Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. D. C. Dunlop. R.A.F.) very fine £100-150

D.F.C. London Gazette 3 June 1919. The original recommendation states:

‘For conspicuous gallantry, devotion to duty and skill while flying as a Pilot in “M” Flight during active operations in October and November 1918.

This officer has shown splendid initiative and courage in carrying out long distance reconnaissances and reconnaissances at low heights often in very bad weather conditions and under heavy enemy A.A. fire and has frequently brought back valuable information. He has also distinguished himself in photography. He has on several occasions descended to a low height and attacked with his machine gun the enemy in his trenches and his transport on roads.

His work has always been excellent and the courage and initiative which he has displayed has been of the highest order.’

Duncan Campbell Dunlop was born in Salisbury, Rhodesia, in May 1899. He was commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant (On Probation), Royal Flying Corps, 13 December 1917. After carrying out his training he was posted as a Pilot for operational flying to 53 Squadron (R.E.8’s), France, June 1918. He transferred to “M” Flight in October of the same year.

Dunlop was 1 of 7 Rhodesian born pilots to serve in the Royal Air Force during the Great War, of which he was the only one to be awarded the D.F.C. His commanding officer recommended him on four occasions for an award over the space of a few weeks in 1918 (a copy of each recommendation is included with the lot).

He was discharged 13 June 1919, but re-engaged for service at the outbreak of the Second War. He was commissioned Squadron Leader, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 21 March 1940. Dunlop was killed in a flying accident over South Africa, 28 August 1940, and is buried in Harare (Pioneer) Cemetery, Zimbabwe.

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