Three: Flying Officer M. W. J. Luscombe, Royal Air Force

General Service 1918-62, 3 clasps, Malaya, Arabian Peninsula, Cyprus, G.VI.R., subsequent clasps unofficially attached (3110126 Sgt. M. W. J. Luscombe. R.A.F.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (Flt. Lt. M. W. J. Luscombe. R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Fg. Off. M. W. J. Luscombe. R.A.F.) mounted as worn, about extremely fine and a rare combination of awards (3) £400-£500

Michael William John Luscombe was born in Devonport on 10 November 1928 and enlisted in the Royal Air Force in January 1947. He was commissioned Flying Officer in the General Duties Branch on 3 June 1965, from the rank of Master Navigator, and was advanced Flight Lieutenant on 2 June 1968. He served for at least part of his career as a Navigator on rescue helicopters, and was part of the rescue team in the Cairngorm Disaster of November 1971. He retired on 11 November 1978, and died in Moggerhanger, Bedfordshire, on 26 January 2011.

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