A pair of prize medals appertaining to Leading Aircraftsman A. G. Cronk, Royal Air Force, who was killed in the Quetta earthquake in May 1935, while serving in No. 31 Squadron, comprising 2nd Indian Division (Baluchistan District) Medal for Athletics, Winning Team, silver, the reverse inscribed to ‘L.A.C. Cronk, No. 31 (A.C.) Sqdn., 1933’, and Royal Air Force, India, Sir Geoffrey Salmon Bombing Competition Medal, silver, the reverse inscribed ‘L.A.C. A. G. Cronk, No. 31 (A.C.) Sqn., 1935’, good very fine (2) £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to the R.F.C., R.N.A.S. and R.A.F..

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The Royal Air Force suffered 160 casualties in the Quetta earthquake, 22 of them from No. 31 Squadron.