Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

An unattributed group of four to a member of the Royal Air Force

1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn; together with two R.A.F. cloth wings, extremely fine (4) £240-£280

Sold with a portrait photograph of Flight Lieutenant J. E. Baskerville, Royal Canadian Air Force, together with his riband bar, comprising 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas Maple leaf emblem; and War Medal 1939-45.

John E. Baskerville, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, served during the Second World War with 51 Squadron, and was killed in action when his Whitley was shot down off Sylt Island during the Sylt Raid on 19 March 1940, the first R.A.F. attack on a land target. He is buried in Kiel War Cemetery, Germany.