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23 June 2021

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№ 303

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23 June 2021

Hammer Price:
£240

Four: Second Lieutenant N. H. Leech, Royal Air Force

British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. N. H. Leech. R.A.F.); Defence Medal; Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (Const. Norman H. Leech) very fine (4) £100-£140

Norman Henry Leech was born on 5 September 1899 and attested for the 28th Battalion, London Regiment (Artists Rifles). He joined the Royal Air Force on 9 April 1918, was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 22 September 1918, and served with 57 Squadron during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 October 1918: whilst piloting a D.H.4 on a bombing raid at Pont sur Sambre on 27 October 1918, his Observer succeeded in shooting down at very short range, an enemy aircraft. Transferring to the unemployed list on 20 January 1919, he subsequently joined the Police.