Collection search - Flying Officer Jack Ryan, DFC, of Toronto (Silver Birch Ave), has just finished a tour of operational flying as a pilot with the Alouette squadron of RCAF Bomber Group during which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He won the decoration for bombing a target in the Forest de Nieppe in France after two of the motors of his four-engined Halifax had been shot up by flak and then making his home base
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Flying Officer Jack Ryan, DFC, of Toronto (Silver Birch Ave), has just finished a tour of operational flying as a pilot with the Alouette squadron of RCAF Bomber Group during which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He won the decoration for bombing a target in the Forest de Nieppe in France after two of the motors of his four-engined Halifax had been shot up by flak and then making his home base
Hierarchical level:ItemDate:18 September 1944Reference:Box number: 36407, File number: UK-15517File no. (creator):UK-15517Item no. (creator):PL-33337Type of material:PhotographsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:6069421Context of this record: -
Record information – Details Date(s):18 September 1944Place of creation:CanadaExtent:1 photograph : b&w neg.Language of material:EnglishFinding aid no.:Additional information:Source:Government -
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