Orders, Decorations and Medals

A superb A.F.M. group of four awarded to Warrant Officer R. W. H. Glonek, Army Air Corps, late Scots Dragoon Guards
Air Force Medal, E.II.R. (24012859 S. Sgt., A.A.C.); General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland, with M.I.D. oak leaf emblem (24012859 Tpr., Scots D.G.); U.N. Cyprus; Regular Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (WO2, AFM AAC) the group Court mounted as worn, together with the recipients two original Pilot’s Flying Log Books for the period March 1977 to February 1993, generally good very fine (4)

Sergeant R. W. H. Glonek, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, was awarded his Army Flying Badge on 13 January 1978, after fixed wing and helicopter training at the Army Air Corps Centre. He joined 662 Squadron A.A.C. in March 1978 and was flying Scout helicopters in North West Europe and Northern Ireland. After attending 11 Lynx Conversion Course in February 1980, he was again flying in Germany and Northern Ireland. In June 1981 he piloted his helicopter and with his crewman rescued an unconscious school girl from a desolate mountain-top a few miles from Ballycastle. He was posted to 657 Squadron in January 1983 and from June till the end of the year was flying in the Falklands. His End of Tour summary dated 13 January 1986 states ‘An excellent tour which has most deservedly culminated in the award of an A.F.M. - Good luck!’ In March 1986 he was posted to 660 Squadron for a tour in Hong Kong and Brunei, where he remained for much of the next two years. He joined 3 Flight A.A.C. in March 1988 and spent a two month tour with 3 Flight in Kenya at the beginning of 1990. He was next posted to 665 Squadron in August 1990 for a two month tour in Northern Ireland, before returning to 3 Flight and then, in November 1991, to 25 Flight A.A.C. His final posting was to 664 Squadron in April 1992, remaining with the squadron for the remainder of his army career which ended in January 1993. Consistently assessed as a pilot of above average ability, Warrant Officer Glonek amassed over 4,000 hours on various helicopters during his flying career.