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Family Group: Three: Pilot Officer (Air Gunner) E. J. Smitherman, 97 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Lancaster was shot down by a night-fighter whilst on a bombing raid over Frankfurt, 24-25 August 1942 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure and medal ticket, extremely fine Three: Sergeant (Air Gunner) A. D. Smitherman 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action w...
Hammer Price: £900
Three: Flying Officer (Wireless Operator) E. J. Currie, 97 (Straits Settlements) Squadron, Pathfinder Force, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Lancaster was shot down by a night fighter and crashed over Coburg whilst on a bombing raid to Nuremberg, on 30-31 March 1944, on the night that the Royal Air Force suffered their heaviest losses of the whole War, with 96 aircraft lost 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council en...
Hammer Price: £700
Three: Sergeant (Air Gunner) R. H. Wells, 35 (Pathfinder Force) Squadron, late 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Halifax was shot down over Düsseldorf whilst on Pathfinder marking duty on a bombing raid to Berlin, on 2-3 December 1943 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. H. Wells, 115 Ashdon Road, Saffron Walden, Essex’, extremely fine (3) £360-£440...
Hammer Price: £600
Three: Flight Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) H. A. Oliver, 27 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who was killed in action when his Blenheim was shot down by Japanese flak whilst on a bombing sortie attacking invasion ships in the Bangka Straits, Java Sea, off Sumatra, on the day that Singapore fell, 15 February 1942 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Mrs. J. Oliver, 7 Orchard Court, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey...
Three: Sergeant (Air Gunner) R. Lobb, 156 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Lancaster was shot down by a night fighter and exploded, whilst on the Firestorm raid to Hamburg, Operation Gomorrah, on 27-28 July 1943 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. F. Lobb, 19 Donald Road, West Croydon, Surrey.’; together with the recipient’s R.A.F. cap badge, Air Gunne...
Hammer Price: £550
Three: Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner) H. G. Martins, 161 (Special Services) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Halifax was shot own by a night-fighter during a re-supply drop to Special Operations Executive Agents in France, Operation Kreb, 15-16 January 1943 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘D. H. Martins, Esq., 23 Victoria Road, Louth, Lincs.’, nearly extre...
Three: Sergeant (Navigator) G. R. Fernee, 77 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Halifax was shot down during Operation Frothblower, the raid on the Škoda Works, 16-17 April 1943 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. M. S. Fernee, 48 Harrow Road, Carshalton Beeches, Surrey’, nearly extremely fine (3) £300-£400
Family Group: British War Medal 1914-20 (T.Z. 8960 W. C. Grimes. C.P.O. R.N.V.R.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine Three: Flying Officer (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) W. C. Grimes, D.F.M., 617 (Dambusters) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Lancaster was lost without trace whilst in transit over the Iberian Peninsula and the Bay of Biscay, on 17-18 October 1943, having previously raided the Antheor Viaduct- Grimes was himself a ve...
Three: Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) J. Waddell, 49 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Hampden was shot down over Philippeville, Belgium, during a raid on Cologne, 5-6 April 1942 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure and medal ticket, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. J. Waddell, Victoria Cottage, 673 Carron Road, Falkirk, Scotland’, extremely fine (3) £300-£400
Three: Sergeant (Air Gunner) N. J. Patton, 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Manchester was shot down during a raid on the Krupps works at Essen, 6-7 April 1942 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘N. J. Patton, Esq., 60 Borrowdale Avenue, Newcastle on Tyne 6.’, extremely fine (3) £300-£400
Family Group: Pair: Private T. Nesbitt, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (M2-021440 Pte. T. Nesbit. [sic] A.S.C.) very fine Four: Flying Officer J. H. Nesbitt, 215 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Liberator was shot down whilst attacking Bridge 19 on the Burma-Siam railway and crashed into dense jungle, on 3 January 1945 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure and medal ti...
Hammer Price: £500
Three: Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) P. F. Inman, 214 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who was killed in action when his Stirling was shot down during a raid on Bremen, 2-3 July 1942 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named medal ticket, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘J. F. Inman, Esq., Garrett House, Cartmel, Grange over Sands, Lancs.’, extremely fine (3) £300-£400
Three: Flight Lieutenant (Air Gunner) J. D. Nesbitt, 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Halifax was shot down by a night fighter and crashed near Hainaut, Belgium, whilst on a bombing raid to Aachen, on 13-14 July 1943 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. A. Nesbitt, 23 Cairnside, East Herrington, Nr. Sunderland, Co. Durham’, extremely fine (3) £400-£...
