617 Squadron, the celebrated ‘Dambusters’. ![]() ![]() In March 1943, aged 25, he became the RAF’s youngest group captain but chose to forfeit his rank in November to take command of No. In November 1940, Cheshire, while still a pilot officer, was awarded his first Distinguished Service Order for bombing Cologne in a flak-damaged Whitley and bringing the aircraft safely home.
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