A Second War D.F.C. group of six attributed to Flight Lieutenant I. M. Pearson, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, pilot of a Lancaster III bomber who was killed when his aircraft crashed while on a sortie to Berlin on the night of 2-3 January 1944

Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’ and additionally inscribed ‘Ian MacLaren Pearson Flt/Lt. The R.A.F. 2 1 43’; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for wearing, good very fine (6) £1,000-£1,400

D.F.C. London Gazette 29 December 1944 (since deceased). Award with effect from 2 January 1944.

Ian MacLaren Pearson was pilot of Lancaster III ‘JB677 MG-V’ which took off from Oakington at 0013 hrs on the night of 2-3 January 1944 on a sortie to Berlin. The aircraft crashed at Fürstenwalde killing six crew members but one man was taken prisoner. Flight Lieutenant Pearson is commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial.