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21 September 2007
Lot No 644
An excessively rare Second World War high speed launch rescue operation D.S.C. group of six awarded to Flight Lieutenant B. W. Ahern, Royal Air Force Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., hallmarks for London 1945, reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 19...
Lot No 645
An extremely rare Second World War Burma operations M.C. group of seven awarded to Squadron Leader A. I. Mitchell, Royal Air Force Regiment, attached Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Regiment Military Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service...
Lot No 637
A rare Great War immediate D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Wing Commander R. H. Haworth-Booth, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.A.F.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (F./O., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and...
Lot No 638
A very rare Great War D.C.M. group of three awarded to 2nd Lieutenant C. J. French, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (11559 Cpl. C. J. French, H.Q., R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (11559 Pte., R.F.C.), generally very fine or better (3) £2000-2500
Lot No 636
Family group: A rare Great War escaper’s M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant A. P. Taylor, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Division and Royal Naval Air Service: decorated in 1919 for his earlier escape following the Antwerp operations in 1914, he witnessed further action on the Western Front with the R.N.D...
27 June 2007
Lot No 152
Five: Squadron Leader E. H. P. Jolly, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, late Indian Army Reserve of Officers and Royal Air Force, one of a handful of pilots to qualify for the General Service Medal 1918-62 for “S. Persia” British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.A.F.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persi...
Lot No 649
A fine Second World War A.F.M. group of five awarded to Flight Lieutenant C. Beveridge, Royal Air Force, who flew daylight sorties and night-fighter operations in Blenheims of No. 219 Squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain Air Force Medal, G.VI.R. (522807 F./Sgt. C. Beveridge, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Afri...
Lot No 648
A fine Second World War D.F.M. group of five awarded to Flight Sergeant J. C. K. Platts, Royal Air Force, a Rear-Gunner who completed over 40 sorties, many of them as “Marker” and no less than 15 of them against the “Big City”: prior to joining Pathfinders, he participated in the Hamburg “firestorm” raids and in the...
Lot No 641
A Second World War C.B., C.B.E. group of eight awarded to Air Commodore T. Fawdry, Royal Air Force, late Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The...
Lot No 632
A rare Great War D.S.O. group of four awarded to Group Captain G. P. Grenfell, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col., R.A.F.), the last with officially re-impressed naming, ge...
Lot No 157
Five: Flight Lieutenant A. A. G. Dent, Royal Air Force, a veteran of the Northern Kurdistan 1932 operations General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Northern Kurdistan (560596 L.A.C., R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (560596 L.A.C., R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals; Royal Air For...
Lot No 650
Family group: A Second World War B.E.M. group of six awarded to Flight Sergeant J. S. Pennington, Royal Air Force British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (365560 F./Sgt. Joseph S. Pennington, R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (365560 L.A.C., R.A.F.); Burma St...
Lot No 148
Nine: Squadron Leader E. H. D. Spence, Royal Air Force, late Royal Navy, a Jutland veteran who went on to pilot bombers in the Waziristan operations of 1925 1914-15 Star (Mid., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.N.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1925 (F./O. (Hon. F./L.), R.A.F....
Lot No 647
A well documented Second World War A.F.C. group of three awarded to Wing Commander R. S. Sikes, the Reserve of Air Force Officers Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1942’ and privately inscribed, ‘S./Ldr. R. S. Sikes, R.A.F.’; Defence and War Medals, these also privately inscribed, ‘W./Cdr. R. S....
Lot No 142
Three: Lieutenant H. E. Easton, Royal Air Force, late London Regiment and Royal Flying Corps: having been wounded as an infantryman in 1915, he was commissioned into the Royal Flying Corps, and claimed 7 victories as an Observer and Gunner in No. 20 Squadron prior to being wounded again in a combat in March 1918...
Lot No 144
Four: Flight Sergeant W. C. Holding, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, who was twice mentioned in despatches and a recipient of the Khedive’s Sudan Medal 1914-15 Star (2371 1 A.M., R.F.C.), second initial ‘G.’; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (2371 F. Sgt., R.A.F.); Khedive’s Sudan 1910-21...
Lot No 639
A rare Great War M.M. pair awarded to Air Mechanic 1st Class W. Hewitt, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (47936 2 Cl. A.M. W. Hewitt, R.F.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (47936 Cpl., R.A.F.), good very fine (2) £500-600
Lot No 646
A post-war O.B.E., Second World War D.F.C. group of five attributed to Squadron Leader K. Dear, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’ and privately in...
Lot No 640
An inter-war civil M.B.E., Great War service group of seven awarded to Vice-Consul V. Wigg, Diplomatic Service, late Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force: as a young pilot in No. 65 Squadron, he was credited with at least one victory over the Western Front The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E....
