Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Original post-war Pilot’s Flying Log Books (5), appertaining to Flight Lieutenant D. S. Ryles, Royal Air Force, covering the periods August 1952 to October 1955; November 1955 to May 1958; June 1958 to April 1962 (this an R.C.A.F. issue); May 1962 to March 1969; and February 1982 to May 1985, spines worn, otherwise in good condition (5) £200-250

Ryles, a Halton apprentice who joined the R.A.F. in September 1948, flew Vampires and Venoms of No. 60 Squadron out in Malaya 1954-55. Grounded in March 1969 with a posting to F.E.A.F.O.L. Changi, he commenced flying again on a refresher course at R.A.F. Leeming in February 1982.