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241413 Sgt. Alfred Driver DFM. Royal Air Force 10 Squadron from:Merthyr Tydfil My grandfather, Alf Driver, served in WWII and won the DFM. We don't have the transcript but I was told by an aunt that he rebuilt a radio under fire that had been damaged. He was a wireless operator 1st class and air gunner. I have a photo of his DFM and him receiving an award from the local Rotary Club in uniform for his DFM. After the war he was a Flt Lt. in the ATC and taught kids about the RAF which he loved. He died in 1973. One story about him was that his wife lived under the flightpath to their base in Yorkshire and, when they got back safely from a raid, he would have the pilot fly low over the house and rev an engine so she knew he was back safe. Another story was that he got in trouble with an officer once on an inspection of the aircraft crew prior to a pamphlet raid on North Germany (I think Wilhelmshaven). The story I was told was that when he stood to attention he kept his arms folded. When told to stand to attention properly two half bricks fell out of his flying jacket onto the floor in front of him. He got a reprimand for "unauthorised weight" and was asked why he was carrying two half bricks. He told them "he'd like to drop something a bit more lethal than paper, with a bit of luck it might hit one of the b****rs".   Sgt Alf Driver DFM 1313449 - Wireless Op. Air Gunner 10 Sqdn - Left in flying suit with his cremates - Don't know any other names. Sgt Alf Driver DFM 1313449 - Wireless Op. Air Gunner 10 Sqdn Ian Add to this record.  Related Content: No. 10 Squadron Royal Air Force Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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