Originally Posted by
Wander00
Grandfather of a friend was nav/bomb aimer in Wg Cdr HG Malcolm's crew. Those two and the gunner were killed, Malcolm won the VC, but the others' gallantry was unrecognised by any medal.
At the time the only gallantry medal which could be awarded posthumously was the Victoria Cross. I have seen reference to posthumous DFCs, etc, but these can only refer to awards which were recommended for an individual who was still alive but who subsequently died before the actual medal was presented. An MID could be awarded posthumously but I have no information if this was the case in this incident. The Falklands War was the first major conflict for which gallantry medals other than the VC were awarded posthumously.
Incidentally doing a bit of background reading on this operation, which can best be described as a suicide mission, I discovered that Lady Tedder named the Malcolm Clubs after Hugh Malcolm, a fact that had previously passed me by.