Hammer Price: £480
Three: Sergeant (Observer) L. D. Norman, 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Whitley was shot down by a night-fighter during an operational sortie on Gelsenkirchen, on 9-10 January 1941 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure and medal tickets, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘P. W .Norman, Esq., 127 Warren Road, Banstead, Surrey’, extremely fine (3) £300-£400
Hammer Price: £460
Four: Flight Lieutenant (Air Bomber) H. L. Ashman, 7 Squadron, Pathfinder Force, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Lancaster was shot down and crashed at Schopoven whilst on a bombing raid to Aachen, on 24-25 May 1944, and was posthumously Mentioned in Despatches 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, with named Air Council enclosure and medal tickets, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. M. Ashman, 5...
Hammer Price: £420
Three: Flight Sergeant (Flight Engineer) D. H. G. Tiley, 640 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Halifax was shot down by night fighter over the target area in the very last raid on Cologne, on 2 March 1945 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘L. M. Tiley Mrs., 1 Highland Terrace, Morris Lane, Blackwood, Mon.’, extremely fine (3) £...
Hammer Price: £400
Four: Flying Officer (Navigator) T. E. Archard, 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who took part in the Nuremberg Raid, 30-31 March 1944, and was killed in action when his Lancaster was shot down over Poivres whilst on a bombing raid to Mailly-le-Camp, on 3-4 May 1944 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. M. E. Archard, “Beaufort House”, 16 Lansdowne Road, Worcester’, extre...
Three: Sergeant (Air Bomber) F. R. Westall, 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Lancaster was shot down by the great German night-fighter ace Oblt. Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer over Friesland whilst on his fifth bombing raid to the ‘Big City’, Berlin, on 16-17 December 1943 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure and medal tickets, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘B. M. Westall Esq., 17, Kincard R...
Hammer Price: £380
Three: Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) J. W. Morgan, 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Wellington was lost without trace during a bombing raid on Duisberg, 21-22 July 1942 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45; together with the recipient’s Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book, and named Air Officer in charge of Records forwarding slip, nearly extremely fine (3) £400-£500
Three: Sergeant (Navigator) T. W. Sykes, 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Lancaster was shot down over Beauchery-St.-Martin whilst on a bombing raid to Mailly-le-Camp, on 3-4 May 1944 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure and medal ticket, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘W. Sykes Esq., 24 Cartwright Road, Northampton.’, extremely fine (3) £300-£400
Three: Pilot Officer (Wireless Operator) F. S. Ralph, 460 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Lancaster was shot down by the night fighter ace Hauptmann Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld, whilst on the Firestorm raid to Hamburg, Operation Gomorrah, on 29-30 July 1943 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. J. M. Ralph, 4 Charles Crescent, Harrow, Middlesex.’...
Three: Warrant Officer (Air Gunner) A. W. H. Page, 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Lancaster was shot down whilst on the Firestorm raid to Hamburg, Operation Gomorrah, on 2-3 August 1943 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in damaged card box of issue, with torn address label addressed to ‘...on Road, ...edon, ...19’, extremely fine (3) £280-£320
Three: Flight Sergeant (Pilot) G. T. Barker, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who was killed in action when his Fairey Battle was shot down by Me.109s attacking pontoon bridges at Remilly Aillicourt, on the Meuse, on 14 May 1940, on a day in which the R.A.F. lost over 40 aircraft in this operation 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. V. Barker, 62 Charlton Road, Andover, Hants’, extremely fine (3)...
Three: Sergeant (Pilot) E. A. Stokes, 102 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Halifax was shot down and crashed over the target area whilst on a bombing raid to the ‘Big City’, Berlin, on 29-30 December 1943- the only casualty amongst his crew, he was able to keep his stricken aircraft aloft long enough for his whole crew to escape and he alone perished, another example of the numerous gallant acts that took place in the air war over Europe 1939-4...
Hammer Price: £360
Three: Sergeant (Navigator) E. W. H. Johnston, 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Lancaster was shot down by a night fighter and crashed north of Hameln whilst on a bombing raid to Brunswick, on 14-15 January 1944 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in card box of issue, with slightly torn address label addressed to ‘Mrs. M. Johnston, 11 Wetheral Street, Carlisle’, extremely fine (3) £300-...
