Template:Did you know nominations/Wilfrid Oulton


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 23:28, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

Wilfrid Oulton

 * ... that Wilfrid Oulton was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for sinking three U-boats in one month? Source:
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Anita Calvert Lebourgeoise

5x expanded by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:48, 2 September 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg 5x expanded, in time, long enough, sourced, hook checks out, QPQ accepted. However, shouldn't it be three U-boats? It sounds as if he sank two himself and helped with the sinking of a third, and the London Gazette says the award was for the trifecta. I would rephrase to incorporate the third, possibly just changing "two" to "three" (even one of the sources says he was "[a]warded his DSO for sinking three U-boats in one month during May 1943," and then clarifies that two were solo and one was shared).
 * As a non-DYK suggestion, I would break "Biography" into sub-sections. --Usernameunique (talk) 01:08, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Oops, you're right. Changed to "three". And I've broken the biography up into four sections.  Hawkeye7   (talk)  03:57, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Thanks . Article looks much better now. --Usernameunique (talk) 16:30, 2 September 2017 (UTC)