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Air Vice Marshal
Frederick William Barnes
,
AO
,
DFC
,
AFC
(19 November 1924 ? 4 August 2018) was an Australian pilot and senior
Royal Australian Air Force
(RAAF) officer. Having flown in the
Second World War
and the
Korea War
, he rose to become
Deputy Chief of the Air Staff
(1979?1981).
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For his service in Korea, Barnes was awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross
(DFC) and the United States
Air Medal
.
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In the
1979 Queen's Birthday Honours
, he was appointed an
Officer of the Order of Australia
(AO) "in recognition of service as Air Officer Commanding Support Command".
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