Wing Commander (later Group Captain) Hughie Edwards, the Australian airman serving with the RAF ...

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Accession Number SUK10172
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made c. February 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Wing Commander (later Group Captain) Hughie Edwards, the Australian airman serving with the RAF who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his courage and daring in leading a remarkable attack on Bremen, is leaving Buckingham Palace with his wife and mother-in-law after attending an Investiture to receive the decoration. He also received the DFC.