Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant Henry Wilson, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No. 207 Squadron, killed in action when his Lancaster was shot down during a raid on Toulouse on 6 April 1944

1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, all unnamed as issued, together with named Air Council enclosure and named medal entitlement slip, these pasted on card, extremely fine (3) £200-£240

Sergeant Henry Wilson was an Air Gunner with No. 207 Squadron, Bomber Command. He volunteered for service at Oxford in early 1943 and during a brief operational career of just eighteen days, he survived the disastrous raid on Nuremburg on the night of 30/31st March 1944, when 95 aircraft were lost. He was killed in action on 6 April 1944, whilst on his sixth operation, when his Lancaster was shot down during an attack on an aircraft factory at Toulouse. He is buried in Toulouse (La Fourguette) Communal Cemetery. Sold with copied extracts from 207 Squadron O.R.B. and other research.