Peter Isaacson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian pilot and publisher
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Place of Birth: London
About Peter Isaacson
- Peter Stuart Isaacson, AM, DFC, AFC, DFM (31 July 1920 – 7 April 2017) was an Australian publisher and decorated military pilot.
- He was the owner of Peter Isaacson Publications, publisher of various trade journals and suburban newspapers including the Southern Cross and the Sunday Observer in Melbourne.
- During World War II, he served in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as a pilot with RAF Bomber Command and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Force Cross and the Distinguished Flying Medal. Isaacson grew up in Melbourne and started working for a newspaper when he was sixteen.
- He joined the RAAF in 1940.
- Following his stint in Bomber Command, he became well known in Australia for his tours in the Avro Lancaster Q-for-Queenie to promote the sale of war loans and, in particular, for flying his plane under the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1943.
- He transferred to the RAAF Reserve after the war, retiring as a wing commander in 1969.
- From 1956 he served as a Trustee, Chairman, and finally Life Governor of the Victorian Shrine of Remembrance.
- In 1991 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for his publishing and community work.
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