File:Medal, decoration (AM 2007.13.10-14).jpg
Page contents not supported in other languages.
Appearance
Size of this preview: 800 × 364 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 146 pixels | 640 × 291 pixels | 1,024 × 466 pixels | 1,872 × 852 pixels.
Original file (1,872 × 852 pixels, file size: 132 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below. Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help. |
Summary
Medal, decoration ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Artist |
Thomas Humphrey Paget |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Title |
Medal, decoration |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Object type |
medallion object_type QS:P31,Q131647 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: Distinguished Flying Medal to 401791 Flying Officer Sgt. Onslow Waldo Thompson, RNZAF, WW2 silver oval medal, 35mm wide, winged suspension bar, with ribbon obverse- effigy of King George VI reverse- Athena Nike seated on airplane with hawk on her arm, dated 1918, FOR COURAGE named on rim- N.Z. 401791 SGT. O.W. THOMPSON R.N.Z.A.F ribbon- 32mm wide, diagonal stripes of alternating purple and white |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | Unknown date; 1939-1943; World War 2-wars; 20 Feb 2007; 27 Feb 2007; George VI (1936 - 1952)-House of Windsor-English reign | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
length: 85mm |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q758657 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Accession number |
2007.13.10 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of creation | United Kingdom; Unknown; Mediterranean Sea | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Exhibition history | Display: 9F | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2007.13.10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes | Distinguished Flying Medal awarded to Flying Officer NZ401791 Onslow Waldo Thompson. Onslow Thompson was serving as Pilot Officer with 107 Squadron when he was awarded the DFM ion April 1942. His citation read- "This airman has completed 43 sorties. During these operations he has attacked a variety of targets, obtaining hits on warehouses at Catanzaro, destroying a number of lorries on attack on Soveranto. He took part in a second attack on a 10,000 ton enemy merchant ship which resulted in its complete abandonment. On another occasion he attacked a heavily laden merchant vessel off Tripoli - the vessel subsequently sank. This airman has shown able leadership and great determination in pressing home his attacks." Onslow Thompson served with the RAF-RNZAF during WW2, receiving his initial training in New Zealand, having enlisted at Initial Training Wing Levin on 2 July 1940 as Airman Pilot under training. He served with 107 Squadron in the Mediterranean as Flying Officer when awarded the DFM. Onslow was subsequently killed in action on 1 May 1943 while flying with 105 Squadron, Bomber Command. Cause of death- air crash, due to engine failure on a Mosquito BIV DK338-0. He is buried at Marham Royal Air Force Cemetery, Norfolk, (Memorial Name- Cross of Sacrifice). Details of final flight from "For Your Tomorrow", Vol. 2- "Sat 1-Sun 2 May 1943 - BOMBER COMMAND - Raid on Philips factory at Eindhoven, Netherlands (by six Mosquitos - one lost). 105 Squadron, RAF (Marham, Norfolk, 2 Group) Mosquito BIV DK338-0 - took off at 1407 but almost immediately suffered failure of the starboard engine. Unfortunately, the port propeller was feathered in error, causing the bomber to stall and crash 1-4 mile SW of the airfield. Both crew died, the pilot being buried at Marham. It was found that the engine had cut because the main fuel cock had not been fully turned on. Shortly after the accident the raid was abandoned because of cloud cover over the target. Pilot- NZ401791 Fg Off Onslow Waldo THOMPSON, DFM, RNZAF Age 26, 932 hours solo. Thompson's total number of ops is unknown, but by April 1942 he had completed at least 43. While serving in the M3edioterranean theatre, most or all of them with the Malta-based detachment of 107 Squadron, RAF. His brother Forrest Harold Thompson, died on 21 March 1945 while flying with 161 Squadron, RAF" His brother Forrest Thompson also received the DFM while serving with the RAF-RNZAF during WW2. He was also killed in action when flying as Air Gunner with 161 Squadron, Fighter Command, which was attacked flying over Belgium in 1945. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | Photo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
This image has been released as "CCBY" by Auckland Museum. For details refer to the Commons project page. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification InfoField | 273 |
Licensing
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Attribution: Auckland Museum
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
Items portrayed in this file
depicts
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 08:53, 29 January 2018 | 1,872 × 852 (132 KB) | Fæ | Auckland Museum Page 281.8 Object #28107 2007.13.10 Image 14/16 http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/media/v/80160 |
File usage
No pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed).
Metadata
This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.
If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.
Image title |
| |
---|---|---|
Camera manufacturer | Exif version | 2.21 |
Date and time of digitizing | Unknown date | |
Meaning of each component |
| |
Exposure bias | 0 | |
Maximum land aperture | 3.61328125 APEX (f/3.5) | |
Metering mode | Pattern | |
Light source | Other light source | |
Flash | Flash did not fire, auto mode | |
Supported Flashpix version | 1 | |
Color space | sRGB | |
File source | Digital still camera | |
Custom image processing | Normal process | |
Exposure mode | Auto exposure | |
White balance | Manual white balance | |
Digital zoom ratio | 1 | |
Scene capture type | Standard | |
Scene control | Low gain up | |
Contrast | Normal | |
Saturation | High saturation | |
Sharpness | Normal | |
IIM version | 2 |