I never understood how the posthumous awards given to the pilots were not the same.
To clarify, the captain, Flt Lt Noel Anthony RAAF was awarded a posthumous AFC, while the co-pilot, Fg Off Stephen Belcher received a posthumous QCVSA
Normally when things go well it's the captain who gets the gong, and the rest of the crew receive the lesser award, which I've always thought fair enough, as when it goes wrong it's the captain's neck on the block. In this case the same principle seems to have been applied, but as they were both killed (all others on board survived) I would have thought that it would have been a nice touch for both to have received the posthumous AFC. Not that it would make any difference to them, of course, but might have been nice for Steve Belcher's family.