| |||||||
| Portal | Forums | Watch Videos | WW2 Radio | Register | Arcade | Gallery | FAQ | Members List | Calendar | Mark Forums Read |
| The war in the air Discuss the many aspects of the war from above. |
 |
| | LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
13-09-2007, 02:57 PM
| #1 (permalink) |
| Super Moderator   Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia
Posts: 3,246
You're Top Poster: #3   | Most Decorated Airmen of the Allied Air Forces Air Commodore Sir Hughie Edwards VC, DFC, DSO, MID. http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Edwards_HI.htm His total decorations and awards.
Hughie Edwards VC.jpg Hughie Edwards VC Plaque.jpg
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm Last edited by spidge; 13-09-2007 at 03:03 PM. |
|  |
|
13-09-2007, 03:16 PM
| #2 (permalink) |
| Άρης  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Terra something or other
Posts: 5,241
You're Top Poster: #1  | JOHN RANDALL DANIEL "BOB" BRAHAM RAF 3 Distinguished Service Orders 3 Distinguished Flying Crosses Air Force Cross Belgian Order of the Crown with Palm, Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm 1939/45 Star Battle of Britain Clasp Air Crew Europe Star France & Germany Clasp War Medal with M.I.D. Canadian Forces Decoration & Bar
__________________ _________________  Beaufighter TF Mark Xs (NV427 'EO-L' nearest) of No. 404 Squadron RCAF based at Dallachy, Morayshire, breaking formation during a flight along the Scottish coast. February 1945. |
|
| |
|
13-09-2007, 03:32 PM
| #3 (permalink) | |
| Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia
Posts: 3,246
You're Top Poster: #3 | Quote:
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm | |
|
| |
|
13-09-2007, 03:40 PM
| #4 (permalink) |
| Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia
Posts: 3,246
You're Top Poster: #3 | David John Shannon RAAF The most highly decorated Royal Australian airman flying, 22 year old 407729 Flight Lieutenant David John Shannon DSO and Bar DFC and Bar, of Bridgewater, SA, member of the Dambusters, was one of nineteen Australian airmen who attended Buckingham Palace for an investiture in 1945. David Shannon was only 20 years old when included in the first wave of the Dambusters Raid. David John Shannon.jpg
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm |
|
| |
|
13-09-2007, 03:47 PM
| #5 (permalink) |
| Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia
Posts: 3,246
You're Top Poster: #3 | Wing Commander Adrian "Warby" Warburton Wing Commander Adrian "Warby" Warburton (10 March 1918 in Middlesbrough - 12 April 1944 over Germany) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot during the Second World War. He became legendary in the RAF for his role in the defence of Malta. His gallantry was recognised by the award of the Distinguished Service Order and Bar, the Distinguished Flying Cross and two Bars and an American Distinguished Flying Cross. The son of a naval officer, Warburton was christened on board a submarine in Grand Harbour, Valetta, Malta. He attended St Edward's School in Oxford, where two other famous airmen, Guy Gibson and Douglas Bader, were also educated. Warburton RAF.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Warburton http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwa...llery_03.shtml
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm |
|
| |
|
13-09-2007, 03:58 PM
| #6 (permalink) |
| Άρης Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Terra something or other
Posts: 5,241
You're Top Poster: #1 | Air Vice-Marshal J E "Johnnie" Johnson Companion of Bath Commander of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order and 2 Bars Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar Légion d'honneur (France) Croix de Guerre (Belgium) Order of Léopold (Belgium) Distinguished Flying Cross (USA) Air Medal (USA) Legion of Merit (USA)
__________________ _________________ Beaufighter TF Mark Xs (NV427 'EO-L' nearest) of No. 404 Squadron RCAF based at Dallachy, Morayshire, breaking formation during a flight along the Scottish coast. February 1945. |
|
| |
|
13-09-2007, 08:41 PM
| #7 (permalink) |
| Άρης Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Terra something or other
Posts: 5,241
You're Top Poster: #1 | Lieutenant Colonel JAY ZEAMER USAAF http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Zeamer,_Jr. Medal of Honor Silver Star with oak leaf cluster (third highest medal for bravery) (Oak leaf is equivalent to a Bar) Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster Purple Heart Air Medal with oak leaf cluster World War II Victory Medal American Defense Service Medal American Campaign Medal Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
__________________ _________________ Beaufighter TF Mark Xs (NV427 'EO-L' nearest) of No. 404 Squadron RCAF based at Dallachy, Morayshire, breaking formation during a flight along the Scottish coast. February 1945. |
|
| |
|
13-09-2007, 08:45 PM
| #8 (permalink) |
| Άρης Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Terra something or other
Posts: 5,241
You're Top Poster: #1 | Richard "Dick" Ira Bong - United States' highest-scoring air ace http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...nd_decorations Medal of Honor Distinguished Service Cross Silver Star with oak leaf cluster Distinguished Flying Crosses with six oak leaf clusters Air Medal with 14 oak leaf clusters American Defense Service Medal American Campaign Medal Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
__________________ _________________ Beaufighter TF Mark Xs (NV427 'EO-L' nearest) of No. 404 Squadron RCAF based at Dallachy, Morayshire, breaking formation during a flight along the Scottish coast. February 1945. |
|
| |
|
13-09-2007, 08:48 PM
| #9 (permalink) |
| Άρης Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Terra something or other
Posts: 5,241
You're Top Poster: #1 | Frederick Walker Castle - USAAF http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederi...nd_decorations Medal of Honor Silver Star Legion of Merit Distinguished Flying Cross (with three oak leaf clusters) Air Medal (with four oak leaf clusters) Purple Heart American Defense Service Medal European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (8 battle stars) World War II Victory Medal Croix de Guerre, with palm, Belgium Legion of Honor Virtuti Militari , Silver Cross Class V (Poland) Order of Kutuzov, 2d Class (USSR)
__________________ _________________ Beaufighter TF Mark Xs (NV427 'EO-L' nearest) of No. 404 Squadron RCAF based at Dallachy, Morayshire, breaking formation during a flight along the Scottish coast. February 1945. |
|
| |
|
13-09-2007, 09:30 PM
| #10 (permalink) |
| Άρης Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Terra something or other
Posts: 5,241
You're Top Poster: #1 | František Fajtl - Czech Fighter Pilot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franti%C5%A1ek_Fajtl Order of The White Lion 3rd class military (Řád bílého lva, vojenská skupina, III. třída Czech Republic) Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Grand-Croix of the French Légion d'Honneur (France) Order of The White Lion "For Victory" (Řád bílého lva "Za vítězství", Czechoslovakia) Czechoslovak Military Cross (Československý válečný kříž, Czechoslovakia) - 4x Order of The Slovak National Uprise, 1st class (Řád Slovenského národního povstání 1. třídy, Czechoslovakia) Order of M.R.Štefánik (Czech and Slovak Federal Republic)
__________________ _________________ Beaufighter TF Mark Xs (NV427 'EO-L' nearest) of No. 404 Squadron RCAF based at Dallachy, Morayshire, breaking formation during a flight along the Scottish coast. February 1945. |
|
| |
|
« Previous Thread
|
Next Thread »
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
Linear Mode
| |
All times are GMT. The time now is 11:38 AM.
