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About Group Captain Byron Leonard Duckenfield, AFC
POW - spent two-and-a-half years in Rangoon jail as a prisoner of the Japanese after being forced to land his aircraft in a shallow creek. While a prisoner he learned Japanese and created a Japanese/English dictionary. He was released from captivity in Burma in May 1945.
UK, Allied Prisoners of War, 1939-1945
- Name: Byron Leonard Duckenfield
- Rank: Squadron Leader
- Birth Date: 15 Apr 1917
- Birth Place: SHEFFIELD, England
- Military Date: 1939-1945
- Regiment: Royal Air Force.
- Service Number: 43368
- Father: Leonard Duckenfield
- Mother: Anne Duckenfield Ancestry.com. UK, Allied Prisoners of War, 1939-1945 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018.
He worked in marketing for Rolls-Royce in Japan from 1969 until 1982 before retiring to Bretby Park, where he enjoyed walking, reading and crosswords.
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Group Captain Byron Leonard Duckenfield, AFC's Timeline
| 1917 |
April 15, 1917
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Sheffield, Yorkshire, England UK
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| 2010 |
November 19, 2010
Age 93
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