GORRILL, F/O Vernon Irving (J18534) - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.541 Squadron - Award effective 5 April 1944 as per London Gazette dated 14 April 1944 and AFRO 1020/44 dated 12 May 1944. Born 8 March 1920. Home in Creston, British Columbia; enlisted in Montreal, 27 June 1941 and posted to No.1 Manning Depot. To No.1 ITS, 8 August 1941; graduated and promoted LAC, 13 September 1941 when posted to No.9 EFTS; graduated 7 November 1941 when posted gto No.6 SFTS; graduated and promoted Sergeant, 27 February 1942. To “Y” Depot, 28 February 1942; to RAF overseas, 14 March 1942. Commissioned 14 July 1943. Repatriated 8 April 1945. With No.135 Squadron, 23 May to 10 September 1945. Released 18 October 1945. Died in Nanaimo, 22 December 1999. // Flying Officer Gorrill has completed a large number of photographic sorties flying over some of the enemy's most heavily defended targets such as Berlin, Stuttgart, the Ruhr Valley, Mannheim, Brest and Bordeaux. His ability as a navigator and the judgement and skill which he brings to his photography have made this officer a most valuable member of his squadron.