Lot No 146
Four: Lieutenant W. H. J. Eldridge, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and Royal Naval Air Service, who was awarded the 5th Class of the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun for his services in the Great War, and elevated to the 4th Class of the Order for his services in the British Aviation Mission to...
Lot No 147
Seven: Wing Commander the Rev. J. R. Brown, Auxiliary Air Force, late Royal Scots and Royal Air Force 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., R. Scots); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.); Defence and War Medals, privately inscribed, ‘Padre J. R. Brown, R.A.F.’; Coronation 1937; Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R., 1st issue (S...
Lot No 651
A post-war M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Warrant Officer A. Greenhow, Royal Air Force, a veteran of the Southern Desert, Iraq operations of 1928 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Southern Desert, Iraq, Malaya (35...
Lot No 171
Pair: Senior Aircraftman C. Fyfield, Royal Air Force Rhodesia 1980 (S.A.C. (A8118801), R.A.F.); Zimbabwe Independence Medal 1980, officially numbered ‘07222’, the first in its named card box of issue, good very fine and scarce (2) £400-500
Lot No 141
Five: Captain R. C. Nicholls, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, late Bedfordshire Regiment, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force: having served as a teenager in the Natal Rebellion 1906, he was commissioned in the Great War, served as an Observer in the R.F.C. on the Western Front and as an Armaments Officer under...
Lot No 154
Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1920 (336852 A.C. 2 H. Phillips, R.A.F.), edge bruising and polished, nearly very fine and rare £500-600
Lot No 169
Three: Corporal J. Adamson, Royal Air Force General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Brunei (4008803 Cpl., R.A.F.); General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Borneo (4008803 Cpl., R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (U4008803 Cpl., R.A.F.), generally good very fine (3) £200-250
Lot No 145
Four: Sergeant Mechanic 1st Class A. W. Ivey, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps 1914-15 Star (2132 2 A.M., R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (2132 S.M. 2, R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21 (2132 S.M. 1, R.A.F.), contact marks, nearly very fi...
Lot No 151
Five: Squadron Leader E. N. Fenton, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut., R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21 (F./O., R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals, generally very fine and the third rare (5) £300-350
Lot No 143
Pair: Sergeant A. Leslie, Royal Flying Corps, a recipient of the Army M.S.M. 1914-15 Star (2021 1 A.M., R.F.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (2021 Sjt., R.F.C.), good very fine and rare (2) £350-450
Lot No 150
Three: Flight Sergeant W. S. Lee, Royal Air Force, who was awarded the M.S.M. for services in Italy British War and Victory Medals (12129 F. Sgt., R.A.F.); Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., coinage bust (12129 Flt. Sjt., R.A.F.), very fine or better and scarce (3) £350-400
Lot No 156
Five: Warrant Officer S. E. Nightingale, Royal Air Force India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Mohmand 1933, North West Frontier 1935 (358659 Cpl., R.A.F.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (358659 Cpl., R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals, the last privately inscribed, ‘358659 W...
Lot No 172
South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (S.A.C. D. K. Cowling (R8172502) R.A.F.), in its named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine and rare £400-500
Lot No 166
Three: Corporal B. R. Gooch, Royal Air Force General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (582985 Jnr. Tech., R.A.F.); Korea 1950-53 (Cpl., R.A.F.); U.N. Korea, good very fine and better and rare (3) £300-350
Lot No 634
An O.B.E. group of four awarded to Flight Lieutenant C. H. Tancred, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; British War and Victory Medals (Capt., R.A.F.); General Service 19...
Lot No 162
Five: Corporal D. Read, Royal Air Force, who served on bomb & mine clearance duties 1945-49 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Bomb & Mine Clearance 1945-49 (552395 Cpl., R.A.F.), one letter of surname double-stamped on the last, generally good very fi...
Lot No 153
Six: Flight Lieutenant G. W. Manton, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, late Royal Air Force, a Great War pilot who went on to escape Dunkirk in 1940 and gain the Air Efficiency Award in 1955 British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals; Air Efficiency Award, E.II.R. (Flt....
Lot No 164
Four: Flight Lieutenant F. J. Christie, Royal Air Force Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R., M.I.D. oak leaf (Flt. Lt., R.A.F.); General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Borneo (Flt. Lt., R.A.F.), minor contact marks and a little edge bruising, otherwise good very fine (4) £250-300
Lot No 642
A Second World War C.B.E. group of seven awarded to Air Commodore H. G. Jones, Royal Air Force The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., A.P.D.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt., R.A.F.);...
Lot No 155
Pair: Sergeant J. R. Law, Royal Air Force India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (327385 Cpl., R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., coinage bust (327385 Sgt., R.A.F.), very fine and better (2) £140-160
Lot No 165
Five: Flight Lieutenant R. H. Cain, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, late Territorials and Royal Air Force Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1953; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (F./Lt., R.A.F.); Special Constabulary Long Service, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Reginald H. Cain), generally extremely fi...
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