Studio portrait of Officer Cadet George Richard Taylor in 1937. Taylor graduated from initial flying training with the RAAF in December 1937 and then went to England, where he joined the RAF. He was among the first Australians on Bomber Command to be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), having, by September 1940, completed thirty-two operations and been described as one who 'regardless of adverse weather conditions and severe enemy opposition' always pressed home his attacks. An acting Squadron Leader with No. 207 Squadron RAF, Taylor, piloting an Avro Manchester (the prototype of the Lancaster), was killed on an operation to Berlin on 13–14 August 1941. [AWM P03481.001]
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AWM P03481.001
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