5a pilot in the final weeks of the war
leadership and resource shown in towing a damaged and deserted cased-petrol ship clear of the fires which had broken out after a heavy enemy air raid on the Port of Bari on the night of 2nd/3rd December 1943
Following his military service Thomas Anson Knowlton became the proprieter of mills for the manufacture of kindling-wood for the Boston market
as he was "Below physical standard for Royal Marines"
he was taken on strength of the Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre on December 10
An Honour Prize For Naval Flyers To Ii Fighter Squadron Archive 5a pilot in the finalA German Honour Prize for Naval Flyers to Flight Petty Officer Klbe Scarce and finely produced in bronze, two piece construction, illustrating two spread winged eagles, one on the bottom facing upwards at the mercy of the one on top, symbolic of an air battle victory by the upper eagle, the bottom eagle lying on a circular base, the eagles mounted to an octagonal, blackened wooden plinth (heavy base), a silver scroll plaque affixed to the plinth on