Air Vice Marshal Francis Hubert (Frank) McNamara, was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for valour in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to a member of the British and Commonwealth forces.
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Lieutenant McNamara at Point Cook, Victoria, 1916
McNamara VC, c. 1917
Captain McNamara flying an Avro 504K over St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, c. 1919-20. He was later married in the cathedral.
Air Vice Marshal McNamara (right) greets Australian airmen upon their arrival in Britain, 1941
McNamara at Buckingham Palace, London, for his investiture as a Companion of the Bath, flanked by his wife and son, in May 1945Awards 3
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Air Vice Marshal Francis Hubert (Frank) McNamara, was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for valour in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to a member of the British and Commonwealth forces. Serving with the Australian Flying Corps, he was honoured for his actions on 20 March 1917, when he rescued a fellow pilot who had been forced down behind enemy lines. McNamara was the first Australian aviator - and the only one in World War I - to receive the Victoria Cross. He later became a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
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