Picture No | 11111941 |
Date | 1940 |
Description | John Hannah and Roderick Learoyd |
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The front cover of The Bystander features John Hannah and Roderick Learoyd, two R.A.F. pilots who recently received the Victoria Cross. Hannah's V.C. was given to him for extinguishing a fire on board his aircraft while under bombardment from A.A. guns, while Learoyd earned his for a daring bombing raid on the Dortmund-Ems Canal.
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Source | Bystander |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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