Major NF Harrison
- Rank
- Major
- Honours
- DSO
- Squadron
- No 229 Squadron
- In the book
- Pages 136
From the book
SAAF Airmen in RAF Squadrons
Several SAAF airmen commanded RAF fighter squadrons. Major JE Gasson one of the youngest, commanded No 92, Lt Colonel RHD Rogers reportedly the youngest Lt Colonel in Middle East Command, commanded No 225 at the age of 22, others included Lt Colonel JPD Blaauw, Lt Colonel L Gordon, Major’s NF Harrison, WM Langerman, MS Osler, EC Saville, SVB Theron, PW Venter, FK Weingartz and JRR Wells.
SAAF Airmen in RAF Squadrons
Colonel LA Wilmot was commanding 239 RAF Wing in Italy at that stage, Lt Colonel RHD Rogers, Major NF Harrison, Major WM Langerman and Captain PW Venter had been appointed RAF squadron commanders. but in April 1944, six months after assuming command of Malta based No 229 Squadron, Harrison and his unit were transferred to RAF Hornchurch in Essex.
SAAF Airmen in RAF Squadrons
Lt Colonel Pierre Simmond Joubert, the oldest SAAF pilot to fly operationally was almost fifty years old when the award of his “Distinguished Service Order” was announced. Major NF Harrison, the only other pilot in that group to receive that award was half his age!
SAAF Airmen in RAF Squadrons
Harrison, completed a second operational tour, relinquished command of the squadron in November 1944 and earned his “Distinguished Service Order”, announced on March 27th 1945 while in command of the squadron.