PRESTWICK, SCOTLAND. C. 1944-10. THE AIR OFFICER COMMANDING, RAAF OVERSEAS HEADQUARTERS, AIR VICE ...

PRESTWICK, SCOTLAND. C. 1944-10. THE AIR OFFICER COMMANDING, RAAF OVERSEAS HEADQUARTERS, AIR VICE MARSHAL H. N. WRIGLEY CBE DFC AFC, BIDS FAREWELL TO THE CAPTAIN OF LANCASTER "G FOR GEORGE" OF NO. 460 SQUADRON RAAF, FLIGHT LIEUTENANT E. A. HUDSON DFC AND BAR, PILOT, AS HE SETS OFF ON THE 1300 MILE FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA VIA CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES. IT WAS HER NINETY FIRST "SORTIE" FROM BRITAIN. THE OTHER NINETY WERE MADE OVER GERMANY AND ENEMY OCCUPIED TERRITORY WITH SQUADRONS FROM RAF BOMBER COMMAND. "GEORGE" WAS PRESENTED BY THE RAF TO THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MUSEUM, CANBERRA, ACT, IN RECOGNITION OF THE SERVICE SHE AND OTHER HEAVY BOMBERS OF THE RAAF SQUADRONS HAVE PERFORMED IN THE GREAT OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE NAZIS.