Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Flight Sergeant W. E. Young, Royal Air Force

India General Service 1936-39, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (565446. L.A.C. W. E. Young. R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (3) £300-£400

William Edwin Young was born in Dorchester, Dorset, on 11 June 1914 and enlisted into the Royal Air Force on 20 January 1931. He volunteered for training as an Airman Pilot, and served with 5 Squadron in India from 12 March 1937, and then for 30 months at the Aircraft Depot at Karachi. He was posted to No. 1 Signal School at home for the bulk of the Second World War, being advanced temporary Flight Sergeant on 15 February 1943. He was released to the Reserve on 25 December 1945.

Sold with the recipient’s Pilot’s Flying Log Book; Royal Air Force Service and Release Book; R.A.F. Parchment Certificate of Service; various copied photographs; and other ephemera.