Place | Europe: United Kingdom, Scotland |
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Accession Number | UK2055 |
Collection type | Photograph |
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Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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PRESTWICK, SCOTLAND. C. 1944-10. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT E. A. HUDSON DFC AND BAR, ROCKHAMPTON, QLD, ...
PRESTWICK, SCOTLAND. C. 1944-10. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT E. A. HUDSON DFC AND BAR, ROCKHAMPTON, QLD, LEFT, CAPTAIN OF THE AIRCRAFT, "GEORGE", RUNNING UP THE MOTORS JUST BEFORE TAKE-OFF ON THE FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA. THE SECOND PILOT FLYING OFFICER F. P. SMITH DFC, NEWCASTLE, NSW, LOOKS ON. THE VETERAN RAAF LANCASTER "G FOR GEORGE" OF NO. 460 SQUADRON RAAF, 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.