UK0024 Accession Number: UK0024

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LONDON, ENGLAND. 1943-02-09. PORTRAIT OF PILOT OFFICER (PO) WHEELER, OUTSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE AFTER HE HAD RECEIVED HIS DECORATION FROM HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE VI. ALTHOUGH THE AIRCRAFT IN WHICH HE WAS RETURNING FROM A RAID OVER GERMANY WAS ATTACKED FIFTEEN TIMES AND HIS HANDS WERE BADLY INJURED, 404663 PO D. J. WHEELER, BRISBANE, QLD, WIRELESS OPERATOR/AIR GUNNER SERVING WITH THE RAF, CONTINUED HIS DUTIES OF FIRE CONTROL, AND LATER RENDERED FIRST AID TO ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE CREW.

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UK0024
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
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Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
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Copyright expired - public domain

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