Poe was assigned to Allied Forces Northern Europe, Oslo, Norway, in August 1952 as a fighter operations officer flying de Havilland Vampires, Gloster Meteors, F-84 Thunderjets and F-86 Sabres with the Royal Norwegian and Royal Danish air forces.
The gun carriage was pulled by 48 seamen and was escorted by honor guards from the Danish Army, Air Force, and Navy, as well as honor guards from France, Sweden, United Kingdom, and the United States.
Royal Navy | United States Air Force | Royal Air Force | Royal Dutch Shell | Royal Society | Royal Albert Hall | Royal Shakespeare Company | Royal Opera House | Royal Victorian Order | Royal Engineers | Royal Australian Navy | United States Army Air Forces | Royal National Theatre | Royal Canadian Navy | Royal Canadian Air Force | Indian Air Force | Royal Court Theatre | Royal Marines | United States Air Force Academy | Special Air Service | Royal Commission | X-Force | Fleet Air Arm | Danish language | Royal Academy of Music | Anne, Princess Royal | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | National Air and Space Museum | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane | Royal Flying Corps |
Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (Denmark) - 20 November 1956, "in recognition of valuable services rendered by him as adviser to the Danish Government on the reorganisation of the Royal Danish Air Force".