Auction Catalogue

19 & 20 March 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1304

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20 March 2008

Hammer Price:
£350

Six: Squadron Leader R. H. Gommo, Royal Air Force

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1937; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (335307 F/Sgt., R.A.F.), service number re-impressed, mounted as worn, slight contact marks, very fine (6) £140-180

Flight Sergeant Gommo was appointed a Warrant Officer in January 1939 and was commissioned a Flying Officer in the Technical (Engineering) Branch of the R.A.F. in July 1940. He was promoted to Flight Lieutenant in March 1945 and Squadron Leader in January 1951. He left the active list of the R.A.F. in February 1959. Sold with the recipient’s Flying Log Book for the period 1922-31; four identity disks, two magazines; copied service details, warrants and photographs.