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Old 19-03-17, 07:06 PM
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Default SWW RAF HEROES,1968

© Crown Copyright. IWM (RAF-T 8374) At the parade to mark the disbanding of Fighter Command held at RAF Bentley Priory on 30 April 1968, Air Marshal Sir Frederick Rosier KCB CBE DSO ADC, the last Air Officer Commander in Chief (AOCinC) of the command stands with several of the most famous Second World War aces, from left to right: Air Vice Marshal ‘Johnny’ Johnson CBE DSO** DFC*, Group Captain P W Townsend CVO DSO DFC*, Wing Commander R R S Tuck DSO DFC** DFC (US), Air Commodore A C Deere OBE DSO DFC* DFC (US) and Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader CBE DSO* DFC*.

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