Wing Commander Peter Isaacson AM DFC AFC DFM

Lancaster pilot with RAF Bomber Command who flew Q-for-Queenie under the Sydney Harbour Bridge, then built Peter Isaacson Publications.

1 min read First published 5 May 2020

Peter Stuart Isaacson AM DFC AFC DFM

Wing Commander Peter Isaacson AM DFC AFC DFM (1920–2017) flew 45 operations with RAF Bomber Command, with No 460 Squadron RAAF and later the Pathfinder Force. In 1943 he flew the Lancaster Q-for-Queenie from England to Australia to promote war loans, and famously flew it under the Sydney Harbour Bridge. After the war he founded Peter Isaacson Publications and chaired the trustees of Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance from 1983 to 2000.

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