Salute Their Service
Biographies of the men and women of the Air Force family — pilots and ground crew, nurses and navigators — written to keep their service on the record.
WAAAF technicians at Mascot, 1944 · State Library of New South Wales · public domain
5 biographies in Bomber Command Clear filters
Pilot Officer Rawdon Hume (Ron) Middleton VC
Stirling bomber captain · No. 149 Squadron RAF
Flying Officer Frederick Michael Spafford DFC DFM
Bomb aimer and Dambuster · 617 Squadron RAF
Flight Lieutenant Robert “Bob” Claude Hay DFC & Bar
Air observer and Dambuster · 617 Squadron RAF
Warrant Officer Norm Ginn
Wireless operator / air gunner · 460 Squadron
Air Commodore John Charles Thorp
Bomber Command navigator · Officer Commanding RAAF Edinburgh
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