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