Air Commodore Theodore Jasper Maclean de Lange

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DFC (born Simla 16 June 1914, died

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4 July 2005) was a senior officer in the

Royal New Zealand Air Force The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) ( mi, Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa, "The Warriors of the Sky of New Zealand"; previously ', "War Party of the Blue") is the aerial service branch of the New Zealand Defence Force. It was formed from New Zeala ...

(RNZAF). In his career, he served in the Solomans, Burma, India and Australia. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) in 1944 for high courage and devotion during the

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. In the

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, he was awarded the

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(CBE), for his many years of distinguished service in the RNZAF.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:De Lange, Theodore Jasper Maclean 1914 births 2005 deaths Royal New Zealand Air Force personnel New Zealand military personnel of World War II New Zealand Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)