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British Royal Air Force Flying...

history · 30 May 1942 · 82 years ago

British Royal Air Force Flying Officer Leslie Manser, from 50 Squadron at Skellingthorpe, was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for remaining with his doomed Manchester bomber while his crew parachute to safety. 

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