AWM caption : LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND. 1943-08-31. CREST ON "R" FOR ROBERT, A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Lancaster" class="extiw" title="en:Avro Lancaster">LANCASTER AIRCRAFT</a> BELONGING TO <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._467_Squadron_RAAF" class="extiw" title="en:No. 467 Squadron RAAF">NO. 467 SQUADRON RAAF</a> OF BOMBER COMMAND BASED AT <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Waddington" class="extiw" title="en:RAF Waddington">RAF STATION WADDINGTON</a>. ORIGINALLY "W" FOR WILLIE, THE EMBLEM REPRESENTS <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Billy_(Tasmania)" class="extiw" title="en:King Billy (Tasmania)">KING BILLY</a> SITTING ON A BOMB. IT WAS DESIGNED AND PAINTED BY 11181 SERGEANT A. M. A. BARNETT, CARTOONIST OF RAAF OVERSEAS HEADQUARTERS, LONDON. THE SPEAR TIPS REPRESENT THE RAIDS OVER ENEMY TERRITORY AND THE DFC WAS WON BY THE CAPTAIN 408806 PILOT OFFICER J. GOOD DFC, WINSLOW, VIC.
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1943-08-31
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