searchlight and anti-aircraft gun crews. Powell-Shedden was promoted to the rank of squadron leader in September 1941, and awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in December. The citation read: D-Day In January 1944, after further courses and staff appointments, he resumed operational flying with No. 96 Squadron RAF, a Mosquito squadron, and then took command of No. 29 Squadron RAF, a Mosquito squadron specialising in low-level night intruder missions before and after D-Day. He was awarded a Bar to his Distinguished Service Order on 27 April 1945 for his leadership during many perilous missions with No. 100 (Bomber Support) Group. Command appointments In 1952 Powell-Shedden received command of RAF Jever in Germany and was promoted to the rank of group captain on 1 January 1954. From 1954 to 1957 served on the operational staff at Naples. He was posted to the Air Ministry in 1958, and retired from the RAF in 1961. Bobsledding Powell-Shedden was also a bobsledder who competed for Britain in the late 1940s. At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, he finished 15th in the four-man event, with teammates James Iremonger, Edgar Meddings and Richard Jeffrey. Later life Powell-Shedden retired in 1961 to join the Stock Exchange (Hoblyn & King) and to farm in Buckinghamshire. He was twice married, to Diana and Marietta, and had a son, Henry, and a daughter, Angela. He died on 31 October 1994 in London. References External links British Olympic Association profile 1916 births 1994 deaths Bobsledders at the 1948 Winter Olympics British male bobsledders Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Graduates of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell Olympic bobsledders of Great Britain People from Cowes Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Royal Air Force officers Royal Air Force personnel of World War II The Few Military personnel from the Isle of Wight