Thomas Vyner MCCARTHY DFC & Bar

MCCARTHY , Thomas Vyner

    Service Number: 412816
    Enlisted: 20 July 1941
    Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
    Last Unit: Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
    Born: Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia , 14 October 1911
    Home Town: Moss Vale, Wingecarribee, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: New South Wales ,Australia, 1985, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 2 Service

    20 Jul 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 412816, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
    29 Oct 1945: Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 412816, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
    Date unknown: Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 412816, No. 156 Squadron (RAF)

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    Biography contributed by Graham Padget

    Flight Lieutenant Thomas Vyner McCarthy received the DFC and Bar for service with 156 Squadron RAF Pathfinder Force (PFF).
    A veteran of forty-five missions including thirteen to Berlin, he was selected to be a member of the crew of G for George, a No. 460 Squadron RAAF Lancaster bomber, that was flown to Australia in 1944 for a Victory Loan tour. The aircraft is in the Australian War Memorial's collection

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