Vincent Bushy Parker(11 February 1918 – 29 January 1946) was an Australian Royal Air Force flying ace, a prisoner of war and a serial escaper. He participated in the Second World War.
Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1935. Parker moved to Sydney in 1938 and from here, he decided to travel to Britain. In Britain he socialised with his two brothers... and joined the RAF.
Parker and two comrades flew Spitfires on a practice run. The weather disrupted them.
Near to Portland, the Weymouth Battle of Britain Memorial. Parker, Hardy, Hight and Zygmunt were part of The Few.
Box camera... The guards found the camera on a spare bunk.
Air Commodore Geoffrey Dalton Stephenson, was a senior Royal Air Force officer. He served as Commandant of the Central Flying School and Central Fighter Establishment, and Aide-de-Camp to the monarch.
Stephenson's Spitfire, 'N3200 QV', performing at an air show in 2017
RAF mess at Colditz. Stephenson is seated second from the left. Also shown, F/Lt Albert van Rood (fifth from left, standing), F/Lt John Patrick 'Bag' Dickinson, (first left sitting), F/Lt Vincent 'Bushy' Parker (sitting 3rd from left), Douglas Bader (sitting, centre), also shown Dominic Bruce (sitting, furthest right)
