Auction Catalogue

6 July 2004

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 764

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6 July 2004

Hammer Price:
£320

Three: Warrant Officer F. Smith, Royal Air Force, who flew on Air Sea Rescue (A.S.R.) missions 1944-45

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45,
together with related I.D. discs (2), nearly extremely fine (5) £150-200

Smith commenced flying training in August 1943, initially for duties as an Air Gunner but latterly as a Wireless Operator. Posted to No. 280 Squadron, an Air Sea Rescue unit operating in Warwick aircraft, in October 1944, he went on to participate in numerous search missions before the end of the War, several of them of a successful nature with resultant Catalina or High Speed Launch pick-ups. He also flew a patrol in March 1945 ‘covering Allied airborne landings over Rhine.’

Sold with the recipient’s original Flying Log Book, covering the period August 1943 to May 1946.