Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant (Air Gunner) E. G. Ewington, 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Lancaster Bomber crashed near Limburg, Belgium, having lost a wing, whilst on bombing operations over the V2 Rocket Base at Nordhausen, 3 April 1945

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in card box of issue, address label virtually all torn, with the only visible section reading ‘Nr. Luto...’, extremely fine (3) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Second World War Royal Air Force Casualties.

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Edward George Ewington served during the Second World War as an Air Gunner with 625 Squadron, flying Lancasters- he joined the Squadron from 1667 O.T.U. on 4 March 1945, and during March and April 1945 took part in 7 operational sorties including Misburg, the Deurag oil refinery, Bremen rail bridge, Hannover, Paderborn, and Hamburg- although not much of the city was left the R.A.F. met fierce Luftwaffe resistance and it was the last time during the War that they lost double figures of aircraft.

Ewington was killed in action when Lancaster NG237, piloted by Flight Sergeant T. P. Collier, crashed whilst on attacking the Nordhausen V2 Rocket assembly plant on 3 April 1945. Their aircraft was the only loss of the raid. It is recorded that the aircraft came down at Visbedden near Limburg, and that seconds before its crash a wing tore away from the main fuselage. The entire crew, whose average age was just 22, were killed.

Ewington is buried in Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Belgium. His medals were sent to his father, Arthur James Ewington, of Luton, Bedfordshire.

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