Brian,
80918 F/L James Oswald DYKES RAFO - 243 AMES - Held Burma (Rangoon) - (Technical Branch). Later RAFVR - MBE(M) - LG: 1-10-1946 - p.4093.
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/...upplement/4903
See: Unsung Heroes of the Royal Air Force The Far East Prisoners of War/Stubbs & Stubbs/p.118.
See also: When Singapore Fell: Evacuations and Escapes, 1941-42/Joseph Kennedy/Palgrave,1989.p.113-
You won't find mention of Kennedy's book in Singapore's Dunkirk - both were originally published in 1989 and S's D. was reprinted (unchanged) by Pen & Sword in 2014.
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