PRESTWICK, SCOTLAND. C. 1944-10. FLIGHT SERGEANT HARRY TICKLE, ADELAIDE, SA, WHO WAS MENTIONED IN ...

PRESTWICK, SCOTLAND. C. 1944-10. FLIGHT SERGEANT HARRY TICKLE, ADELAIDE, SA, WHO WAS MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES FOR HIS EXCELLENT SERVICE IN CHARGE OF THE MAINTENANCE FLIGHT WHICH CARED FOR THE VETERAN LANCASTER "G FOR GEORGE" OF NO. 460 SQUADRON RAAF, THROUGHOUT THE AIRCRAFT'S LONG OPERATIONAL CAREER. HE WAS ALSO IN THE CREW OF THE AIRCRAFT WHEN IT SET OFF ON THE 1300 MILE FLIGHT FROM PRESTWICK AERODROME 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.