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STUDIO PORTRAIT OF 404765 SQUADRON LEADER ARTHUR STANLEY GRANT DSO DFC AND BAR (1913-1991). HE WAS A NAVIGATOR WITH NO. 455 SQUADRON RAAF (HAMPDEN), NO. 420 SQUADRON RCAF (HAMPDEN), NO. 50 SQUADRON RAF, NO. 49 SQUADRON (PATHFINDER) RAF (LANCASTER), NO. 139 SQUADRON RAF (MOSQUITO), NO. 156 SQUADRON RAF (LANCASTER) AND BOMBING DEVELOPMENT UNIT (BDU - HALIFAX AND STIRLING BOMBERS) BETWEEN 1941-12 AND 1944-07.
Distinguished Service Order (Geo VI). Unnamed as issued. This Distinguished Service Order was awarded to Flying Officer Arthur Stanley Grant for his actions during a bombing mission over Le Creusot,
Mixed papers, including flying logbook, commissions, citations, Path Finder Force Permanent Badge certificate, newspaper cuttings, re-union papers.
LONDON, ENGLAND. 1943-09-28. 404765 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT A. S. GRANT DSO DFC, BRISBANE, QLD, OUTSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE AFTER BEING DECORATED.
SWINDERBY, ENGLAND. 1943-06-06. 403474 FLYING OFFICER R. M. MATHIESON, NSW, WHO HAS JUST COMPLETED A TOUR OF OPERATIONS WITH NO. 455 (HAMPDEN) SQUADRON RAAF AND IS NOW ASSISTANT SIGNALS OFFICER AT NO.
Informal portrait of 428310 Flying Officer (FO) Stanley John Stephen Harrison RAAF, attached to No 156 Pathfinder Squadron RAF at Upwood, England, in the cockpit of a Lancaster bomber. FO Harrison enl
Informal portrait of 428310 Flying Officer (FO) Stanley John Stephen Harrison RAAF, attached to No 156 Pathfinder Squadron RAF at Upwood, England, in the cockpit of a Lancaster bomber. FO Harrison enl
Distinguished Service Order (Geo VI). Unnamed as issued. This Distinguished Service Order was awarded to Flying Officer Arthur Stanley Grant for his actions during a bombing mission over Le Creusot,
Two Hampden aircraft (left and right) of No. 455 Squadron RAAF on the tarmac at a RAF Station with a Wellington aircraft (centre).
1939-45 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details. 408295 Eric George Gentle was born in Tasmania in 1919 and enlisted in the RAAF in September 1941. By March 1943 he was a qualified navigato
