P02953.003 Accession Number: P02953.003

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Informal portrait of 420539 Flying Officer (FO) George Martin Burcher DFC DFM, No. 10 (Halifax) Squadron RAF, leaning against a Halifax Mk III aircraft ZA LV863, O - Oboe. FO Burcher was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal on 11 February 1944 for "great skill, courage and devotion to duty" when his aircraft was hit by shrapnel setting the engine on fire, while on a bombing raid over Berlin. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on 14 July 1944 for being "a most outstanding captain whose fighting qualities and personal courage have greatly inspired his crews". He returned to Australia in June 1945, taking up a staff position at Tocumwal, later flying repatriated Prisoners of War (POWs) home from Manila. (Donor G. Burcher)

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Accession Number
P02953.003
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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