Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Sergeant (Air Gunner) G. Wallace, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Lancaster was lost without trace whilst on a raid over Mönchengladbach, on 30-31 August 1943

1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure and medal ticket, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. E. Miller, 3 Gilmour Street, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire’, extremely fine (4) £300-£400

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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George Wallace served during the Second World War as an Air Gunner with 7 Squadron, and is shown in a group air crew photograph of the Squadron taken in May 1941 at Oakington Base. He appears in the 7 Squadron records again in August 1943, when he took part in an operational sortie to Nuremberg on 27th August 1943.

Wallace was killed in action when Lancaster JA937, piloted by Flight Sergeant J. Suthurst, was lost without trace whilst on a bombing raid to Mönchengladbach, on 30-31 August 1943. He is buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany.

Sold with copied research, including a group photographic image.