PRESTWICK, SCOTLAND. C. 1944-10. AIR VICE MARSHAL H. N. WRIGLEY CBE DFC AFC, AIR OFFICER ...

PRESTWICK, SCOTLAND. C. 1944-10. AIR VICE MARSHAL H. N. WRIGLEY CBE DFC AFC, AIR OFFICER COMMANDING, RAAF OVERSEAS HEADQUARTERS, BIDDING FAREWELL TO FLIGHT SERGEANT H. TICKLE, ADELAIDE, SA, WHO HAS HAD CHARGE OF MAINTENANCE FOR "GEORGE" FOR HER NINETY OPERATIONAL FLIGHTS WITH NO. 460 SQUADRON RAAF. THE VETERAN RAAF LANCASTER "G FOR GEORGE" 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.