AWM Collection Record: UK0331
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ID Number: | UK0331 |
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| Place made: | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London | ||
| Date made: | 27 July 1943 | ||
| Physical description: | Black & white | ||
| Summary: | 404648 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) William Walter Blessing DSO DFC, RAAF serving with 105 Squadron, RAF of Braidwood NSW (centre) outside Buckingham Palace after an Investiture, with Miss A P Birch (later became his wife) and Mr. H Birch of London. Sqn Ldr Blessing was awarded the DFC for leadership in the low-level daylight attack on the railway workshops at Paderbornand, deep in Germany in 1943-03, and the DSO for his part in the daylight attack on the optical glassworks at Jena, 1943-05-27, when he led a flight of Mosquito aircraft through appalling weather and fierce anti-aircraft fire. Sqn Ldr Blessing was lost on operations over Normandy in France on July 7, 1944, and is buried in the La Delivrande War Cemetery near Caen in France | ||
| Copyright: | Copyright expired - public domain | ||
| Copyright holder: | Copyright Expired | ||
| Related subject: | Award investitures | ||
| Related unit: | Royal Australian Air Force | ||
| Related place: | Germany; United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London | ||
| Related conflict: | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Last-Modified: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:12:49 GMT
