in the
433 Squadron, Skipton-on-Swales. My dad enlisted in the RCAF shortly after
his 18th birthday. He trained in Canada for the better of one year and
shipped out to England to service as a bomber pilot with the 433 squadron, 6
Group, from mid 1943 to about April 1945. He was made Squadron Commander on
his 21st birthday, February 2, 1944.
He and his crew flew 33 combat missions during this time. Dad was
awarded a DFC for engaging the enemy 33 times and returning to England with
plane and crew safe.
The book written about his life is called "Pip, the Life of a Canadian'
Available at Trafford Press, it details his time in the service as well as
his life after the war.
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