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
4 biographies in Victoria Cross Clear filters
Air Commodore Sir Hughie Idwal Edwards VC KCMG CB DSO OBE DFC
Blenheim raid leader · Governor of Western Australia
Air Vice-Marshal Francis Hubert (Frank) McNamara VC CB CBE
Martinsyde pilot · No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Flight Lieutenant William (Bill) Ellis Newton VC
Boston bomber pilot · No. 22 Squadron RAAF
Pilot Officer Rawdon Hume (Ron) Middleton VC
Stirling bomber captain · No. 149 Squadron RAF
Salute someone
Know someone whose service should be recorded here?
A relative, a Branch member, a name on a memorial. Send us what you know — a service number and a photograph are enough to start — and the Association’s heritage volunteers will research and write the biography with you.
Keep their stories alive
Know a story that belongs here — a relative, a squadron, an aircraft? Tell us, and help the Association record and share the service of the Air Force family.