James Brian Tait

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Group Captain James Brian "Willie" Tait, DSO & Three Bars, DFC & Bar (9 December 1916 – 31 August 2007) was an officer in the Royal Air Force during and after the Second World War. He conducted 101 bombing missions during the war, including the one that finally sank the German battleship Tirpitz in 1944. He succeeded Leonard Cheshire as commander of the famous 617 Squadron and with six gallantry decorations to his name, remains one of the most distinguished airmen in the history of the nations of the British Commonwealth. rdf:langString
rdf:langString James Brian Tait
rdf:langString James Brian Tait
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rdf:langString James Brian Tait
rdf:langString Manchester, England
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xsd:integer 1936
rdf:langString United Kingdom
rdf:langString Distinguished Flying Cross & Bar
rdf:langString Second World War * Operation Colossus * Operation Paravane * Operation Obviate * Operation Catechism
xsd:date 1916-12-09
rdf:langString Tait on the wreck of german battleship Tirpitz, 1945
xsd:date 2007-08-31
rdf:langString "Tirpitz"
rdf:langString Officer Commanding No. 617 Squadron
rdf:langString July – December 1944
rdf:langString Group Captain James Brian "Willie" Tait, DSO & Three Bars, DFC & Bar (9 December 1916 – 31 August 2007) was an officer in the Royal Air Force during and after the Second World War. He conducted 101 bombing missions during the war, including the one that finally sank the German battleship Tirpitz in 1944. He succeeded Leonard Cheshire as commander of the famous 617 Squadron and with six gallantry decorations to his name, remains one of the most distinguished airmen in the history of the nations of the British Commonwealth.
rdf:langString Computer programmer with ICL
xsd:string United Kingdom
xsd:gYear 1936
xsd:nonNegativeInteger 11809
xsd:string No. 35 Squadron(1941)
xsd:string No. 51 Squadron(1941)
xsd:string No. 617 Squadron
xsd:string No. 78 Squadron(1942, 1944)
xsd:string RAF Coningsby(c. 1953–55)

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