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Leading Aircraftman ALBERT MATTHEW OSBORNE

Service Number: 1058637
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 01 April 1942

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY

Prot. Sec. (Men's). Plot F. Coll. grave 96.

Malta

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • 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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Buried or commemorated at

MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY
Malta
Number of casualties: 2656
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