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Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Allard DFC, DFM by Cuthbert Orde, charcoal and chalk on paper
Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1649
This portrait is one of many that the Air Ministry commissioned from Cuthbert Orde, independently of the War Artists' Advisory Committee (WAAC), to promote the contributions of Fighter Command pilots during the Battle of Britain. It was illustrated in Orde's 1942 book 'Pilots of Fighter Command: Sixty-four Portraits'.
Medal Bar of Warrant Officer William Nathan Addison
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1992/0045/D
William Addison was initially a Wireless Operator but volunteered for aircraft duties at the start of the Battle of Britain in 1940. He flew as an air gunner in Bristol Blenheims with No. 23 Squadron.
Medal Bar of Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Allard
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1989/0210/D
‘Sammy’ Allard was an exceptional and highly popular pilot who destroyed at least ten German aircraft during the Battle of Britain.
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- 85 Squadron (RAF)
- Royal Air Force [3]
- Flt Lt Geoffrey (Sammy) Allard [2]
- 153 Squadron (RAF) [1]
- 226 Operational Conversion Unit (RAF) [1]
- 23 Squadron (RAF) [1]
- 238 Operational Conversion Unit (RAF) [1]
- 253 Squadron (RAF) [1]
- 488 Squadron (RNZAF) [1]
- 5 Squadron (RAF) [1]
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- Battle of Britain, 1940
- Cold War, 1946-1989 [1]
- Falklands Conflict, 1982 [1]
- France, Invasion of, 1940 [1]