Career
With the aid of resistance fighters in Belgium and France, Rawlings made his way to Spain where, after a brief incarceration, he was repatriated. His story is recounted in Half a Wing, Three Engines, and a Prayer by Brian Doctorate. O"Neill (McGraw-Hill Professional, 1999), and The Last Airman, by Roger Rawlings (Harper & Row, 1989). Following the war, Barney Rawlings became a pilot for Transport World Airlines, ultimately becoming a 747 captain.
He retired in 1987.
The dedication ceremony included presentations by North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the United States Air Force, and the Belgian Air Force, which conducted a fly-over by four Belgian jet aircraft.
