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Collection: Clegg, Peter Vernon. Isaacson, Peter - folder

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Biography of Wing Commander P Isaacson AM, DFC, AFC, DFM RAAF and research related to same, part of 156 (PFF) sqn with AG Lang and L Verdon-Roe

Peter Isaacson biography relating to him surviving two tours in Bomber Command and then to being asked take a Lancaster to Australia westabout and describing his journey. Continues with early life moving to Australia, being selected for RAAF aircrew…

Tags: 156 Squadron; 460 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb struck; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; ground personnel; Lancaster; mess; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; promotion; RAF Lichfield; RAF Warboys; training; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force

Flight Lieutenant Peter Isaacson DFC, DFM

Half length portrait of an RAAF officer wearing uniform tunic with pilot's brevet, medal ribbons , Pathfinder badge, and peaked cap. Captioned 'Flight Lieutenant Peter Isaacson DFC, DFM, in 1943'.

Tags: aircrew; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Pathfinders; pilot

Peter Isaacson and his parents

Half length image of two men and a woman standing in line. In the middle an RAAF officer wearing uniform tunic with pilot's brevet, medal ribbons, pathfinder badge and peaked cap, holding gloves. On the left a woman wearing coat and hat and on the…

Tags: aircrew; Pathfinders; pilot