Wing Commander George Clinton Keefer, DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar, Netherlands Flying Cross, French Croix de Guerre with Gold Star (Bill McRae Photo) Squadron Leader Ian Ormston on the left and Squadron Leader George Keefer on the right, show off a pair of German Shepherd pups at RAF Tangmere, UK, in the months leading … Read more
F/O William ‘Willy’ McKnight, DFC and Bar, No. 242 (Canadian) Squadron RAF (IWM Photo) William Lidstone”Willie” McKnight joined the RAF in early 1939 and served in No. 242Squadron RAF during the final phase of the Battle of France, covering theAllied retreat from Brittany, and later the Battle of Britain. McKnight’saircraft wore a distinct cartoon of a … Read more
Group Captain Percival Stanley Turner, DSO, DFC and Bar (IWM Photo, CH 1376) Flight-Lieutenant P S Turner of No. 242Squadron RAF, rests on the tail elevator of his Hawker Hurricane Mark I, after landing at Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire, (No. 242 Squadron were based at Coltishall, Norfolk at this time). Turner, a Canadian citizen, was a successful … Read more
