C. 1940. PORTRAIT OF SERGEANT FREDERICK W EARP, RAAF. IN 1942 FLIGHT SERGEANT EARP WAS ATTACHED ...

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Accession Number P01395.005
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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C. 1940. PORTRAIT OF SERGEANT FREDERICK W EARP, RAAF. IN 1942 FLIGHT SERGEANT EARP WAS ATTACHED TO THE 93RD BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, 19 BOMBARDMENT GROUP, UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE AS A CO-PILOT FLYING B17'S. FOR HIS PART DURING A RAID ON RABAUL HE WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE UNITED STATES DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS. (DONOR:W. CONNELL)