Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. Wing Commander J F Griffiths, the Commanding Officer of No. 99 Squadron RAF, standing in front of a Vickers Wellington Mark IA, at Newmarket, Cambridgeshire. This photograph was taken on the occasion of the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross to Griffiths for his determined leadership of the Squadron during an attempted raid on a German convoy in the Schillig Roads, north of Wilhelmshaven on 14 December 1939. Twelve Wellingtons took part, of which three were shot down by enemy anti-aircraft fire and fighters, two collided and one crashed on attempting to land back at Newmarket. John F Griffiths was the first Canadian to be given a permanent commission in the RAF since the First World War.

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. Wing Commander J F Griffiths, the Commanding Officer of No. 99 Squadron RAF, standing in front of a Vickers Wellington Mark IA, at Newmarket, Cambridgeshire. This photograph was taken on the occasion of the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross to Griffiths for his determined leadership of the Squadron during an attempted raid on a German convoy in the Schillig Roads, north of Wilhelmshaven on 14 December 1939. Twelve Wellingtons took part, of which three were shot down by enemy anti-aircraft fire and fighters, two collided and one crashed on attempting to land back at Newmarket. John F Griffiths was the first Canadian to be given a permanent commission in the RAF since the First World War.
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