Three: Sergeant (Navigator) E. Wright, 605 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Mosquito was lost without trace whilst on a ‘fresher trip’ operation over Evreux, on 20-21 May 1943 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure and medal tickets, in card box of issue, the partially torn label addressed to ‘.. Wright Esq., ...ghfield Road, ... Yorks.’, extremely fine (3) £360-£440
Three: Pilot Officer (Air Gunner) A. E. Gale, 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Halifax was shot down by a night fighter and crashed over Duisburg, whilst on a bombing raid to Essen, on 25-26 July 1943 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘G. H. Gale Esq., 10, Park Way, Southwick, Sussex’, extremely fine (3) £400-£500
Four: Sergeant (Air Gunner) G. Wallace, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Lancaster was lost without trace whilst on a raid over Mönchengladbach, on 30-31 August 1943 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure and medal ticket, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. E. Miller, 3 Gilmour Street, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire’, extremely fine (4) £300-£400
Three: Sergeant (Air Gunner) J. D. Scott, 149 (East India) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Stirling was shot down over the target area whilst on a bombing raid to Mannheim, on 18-19 November 1943 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with Buckingham Palace enclosure named to ‘Mrs. R. Scott’, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. R. Scott, 255 Cumberland Street, Glasgow, C5, Scotland.’, extremely fine (3) £360-£440
Four: Leading Aircraftman (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) H. B. Jones, 218 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who was shot down and evaded capture on 12 May 1940, returning to action with his Fairey Battle Squadron later in that month, and was recommended for the Military Medal 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted for wear, with medal ticket and card box of issue, addressed to ‘H. B. Jones, Esq., 4 Pennington Road, Litherland, Liverpool...
Three: Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) W. K. F. Marshall, 97 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Lancaster crashed near Trondheim, Norway, after being hit by flak during a raid on the Tirpitz, 27-28 April 1942 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. M. B. B. Marshall, 69 Gilmore Place, Edinburgh 3’, extremely fine (3) £300-£400
Three: Pilot Officer (Pilot) W. A. Saunders, 21 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who was shot down by an enemy fighter whilst his Blenheim was attacking the airfield at Merville, on 14 June 1940 - making it to the French coast on foot, he was presumed drowned at sea whilst attempting to row back to England 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, all contemporarily impressed ‘P/O/ W/ A/ Saunders. R.A.F.), with named Air Council enclosure, surname partially officially corrected on l...
Three: Sergeant (Observer) A. Gowing-Scopes, 58 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Whitley crashed into the sea during an operational sortie on Mannheim, on 23-24 December 1940 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, extremely fine (3) £360-£440
Hammer Price: £340
Three: Sergeant (Observer) G. D. Savage, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Wellington was lost without trace whilst bombing the German Battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in Brest harbour, on 11-12 February 1942 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure and medal ticket, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘G. A. G. Savage Esq., 165 Portland Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham 16’, extremely fine (3) £...
Three: Flight Lieutenant G. L. Jones, 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Lancaster collided mid-air with another Lancaster from 467 Squadron and exploded whilst on a bombing raid over Nevers, 15-16 July 1944 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘W. J. Jones, Esq., Newlands, 102, Overland Road, ...bles, Swansea, Glam.’, extremely fine (3) £140-£180
Three: Sergeant (Flight Engineer) G. W. Craft, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who was killed when his Stirling was lost without trace on a minelaying sortie over Heligoland, 27-28 April 1942 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure and medal ticket, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. J. Daniel, 4 Church Lane, Church Fenton, Tadcaster, Yorks.’, extremely fine (3) £280-£320
Three: Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) R. Burnett, 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who was killed in action when his Hampden was shot down by flak whilst on a bombing raid over Geestacht, on 29-30 June 1940 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. Burnett, 3 Mona Terrace, Hunslet Hall Road, Leeds 11, Yorks.’, extremely fine (3) £300-£400
Hammer Price: £320
Four: Flying Officer (Bomb Aimer) N. E. Cooper, 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Halifax was shot down by flak whilst on a sortie to bomb the rail yards at Douai, 14-15 June 1944 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘E. Cooper, Esq., Dartmouth Castle, 26 Glenthorn Road, Hammersmith, W6’, extremely fine (4) £300-£400
Three: Sergeant (Air Gunner) H. Smith, 102 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who was killed in action when his Halifax was shot down by a night fighter following a bombing raid on Essen, 16-17 June 1942 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. G. Smith, 5 Peaton Street, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough’, nearly extremely fine (3) £300-£400
Three: Sergeant (Navigator) W. J. Gilmour, 105 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Blenheim was lost without trace during an operational sortie on Hamburg, on 16-17 November 1940 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure and medal tickets, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. A. Gilmour, 29 Coventry Drive, Glasgow E1, Scotland’, extremely fine (3) £300-£400
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