Leading Aircraftman ALBERT MATTHEW OSBORNE
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Died 01 April 1942
Age 35 years old
MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY
Prot. Sec. (Men's). Plot F. Coll. grave 96.
Malta
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards George Cross
- Additional Info Son of Albert Edward and Annie Margaret Osborne, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.
- Additional Citation note
A posthumous George Cross was awarded to Leading Aircraftman A.M. Osborne, R.A.F., for his fearless conduct in fire-fighting and rescue operations in which he saved pilots and others from certain death. He was killed on 2nd April, 1942 whilst leading a party to extinguish the flames in a burning aircraft. The Air Officer Commanding R.A.F. Mediterranean said that Aircraftman Osborne was "one of the bravest men it has been my privilege to meet".
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