George Charles Calder "Tich" Palliser, DFC, AE (11 January 1919 – 24 September 2011) was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War.
[1] Palliser joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1939 as an airman under training as a pilot.
He was called up to full-time service, at the rank of sergeant pilot at the outbreak of war, and was posted to No.
6 Operational Training Unit at RAF Sutton Bridge in July 1940 and joined No.
Palliser was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, which was gazetted on 30 January 1942.
He was admitted to Baragwanath Military Hospital in Johannesburg on 21 January 1944 and remained there until leaving for Great Britain on 24 May 1944.
Following his career in the RAF, Palliser moved to South Africa with his family.
He settled and recommenced his career as an engineer, including ship and plane building.
An illustrious career, including senior positions in the mining industry later took him and his family to the United States, Asia, and finally Australia.