Barbara Jane Harrison: Difference between revisions

'''Barbara Jane Harrison''' [[George Cross|GC]] (24 May 1945&nbsp;– 8 April 1968), known as '''Jane Harrison''',<ref>Michael Ashcroft, ''George Cross Heroes'', 2010</ref> was a British [[flight attendant]] who was posthumously awarded the [[George Cross]] for her role in the evacuation of [[BOAC Flight 712]]. She is one of fourfive women to have been awarded the George Cross for heroism<ref>Other women have received awards that were later replaced by the GC for actions in peacetime</ref> and theone of only two woman awarded the medal for gallantry in peacetime the other being [[Nanette Hanson]]. The other three female George Cross recipients served with the [[Special Operations Executive]] in occupied France during the [[Second World War]].