16 Mar

File:Flight Lieutenant R H A Lee and Flying Officer K H Blair, after being decorated by King George VI at RAF Hornchurch, Essex, 27 June 1940. CH433.jpg

added categories and/or EN Wikilinks and/or date
← Older revision
Revision as of 04:04, 16 March 2013
Line 3:
Line 3:

Flight-Lieutenant R H A Lee, after being awarded the DSO and DFC, and Flying Officer K H Blair, after being awarded the DFC, by King George VI at RAF Hornchurch, Essex. The awards were given for their distinguished service as fighter pilots with No. 85 Squadron RAF in France. Lee, a flight commander with the Squadron, was posted missing in action on 18 August 1940, having destroyed at least 9 enemy aircraft. Blair flew with No. 151 Squadron RAF during the Battle of Britain, and later converted to night fighters. He finished the war commanding No. 613 Squadron RAF, having brought his victory score to 12.}}

Flight-Lieutenant R H A Lee, after being awarded the DSO and DFC, and Flying Officer K H Blair, after being awarded the DFC, by King George VI at RAF Hornchurch, Essex. The awards were given for their distinguished service as fighter pilots with No. 85 Squadron RAF in France. Lee, a flight commander with the Squadron, was posted missing in action on 18 August 1940, having destroyed at least 9 enemy aircraft. Blair flew with No. 151 Squadron RAF during the Battle of Britain, and later converted to night fighters. He finished the war commanding No. 613 Squadron RAF, having brought his victory score to 12.}}

|author = Daventry B J (Mr), Royal Air Force official photographer

|author = Daventry B J (Mr), Royal Air Force official photographer
−
|date = 1940
+
|date = 1940-07-27

|source = http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//51/media-51612/large.jpg

|source = http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//51/media-51612/large.jpg

* Catalogue number [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205208645 CH 433]

* Catalogue number [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205208645 CH 433]
Line 26:
Line 26:

== {{int:license}} ==

== {{int:license}} ==

{{PD-Scan|1=PD-UKGov|category=}}

{{PD-Scan|1=PD-UKGov|category=}}

+

+
[[Category:No. 85 Squadron RAF]]

+
[[Category:RAF Hornchurch]]

[[Category:Royal Air Force official photographers]]

[[Category:Royal Air Force official photographers]]

[[Category:Images uploaded by Fæ]]

[[Category:Images uploaded by Fæ]]

http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Flight_Lieutenant_R_H_A_Lee_and_Flying_Officer_K_H_Blair,_after_being_decorated_by_King_George_VI_at_RAF_Hornchurch,_Essex,_27_June_1940._CH433.jpg&diff=92658227&oldid=90763282