Theo de Lange (RNZAF officer)

Theo de Lange
Born	(1914-06-16)16 June 1914 Simla, British India
Died	4 July 2005(2005-07-04) (aged 91) Rotorua, New Zealand
Allegiance	New Zealand
Service / branch	Royal New Zealand Air Force
Rank	Air Commodore
Commands	No. 25 Squadron
Battles / wars	Second World War Solomon Islands campaign
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Flying Cross

Air Commodore Theodore Jasper Maclean de Lange CBE DFC (born Simla 16 June 1914, died Rotorua 4 July 2005) ^[1] was a senior officer in the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF). In his career, he served in the Solomon Islands as commander of No. 25 Squadron, as well as in Burma, India and Australia. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) in 1944 "in recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations in the South-West Pacific area". ^{[2] [3]} In the 1965 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), for his many years of distinguished service in the RNZAF. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. John Macaulay Sutherland Ross (1955). Royal New Zealand Air Force. War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs.
2. "No. 36723". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 September 1944. p. 4488.
3. "Honoured by King and Queen the early years — Rotorua Biographies — Kete Rotorua". Rotorua.kete.net.nz. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
4. Geoffrey Bentley (1969). RNZAF: a short history. Reed. p. 257.
5. "No. 43669". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 12 June 1965. p. 5513.