Orders, Decorations and Medals

Six: Flying Officer P. D. Martlew, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Fg. Off. P. D. Martlew, R.A.F.V.R.), mounted as worn, good very fine or better (6) £200-250

Peter Derek Martlew qualified for his Air Gunner’s brevet in June 1940 and was commissioned from Flight Sergeant to Pilot Officer in May 1942. An accompanying M.O.D. letter also states that he served ‘as an Air Gunner at Bridlington in 1943, before taking up administrative duties at R.A.F. Whitley Bay and R.A.F. Locking in 1944-45’. He was released from the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve as a Flight Lieutenant in March 1946.