RAF Mildenhall senior leaders pay tribute to Victoria Cross winner Rawdon H. Middleton

Royal Air Force 92nd Squadron Leader Alastair Balmer, RAF commander, paid a small tribute at the grave of Pilot Officer Rawdon H. Middleton at Mildenhall, England, Nov. 29, 2021. Middleton was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in combat that may be presented to members of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth Armed Forces and was the first to any serving member of the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Alvaro Villagomez)

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RAF Mildenhall senior leaders pay tribute to Victoria Cross winner Rawdon H. Middleton

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Michael Venning, 100th Air Refueling Wing command chief, pays his respects at a grave belonging to Pilot Officer Rawdon H. Middleton at St. John’s Beck Row churchyard, Mildenhall, England, Nov. 24, 2021. Middleton was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in combat that may be presented to members of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth Armed Forces and was the first to any serving member of the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Alvaro Villagomez)

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RAF Mildenhall senior leaders pay tribute to Victoria Cross winner Rawdon H. Middleton

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Michael Venning, 100th Air Refueling Wing command chief, and Royal Air Force 92nd Squadron Leader Alastair Balmer, RAF commander, salute the grave of late Rawdon H. Middleton at St. Johns Beck Row, churchyard, Mildenhall, England, Nov. 24, 2021. Both service members paid respect to late Pilot Officer Rawdon Middleton on the 74th anniversary of his death. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Alvaro Villagomez)

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RAF Mildenhall senior leaders pay tribute to Victoria Cross winner Rawdon H. Middleton

Grave of late Pilot Officer Rawdon H. Middleton sits at the St John’s Beck Row churchyard at Mildenhall, England, Nov. 29, 2021. Middleton's bravery was recorded in the English press and earned him the admiration of the British public and a posthumous Victoria Cross. (Air Force photo by Airman Alvaro Villagomez)

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RAF Mildenhall senior leaders pay tribute to Victoria Cross winner Rawdon H. Middleton

Published Dec. 1, 2021
By Airman Alvaro Villagomez
100th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

ROYAL AIR FORCE MILDENHALL, England -- U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Michael Venning, 100th Air Refueling Wing command chief, and Royal Air Force 92nd Squadron Leader Alastair Balmer,& RAF commander, paid a small tribute ;at the grave of Pilot Officer Rawdon Hume Middleton VC RAAF at Mildenhall, England, Nov. 24.

The tribute was to mark the 79th anniversary of the action that saw Middleton posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross (VC). This is highest award for gallantry in combat that may be presented to members of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth Armed Forces and was the first to any serving member of the R.A.A.F in World War II.