Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant W. J. P. Wheat, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed when his Beaufort failed to return from a patrol on 22 June 1941

1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, nearly extremely fine (3) £300-£400

Walter Joseph Parsonage Wheat, a native of Liverpool, served with 217 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second War, and was killed when his Beaufort W6528, piloted by Flying Officer Welsh, failed to return from a patrol on 21 June 1941- it is believed that their aircraft crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off La Rochelle. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.